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i've read alot about people complaining about yoda being cg in ep2, but he looked better in cg, he was able 2 show emotion that the puppets could never show, the only time cg has looked fake was jar jar(ugggghhhhh) on tatooine. he didn't look dried out at all.

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I dont think all of the clonetroopers were Computer generated.

What about the close up ones. Like the ones in the ships with Yoda or the Pilot flying the ship that was chasing Dooku?

The one that fell with Padame?

Mabe the ones were there were hundreds or thousands of them but not the close up ones. Me thinks.

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Of course now that I need it I can't find it... I thought it was on starwars.com but I guess not. Anyway, what I read about was that not a single actor was used for the clones. No full-sized armor was even sculpted. I'll post a link if I ever find the place again.

 

In regards to the scene where Padme is in the sand, she gets up on her own. If the troop was an actor, he probably would have helped her up unless this was part of Lucas' "Padme is strong" idea.

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Originally posted by ET Warrior

Tis true, and the link is somewhere on theforce.net i believe. Not a single actor put on a piece of armor to portray the clone troopers.

 

I noticed that and it sort of bugs me. I believe CG can be excellent in certain situations, while a little too mediocre in others. CG is excellent for stuff like ships and thousands of Clonetroopers and lighsabre animations, but sometimes a puppet is just more enjoyable and believable. For example, I found the puppet Jabba in the OT to be MUCH more repulsive than the CG Jabba. I wish they sculpted at least a few Clonetrooper suits for some actors to wear. It looks a little more realistic then. I also miss some of the toy ship models that they used for the OT. However, overall the CG is excellent and I really enjoy it.

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Just because they use a lot of CG and computer editing doesn't mean they've completely done away with models... I know that most of the background environments that were put behind the bluescreen were actual physical models (the Jedi library, for instance).

 

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The ROTJ Jabba was supposed to be more slimy and disgusting than the ANH one. He was older, fatter, and couldn't take care of himself. we see in ep 1 and 4 that he was able to move around under his own power, but in ROTJ he was too fat to even move!

 

Puppets do have an advantage, though. I imagine it would be easier to act when you have can SEE Yoda moving around and what he'll be doing..as opposed to just kind of knowing that's where he WILL be.

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