adywan said:
You can't flip any of those shots without creating more continuity errors. You flip the shot of him walking up stairs and Han & co are coming from the wrong direction from the previous shot and Hans gun belt is also on the wrong side. Flip the shot of lobot coming down the stairs and the stormtroopers are reversed (and you can't just flip Lobot either). It's only a problem since the SE's, thanks to the window as the original "windows" could well have had the corridor go all the way around the back. But, Lobot could always have doubled back when the attention was not focused on the rear wall, so i see no need to do anything here.
Thank you for your response Ady.
I understand the issue with flipping those other shots, but you do think it'd be a problem to only flip Lobot and the stormtroopers in the background during the arrest? I thought they looked symmetrical enough to where it could possibly work (if anything their holsters would be on the opposite side, but it's not as noticeable as Lobot going one way and coming from another; plus who says Stormtroopers can't wear it on any side?). Since it doesn't change anything if he's there or not, what about the idea of removing Lobot from walking up the stairs (probably more work than benefit though).
I had thought about the "double back" theory, but considering the pacing of this sequence (and within the frequent times we actually do catch a glimpse of the back window, with nobody there), it's difficult to imagine he had time to do this (assuming he did have good reason to move back and forth in the hallway). I guess the only time I can see him changing course and head to the right side is while Chewie looks over his shoulder, but I'd prefer to think Chewie looks over his shoulder because he senses something is wrong, not that he sees something is wrong. But if you're sure it's fine how it is, then I think we can all agree to that too ;)
If you haven't already, would you at least be willing to correct the stormtrooper's feet between shots during the arrest?
@ Ronster, As for Han and Lando switching sides around Lea, I guess the way to view these two shots are as shots that aren't directly linked (as in, some time has elapsed to give time for them to switch sides).