adywan said:

Bingowings said:

I do hope Ady will be as OCD when it comes to making the Executor bridge in ROTJ look as good as the one in ESB (what is it with 80's sequels and buggering up hand-me-down sets?).

Well, that's the real trick, isn't it. ;) But that bridge is going to be almost impossible to get it to match the better ESB one, thanks mainly to this guy stuck down the bottom, here....

This will be extremely tough, but it might be a matter of cutting out some of the actors (such as the one walking on the plank) and using the bridge shots in EMPIRE (while creating new mattes for outside the bridge windows). I know that is definitely easier said than done, but it might be an easier option than trying to ply away things in the original shot(s).

In fact, I think it would be interesting to go back and watch JEDI with full frame TVs in mind. To judge the above shot on set design, it doesn't make any sense - not only is the scanner guy sitting on the edge of the gangplank, but the wall to the bridge entrance is located 5 to 10 feet from where it should be. BUT, if you see this as framed for a 4:3 TV set, it makes perfect sense. I wonder if there other scenes that are designed for (the then current) 4:3 TV frame if you were to crop the 2.35:1 image down.