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#1243838
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The Jedi's Apprentice - My AOTC Fan edit - trailer on youtube
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The red lightsaber angle is quite interesting. Does the saber stay forever tainted? I assume not, since you say that it will happen several times in Episode 3. But what if it was a permanent change? This would be a really interesting dynamic from a storytelling perspective, as Anakin would have to get rid of the saber before any more Jedi see him using a tainted blade (and he does). It’s potentially even more interesting in Episode 3 since that saber in ANH is blue. I imagine an effect where the blade starts flickering between its original color and red when a person is on the edge of the Dark Side, and it could do this several times in Episode 3. But it is never permanently tainted, implying that Padme is telling the truth and Anakin hasn’t turned fully evil at any point.

Finally, how interesting would it be to have Luke’s green saber turn red in his final fight with Vader, and have this be part of his realization that he must turn away from it now and throw away this symbol of violence?

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#1243784
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The Force Awakens: Starlight (V1.1 Released!)
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In the past few days I’ve tried out Davinci Resolve for LUTs, and though I’m not comfortable enough with making a full Technicolor print emulation LUT, here is a more modest one that removes some of the more modern gradients from TFA and adds in some print characteristics:

https://mega.nz/#!6Q0EGAqB!u1Gdl4KD4k-qKKOUhcGMRoc5-6XCtXFQmxAyYZuVRZY

https://diff.pics/Pm7_wcYYABAA/5

JEDIT: Modified and improved v5:
https://mega.nz/#!TNsBlLYL!oWeLEJCIlCyVanDqavLVqplsiP2Lk07dMuOMTRqYhlk

https://diff.pics/TzSAOV8WnXmq/1
Modified

The differences between this grade and the original Photoshop version can be more clearly seen with this curves adjustment applied to the latest Resolve version:
https://diff.pics/i54MpC7VYKsz/1
Pop
I rather like the Resolve version, but let me know what you think.

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#1243076
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Color in Star Wars
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Mocata said:

I actually dislike how blasters used by troops are sometimes not red after the OT. Rebel fighters using red makes them feel like a weaker military force, which is more appropriate than just any colour. The Empire using green turbo lasers made them feel like the top of the line.

Color is very complicated. Green = evil and powerful when used with blasters, but it is not evil when used in lightsabers. Red = weak when used in blasters, but not when used in lightsabers, where it is strong and evil. Perhaps it comes down to the Sci-fi versus the fantasy elements of the universe, and the differing color meanings in these different paradigms.

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#1243037
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What Special Edition changes (if any) did people like?
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LssjCorey said:

I’m actually a bit of a fan of the addition of the Aurabesh language in Star Wars (1977). As originally you would see plain English. Also it seems that the original Aurabesh was just random letters splashed around. In the Special edition they were fixed and the original Aurabesh was fixed to actually stay things. Also all English was replaced with their Aurabesh equivalents.

You just have to understand that the ‘English’ is just an alien language that happens to coincide exactly with what English looks like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9tgLnI0fFc

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#1242424
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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screams in the void said:

well , this is an interesting perspective I never thought of , don’t really buy it , but interesting none the less …https://io9.gizmodo.com/this-theory-shows-why-c-3po-is-the-secret-hero-of-star-1829149241

I think there’s evidence for this theory in the original movie, but after that he was written to be much more bumbling and less crafty.

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#1242423
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The Force Awakens: Starlight (V1.1 Released!)
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ChainsawAsh said:

Holy hell, I love those Tech-inspired regrades! Would love to see the movie with a LUT like this applied, even though I really don’t have any issue with the original colors.

And from the screenshots I’ve seen of the BR, Solo is in desperate need of exactly this style of regrade, too.

Definitely agree on Solo. I can appreciate a shadowy Godfather-esque look, but in the theater it was just unpleasant to watch.

Collipso said:

i’m inclined to agree with depheros in regard to the original grade. it just looked so modern/digital. the new tech-based grade is incredible.

neverar, do you plan on releasing this separately as a lut?

Definitely!

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#1242176
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TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Telion said:

Fair enough, but I think however it plays out it will always be weird that they hug THE FIRST TIME THEY MEET. Like maybe if they had met previously I would get it, but force or no force that scene will always require some good old suspension of disbelief.
Suspending disbelief in a Star Wars movie, unheard of right?!?! Why would anyone ever need to do that in a Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Space Opera about “space wizards with laser swords”?

At first I thought we were still talking about Leia and Chewie and was confused.

But Rey and Leia would make sense even if the Force didn’t come into play. I imagine that even Rey knew what Leia looked like, since she knew so much about Han Solo and Leia was a much more public figure. Leia knows who Rey is, and they both know the other must be in a bad way.

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#1241791
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The Force Awakens: Starlight (V1.1 Released!)
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DominicCobb said:

You certainly have the look down, pretty well executed. Do you have a “technicolor” preset or LUT or something that you’ve created?

Oddly enough it looks more like TLJ now.

I do have a LUT made for correcting the ANH Blu-ray, but this was a new attempt in Photoshop.

These settings actually have more in common with a ROTS regrade I was working on at one point, where the primary difference was a reduction in the purple tones.

There are some things that need further work. It’s overall a bit on the green side, and there’s a process I can best apply in Premiere which deepens the reddish shadows in the skin tones while leaving the bright areas pink and lends a wonderful Technicolor look to the video.

Here’s a Photoshop version of the effect, with some fine tuning for brightness:
https://diff.pics/EKMUxzl1Ag6a/1

Normal Rey
RedRey
Normal Han
RedHan

Subtle, but noticeable I think.

Vs the originals:
https://diff.pics/mSs9Vzj5NFji/1

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#1241664
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Science Fiction or Space Fantasy - what is Star Wars
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OutboundFlight said:

I’d like to add onto that- the Death Star is not the focus of ANH. They don’t describe how it works. The moths don’t argue on the morality of their actions. The primary focus of the movie is Luke’s adventure.

In Lord of the Rings we have the Uruk-Hai, a new invention that makes orcs stronger. That’s not the sci-fi, it just raises the stakes. Likewise a station with the ability to destioy a planet through magical crystals is likely impossible.

Magical crystals = only likely impossible.