Revenge of the Sith in HD

[LOTRFan]

Amen to that.

Double Amen, with sugar. The CG clones were bad, but really bad when they didn't have their helmets on.

 

[pixletwin]

I heard one person describe them as floating heads in Toon Town.

 

[melvinpelayo]

Cant wait for the BD or HD DVD version!

 

[Gruson]

I heard one person describe them as floating heads in Toon Town.

That sounds about right.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

for what lucas spent on doing the CGI couldnt he have just used a regular stand-in for most of the scenes then just add his head in later like what he did with Dooku and Palpatine??

 

[pitchin]

HD is stunning, the only bummer is that only 1080i is availablr in UK atm......we need 1080p asap

 

[Khev]

for what lucas spent on doing the CGI couldnt he have just used a regular stand-in for most of the scenes then just add his head in later like what he did with Dooku and Palpatine??

Yep. I know he wanted all the Clones to be the exact same height and CGI is one way to do that, but how hard would it have been to open a casting call for guys that were exactly 6'2"?

Just make all the suits the exact same size, if you can't fit in one you don't get to be a clonetrooper. For huge army shots sure, fill in the background with CGI troopers. But not the guys who interact with the other actors.

Don't get me wrong, I love, love, LOVE ROTS. But when you watch ROTS and then an OT movie all the real Stormtroopers, Snowtroopers, and Biker Scouts are really a cut above their PT CGI counterparts.

Maybe George wanted kids who watch the films in order to get to Episode IV and go "WOW, those CGI troopers are REALLY state of the art!!"

 

[RoboDad]

HD is stunning, the only bummer is that only 1080i is availablr in UK atm......we need 1080p asap

1080i is the highest broadcast standard in the US as well. 1080p is only available on HD DVD and (eventually) Blu-ray. Many TVs support it, but that just means that they have to deinterlace 1080i broadcasts.

 

[pitchin]

1080i is the highest broadcast standard in the US as well. 1080p is only available on HD DVD and (eventually) Blu-ray. Many TVs support it, but that just means that they have to deinterlace 1080i broadcasts.

ahhhhhhhhh............

 

[Darth Scourge]

I still stick with the unending money supply quote. doesn't lucas have enough money???

If you recall, Lucas didn't want to release ANY of the Star Wars films on DVD until Blu-Ray became available, and then do the most mind-blowing boxed set ever created. He only released them on standard DVD after a campaign by fans who couldn't wait. That's why TPM didn't come out till 2001.

for what lucas spent on doing the CGI couldnt he have just used a regular stand-in for most of the scenes then just add his head in later like what he did with Dooku and Palpatine??

I had the privilege of interviewing Rob Coleman (animation head) for the release of Ep III and he said George insisted on CGI clones simply because he could. He wanted to test the limits of what they could do. Guess he didn't figure on HD showing up all the shortcomings, but maybe he'll do some more retooling.

 

[LOTRFan]

I had the privilege of interviewing Rob Coleman (animation head) for the release of Ep III and he said George insisted on CGI clones simply because he could. He wanted to test the limits of what they could do. Guess he didn't figure on HD showing up all the shortcomings, but maybe he'll do some more retooling.

Maybe?! Maybe, no, I am pretty sure it is a definite.