Rivet counters again. What gets me as people don't talk about the differences and inconsistancies between the falcon in the original films (they get built in immunity), but attack the new ones.
EP VII Millennium Falcon
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The Millennium Falcon. It’s one of the most iconic spaceships in the Star Wars universe, and perhaps in all science fiction. That’s why the revered craft, brought to life in the Original Trilogy via full-size builds and miniatures, was treated with the utmost respect by the visual effects crew. In the new film it plays a key role in Rey, Finn and BB-8’s escape from Jakku before being reunited with its true owner Han Solo, who then later pilots the ship to infiltrate Starkiller base.
With such a large presence in The Force Awakens and in other forms of entertainment (see below), and given its expedited status in Star Wars-lore, ILM spent significant time crafting a digital Millennium Falcon. “We started almost two and a half years ago and one of the first things we started building was the Falcon, which we knew would be in the picture, even before the script was finalized,” outlines asset build supervisor Dave Fogler. “One of the things about is that we think we know it so well. But if you really sit people down in a room and talk about what it looks like it’s really a collective hive mind. There’s a five foot model fromEpisode IV, a three foot model from Episode V. There was a full scale build for all three original movies and our Episode VII. So when it’s your job to build a representation of that vehicle, there isn’t actually 'a' Falcon.”
“It led to lots of conversations you wouldn’t believe,” adds Fogler. “What should the gray value be of the Falcon? What we’re talking about is miniatures of the Falcon shot on stages. So even if you look at the miniature of the Falcon and the white paint that has a certain value, well, on stage it was lit differently shot to shot. So we would start doing test renders of our Falcon and you show people, and they would say ‘Welllll, it looks too white’. Or ‘it’s too gray’. Dialing in that collective opinion of what it should look like took two years, really, of fiddling.”
ILM decided that its ‘bible’ Falcon would be the five foot model from Episode IV after being able to view and photograph and scan the model at the Lucasfilm archives. “This model is one of the most beautiful things you’ve ever seen,” says Fogler. “It’s a real high point in effects industrial design. It’s really dynamite. We wanted our Falcon to look like that. We scanned it. We photographed it. And then you take that data. Our needs were, not only did we need it to look like that, but we get really close to it in the film. We also acknowledged that in a VR experience, someone might walk up to and look at a bolt on a door. So there was a lot of talk about how far we detailed it. We went pretty far - it’s a remarkably detailed model, our Falcon.”
The Millennium Falcon. It’s one of the most iconic spaceships in the Star Wars universe, and perhaps in all science fiction. That’s why the revered craft, brought to life in the Original Trilogy via full-size builds and miniatures, was treated with the utmost respect by the visual effects crew. In the new film it plays a key role in Rey, Finn and BB-8’s escape from Jakku before being reunited with its true owner Han Solo, who then later pilots the ship to infiltrate Starkiller base.
With such a large presence in The Force Awakens and in other forms of entertainment (see below), and given its expedited status in Star Wars-lore, ILM spent significant time crafting a digital Millennium Falcon. “We started almost two and a half years ago and one of the first things we started building was the Falcon, which we knew would be in the picture, even before the script was finalized,” outlines asset build supervisor Dave Fogler. “One of the things about is that we think we know it so well. But if you really sit people down in a room and talk about what it looks like it’s really a collective hive mind. There’s a five foot model fromEpisode IV, a three foot model from Episode V. There was a full scale build for all three original movies and our Episode VII. So when it’s your job to build a representation of that vehicle, there isn’t actually 'a' Falcon.”
“It led to lots of conversations you wouldn’t believe,” adds Fogler. “What should the gray value be of the Falcon? What we’re talking about is miniatures of the Falcon shot on stages. So even if you look at the miniature of the Falcon and the white paint that has a certain value, well, on stage it was lit differently shot to shot. So we would start doing test renders of our Falcon and you show people, and they would say ‘Welllll, it looks too white’. Or ‘it’s too gray’. Dialing in that collective opinion of what it should look like took two years, really, of fiddling.”
ILM decided that its ‘bible’ Falcon would be the five foot model from Episode IV after being able to view and photograph and scan the model at the Lucasfilm archives. “This model is one of the most beautiful things you’ve ever seen,” says Fogler. “It’s a real high point in effects industrial design. It’s really dynamite. We wanted our Falcon to look like that. We scanned it. We photographed it. And then you take that data. Our needs were, not only did we need it to look like that, but we get really close to it in the film. We also acknowledged that in a VR experience, someone might walk up to and look at a bolt on a door. So there was a lot of talk about how far we detailed it. We went pretty far - it’s a remarkably detailed model, our Falcon.”
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SteveStarkiller
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Well I'll be.... you know I completely forgot that I had done the dish on my 50s Falcon that way... I henceforth take full credit for the new TFA dish!
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