I made a few screenshot comparisons from the first act. I can make more if anyone is interested.
Great job!
The external shot immediately proceeding the ion control one is also great for continuity/geography.
Great job Adywan!
Hope you can enjoy a showing of it some time away from After Effects!
Continuity is fantastic, other than the big ticket shots most of your hard efforts passed me by seamlessly, which is intended as high praise!
Did anyone else notice an issue with the audio around 1’48", just before the Falcon lifts off from Cloud City? The sound of the lasers blasts seemed distorted.
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Just a reminder of release info Adywan posted earlier in the year 😃
A lot has changed since Star Wars Revisited was released 10 years ago. What is the plan for distribution?
It will be an 8gb(approx) 720p mkv file at first, most probably available through usenet and direct download links. Torrents will most likely crop up not long after. The 25GB bluray and DVD will follow later in the year once i have completed the special features, which i haven’t started yet because i have been concentrating on getting the edit out of the way first
Thanks for all your efforts Adywan!
18:01 tonight unplug your internet & enjoy a pint! 😃
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Good luck with the shoot tomorrow adywan! 😃
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Here’s a clip of the island Force vision, based on the idea by NeverarGreat:
Password: fanedit
That was great! Pity the sun wasn’t in the same position prior to the fade.
As Edezio Enk’or Valorum says the sea fading up looks just like sand blowing!
Cool 😃
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That looks amazing Ady, great work!
It’s massive!
I’m sure it’ll look even better on film with the right perspectives & smoke.
Have fun filming ! 😃
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Having checked with adywan that it was something that he definately wasn’t including anymore, I’ve now got a chance to go into something I originally removed from my previous post above -
Regarding his recent clip preview, you’ll recall I described how adywan has gone on to alter his already excellent improvements for his earlier ‘workprint’ versions of the ‘Piett in the control room’ shot and ‘Vader stepping down into the control room’ shot. Well, another one that he has improved on compared to his ‘workprint’ version, is where Vader is seen walking towards the windows at the front of the bridge.
He originally put a lot of work into a ‘composite’ shot which re-used the actors from the AVENGER stardestroyer’s ‘pit crew’, as seen in this early preview pic of the sequence - orig02.deviantart.net/68ea/f/2009/173/1/1/2009_01_29_rough_sequence_by_swremixed.jpg
Now I was originally a big fan of this planned new (flipped) shot, and adywan had actually tweaked it further for his ‘workprint’ - he removed some of the ‘pit crew’ actors so that there were only 2 showing in the foreground, so that it wouldn’t seem such a re-use of the earlier footage.
However, I’m glad that he decided to discard this shot altogether in the end, and replace it with his latest shot of Vader walking towards the front of the bridge instead…as it now means that there are NO more AVENGER stardestroyer ‘pit crew’ actors seen onboard the EXECUTOR whatsoever! 😃
Great info ImperialFighter, many thanks.
The view of Vader from the pit does look cool though.
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“like the elephant trunk in ANH”
It’s that something to do with Bantha’s?
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MartyMcFly said:
I think on top of the mixing, the fact that they recorded the opening theme with the LA orchestra in the US with 90 instruments instead of the LSO in Abbey Road with 120 was also a huge misstep. I do not know why they decided to do this but it was kinda shocking to learn that the opening theme wasn’t even conducted by John Williams but the LA director. Wtf?Here’s the source on that if anyone’s interested: http://www.rebelforceradio.com/shows/2015/12/30/star-wars-oxygen-vol-25-the-force-awakens-part-1 Talk about opening theme starts @ 50:00 minutes.
Thanks for posting that link MartyMcFly, hadn’t come across the site before 😃
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In case you missed it:
https://swrevisited.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/echo-base-hanger-model/
Thanks for that doubleofive, looks massive!
Is this miniature required due to the changing size of the bays adywan mentions?
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Please don’t encourage him.
Commenting on the minutiae of ESB? Isn’t that why we’re all here?
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… It seems that the miniature Lando that sticks his head out of the Falcon Hatch is the Alien footage.
Anyway Thank god the Return of the Jedi Footage has been removed.
Hey Ronster
Rookie fan here obviously 😃
Are you talking about actual footage from the film Alien used in ESB Special Edition?
And footage from ROTJ?
Are there any links available of video or screen grabs?
Interesting reading your comments about the timing of the music with the footage being out in that sequence, sounds similar to what adywan corrected with the opening crawl.
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That looks great!
Super exciting 😃
Keep up the sterling work, final straight now!
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Listening to The Projection Booth’s super-sized episode on Star Wars, and during their interview with ANH Set Decorator Roger Christian, he says “[There were] a lot of discussions over how dark the [Death Star] walls should be. John [Barry, set designer] wanted them really black, but the lighting camera couldn’t cope with it being so dark, so they got stage by stage, they got lighter and lighter so it reached a compromise, in effect.”
Just pointing out that the set designer wanted the Death Star to be black and white.
Thanks for the link to The Projection Booth podacst, hadn’t come across it before.
What a treasure trove of information!
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Great observations ImperialFighter.
I'm still amazed how closely people analyse these clips & how well they know the different versions!
I came across this link which helped me understand a little better why some of the changes/corrections are being made.
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Perhaps although scripted as debris, it may have been a VFX Easter Egg & never meant to be clearly identifiable as a hand & lightsaber,
Like the kitchen sink at the beginning of ROTS.
Perhaps :-)
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BarryBarrons said:
exitzero said:
It is his hand. I was curious to know for sure myself now so I took a screen shot into Photoshop and zoomed in. It's 100% a hand with a lightsaber. Though it's not gripping it. The hand is open falling in beside the hilt of the saber. Afterwards I stumbled on this-
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8053/is-that-lukes-hand-falling-down-at-the-end-of-the-empire-strikes-back
My screenshot actually turned out clearer than this one, though I don't know if it's different because mine is from the special ed. It also really looks like his left hand which is curious.
I don't think it is his hand. Luke was sucked into one of those many red circular vent things which you can see all over the place in that huge funnel.
when Luke falls, he gets pulled sideways into one of those vents, he then travels down a silver corrugated tube where he comes to rest, theres no sign of the severed hand or lightsaber
that tube opens & Luke falls again down another similar tube to a hatch which is already open to the weather vane
Luke lands on the weather vane with a jolt, the weather vane moves with Lukes weight, then we see the piece of debris falling
If this was Lukes hand, the chances of the hand & lightsaber being sucked into the same vent, and falling out of the city after Luke falls out are pretty slim
I think its just debris added to make you more aware how perilous Lukes situation is
Having subsequently goggled this, it appears that this debate has been rumbling on for many years.
This excerpt from the script would seem to confirm that it was indeed intended to be debris:
EXT. BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY - WEATHER VANE - DUSK
Unable to hang onto the pipe, Luke tumbles out, emerging at the
undermost part of Cloud City. Reaching out desperately, he manages to
grab onto on electronic weather vane.
LUKE
Ben... Ben, please!
Luke tries to pull himself up on the weather vane but slips back down.
He hooks one of his legs around the fragile instruments. All the
while, a powerful current of air rushes out at him from the exhaust
pipe.
LUKE
Ben. Leia!
There is an ominous cracking sound from the base of the
weather vane and a piece breaks off, falling into the clouds far below.
LUKE
Hear me! Leia!
Ronsters observations are always interesting to read, even if the visuals are now locked down :-)
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exitzero said:
I always thought it was his hand gripping his lightsaber. which someone finds in Episode 7 according to the trailer.
Cool, thanks for the reply exitzero :-)
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Looking great Adywan, thanks for the clip :-)
On a side note can anyone tell me what it is that falls towards Bespin as Luke lands on the weathervane?
I've never been able to figure it out.
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Great article over at The Digital Bits!
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Option 3 gets my vote :-)
Agreed, Ronster's mock-up does look cool but I don't think the engine should be visible given what's already been said regarding camera position/lenses used.
Interesting debate all the same & some cool behind the scenes stills shown in the process :-)
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The model looked cool but that still is stunning!
Great work adywan!
adywan said:
The Dagobah miniature is about to get filmed. Some last little tweaks with the lighting, especially the rear illumination, then to fill the room with smoke and start shooting. This is just a quick hand-held test shot and not a representation of how it will appear in the finished version. (Click on image to view it full size)
Looks fantastic adywan!
If you can persuade your wife to let you keep it up 'till Christmas you could use smoke from the kitchen ;-)
Cheers, Paul
Lord Haseo said:
adywan said:
Darth Lars said:
It is not a flaw that some building in the far distance is the same behind both the Millenium Falcon and the Slave I.
Some buildings? Actually it's all of them, including the same clouds because they used the exact same matte for both platforms, so it is a flaw:
Obvious trolling is obvious. It didn't dignify a response.
Probably true, but it's great to see that comparison shot as someone who loves Empire but obviously on a totally different level to Adywan.
I hadn't been aware the same matte had been used in this shot & it's fascinating to see the reason behind one of the changes in ESBR :-)
Cheers, Paul
darth_ender said:
ladyferry said:
Have you a link so I can save it and upload it to vimeo?
That's a great link, thanks for posting.
So many little things to enjoy in those ten minutes, although I would never have noticed that the correct side of Slave 1 is now showing if I hadn't read about it first! :-)
Great work Ady, many thanks!
