Zero said:
MagnoliaFan said:
It kind of kills me how little effort they put into cleaning these up.
This is just two shots, but I threw this together in about 2 hours.
Imagine how much better it could look if they threw in half the effort with George's resources.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq5nxaUebIAI apologize for not noticing this thread earlier. I'm a newbie to this forum.
You might be interested in my own effort towards a clean-up of the deleted scenes:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Clean-up-and-restoration-of-deleted-scenes/post/539187/#TopicPost539187
MagnoliaFan, would you be interested in describing your method of clean-up in that thread?
I really hope a collaborative effort is put into this. I would be thrilled to see these scenes fixed up and able to be introduced into various creative edits. No need to continuously reinvent the wheel.
As for the bunker scene, I think that you could easily intersperse much of the action that take place in the bunker with other shots, giving the impression of a larger building and a more time-consuming break-in. One might be able to put several of those shots after Han bluffs his way into the bunker a second time, and thus leave the Rebels with an ongoing challenge to get their charges placed and the generator destroyed.
OR...
I've mentioned this in the ROTJ wishlist thread, but perhaps the Ewok attack could take place, the Rebels manage to push ahead into the bunker (it wouldn't be too hard to make Han look like he successfully hotwires the door), while the Ewoks distract Imperial troops. Footage from Battle for Endor could show more Ewok deaths. The Rebel commando team gets into the bunker, has their shootout, places their charges while the battle continues to rage outside. The generator control room is destroyed, and perhaps even small explosions shown on the dish signify it no longer works, though it wouldn't be as dramatic. Then the space battle continues with, "The shield is down!" My only question is how could you show the commandos escaping? Hmmm...maybe Han could still charge out of the bunker yelling, "Move!" with added laser fire going on behind him. After the generator blows (keep the whole big explosion in this scenario), one might see several storm troopers get caught in the blast, then show several scenes that were before removed of stormtroopers fleeing and being further ambushed by the Ewoks, and Chewie hijacks the AT-ST and begins his rampage. This might be hard to pull off as far as the emotional flow, but some good music changes might alter the lightheated fun feeling of beating the stormtroopers over the head with little rocks. It's far more believable to see Imperial troops being defeated when they are disorganized and panicked due to the loss of their shield generator.
Pardon the realtime brainstorming/typing. It seems like a worthy idea, and it incorporates and in fact heavily relies on the deleted bunker scene, so it still fits okay in this thread.