Starting Phantom Menace with the invasion. Getting the movie to the point.
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I think having the Jedi’s entrance be them rescuing the Queen in Theed is more effective than them being negotiators.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-05-18-0505180309-story.html
“First of all we never thought of Bush ever becoming president,” “Star Wars” producer Rick McCallum said, “or then 9/11, the Patriot Act, war, weapons of mass destruction. Then suddenly you realize,
Oh, my God, there's something happening that looks like we're almost prescient.' And then we thought,Well, yeah, but he’ll never make it to the second term, so we’ll look like we just made some wacky political parody of a guy that everybody’s forgotten.’”
“No matter who you look at in history, the story is always the same,” Lucas said. “That’s what’s eerie. It was a little eerie that things have developed the way they have.”
McCallum was willing to make one prediction: “There’s no question that the French are going to love the movie. We are definitely going to get the Golden Freedom Fry Award for best movie of the year, because they’ll see it exactly the way they see their relationship with us now.”
Here’s the HUGE gamble Disney is making:
Right now, the only thing I’m really looking forward to regarding Star Wars is Rian Johnson’s SW Trilogy, after all Johnson has earned my full trust with TLJ. I wish I could say I’m looking forward to The Mandalorian, but I don’t have Disney+.
Can anyone create a whole new SW experience that is still , … well, Star Wars?
There is no guarantee of success. Will mediocrity be enough? It’s the only way the film franchise can continue long-term so they’ll invest hugely in this while exploiting all other avenues to milk the franchise (TV, theme parks, comics, etc.).
Oh, in my opinion Rian Johnson is the wrong guy to do this next piece of work given the divisive reaction to his only entry. Need a uniter rather than someone always looking to subvert expectations.
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I don’t get why TLJ is so divisive.
TFA was such a huge letdown I had no expectations in regards to the following episode, and in fact I fully expected TLJ to be a remake of TESB in the same way TFA is a remake of the first SW. Once a friend confirmed it wasn’t like that I was genuinely excited, went to see the movie, and once the credits started rolling, left the cinema with a sense of euphoria.
I don’t think Johnson was trying to subvert expectations, he was trying to come up with the best story he could write and direct, which he did brilliantly.
I don’t get why some people have such strong feelings against TFA. Yes, it hits almost the exact same plot points as Star Wars(blowing up a third Death Star was especially annoying). But since when has Star Wars been about super intricate and interesting plots?
The heart of Star Wars is in its characters and the drama that comes from their interactions. TFA succeeded marvelously at this; creating drama, emotion and fun new characters courtesy of spectacular performances from previously unknown actors. Yes, the plot is derivative, but it’s also almost irrelevant.
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Lucasfilm effectively Trotsky’d that shot. The only slip through the mainstream cracks has been Han vs. Greedo.
Dooku looks on, this time in video form!
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I’m incredibly happy with my roto work and compositing. Using some new techniques, such as atmospheric fog, help sell that Dooku is ‘actually there’.
Dooku looks onto Qui-Gon’s funeral
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjdwzEPjzlY
Sheepish is back with video updates!
Thank you!
I feel like the choking scene is the best part of the fight, though. It would be incredibly easy to cut around, but I feel like that’s the only part of the actual fight where there’s pure, raw emotion.
An animation test I did:
Grievous receives bad news.
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Exactly.
Thank you!
I could ask the same about your Disney hatred, Zerome.
Just let people have their own opinions without them being ‘paid off’ or anything.
Or if that’s too complex, then just reorder the Jedi purge to be happening DURING the Obi-Wan/Anakin battle to make it extra tragic that it all collapses at once.
That’s a pretty good idea!
Bad location continuity is a sacrifice I’m willing to take when it comes to this fight. If I did focus on continuity, we’d miss out on some of the better moments and get stuck with a whole lot of twirling light-sticks.
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The sounds are entirely unfinished, as I haven’t really isolated the dialogue or completed the saber sound effects. This is a proof of concept more than anything.
I’m not getting that problem.
I have somehow managed to get Anakin vs. Obi-Wan down to a minute and a half while keeping only the good stuff. I’ll upload it later today.
The fight is refocused on Obi-Wan backing away from Anakin, and him never showing anger or fury. Obi-Wan is trying to save Anakin, not have a dumb 7 minute fight with him on ropes and falling structures.
In an effort to remove the dumb as hell flip that starts the most important fight in the Star Wars saga:
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Foley really helps it, but gifs don’t support audio 😕.
That’s the least of that flick’s issues.
Depends. If it depends on the story/director, it’s American. But most of the crew was English and most of the film was shot at Pinewood, so would that make it English?
You guys need to watch Clerks.
I very much enjoyed The Last Jedi and Solo …Resistance I am not crazy about and will just follow the plot through online reviews . And no , Star Wars was not killed by Disney , It is very much alive and I hear they are even making books , comics , video games and a theme park .Just the facts folks .
The whole idea of this thread is subjective because to those of us who prefer and/or grew up with the EU only to see it and the original actors flipped off has killed Star Wars’ essence, now the only thing left is the bloated corporate shell.
When was Star Wars never a bloated corporate shell?
1976
I feel like comparing Ivan to Adywan is disingenuous to say the least.
Why are you acting like this?
I’m haunted by the films it should never have given me…