Riceball
Master Member
Maybe it depends on how hard you push the activation button, a quick tap and it activates quickly, you hold it down and it deploys more slowly. Now why you would want or need a feature like that I have no idea.
What'd you notice about Star Wars THIS time?
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Maybe it depends on how hard you push the activation button, a quick tap and it activates quickly, you hold it down and it deploys more slowly. Now why you would want or need a feature like that I have no idea.
The Force Theme started out simply as Ben's theme. The message is for Obi-Wan, so...
It also depends greatly on the mood of the director and animator at the time.
Wolfsburg
Master Member
Excellent point! I remember that but never thought much of it. I guess that's a good as proof as ever that sabers can't cut through everything. At least not without more effort...
Watching the Despecialized version right now and just noticed the markings on the wall behind the sand people while they're looting Luke's speeder.
Jaitea
Master Member
LOL, what? you want me to read the thread before posting? Pffff
This has probably been said or pointed out dozens of times (I'm not going to read through the thread)...
But in "A New Hope" when they escape the death star, threepio falls and says something like "I'm melting! this is all your fault!" and then they cut to R2 and the shot is from back in the death star... red and black panels behind him....
Like I said, probably been said a million times - but I just noticed this last viewing last week.
But in "A New Hope" when they escape the death star, threepio falls and says something like "I'm melting! this is all your fault!" and then they cut to R2 and the shot is from back in the death star... red and black panels behind him....
Like I said, probably been said a million times - but I just noticed this last viewing last week.
Dessa
Sr Member
My No-Prize answer would be that, given that lightsabers are wielded by Force users, it depends on the emotions of the wielder. For the dramatic duel, you're calm, measured, and focused, so it's graceful and slow. For more immediate instances, you're full of adrenaline, and so it's faster.
Wolfsburg
Master Member
I never noticed the R2 shot! As I recall, the shot of Threepio "melting" was actually on the Tantive IV right after he and R2 cross a corridor under a hail of blaster fire. There is an explosion just as they exit to the right and this melting shot was originally to occur right after. It was removed for whatever reason but with your observation regarding R2, it almost sounds like it was discovered in the editing process that a reaction shot of R2 and Threepio was needed during the TIE fighter attack. They just had to make do with whatever footage they could find, R2 on the DS and Threepio on the Tantive IV.
i as well never picked up on that, im going to have to pay attention next time
Zombie_61
Master Member
Ah, that makes sense. Thanks!
Riceball
Master Member
I guess you could take it as that but more than likely it was an oversight. It's a bit much to believe that Cloud City and the Death Star II use lightsaber proof materials in the construction of their railings. I'm sure that lightsaber proof materials are rare and expensive, too rare and expensive to be used in something as mundane as railings.
Riceball
Master Member
In the case of the Cloud City fight, it was more than just a glancing blow, he swung at Luke and missed and ended up hitting railing instead. If it had connected with Luke it probably would nearly cut him in half because he connected squarely with that railing, the only reason it bounced off was because of the rod attached to the saber hilt, not because Vader pulled his swing.
Zombie_61
Master Member
Either that, or Rustoleum protects against more than just rust.
You might be onto something there! What if Rust-o-leum used crushed Kaiburr crystals in their formula... would explain alot of why it seems as if both Sith and Jedi tended to get angry and more aggressive whenever they were around it and why the lightsabers never sliced thru the railing! Hmmmmmmmm...
Haven't re-reviewed ROTJ yet, but in Empire all the swings I see go through railings. The only one that's problematic is the first. When Vader steps up his offense and backs Luke out the door, there is some interesting intercutting going on. Vader swings at the door frame, sparks, other door frame, sparks, CUT TO low angle close up of Vader hauling off for an overhead swing, CUT TO long shot as Vader's swing goes through the railing (you can see the offset of the ends after the swing), CUT BACK TO medium shot and the railing's intact. Continuity fail. The rest of the long shot of Luke being backed out onto the gantry (and Vader chopping through two more railings) seems to be from the same camera position as that first long shot, just raised up, so I'm betting they were shot back to back, and someone just dropped the ball on that insert shot.
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