J.R.

I know I'm a few days behind here...just watched the new clip. Adywan, it looks fantastic.

My belated two cents:

The spinning graphic near Leia's head is pretty distracting. But the other red "locked-on" graphic is a nice touch.

Love the two dudes who are startled by the ion cannon (Adywan definitely changed my perception of its size - I had always imagined it was smaller, for no particular reason).

Delighted to hear the news. Can't wait.

Adywan,

Haven't checked the thread in a little while, but just saw your models of the Hoth shield generator. Awesome. Just, awesome. I sincerely hope you are documenting your process with stuff like this. I don't know if you've indicated one way or another if you would include that kind of stuff in your ESB: Revisited release, but my vote is a yes.

Really looking forward to seeing this.

Looking very good, Ady and Puggo, extremely excited about Puggo Strikes Back.

would it be possible to post everything at once? or several things at once?

Re: icy breath, my vote would be to hold off. I don't think it's quite there yet - in particular, Han's breath in the opening sequence with Chewie looks a little off - and even if it was, it seems like a world of pain to do that for every person in Hoth.

I also don't think the TIE fighter colors need to match throughout. I think it's perfectly sensible to allow for a "newer" TIE model to have been rolled out by the empire during the passage of time between ANH and ESB.

muddyknees2000 said:

adywan said:

I've had a lot of time to think about this whole scene since then and it will be staying the way it is now in the HD version. I've heard it so many times that having Obi-wan igniting first changes it from the "defensive" point of view to "the attacker", but this is not the case. Obi-Wan was never being defensive. So many have failed to notice one thing about the duel: Obi-Wan is the one that attacks Vader first and is not, as many state, taking the defensive stance. Vader doesn't even make a move before Obi-Wan lunges at him.

 For me it was never about who attacked first, I always just really enjoyed the visual of vader at the end of the hallway with his saber lit....waiting. It just always looked so badass. But I can definitely live with it being changed if its coming with all the other improvements that you've made

Couldn't have said it better myself: Darth standing there with light saber already drawn, waiting, is far more arresting than Obi-Wan drawing first.  For me, the sense of foreboding it conveys is the natural prelude to Obi-Wan's corporeal demise. I've always interpreted Obi-Wan's last words to Luke in the Death Star comm room - about their destinies lying on different paths - as effectively acknowledging that his was a suicide mission to ensure that Luke and the others could escape.

For that reason, I think a little something is lost when Obi-Wan draws first. Having said that, whether or not Obi-Wan makes the first move in his confrontation with Vader doesn't alter the nature of his actions; one could even argue that if Obi-Wan attacks first, it is precisely because he has accepted his fate and has chosen to meet it without fear or hesitation. To me, the analogy with Luke's failure in the cave doesn't hold water.

At the risk of boring absolutely everybody on this thread, I just wanted to offer my support and admiration for everyone who has contributed to these projects and the forums over the years.

Adywan's ANH Revisited has been in heavy rotation since I acquired it and I look forward to the re-visitation of ESB.