doubleofive said:
Great idea *8. I'm not sure its necessary because it may be just as cold in the base as it is out, but the effect would be interesting to see.
Thanks 005. I grew curious about this issue (having never thought about it till today :) ), so I bothered Google and he says that StarWars.com says "Hoth's daytime temperature high hovers around -32 degrees standard." Pretty cold to keep the hangar at that temp, don't you think? It has to be warmer in there. Even without heaters, all the ships, the people, and the activity would bring up the temperature enough to cause moisture vapor near the entrance. I'll add a "methinks" to that, because I'm just contemplating.
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I want to add something to the discussion about Shadowman99's pictures of the Millennium Falcon evading the Star Destroyer after leaving Hoth. I think he had a point, which I hope I can clear up a bit.
Given the size of the MF compared the SD, I agree with ImperialFighter (#2798), that in this shot,
the Millennium Falcon is ahead of, and above, the Star Destroyer's prow. In fact, I would argue it's about 400 meters in front of, and 100 m above, the SD's prow. Were the Millennium Falcon any closer to the Star Destroyer, and the camera just in front of the MF, the full width of the SD would not fit on the screen. That leads me to believe that the depth of this shot has been flattened somewhat as if it were shot from a distance with a telephoto lens. (See Akira Kurosawa's RAN for beautiful examples of telephoto composition.) Consequently, the MF looks closer to the SD than it actually is, and seems to pass underneath the camera, when it really just moves out of frame. Here's a side-comparison I made which illustrates the my estimated distance:
That would mean that in the next shot,
the Millennium Falcon is far too close to the Super Destroyer when it enters the frame. Here I have to disagree with ImperialFighter and side with Shadowman99, and say that given the speed with which the Star Destroyer closes that distance, the Falcon and the TIEs can only have come from underneath it. I've adjusted the previous screenshot to demonstrate where I think the MF should be:
Obviously, it's not a very exciting shot. Shadowman99's idea of flipping the prow isn't a bad idea, except that it enters the screen too quickly given my distance estimate. It would have to be delayed until just before the shot ends. The two Star Destroyers the MF are heading toward could be added to the shot to spice it up. Here's how I see the last frame of the shot looking:
Everything doesn't have to be lined up, necessarily, because the Star Destroyer seems to be listing to its left a bit in the first shot, and Han is certainly not traveling in a straight line. During the intervening cockpit shot, you can imagine that Han has veered to the left toward the Star Destroyers, and dropped below the fighters before doing his nose dive, planning all along to drive the Destroyers into one another.
Edited many times over the last two hours for coherence and to add the last screenshot. That's it for me for tonight. Thanks for letting me contribute!
Edited again to fix the side-view where I wrote 16,000 m instead of 1,600 m.