That really sucks that the guy with the Hi-rez mattes will not let anybody use them. What a waste of resources. Maybe he works for lucasfilm in some form.

Wonder if I could model one of those and do a test composite to see if it could work. The ship itself is relatively easy to model. I could bump map all the detail and since the lighting in the scene is pretty contrasty, I could get away with alot. I wouldn't even have to model the whole ship either, just one side since it's just the side you see in the shot..