Comments on: The colors of Star Wars http://www.geebobg.com/2008/05/19/the-colors-of-star-wars/ Americlecticintellectica Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: trevanian http://www.geebobg.com/2008/05/19/the-colors-of-star-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-4546 trevanian Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:39:46 +0000 http://www.geebobg.com/2008/05/19/the-colors-of-star-wars/#comment-4546 Just came across this, but there is another reason for the lack of color in parts of SW. A number of the spaceship models were more blue in color, but in order to minimize the prominence of matte lines, they threw away part of the blue color record, which made the lines black rather than blue. That also took the blue out of the ships, making them more white-grey. They did it different in EMPIRE, which is why some of the ships are blue (and look worse IMO) ... Also, the cinematographer on SW ignored a lot of GL's ideas and did it his own way (better than Lucas' ideas IMO, since GL seemed to want the thing to look like LUCKY LADY or MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, which would have been horrible for this movie.) Just came across this, but there is another reason for the lack of color in parts of SW.

A number of the spaceship models were more blue in color, but in order to minimize the prominence of matte lines, they threw away part of the blue color record, which made the lines black rather than blue. That also took the blue out of the ships, making them more white-grey. They did it different in EMPIRE, which is why some of the ships are blue (and look worse IMO) …

Also, the cinematographer on SW ignored a lot of GL’s ideas and did it his own way (better than Lucas’ ideas IMO, since GL seemed to want the thing to look like LUCKY LADY or MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, which would have been horrible for this movie.)

]]> By: jbushnell http://www.geebobg.com/2008/05/19/the-colors-of-star-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-3913 jbushnell Mon, 19 May 2008 20:45:03 +0000 http://www.geebobg.com/2008/05/19/the-colors-of-star-wars/#comment-3913 I wouldn't, off the top of my head, have thought of the aesthetic of <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Empire</i> as being that different, but upon reflection I think you've put your finger on something key. A very nice post! I wouldn’t, off the top of my head, have thought of the aesthetic of Star Wars and Empire as being that different, but upon reflection I think you’ve put your finger on something key. A very nice post!

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