adywan, although I'm gonna be satisfied with *either* way this whole 'Executor' vs 'standard Stardestroyer' issue turns out, I've now come to a conclusion about what my own preference would really be, for what it's worth. :)
To recap how I've been used to imagining this sequence play out over the years - as just another 'standard' Stardestroyer that was part of the overall 'regrouping fleet', which eventually is the one that gets 'overshadowed'...but was then uncertain once I saw the haphazard colour-timing of the 2004 release...and was even more uncertain when I then came across the older 1997 'Special Edition' screenshots showing an even 'bluer' hue to the 'bridge tower' close-up than the 2004 release -making it *seem* like the 'Executor' after all...at which point it was confirmed to me that you had colour-corrected your AVCHD 'Theatrical' release to definitely show a whiter 'standard' Stardestroyer after all - which resolved things for me thankfully...until you muddied the waters for me all over again, lol.
But I gotta admit that *this* particular discrepancy below which was first highlighted by Niflamol on page 1102 started to niggle me when he brought it up...and I see it's been mentioned by others too -
Niflamol said:
Hi,
Isn't it odd that the light change direction when we assume that this is the executor?
My only suggestion is to flip the shot so everything is in place. Executor will have the sun from its left and it will keep its present direction, with the rest of the shots.
When the 'bridge tower' was simply imagined to be part of the 'standard Stardestroyer' that ends up underneath the 'Executor'...then the direction of the 'light source' on the 'close-up' shot nicely matched that of the 'overshadowed' shot of the 'standard Stardestroyer' that immediately followed it. And all was well.
But as Niflamol said, if this 'bridge tower' is coloured to be part of the 'Executor' instead, then the 'light source' on it will be the *opposite* to how it appears when we come to the 'underbelly' and 'side-on' views of it shortly afterwards.
I seem to remember that you once mentioned that you weren't too fussed about certain 'lighting discrepancies' throughout these movies, because it was not possible/or too time-consuming to fix absolutely every instance of them...and that's absolutely understandable...but I reckon this particular one would really stick out as jarring between the shots now, compared to how the 'light source' worked fine when it was supposedly a 'standard Stardestroyer' close-up.
So my conclusion is this - *if* you decide to definitely keep the shot's movement exactly as it is currently, where the close-up of the 'bridge tower' is moving in a downwards motion from RIGHT to LEFT of the screen...then I'd prefer to see it kept 'white' like a 'standard Stardestroyer' to match the next shot's lighting...
...however, *if* you decide to definitely make that 'bridge tower' a blue colour to confirm it's part of the 'Executor'...then I'd prefer to see the shot (and it's motion) 'flipped' as Niflamol and others suggested...even if it means the 'gathering fleet' above it are moving the opposite way to how we're used to seeing things too.
(Yes, the detailing on the back of the 'bridge tower' will be an exact reversal of the way it currently is, if you go with this choice...but I don't know of any footage or behind-the-scenes miniature shots that would contradict this anyway, so it would work fine...and I think I'd rather see things 'flipped' in this shot if you go with this option, rather than be distracted every time by the particularly obvious 'lighting' contradiction between the shots that this would throw up otherwise)
* alternatively * - While drafting this up, I've just read Ronster's suggestion of 'flipping' all the various shots that follow the current motion of the original 'fleet reqrouping'/'bridge tower' shot...which is certainly an option to maintain the 'light source' continuity if you decide on that. But I reckon that's a bit much to be honest, and would prefer to *only* 'flip' the first shot, if you choose to make the 'bridge tower' blue.
Either way, I'm certainly gonna be interested in what your final decision will be on this one. :)