Hey Ady, I have a question. My apologies if this has already been addressed, but in many of the cockpit shots (for example, when Wedge is about to fire on the tower of the reactor in the Death Star), the engines and ship parts outside in the background are fully lit the entire time, even when there are shadows appearing inside the cockpit, as if the ship is passing something. Will there be shadows added to the background elements as well?
Also, Return of the Jedi, being so incredibly ambitious for its time, shows its limitations today, in regards to the Death Star battle as a whole. One part that particularly stands out to me is the ships flying through the Death Star. Many times the ships give away that they are separately filmed from the backgrounds, since the lighting on the ships do not accurately reflect the changing of lighting throughout the scene.
An example off the top of my head: After Lando destroys the reactor and it explodes, he is still flying the Falcon within the large chamber, but when the Falcon enters the corridor it retains the same lighting, rather than darkening from exiting an open space (that is now filled with an epic explosion) into a more tighter area where light wouldn’t be as bright. I hope I’m making sense?
I’d imagine a lot of rotoscoping would be enough to fix these issues, rather than filming new elements, at least for most of the shots. Just a thought.
