doubleofive

I'm proud of my screenname.  I really am.  I picked it out around 1998 or so and have never failed to get it for any website: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Xbox LIVE, MySpace, Twitter, Wordpress, tons of forums...  If you see the name doubleofive, you can be assured its me.

Except for Facebook.

As of midnight EST this morning, you could pick screennames so that people could search and find you by username and not just your real name.  I was up at 3am and thought I should save my "doubleofive", but figured it would be OK for me to get some sleep, who would take it after almost 12 years of getting it every time?  Apparently I was wrong.  Some kid in Minnesota took it before I could.

It's stupid, but I feel like my identity has been stolen.  I actually submitted a "Violiation of Intellectual Property" to Facebook about it!  Figured being able to prove that every other doubleofive is me would gain me back the one I lost.

I actually changed my title on here last week to reflect how proud I was that if you searched "doubleofive" on Google, every result pointed to me.  Now I'm afraid that the top result will be some kid I've never met before in my life.

I hope Facebook agrees with my sentiments...

Anyone else ever have this problem?  Kind of wanted to start a discussion, not just vent.

Ady actually PMed me worried that I would add this person to the credits!

1. the time of adding new screennames has passed

2. I only added people who posted on the ESBR thread with suggestions or encouragement

3. I seriously couldn't translate the english until you and Ady figured it out.

Apparently all you have to do is give her your credit card number if the PMs are to be believed...

Cute Davnes.  Especially the "Planet of Galactic Peace" reference.

EyeShotFirst said:

doubleofive said:

EyeShotFirst said:

Ok it is way better green. If the fatness of it is gone I think it will look a thousand times better. But quick question How is he going to get rid of the saber that is already there. Remove colours and add layers. Because one cant simply plop a new blade over that fat thing.

It's somewhat related to ESB, so I'll keep going...

I assume he actually would have to and has already for ESB erase the current blade filling it in with a new background, then redoing the blade from scratch.

That's a relief,

I thought it would be near impossible to do unless he had the footage of Mark and Dave slapping sticks together. OR removing the color of the blades.

I was going to grab a frame of RotJ to mock up, but I immediately ran into this frame and started crying:

Not to say it's impossible, just beyond my capacity.  For example, Ady managed to fix this:

EyeShotFirst said:

Ok it is way better green. If the fatness of it is gone I think it will look a thousand times better. But quick question How is he going to get rid of the saber that is already there. Remove colours and add layers. Because one cant simply plop a new blade over that fat thing.

It's somewhat related to ESB, so I'll keep going...

I assume he actually would have to and has already for ESB erase the current blade filling it in with a new background, then redoing the blade from scratch.

EyeShotFirst said:

Adywan,

I have been wondering for a while. In Return of the Jedi they originally had Luke's saber blue. I haven't seen any posts about this but are you planning on keeping it green or go to blue. This is a little early but I am wondering. I really don't care as long as the sabers are sleek, the size matches, and they not going through each other in front of the Emperor's face LOL

This actually should go here, but I think Ady has said that the green saber will remain.  Link actually goes to a blue saber mockup.

vaderios said:

adywan said:

Pic 3 -  I see what you mean here. i will look into fixing that

I was wrong here... this should not look like this and the hole in the back is in the wrong place.

I will edit my post in a minute with a test mockup.

 

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-Angel

 

Just as I finally figured out what it all meant, you're changing it?!

Molly said:

Looks like Avant Garde or possibly Century Gothic.

Thanks, I thought I had them, forgot they weren't anything special!

Sluggo said:

doubleofive said:

While its up here...

I keep asking and keep forgetting, what is the font used on the vintage figure card backs?  I had it for a while, but poof, it was gone.

 Could you post an example?  Pictures are worth a thousand words.

The font used for the names:

Like "Star Destroyer Commander" here.

brash_stryker said:

Ah sorry guys :( I never followed the ANH:R thread until the very end.

Apologies.

No problem man.  Check out the links in my sig, you'll learn more than you ever wanted to know about ANHR!

brash_stryker said:

I've looked through this whole thread and don't remember anything being said about this (although I could be wrong), so here goes.

Ady, have you ever considered making a cameo in your edits? A la Hitchcock.

All it would take is a green screen (which you're no doubt using for all your model/effects work anyway.

Just an idea. You're already going to have immortalised yourself in Star Wars history as it is. Just wondering if you've considered anything like this.

All you need is an orange jumpsuit ;)

You mean besides this?

Or this:

I know what you mean, and that would be awesome.  Ady apparently has thought about it though. ;-)

EDIT:

ChainsawAsh said:

He put himself in the medal ceremony at the end of ANH:R.  And his is the severed arm in the cantina in the DVD-9 (final) version.

You only beat me because I knew where the pictures were!  And the arm is in the DVD-5 also.

While its up here...

I keep asking and keep forgetting, what is the font used on the vintage figure card backs?  I had it for a while, but poof, it was gone.

Ripplin said:

Bewy said:

ixing of the bad compositing of the Luke element in the shot when the speeder gets crushed by the walker.

Yes, he's going to work on that. This is from Ady's 'to do' list in the first post: "17. Fixing bad composite of Luke leaping as his Snowspeeder is crushed."

Now, how he'd do that, I don't know. Just remove outlines? It's not as simple as that, I'm sure!

Judging by past statements Ady has made, he'll probably build the models and reshoot the whole thing!  LOL

Bewy said:

I think that what was exactly mentioned was the fixing of the bad compositing of the Luke element in the shot when the speeder gets crushed by the walker.

Squishing the speeder was mentioned also, but I'm sure that Ady has come to the same conclusion as Ripplin.

dark_jedi said:

1 of the things that bothered me,and I am sure it is pretty trivial compared to some of the other suggestions here,but my little boy and I just finished watching all 6 movies LOL and the thing that always got me from ESB is this(on top of some of the other examples already mentioned),when Luke just escapes from his Speeder and the Imperial Walker steps on it,it sure does NOT do much damage,in my opinion that Walker should just totally crush that Speeder,but it only crushes the canopy,not very realistic to me.

The Walker should out weigh that Speeder big time.

like I said pretty trivial,but it is always an attention getter for me.

I know its been mentioned, and I'm sure Ady has looked to see what he can do.  You're not alone!

vaderios said:

Vader is gonna rape you!

I believe this shot is very powerful. Pity that it doesnt have the necessary strength to pop up.

 

-Angel

Nice light reflections Angel!

Amazing work with Windu the last few pages!  Love it all!

The glares between Windu and Anakin now have meaning, instead of him just being upset at Anakin for being a whiny baby!

sans_fi said:

This is some kind of personal thing, and it will affect the story IN A HUGE WAY... It mainly affects ROTJ, but there is one little scene here.

Dont make Luke and Leia Brother and Sister... It just feels forced and stupid. It makes no sense that nobody ever felt the force in her, why obi-wan never even cared about her rescue on A New Hope, why nor yoda nor obi-wan even cared training her AT THE SAME TIME as Luke. And it breaks that tension between Han-Leia-Luke, without really giving anything to the story.

It wouldnt be that hard to edit from ROTJ, the biggest change would be how to make luke get angry with vader... But any other time is just cutting dialogue.

In ESB youll have to cut down the "No, there is another" (thats why im posting this here first and not waiting untill ROTJ:R)

People are already talking about it on the Wishlist.

DuTwan said:

Ripplin said:

TheBoost said:

-Three Pruneface aliens (I totally had that toy) in the Rebellion

The first time I saw him (basically when I got the toy, as I never noticed him in the movie until afterwards), I thought 'he must be a bad guy.' But no, he's a good guy! Haha. Another example of deceptive appearances. It's a shame we didn't see him with the Endor strike team, cuz that's where he was going, based on the camouflage duds.

 U talkin about the alien guy who was co pilot with lando?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Pruneface

adywan said:

Savage said:

As a completely non-OT:R subject but related to Ady's mock-up, I would also suggest making Mace the only Jedi to confront Palpy.  This may be a nightmare to edit (both visually and auditory), but if pulled off would add a lot to Mason J. Windu's character.  Just something to file away until 2019....

i will be doing that.

Cool, saves all of those Jedi from dying in the dumbest way imaginable.

Weird that we're actually getting more information about Ep3R (I'm doubting the original names will be kept) than ESBR today... ;-)

Davnes007 said:

Another thing with the way the clip ends - It sort of has the possibility of Luke knowing the probe is there, telling Han about it. Then he wants to go check it out, but gets rudely interupted by the Wampa, etc.

I like it, and think it would work even better if you inserted the probe droid leaving after he gets dragged away by the Wampa.  Not sure if its necessary, but someone can use it!

adywan said:

i made a mock-up (very quick one)of the Revisited PT sabers.

Now that's a preview for something a LONG way away!  LOL

Enigmas said:

This is a genuine question to the forum at large: Does a lightsaber have a pointy tip or a rounded tip?

A vast majority of shots "point" (sorry) to rounded.  If I recall correctly, only RotS and The Clone Wars have pointed tips, and only then in random close ups.