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The image with Hutts -

That's nowhere near enough human laborers for the weight.

Imagine that platform (which would be hundreds of pounds by itself, if it's made of anything heavier than styrofoam) has a pickup truck on top. Then the absurdity of it becomes clearer.


If you want an in-universe explanation, the platform must have anti-gravity lifting already. The slaves are purely there for show and to guide its direction.
 
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Darth Lars said:
I didn't like them. I think they looked a bit balloon-like, as if full of air. The CGI Jabbas in the special editions suffer from the same problem.
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I totally agree. They frankly just didn't look very good. I'm really surprised production didn't take the opportunity to go back and go with practical puppets like they had with so many other facets of the shows. The litter was a little silly given the immense weight they'd surely be exerting. If they are heavy enough to put noticeable strain on that litter, it's gonna take waaaaay more guys than that to carry it around. It looks like it'd be comically slow for them to get anywhere. The bearers seemed to be struggling so I'm not sure if we're expected to think there are any repulsorlifts at play. When they mentioned litters in the last episode, I assumed they were referring to repulsor sleds and not literally guys trying to carry Hutts around by hand. lol!
 
Treadwell said:
No way could they make two practical Hutt puppets on a TV budget. (And given how dicey Max Rebo looks, I wouldn't want to see them try!)
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But could they have made one? Lol! If the budget was like it was for Mando (100m) Id say it was plausible. I didnt think Max Rebo look led too far off from what he did in ROTJ.
 
Wolfsburg said:
The bearers seemed to be struggling so I'm not sure if we're expected to think there are any repulsorlifts at play.
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The Hutts enjoy making their slaves suffer, the repulsorlifts are there to make it just light enough for those guys to carry, but not so light as to make it easy work. It also would act as a safety mechanism if they get dropped. Nothing more embarrassing than getting dumped off your litter.

Halliwax said:
I’m wondering if it’s now cheaper to do cgi then built the actual puppets…
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That depends entirely on the puppet, and what level of cgi you are aiming for, and how much screentime you expect the character to get.
 
The biggest issue IMHO is with how the Hutts wobbled like a waterbed. That's on the animator.
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Yes and no. The Hutts probably wobbled because the platform was wobbling, because they filmed a handful of extras carrying an empty platform. It needed to be stabilized in some way to simulate several tons of weight on top. I doubt they did that.
 
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Wolfsburg said:
But could they have made one? Lol! If the budget was like it was for Mando (100m) Id say it was plausible. I didnt think Max Rebo look led too far off from what he did in ROTJ.
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They possibly could have gone with puppets like they did In Jedi, but there's almost no way that they could have done it all in camera like they did on Jedi. In Jedi, the throne room was dark and they were sitting on platform on the ground where you had room to hide the puppeteers. I imagine trying to operate two Hutt puppets while on a platform being held by people several feet off the ground outdoors? You'd either have to film their scenes against a green screen and comp them in, or you come up some kind of rig to stabilize the platform and erase the rig in post. Either way, you're still doing a lot of post work. In the end it was probably decided that it was cheaper and easier to do the Hutts in CG and comp them in than having to deal with making puppets and all of the extra work involved with fitting in the scene.
 
Riceball said:
They possibly could have gone with puppets like they did In Jedi, but there's almost no way that they could have done it all in camera like they did on Jedi. In Jedi, the throne room was dark and they were sitting on platform on the ground where you had room to hide the puppeteers. I imagine trying to operate two Hutt puppets while on a platform being held by people several feet off the ground outdoors? You'd either have to film their scenes against a green screen and comp them in, or you come up some kind of rig to stabilize the platform and erase the rig in post. Either way, you're still doing a lot of post work. In the end it was probably decided that it was cheaper and easier to do the Hutts in CG and comp them in than having to deal with making puppets and all of the extra work involved with fitting in the scene.
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Riceball said:
They possibly could have gone with puppets like they did In Jedi, but there's almost no way that they could have done it all in camera like they did on Jedi. In Jedi, the throne room was dark and they were sitting on platform on the ground where you had room to hide the puppeteers. I imagine trying to operate two Hutt puppets while on a platform being held by people several feet off the ground outdoors? You'd either have to film their scenes against a green screen and comp them in, or you come up some kind of rig to stabilize the platform and erase the rig in post. Either way, you're still doing a lot of post work. In the end it was probably decided that it was cheaper and easier to do the Hutts in CG and comp them in than having to deal with making puppets and all of the extra work involved with fitting in the scene.
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Yeah for the litter scene they could’ve gone with green screen or maybe clever use of the Volume. Personally I would’ve just ditched the litter bearer concept and just had one on a repulsor sled surrounded by an entourage. Regardless, I don’t doubt it was probably easier to just slap together a CG Hutt and plop it in there. In my mind, a single physical Hutt could’ve been redressed, repainted, modified etc to represent other Hutts but I also concede it’ll depend on how much screen time they get. If that’s all we ever see of the Twins or Hutts in general anytime soon, I can see why it wouldn’t have been worth the effort of making a 15ft puppet for a 2 minute scene. I would think we’ll surely see more of them but perhaps not.
 
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I would have put supports/wheels under the platform. Put some weight on top the stabilize the movement.

Stick some kind of Hutt sculpture on top just for lighting/comping reference (like maybe a static head and a portion of a body).

CGI-erase the platform's supports/wheels and add CGI hutts in post.
 
batguy said:
Yes and no. The Hutts probably wobbled because the platform was wobbling, because they filmed a handful of extras carrying an empty platform. It needed to be stabilized in some way to simulate several tons of weight on top. I doubt they did that.
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I'm sorry. I should have used the word "rippled".
 
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