Favourite scene/shot

OK, so what is/are everyone's? I'd have to say that my favourite shot is in ROTJ, when it shows the Death Star from Endor's surface and pans down to show Vader's shuttle landing, with an AT-AT walking towards the platform. So cool I had to rewind it the other day. I'll feel so daft if this post sinks to the bottom of the board without even a viewing, but it's a pretty open question.

I think it's a scene I love because of the Special Editions.

I love to watch the scene where Luke, Ben and the droids arrive at Mos Eisley. I still manage to spot little elements that are new in the SE.

Trench sequence...

I was disappointed with some of the cleanup on that sequence in the SE's

my worst scene is when luke fights the rancor in rotj it looks so bad like some thing out of clash of the titans
i thought when they did the new editions they would re do it but it still looks rubbish

My favorite seen is the ESB one where Han is frozen.. mostly because of the extremely rich color palette and lighting..

You would think that the Rancor scene, being so bad, would have benefited more from a reshoot than the inclusion of that very dodgy Jabba or the Wampa additions.

The Rancor looked OK when Luke wasn't in the shot too. It managed to convey a sense of bigness in the way it moved, but I hated the shot where Luke runs past it. Surely it would have been better if they had made a giant pair of legs prop, rather than showing that hideous black line.
Don't even get me started on the Jabba scene. Am I the only one who thinks he looks too different to his ROTJ appearance in both ANH and TPM? The fact that Han leaves no shadow on him and his arm moves straight through Jabba's for a few frames make the scene look unconvincing. Also, I was under the impression that if you walked over Jabba's tail, you were instantly shot dead.

Jabba was far too small in the ANH SE, I agree entirely with what you have said.

Indeed, I remember discussing this one before, trying to work out why they didn't re-do it (time, I think).

My favorite scene is when Luke fights Vader in ESB. And Luke says to him, "you'll find I'm full of surprises," it just shows Luke is not afraid and that he COULD eventually do the unthinkable, destroy the Sith.

Luke was made to look rather feeble in that fight, I think. Always was a lucky guy...

Well, that was the idea. Incomplete was his training after all...

I agree. Luke was amazingly talented, of course, but bear in mind that even GL has said that we was not up to scratch, certainly he was not much compared to the Jedi of the Old Republic. Some people seem to overrate his skills... the point is he succeeded in spite of his abilities, not because of them. And THAT was the end of his training.

Remember also that Luke had the Force on his side in a BIG way. Pretty much the same as Anakin destroying the droid control ship, no accident, just the Force acting in strange ways to do what needs to be done. "There's no such thing as luck", etc.

True, but that is no good against Vader and the Emperor...

Indeed, you couldn't press a series of buttons to kill Vader and the Emperor (well, not Luke in that situation anyway), as Anakin won the day in TPM. What I'm saying is that what Luke lacked in discipline and refinement of skills (which would have got an ordinary Jedi killed), the Force itself probably assisted him. The other major factor was that Vader still didn't want to kill Luke, he'd have sliced any other Jedi to ribbons straight away.
You know, I really hope it was GL's intention that the Force guided Anakin in TPM, and it wasn't just a 'the funny things these kids do' effort to make his younger audience chuckle.

Actually, VAder's fighting ability had been severely reduced by his injuries... but certainly his emotions were important there.

I think if the MCs turn up again, it will be as part of said Force Guidance.

Originally posted by Ushgarak:
<STRONG>Actually, VAder's fighting ability had been severely reduced by his injuries......</STRONG>

GL said so.