Bewy

Yeah I think sunset is much better, it helps with the mood "everyone's arrived and tired, they have to go to sleep and thave heir adventures in Cloud City begin on the next day".

And as for the original shot of the Falcon's approach it's one of these shots you can't replace I think, I'd personally prefer to continue seeing Cloud City in the distance for its 1st appearance rather than a clse-up right in your face, it's less subtle IMHO. And it's a real good shot, even today :)

That's an idea, I did it for my father (he died one week before I had to turn over a film I was making for my teacher at high school). I second that suggestion.

And, once again, my condolences, we're with you.

My condolences mate. Take care.

I understand what it is, I lost my old man 3 years ago at age 53 (I was 18), and when taken to hospital that was... for the worst too :(

Take your time, we can wait a little longer for this wonderful edit ;)

He won't, just as he won't add any PT music to it, fortunately.

I don't think the resolution (too small for HD movies) and the rendering (too video game-like) would allow any use of these backgrounds I'm afraid :/

Or just like the CD of the OST, with the symbol of the Empire?

Ghost said:

Couldn't "Anakins Betrayal" song go somewhere in ESB or ROTJ?  Like at the end of the Hoth battle or somewhere else.

But why replace already great music with this one (which I like as well, but this would be kinda out of place wouldn't it?)? :)

I personally don't think this would be a good idea, I don't like the principle of reusing cues from other SW films to put them into another one (this is why I have the Purist version of ANH): look at AOTC and ROTS, it just sucks how they copy-pasted the music from TPM ><

And what would be the point exactly? I mean think the music just works fine as it is IMO, and where could the Force Theme be put during the battle?

I didn't mean to sound rude at all (sorry if I did, my English sucks at times :P), it's just that I didn't like the principle of added music in ANH:R (even if Ady had his reasons, which I don't discuss) :)

PS: "Goodbye Old Friend" IS epic yes, but the fact is where could this be put into one the OT movies?

Yes you can too.

And the lightning has to be just right to remove the green around the model, or say welcome to unexpected results :P

Ripplin said:

Do the green screens need to be real studio green screens? Wouldn't painted cardboard work? :p

It's gotta be a special paint to make a real greenscreen, and it's not cheap...

I ordered a (small) greenscreen made out of cloth from Pinnacle website 2 years ago (30€), but it's not very wide...

Darth Venal said:

 Wasn't that scene shot after principle photography simply because it was an FX shot?

Well I'm not sure, I had read in a dossier in the French official magazine that they almost forgot to shoot this scene, and that they shot it several months after, next to the Ranch. And so I noticed that the "glove" might have been added by ILM after (I know, it's not a big deal but anyway :P).

Hi there,

I've just watched the ROTJ pyre scene, and I don't know if it's just me or what but in the shot  when the camera pans up, Luke's right hand was "painted" in black (this scene was shot months after principal shooting, so I guess they forgot to give Mark a glove), and it's kinda obvious (the contrast of the "glove" compared to the contrast of his clothes doesn't match). Sorry I don't have the DVD with me, so I can't post any pic.

Bingowings said:

There's one thing I'm not sure has been brought up before.

When Lando tells Lobot to put the Stormies in the security tower Lobot's lips move as if he is saying something but no sound comes out.

I quite like the idea of Lobot not speaking at all so it might be an idea to stablilise his lips so he doesn't make lip movements but if the footage isn't to be altered perhaps putting something in there might make it sit better.

If I remember correctly, in the French dub (which I could only watch at the time when I didn't have the DVD's) Lobot actually replies something to Lando, like "À vos ordres" ("As you wish"). Maybe he did say something in some other mix which didn't make the final DVD?

These are actually two shots: the first one is the one where we see Yoda walk (in an overhead shot) while saying to Obi that the Council gives him the rank of Jedi knight, and the second one is the first overhead shot (yes, again) during Qui-Gon's funeral, right after the establishing shot of the scene. He's on the left corner of the frame.

I think that what was exactly mentioned was the fixing of the bad compositing of the Luke element in the shot when the speeder gets crushed by the walker.

Janskeet said:

Coming from the '04 DVDs, it looks like ESB is quite a bit oranger than ROTJ. It also has the awhul blue stars.

Did you know that Ady's ESB blue starfield is gone now?

They wouldn't dare go that far.

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But won't the shot of the MF and Slave I fly-by be cut out if I remember(because it wasn't realistic at all)? In that case the original music could be restored as it originally was in the movie before the DVD (even in the SE VHS it was like the GOUT, the DVD screwed it all up).

Thanks for proving I'm not mad :D

Is there any possibility that the "old" version of the music sync be reinstated in ESB:R? Because I found it bothering actually since the very first time I've watched the DVD :P

Bewy said:

Hey

Watching oh_riginal's (interesting) video, it reminded me something that bugged me with the DVD, yet I'm not too sure about it: I believe that in the DVD version the musical cue has been moved a bit earlier compared with the SE VHS or OUT version.

On the DVD, when Han says "Detach!", the music begins (see pic below).

 

But in my mind the piece had always begun a bit later, during the following shot (see pic below).

 

I don't know whether I'm hallucinating or not, so has anyone noticed that?

I don't know if anyone noticed this post of mine on page 350, among the furious debate of the Falcon holo :D

Well I tried to change the subject 2 pages ago, but it went totally unnoticed among the holo debate :D

Hey

Watching oh_riginal's (interesting) video, it reminded me something that bugged me with the DVD, yet I'm not too sure about it: I believe that in the DVD version the musical cue has been moved a bit earlier compared with the SE VHS or OUT version.

On the DVD, when Han says "Detach!", the music begins (see pic below).

But in my mind the piece had always begun a bit later, during the following shot (see pic below).

I don't know whether I'm hallucinating or not, so has anyone noticed that?