CGI should mainly be used as an enhancement. If it can be done practically, that's the best way to go. As digital elements will never perfectly match their real world counterparts.
This video is a perfect example. It wouldn't be half as charming if it had been done with a CG model.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I refuse to use the prequel pronunciations for "Coruscant" and "Palpatine"; it's Corus-kant and Palpa-tyne all the way for me.
Annie? Little Annie...?
New trailer for Earth to Echo has been released.
Also added trailers for:
I nominate 'Skywalkers.'
It's set 30 years after ROTJ. I'm sure the Jedi have been well re-established by now.
I doubt it will be very dark. I think it'll be similar to their approach with Rebels. Trying to recapture the fun and excitement of:
TheBoost said:
Wish there hadn't been two random black people in the background of one scene.
doubleofive said:
They dub Ewok dialog from Jedi over them, with a subtitle that says something like "You go, Lando!"
That's definitely not a soundbite from ROTJ. I'd bet the sound team over at Lucasfilm recorded it for them though. Here's Billy Dee's entire segment.
Speaking of ROTJ, I'm loving this BTS footage.
I'll take Jaxxon over Jar Jar any day.
Been playing Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven. FANTASTIC game! I really don't understand why this franchise isn't as lauded as GTA.
kk650 said:
It also leaves open the possibility of a love triangle, much like in the OT.
Between cousins? Let's not bring back that aspect of the OT. =P
They're not so much blue/green as they are sparkly galaxy eyes. I just figured they all contracted Bledsoe's disease. =P
bkev said:
I'm still mad that from what I understand the Episode VII script has been tweaked as to focus more on the original cast than intended. Part of me wonders why I care at all, but ... still. I want new faces.
starwars.com said:
It has also been confirmed that Star Wars: Episode VII is set about 30 years after the events of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, and will star a trio of new young leads along with some very familiar faces.
Way to be a specist, imperialscum. What do you have against Wookiees?
Anchorhead said:
I assume it's that and not that actual magic box he never opened. Still seems a bit of a stretch to put it in the cartoon. The Bad Robot shirt works better.
No, the mystery box is his whole shtick. It's his belief that mystery itself is what's important. So he's made it a habit in most of his productions to introduce mysterious elements in them and then never resolving them. Most of the time because there never really was an answer. They're mysteries for mystery's sake and I've always found that incredibly lame.
You missed Threepio's replacement Tin Man head.
I think ESB would have been even more interesting if Lando had stayed a vampire. =P
iamweasel said:
Do you think that they don't know that people that care for the OUT exists? Of course they do! They simply don't think there are enough of us out there to justify releasing the OUT in Blu-rays, 4k or whatever format they come up with.
The OUT hasn't been released in a higher quality format because George specifically never wanted it to be. The SE's are his "true vision" and as such he has abandoned the theatrical versions. Now that he's almost completely out of the picture we may someday actually see the OUT.
And just so we can get something clear here, you do understand that the OUT has more than enough picture information to be released in today's modern high definition formats without the need for any upconverting, right?
SilverWook said:
Straight out of Ralph McQuarrie's paintings! I knew some helmet replicas had been made, but it's the first time I've seen a complete concept costume. :)
So you haven't been following Rebels then I take it?
In other news, this was posted on Facebook today:
So did anyone think it was cool that they managed to squeeze Mark Hamill into that last episode?
Here's an excerpt from that interview in Insider:
"Well, CGI is the tool that is used to create effects these days," he responds. "But I think a lot of practical work from that era holds up better. Last year, I went to a 30th anniversary screening of Return of the Jedi and they found a really good 1983 print that had none of the later computer graphics in there [shown at Pixar to celebrate the release of the Making of book--Ed]. It was in really good shape and I was really shocked at the work we did back then--some of it is so much better than a lot of stuff you see today."
SilverWook said:
Not sure if real...
http://www.sithclan.net/index.php?id=13438
Fake or not, it's reminiscent of the logo for Tron 2 before it became Legacy.
Boo.
Just jumping in here with an idea I had the other day. Dunno if it's already been suggested but have you thought about swapping unmasked Vader's face with the Moon from the Mighty Boosh?
You guys need some ninjas.
Yeah I'm currently re-reading the original Marvel adaptation of Star Wars. And had forgotten how clueless Luke was, even about the Force. Having never heard about the Force, wouldn't that seem to suggest he hadn't even heard of Jedi before?