Zanshin

First, thanks again to Adywan for all his great work.  Your work makes Yoda seem much more natural and no longer betrays his muppet origins.

The Golden Idol said:

adywan said:

Well i can see the AT-AT debate still rages on. lol. Looks like i've got a lot of catching up to do. I'll reply to things that have been said a bit later when i get some spare time. But for now....

This is a clip i was hoping to post for Christmas but i didn't get a chance to finish it because of getting the damn flu. I have tweaked Yoda a bit. I've stuck to just the mouth movements because i don't feel the face needs anything. I have just tried to sync the lip movement more with what he is speaking.

Enjoy, and a Happy new Year

YODA TWEAKED -17mb approx XVID

 

 That's awesome, Ady. I think Yoda could use some subtle eyelid movement, but otherwise it's perfect!

Also, I think maybe he should move his eyes a bit more in certain scenes. Sometimes it kinda seems like his eyes are stuck facing forward. If you can subtly move his eyes a bit in these scenes, that would make him so much more lifelike.

Great job, Ady!

I agree with the Golden Idol on this.  There are a few times, like when Yoda is walking with his cane, that he just looks sort of straight, in the same direction his face is facing.  I would think he would either look up a little, as if he were thinking or look down.  The position of his eyes doesn't seem natural at that time.   And there are a few times when he is talking to Luke, but he seems to be staring slightly to the side of Luke.  I kind of thought he would stare directly at the camera.

First, thanks again for your wonderful edit Star Wars Revisited.  I cannot thank you enough creating the edition of the film that fans always wanted.

I also am dying to see your Revisited version of the Empire Strikes Back, and have been following this thread about the changes you are considering.
I am thrilled by the changes you are planning and really looking forward to the day when you complete it.

Still, there is one change that I felt would be better left alone, or taken in another direction.  That is the replacement of Needa's shuttle with a Lamba class shuttle.

Two things about this bother me.  First, I feel that the Lamba shuttle was extremely over used in Return of the Jedi.  While I can see that dignitaries like Vader and the Emperor would use such a graceful looking ship, it seemed odd to me that a 'parts and technical crew' would also be using the same ship.  The ship hardly looked like would be a utilitarian craft used for laborers.  Also, of course Luke used it to escape the second Death Star, giving the craft 4 appearances in the film.  In the original Star Wars, craft like Darth Vader's TIE fighter only appeared in one scene, making it seem unique.  Things like Cloud Cars got even less screen time.  The multiappearances of the Lamba shuttle made it seem like ILM was cutting corners by reusing the same model over and over.

So I think that even an officer be given access to such an impressive looking shuttle, seems out of place.

The second thing is that I have always liked that each film introduces new elements, characters, vehicles, locations.  I was quite disappointed when Lucas went back and added Boba Fett to the special edition of Star Wars.  I felt adding him detracted from the impression he makes in his introduction in the Empire Strikes Back.

So I don't really feel that elements from Return of the Jedi should be added to the Empire Strikes Back.

I hope that you have found my opinion on this matter useful.  I don't wish to take up too much of your time as I can guess how busy you are with regular life, as well as working on the Revisited edition of the Empire Strikes Back.

Thank you for your time and all your effort.