shanerjedi

That's always going to be the challenge with replacing existing shots like the original. It was an actual shot, photographed on a stage with everything in camera(exception being the animated lasers).

That's why there needs to be more softer focus on the mtns in the background: to match existing photographed footage.

Otherwise these new shots will make more sense continuity wise but will stand out too much as synthetic.

That was one of the problems with the Star Wars Special Editions to begin with.

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Is there any way to more effectively tie in the fx shots with the location footage? Notice even in the original film we dont see much battlefield debris around the walkers because the stop motion animators needed the space to animate.

Maybe ady could tie those fx shots into the location footage by adding in trenches or something?

I agree the shot does look great overall but more atmospheric haze does need to be added to the background. The mtns appear too sharp and detailed versus what we see from the falling walker, which is softer.

Yes. I dislike that "What have I done, but I'll do anyting you wish Master" scene in ROTS.

sluggo

OH!  What if an ewok spy can be matted into the foreground of the scene where the rebels first exit the shuttle tyderium.  If the rebels are seen exiting an imperial ship, the ewoks would see them as enemies, the same as the imperials.  R2 and 3PO would have to be matted out of that shot until the ewok spies left, of course.

Cool. Just like a shadowy figure in the bushes that watches them and makes those Wicket growling noises as he watches them. Could add some early suspense for the audience too. The ewoks would certainly know the Imperial equipment by then too. Shuttles, Walkers, AT-STs would all be regarded as containing the enemy.

sluggo:

Yeah i wondered that too. He's a god to them and they still want to roast the heroes. Huh?

Maybe have Logray gesturing and put in subtitles where he says "no, these beings are the ones forcing us from our homes and destroying our forests" or something?

Then 3PO says he'll levitate then "he" does.

did the abridged audiobook for Heir to the Empire, so it might be possible to crib some lines from there.

Oh yeah! I had that once and forgot all about it. Good thinking.

I would assume the AT-AT is blurry because it's in motion.

Adywan, it looks like you are putting in more AT-ATs judging by this shot. Is that right?

It looks like you cut Anakin throwing the tool too.

sluggo: And by keeping it from Padme, it makes her look less like a lunatic for falling in love with him.

That right there is justification enough to change it to this.

SSWR, that turned out better than I thought it would. I still dont like that they went back to Tatooine though.

eah, that would be ideal. But can it be pulled off? And what do you do with the night conversation?

You know one thing that bugs me about Leia being told that Vader is Luke's father is that there's no subsequent reaction that Vader is HER father too.

Lucas really did crunch a trilogy into one movie.

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So about making the ewoks more fierce:

What are they mad about? Why ally themselves with the rebels?

What if there's a little bit of dialogue by Logray when he stands up and talks. You could add subtitles where it suggests the imperials have been clearing the forests and subsequently destroying Ewok villages.

To tie into the 3PO is a god idea, it would be 3PO who would be regarded as their saviour in this troubled time.

I love the idea of Dooku being a rogue jedi. Sounds great. :)

God, AOTC is a mess. "I failed you senator". What? Didnt you do your job? You took the bullet and shes still alive.

Luke and Leia being siblings doesnt kill things. But it does shrink the galaxy a little. The main reason to do it is closure. It's the last movie. Tie up all the loose ends, including another Skywalker.

Why leave it open if there no other SW films to tinker with?

Maybe have the coda where luke is off searching for the other and leave it open?

Like Conan. :D

Has anyone considered a coda for the end of ROTJ? Like after the credits. Conan The Barbarian had a pretty cool one. Short and sweet.

Okay, so if you tied slavery and those suggestions into the story, and Naboo, then you could have Qui-Gon going against the will of the council and fighting to free Naboo......and the labour force the populace represents

I just dont like the idea that the jedi would sit by and allow slavery because of ancient law.

Maybe Qui-Gon goes against this?

lol! That was hilarious and so was your special edition of it sluggo.

I love ESB because it takes us to completely new places. ROTJ completes the circle so naturally some things reappear again.

Nothing wrong with that.

Jabba's Palace ala Cantina 2

Leia in disguise to rescue a prisoner ala ANH

The thing was Lucas took some of his original ideas for the first film(big ground battle with wookies, etc), tweaked them, and then redid some things from ANH, only bigger and "better".

Well Vaderious, ROTJ is a remake of ANH in many ways. We cant do anything about that.

I've done 3 different ones over the years:

A)My own "radical" reimagining, 

B) a redux Lucas vision

C) a tweaked TPM shooting script.

The redux of Lucas' vision was like the opening of ANH with the Queen speeding away from her homeworld and going to Tatooine after her ship is damaged. Obi-Wan meets Anakin. Qui-Gon appears at Coruscant. End battle start of Clone Wars.

Basically taking ideas Lucas had in his revised rough draft and deleted scenes and put them in.

And I took all the Naboo/Amidala assassination plot from Ep. 2 and put it into Eppy 1, with revisions.

That cleared the way for Alderaan in Ep. 2, more Clone Wars, etc.

It basically upped the timeline to have the Clone Wars over by the end of Ep. 2.

That cleared the way for Ep. 3 to be all about The Emp, Anakin, Kenobi, and Amidala.

I liked Magnoliafan's idea that the big ball was a holy relic that the Naboo had pinched off the Gungans.

Yeah that worked well too. I really enjoyed his edit of TPM.

And I like your crawl idea suggesting a back story to episode one and the whole saga really.

Is there any footage of pilot Wedge saying "May the Force be with you"?

It would be cool if he told Lando that right before Wedge leaves for the surface.

Hmmm...

It would also make Lando's death more poignant.

So you could add Ackbar's voice and that digi DS2 schematic and have Ackbar say something "Gold Leader, the DS is rotating to fire and destroy Endor".

Then have Lando go in and take out the DS2.

I like the idea someone mentioned of the rebel hq ship to be smoked up like they're pretty banged up too.

Remember in the ROTJ novel when they mention how Jerrjerrod was orbiting the DS2 around so they could take out Endor?

Why not add something like that to up the time crunch and make Landos sacrifice doable?

He would sacrifice himself to save his buddy Han.

As for ep. 2, I remember looking at Kamino and going: those energy tubes and the power looks like the generator tubes on Naboo during the final duel. That's what gave me the idea to link them.

I also took Jango, changed his name to Prima, and moved him into ep. 1 but only as one of a squad of mandalorian commandos that help the sith and federation.

Prima was then the lone survivor after the jedi and republic take them out at the end of ep. 1(which in my writing was the first major battle in the Clone Wars).