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For the record: I would love a modern remake of X-Wing.

It's hard to deny that the battle between capital ships at the beginning of ROTS is superb, if superfluous to the plot. I'm not quite sure how one would go about making the ROTJ battle a bit more like this (ie time consuming & expensive to do it right), but that's really the direction I'd like to see the ROTJ battle go.

WhatsMyName said:

Bingowings said:

His verdict after seeing all three was he liked Jedi the most and Empire the least (because the Falcon kept breaking down).

 

i thought the same thing when i was a kid

On a serious note, I think this is probably something worth considering. Do faneditors remake the films in such a way that kids won't like them as much?

We could talk about that sometime, I guess.

kenkraly2007 said:

Harmy said:

But it wouldn't bother you if it didn't happen?

No it whould'nt.

Then how is it a must?

Darth Bizarro said:

I also find it interesting that the words "Star Wars" don't actually appear anywhere on the cover of the original edition of the books but does mention the "Adventures of Luke Skywalker."  I think you mentioned that in Secret History as I recall though.  

Well that makes sense. Until ESB came out, no one knew that the whole series was titled "Star Wars". "Star Wars" was a movie that came out in 1977, and "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" was its book-sequel.

Disclaimer: Haven't read Secret History

The X-Wing Series was put down for being too exceptional.

I wish there was a way to make Anakin crash into Quadrinaros, causing the destruction of the pod.

To be honest, that red R2 is pretty distracting. I understand that it fixes a continuity issue, but it really draws the eye and attention towards it, because it's such a familiar character and yet.... not. It's very distracting.

No, it's sporting lack-of-texture in order to show off only the model's form.

Just an anecdote:

I saw Toy Story 3 in 3D. A few weeks later, I saw Toy Story 3 in 2D. Obviously the movie had no problems with being in 3D, as they could easily render a second camera - no crappy upconversion. But there was nothing added to the movie by being in 3D either. It was a great film, but not even the descent into hell scene was particularly enhanced by the third dimension.

Adywan banned?

I'd love a myspleen invite, if there any left.

Excited to see this set!

I assume there's some reason why Vimeo isn't being considered? It has a great reputation with folks who seem like the sorts that would hate facebook's compression modifications and you don't have to join a facebook group to see the content.

I thought CG-Yoda in TPM on BR was a well accepted fact.

I watched it again (again) and I'd to recant my earlier statement - It's not too distracting.

(Everyone still needs more Ronto-butt, of course)

Jeyl said:

Great job so far Adywan. I really liked what you did with the coloring on Han's rescue of Luke. Very appropriate. If there's one thing that stood out for me that I would like to address, it's this shot.

This added rebel trooper is just poking me in a bad way. I'm watching the shot of Han riding back into the rebel base when all of a sudden this big beige colored thing comes in and takes up the almost half of the screen than we instantly cut to the inside of the base. To me, it makes the cut from outside to inside feel a bit disjointed because the added trooper takes so much of my attention away from Han.

I agree - This scene needs more Ronto-butt.

No but seriously, that was distracting.

An AT-AT? Wow. Ady, I don't want to discourage (not that it would mater)... but I sure hope you know what you're doing. I await December a little nervously.

I mean, there are drafts of ESB where Luke's Father appears as a ghost, Obi-wan style... And Vader was definitely still alive at this point. Need I say more?

ANH? Luke's father and Darth Vader weren't even the same person.

... Now do it in motion ;)

DISCLAIMER: Most of you are far more knowledgeable than me. That's why this post will ask a lot of questions and not give a lot of answers. Hooray internet-enabled collaboration!

There's been a lot of talk over in the Fan Edit section about how to recut and reshape the PT into less-terrible movies. As folks like RedLetterMedia have explained, the chief problems in the PT are the story, the directing and the dialogue.

I have heard, however, some talk about how nearly everything in the PT is CG. Perhaps some Fan Edits (*cough* Revisted *cough*) might someday work on replacing the CG with physical elements when possible, such as having men in Clone Trooper suits, an idea Lucas bizarrely eschewed.

But what about all those spaceships? Is replacing any of those justified? What would be required to do that? Obviously quality models would be needed, and that is a large field that a lot of hobbyists on the internet are already taking care of, whether or not they have Fan Edits in mind. The ability to make quality physical models of spaceships exists.

But getting footage of those models, as far as I can tell, would require a motion control camera system. Digital compositing doesn't seem to be the problem, as it really is just blue-screened footage and there are people that know how to handle that - but getting that footage is an issue.

What would it take to make a motion control camera? Any and all knowledge, speculation, etc is welcome. You can even talk about prices and how they're too high or within reach or whatever, because this is a brainstorming thread and not an announcement that I have any intention of purchasing these things. I just thought the discussion was a good idea.

Unless it's all a cover story, so they can continue making the preservation without anyone bothering them.

No, I kid.

Sort of.

There hasn't been an effort to actually compile this stuff into a coherent list, has there?

Fascinating. I wonder what Firefox is doing so well.

Bingowings said:

Sorry to be a pain but just a reminder that images bigger than the tram lines of the thread tend to shunt the forum out of whack.

Out of curiosity, what browser are you using? I've never seen it throw anything out of whack - It just hides half the image and I have to right-click to do things to see the whole thing.