Scene 441
Sunday, October 18th, 2009For my 15 seconds of Star Wars Uncut goodness, I was assigned scene 441, which takes place in the Death Star trench. Awesome.
As a kid, I saw Star Wars some 27 times in the theater. Yes, that’s right – 27 times. After the initial release, it came back to the theaters, and I went every chance I could. It totally blew me away. It was an obsession, and I spent a great deal of time reliving it in my head. Especially in school. I couldn’t write anything without wanting to turn X’s into X-wings, and H’s into tie fighters. It wasn’t a stretch to turn a crossword puzzle into the surface of the Death Star.
To do this scene like I really wanted to, I would have used AutoCAD to create a 3D wire frame of the Death Star – I could have kept the trench walls in proportion. But, I don’t have access to AutoCAD at the moment. Scratch that.
Next idea – school kid approach. Crossword Puzzle for the walls – forget the perspective and curving of the upper trench rim – I’d never get this done. I took a lot of liberties with my scene. I cut out some back and forth shots between the X-wing pilots, and I used text from memory – he doesn’t actually say “I’m going in” at the end…he says “I’m in range.” This was a mistake George Lucas made…he really wanted the guy to say “I’m going in.” I figure if he can go back and screw with his original movies, then anything goes. Right?
