FVDnz said:
All you people doubting that it's not the Executor, you've all got to be kidding me?! Why the hell would that be a flyover shot obscuring all those other other SD's with another SD?! I've known that was the Executor from the first time I ever saw that scene. Like others have said, this bickering is pointless!!
I don't think they are bickering, so much as pointing out how it's looked to them due to the colouring issues. As L8wrtr and others have described, the blue underside of the 'Executor' seems to also work very well as the first reveal of it's immense size, if you imagine the 'big tower' to be merely that of one of the gathering fleet SDs to begin with.
FVDnz said:
Every time I look at the Executor from that angle it just doesn't look right. It's like you're looking under the SSD or something.
Meant to say FVDnz, that you *are* looking under the SSD in that shot you mentioned, as our viewpoint is from a far lower position as we look up at it and the other SDs nearby.
RONSTER said:
Look at the scene where the falcon is clamped on to the back of a normal star destroyer bridge if you still think it is a normal star destroyer...
I am sure you will notice the executor bridge is much wider and is the one in the first shot... It is not a replica of a SD bridge
That is from my memory without looking
Ronster, due to incorrect 'scaling' issues, that SD shot you mention either shows a tiny 'tower' or an extremely large 'Falcon'...depending on your point of view. So it doesn't really doesn't help in this case. I actually asked if adywan was leaving the 'Falcon' size as it was, many moons ago, but I don't think he gave an answer at the time. Not that I recall, anyway. There are unfortunate scaling issues throughout the OT anyway, and that particular 'Falcon' shot might just have to remain as it is.
The 'Executor' and standard SD 'tower' designs and scales were dissected here long ago, and the 'bridge' detailing on the front of the 'towers' was suggested as being the main factor to take into consideration where scales are concerned - which is why the 'hiding Falcon' is the wrong size, for instance.
Anyway, here's a link to a resource with a heap of info./photos for anyone that wants to gorge themselves on all that if they missed it all before. (*note* - I'm not saying that every fact here is 100% accurate, though) - www.theforce.net/swtc/towers.html#introduction