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#375566
Topic
Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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TMBTM said:
vaderios said:

Notice the lack of roof set.

 

-Angel

 

Great work!

But it looks more like the footbridge we see Luke on (later on) than a lack of roof set (?) The camera is just under that footbridge, that's all (a nice trick to not make a roof set though :) I agree!)

Love the lights, the sparks, the reflections, but I think TMBTM is right, its makes sense that its the Footbridge to Nowhere.

The black looks like a matte, I admit, but its empty.  Why would they take the time to matte out the rest of the set by hand and not put anything there?  Also, it seems rather random with its extensions down.  It is odd that it lines up perfectly with where you made those pieces light up though...  Maybe they framed the shot under the bridge to cover the set from that angle?

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#375560
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Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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Darth Venal said:

I'm wondering why so many people keep referring to the shaft in Palpatine's throne room as the reactor core. That's not what it is at all, unless you're suggesting we can see 450km down that thing. Let's remember that the throne room is atop a very tall tower, and I reckon that shaft only reaches to the actual surface of the Death Star. At a standard Earth gravity, which is clearly how all the ships in Star Wars seem to work, it would take Palpatine three hours to hit the reactor core.

That's really funny to me.  I'm just imagining him waiting for the impact and it taking FOREVER.

Remember when the EU had all "Good" Jedi disappear and all "Dark" Jedi explode like Palps?  That was odd.  Do they still do that?

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#375443
Topic
THE STAR WARS SAGA - 1080P AVCHD DVD-9 for PS3 & Blu-Ray players - Episodes 1, 4 & 5 available now
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vaderios said:
doubleofive said:

Since there's only 3 done, I doubt he'd have much luck, even on the Googles.  And we couldn't post links here, so there's that also.

Why is that? well i got mines via google :)

But he wouldn't be able to get all six of them via the Google if there's only 3 done!

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#375399
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Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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vaderios said:

How far can push ROTJ's edit into a microscopic level? lol

When Leia is turning the big gun on jabba's ship. in the close up for 3 frames her eyes look in the camera before she look into the right position. Easy fix but hard noticeable. The same goes to Chewie in the lamda shuttle

 

-Angel

Grain of sand, Chewie's foot?  Can't get more microscopic than HotRod!

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#375394
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Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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vaderios said:

Spot the difference :)

ROTJ                                                                                                                                             ESB

 

-Angel

Heaven forbid the guy look out the same window in the same place giving off almost identical reflections.  OK, so its either a reused shot, or they lit him exactly the same 3 years apart.  At least the stars are different?

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#375310
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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Bingowings said:

You clearly haven't understood the illustration (even though it is fully explained in the text) this is a diagonal wipe describing a transition of time (perhaps a clockwipe would make it more obvious).

We see the Republic era ships replaced by ships from the same era as ANH (time has passed).

Now we can see the Death Star being built but it's not being built right after the end of the Clone Wars but about half a decade before ANH after the Empire is fully established and their starfleet has been upgraded to what we see in the OT.

Bingowings said:

Perhaps the motion of a TIE-fighter could cover the wipe (nothing says OT to me more than a TIE) :

Tie Wipe

I like the idea, I like it a lot.  What will be the last shot of the movie in that case?  The construction of the DS maybe?  Oh my gosh, I can't remember what the ending is currently!  It's been completely removed from my brain?  I remember all the things that happen, but the order is completely gone!  Good for me, I guess, huh?

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#375291
Topic
STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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brash_stryker said:

Post edited. Had missed Ady's post stating that those 2 things would be the only things changed. Sorry.

Playing catch up and getting really excited about something isn't anything to apologize for.  You should have been with me as I was catching up on the whole thread, wanting to bring YEARS old conflicts back out.  ;-)

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#375011
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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vaderios said:
doubleofive said:

Maybe it could be pitch dark and the light is coming from it being reflected off of the Planet Endor?

Id like to see that. Images explain better than my poor English can understand :)

We should imagine the Planet Endor as our moon, and the Sanctuary Moon as Earth.  If the Planet is only seen over the dark surface of the Moon, you could use the sun reflecting off of the Planet to light scenes when the Moon is dark.  Add glimpses of the Planet Endor in the sky when its dark on the surface and we'd be set!

EDIT: I threw together an idea of what I mean.  You'll have to forgive the crudity of this model, I haven't put any software on this new machine of mine:

Made in Windows 7 Paint. :-)  Not to scale.

Anyway, PE revolves around the sun and the SM's orbit always puts it in the way of the sun, so every night the night is lit by the light reflecting off of PE.  The DS2 is in a geostationary orbit above the shield generator which revolves around from day to night as normal.  If we make PE far enough away from SM, there wouldn't be a huge SM shadow on the surface, and if you make PE a neutral color it would explain the moonlight in the Ewok Village!  Therefore, if the Death Star was on the opposite side of the Sanctuary Moon from the sun, it could be lit from light reflecting off of the Planet Endor.

 

WHEW!

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#375000
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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vaderios said:

What if:

1.Instead of the executor and all the fleet suddenly arrives from nowhere having them jumping out from hyperspace.

We'd have to change the Emperor's line about moving the "fleet to the far side of the Sanctuary Moon.  There it will stay.... until called for."

2. The rebel fleet is near sullust. Can we see the system/planet on the ship concentration?

I don't see why not.  But they are massing NEAR Sullust, not AT Sullust, so it's not necessary.

3. The death star have a more impressive/extented explosion aka what Darth Venal posted as Alderaan's destruction?

It would be awesome if it fell apart in huge chunks instead of popping.

4.

Very yes.

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#374995
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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Ripplin said:
doubleofive said: how freaking big is some of that welding to be seen from this distance from something that big?

If it was out in the open (unobstructed view), I think you could even see the light from a regular little ol' Earth welding torch at that distance because it's so insanely retina-burning bright.

I'd like to see a GIF of that with little lights blinking here and there. Maybe some little dots buzzing around to indicate small robots or ships doing work, too.

Yes, but also think about how MASSIVE DS2 is and how small the Executor is when it crashes into it.  Each of those welds is probably bigger than the Super Star Destroyer!

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#374992
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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vaderios said:
doubleofive said:

I'm thinking the moon should be completely dark at this point.

Almost because if its black we lose the sense of space and perspective. Or we can add Endor behind the moon to add depth.

I added some Fleet and vader's ship (where did it go?)

 

-Angel

These are getting better by the post.  We need details, like how much of this is CGI, how much is painted, how did you figure what the half-complete Death Star would look from whatever angle, how freaking big is some of that welding to be seen from this distance from something that big?

Maybe it could be pitch dark and the light is coming from it being reflected off of the Planet Endor?

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#374979
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Textbook Fail (SE shots used in matte artwork section)
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Here's a screenshot from WookieGroomers GOUT vs DVD:

No original shot, and the red lighting on that Stormtrooper wouldn't be there if that was an actor being blue screened.  There very well may have been a physical hanger model, but everything else in this shot is 100% CGI.

Any chance of getting a scan of the picture out of the book?  Be nice to have around as a OT.com "Fail" picture.

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#374968
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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vaderios said:

When Han says: there are lot of command ships, we supposed to see the 2 more SDs? If no id like to add some more SDs with some tie traffic to enhance the scene. if yes then better remove the line.

 

-Angel

This is the scene after Vader is told to move the fleet to the far side of the moon, so there should be a lot of traffic.  Also, wouldn't Han and Co notice the huge fleet moving around to the other side of the moon?  Too bad they can't send a transmission back to Sullust! "Uh, guys, there's a huge fleet just standing around, might want to do something about that.  It's a trap." ;-)

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#374965
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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Bingowings said:

doubleofive has been compiling a list of re-edit ideas.

It might make sense to find the ones that may need a mockup to get the idea across and post a link to a mockup after it, turning it into a partially illustrated list that anyone could use (not just Ady who will no doubt pick a few and add them to the ideas he already has but not use them all).

Yeah, that's something I'm usually behind on, mostly because I'm not sure what qualifies a whole new idea and not a branch off of something we already mentioned, or is something so off the wall that no one is going to seriously use it.  Somebody is running a DeviantArt with Angel's mockups, so there's a good place for that.  I'd love to put the mockups in my list, but I've already been through every post on this thread too many times already. ;-)

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#374897
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Info &amp; Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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EyeShotFirst said:
doubleofive said:
EyeShotFirst said:

Ady isn't killing Lando. He said so himself.

Ah, but this is the Wishlist for any/all RotJ edits (and ESB, but most people tend to put their ESB ideas on Ady's thread).  Killing Lando is still an option for some edits.  Its a viable option for those who want to get away from the "outrunning an explosion" problem.

I don't know why everyone is making such a fuss about the damn explosion. Hell you can't have an explosion like that in space anyway so let's just keep it the fictional world that it is.

Personally I don't have a problem with it, I'm just throwing out ideas.