11th February 2004, 7:39 PM
This site shows off an effort by some REALLY big nerds (dwarf our local variety) who actually analyzed the Battle of Endor until their asses bled white from it. They show as many as four Mon Cals in any one frame. Now look at these pics on here...they show one big up-close cruiser, and the rest are tiny blips in the back that could only be photgraphs stapled behind the models and we'd never know better. These nerds (said with respect) also suggest that as many as a dozen mon cals were there.
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/mcc.html
The Executor alone is enormous; she eventually engaged the fleet at point blank range. Are you really suggesting that a super star destroyer, a death star, thousands of TIE fighters, and dozens of Imperial Star Destroyers could only account for killing a few dozen Rebel fighters, and two mon cals? Obviously not... the Battle of Endor was epic for it's time, but it should be touched up. Not redone, but touched up. They should at least add a few quick CG-rendered mon cals in the background so that you can account for the rebel fleet being more than two large cruisers and some shadowy blobs in the back.
I know many details about the script while you do not.
Said with true arrogance; and it's irrelevent. If there were a billion ships in the battle in Episode III, that doesn't make that battle the quote-unquote "end-all" battle. The Star Wars saga is the life and redemption of Anakin Skywalker, as well as the rise and fall of the Empire. The Republic-Separationist battle maye be many things, but it is not the "end-all" battle of the series.
http://www.theforce.net/swtc/mcc.html
The Executor alone is enormous; she eventually engaged the fleet at point blank range. Are you really suggesting that a super star destroyer, a death star, thousands of TIE fighters, and dozens of Imperial Star Destroyers could only account for killing a few dozen Rebel fighters, and two mon cals? Obviously not... the Battle of Endor was epic for it's time, but it should be touched up. Not redone, but touched up. They should at least add a few quick CG-rendered mon cals in the background so that you can account for the rebel fleet being more than two large cruisers and some shadowy blobs in the back.
I know many details about the script while you do not.
Said with true arrogance; and it's irrelevent. If there were a billion ships in the battle in Episode III, that doesn't make that battle the quote-unquote "end-all" battle. The Star Wars saga is the life and redemption of Anakin Skywalker, as well as the rise and fall of the Empire. The Republic-Separationist battle maye be many things, but it is not the "end-all" battle of the series.
H.R.M. DARVNIVS MAXIMVS EX TENEBRIS EXIT REX DEVSQVE GORONORVMQVE TENDORVM ROMANORVM ET GRÆCORVM OMNIS SEMPER EST