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corellian77 said:

The only minor effect that seemed like it could be improved is when the Falcon flies through the cloud on its way to Cloud City.  Its entrance and exit from the cloud didn't look entirely photorealistic to me.  There's a clear "edge"/point at which the ship ceases to be/becomes visible, whereas in a real cloud I think the ship would seem more to fade out/in from view... I hope I explained that clearly.  Anyone else think this too?

Yes, I noticed that too.

My only other criticism is the lack of Harmy-esque "decropping" of the Falcon cockpit shots. I doubt this will get fixed, though.

In which shots are the models moving incorrectly?

Rick McCallum said:

I hope that he does it, but I don’t have major arguments with him about it. I think that’s a decision he has to come to on his own as time comes by.

Wowzers.

Isn't part of the point of ROTJ that you're supposed to worry about Luke? If you don't, there's no tension in the Emperor's offer.

And don't forget that future events such as these concern us all, for the future is where we will spend the rest of our lives.

There are conventions?

Erikstormtrooper said:

Still, we could probably change our message from "You suck! Give us the originals!" to "Give us the originals. We love them!"

So in the meantime, what can we do on our own? Well, we have top men working on it.

TOP MEN.

Meanwhile, there's George-Bashing threads.

In all seriousness, I'd love to have an older Ric appear in the battle.

But in all seriousness, it's not likely.

Hold on

There are two issues. There's the lack of the originals-release, and that's stupid of George, etc etc.

Then there's the prequels being terrible. With the prequels, George made the movies he wanted to make. And everyone yelled at him (even before the SE-only-released issue). Why would he make more movies like that if everyone yelled at him for it?

So what he says is true, from a certain point of view.

He totally just called us out.

Anyway, as long as we say "Fine, release the SE...but also release the original", we're ethically consistent.

But it's only Part 1 of The Hobbit

TV's Frink said:

I hear the Republican and Democratic conventions are good for picking presidents.

Well, they're the most successful, but I don't know if I'd call it "good"

aalenfae said:

I love those Jedi Starfighter concepts. Very OT, and very stylish. 
But wouldn't it be better to include already existing canon ships? Like Z-95's, 170's, V-Wings, and Naboo Starfighters? 

Go for things that recognizably been on screen, yup.

I don't think Vader has the strength, at that point, to do any of this, and I think it would distract from the more important events of the story.

That is one big shuttle

Oh, I thought the Bothan discussion was dead. I may try to wade through the pages of posts soon, but until then, here was my original concept for the Bothan sequence:

1. Bothan insertion into Coruscant via spacedrop (see my previous post)

2. Bousschchhch, already on Coruscant, provides them with a way in to the Imperial facility (again, see previous post)

3. Bothans sneak through facility, get plans, and are then discovered

4. Bothans attempt to escape, but are killed off one by one, until the final Bothan is picked up in mid-air by a Blockade Runner which surreptitiously leaves one of the skylanes, grabs the Bothan, and takes off for the sky at maximum speed (All those engines have got to count for something).

5. Boushh watches, intended as a backup plan, but gets into his ship and leaves once the Bothan has excaped. "Transmission incoming" reveals a photo/holo of the Falcon on Tatooine - Boushh jumps to hyperspace.

Regarding fur: Leave the Bothans fully helmeted and covered, but with strangely, unhuman shaped helmets (more snoutlike). Then, when one dies, their helmet comes off - The only Bothan we ever see is a dead one. This is much easier than having to have several actors in Bothan makeup, but shows us the expanding, less human nature of the Rebellion.

This thread has officially gone beyond any Revisited thread ever.

...That looks great to me. Theatrical accuracy aside, and I suspect you're right anyway, it actually looks rather realistic now.

doubleofive said:

he had been up for 48 hours working on a single shot!

 

I recommend we start a "Don't die, Ady!" campaign?

It's hard to say, from a 6-movie perspective, what Owen and Beru know or don't know. They know that Anakin left suddenly, immediately after his mother's funeral, following Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic crusade. Obi-Wan must have given them some sort of explanation for who he was and why he was giving them this baby.

Yup, and here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Odzi9023Z4

It's a big galaxy.

Yeah, I just assumed everyone though Ani was dead and Vader was just Palpatine's new crony. This is, of course, how the PT should be edited anyway.

I'm mildly concerned about the overly sepia-tone of that, but it's certainly an improvement.

Although the alternate cut of the original cantinia scene does clearly show a flipper laying on the ground.