Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist — Page 162

Agreed Bingo, Arizona was never going to look like Tunisia, yet they didn't even make the most of what they had there. I can only blame Marquand for that, and Alan Hume for bizarrely substandard cinematography. But it's easy for us all to criticise now, when back in 1981-2 Jedi was having production issues and movies were becoming frightfully expensive to make. And during that period Lucas was also going through his divorce from Marcia Lucas, which cost him $44 million. So there were problems.

Sure, the film is very flawed, but I can forgive a lot of it. And we can try to fix the rest ;-)

It looks nice, but would the Scoutwalker head really explode like that? It's not hit by a laser blast, it's just crushed in, so I don't think it needs an explosion.

Presumably there are combustable mechanisms and electronics in there it could have ruptured a fuel tank.

What do those things run on anyway?

Midichlorians.

Damn, those things really don't comply with health and safety, do they? I mean, what good's a seatbelt?

I think the thing that looks a bit crap about that trap is the little headless chicken left behind (it seems a bit odd after such a big bang that the legs are still there bouncing up and down and it makes the vehicle look like what it is, a very small model).

DuTwan I'm enjoying your mockups but could you scale them down a bit please (unless you are doing something really epic) they take up a lot of space at their current size when you could make the same points with less space.

If people want to see the full sized versions they can still open them in a seperate tab/window.

I know it's meant to be the Dune Sea but it doesn't look much like a sea of sand and Arizona can look very exotic but they seemed to have found the most boring bit of desert they could :

Sorry DT, I'm on the laptop at the moment (only one track button) so I don't know what the mouse action currently looks like but the images open for me when I do ctrl click.

I don't have that option either. Hm.

As for the Dune Sea, Bingo, I think we shouldn't overdo it. It is meant to be an endless ocean of sand, so maybe we just need to find a way of creating that more successfully. Exotic rocks are all very pretty but are they appropriate? I think opening up some shots to extend the landscape is better. I'm working on a much wider establishing shot of the Sarlacc scene that really places it in the middle of a vast desert, rather than all those horrible tight shots which feel studio-bound evenb though it's on location!

The dunes in Dune looked more like an ocean of sand.

The sky was the wrong colour for Tatooine but maybe some of Jedi could be Lynch.

vaderios, I love that opening of the window placing Jabba in the shadows effect. It adds so much to make it look like a place instead of a set. Bravo!

The subtle stuff is so much fun because you can really take things amd make them better without banging you over the head with it.

Weequay's eyes also very cool.

Some of the latest Cassini photos would be a great inspiration for visualising Endor (the planet not the moon) :

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Out-of-This-World.html

There's nothing really new in those pics though, and there are plenty of better images of Saturn to use if you want to. I'd prefer to make my own planet, as no matter what you do I just think you can always tell when it's Saturn.

Vaderios, LOVE the Leia idea. I hope Ady actually does that!

There are people who are very much against what I am about to suggest:

It is known by prop-freaks (such as myself) that Luke used at least four separate lightsaber props, plus the one that was shot out of R2-D2. The prop in the "I see that you have constructed a new lightsaber" scene is commonly known as the "Hero". A variation of this (modified after filming) is what has been replicated and sold by Master Replicas.

I suggest that the other lightsaber props be edited to look more like the "hero", wherever possible. One of the props on the sail barge (known in prop-circles as the "Yuma saber") is very much like the "hero saber", but it lacks a circuit board and some of the gold paint has rubbed off. The one on the Emperor's chair has a knob that is not present on any of the others.

Great stuff SSWR (nice to see my wee Ewok god turn up) I shall have a look at making a larger scale variation for the way you have used it (the one I designed was meant to be like an indoor shrine version rather than an outdoor totem). I will try and scale the idea up (more Wickerman than Greenman).

The dialogue from the radio version works very well indeed, it would be nice if we could remove the comical lilt in the incidental music, what comedy there is doesn't need to be enhanced with music and it removes any feeling of threat (the scene should be both worrying in a general view but amusing in relation to their reaction to Threepio). The Wizard Of Oz inspired chanting could be tinkered with to make it sound a little bit more sophisticated (distorted Tibetan chanting springs to mind).

I don't mind them disobeying Threepio, it would make sense that they should test him.

I would like to see some attempt to get Artoo to project frightening images over Threepio, it still seems odd that they are scared of him floating when they have seen things like Speeder Bikes and Metal moons.

Luke could just call out to Artoo and he improvises.

The Ewoks really need work done on their eyes too but it really is amazing work.

Pity we can't fix Harrison's gurning (can we?).

Darth Lars, I agree, if it is possible to unify the look of all the saber props it should be done.