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# george lucas has very famously adopted the practice of green screen
special effects. This means he does very little shooting of ACTUAL locations and just makes them on a pc afterwards.....very unconvincingly i might add
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 16:55, archived)
# This is quite possibly
The least humourous and geek addled thing I have ever seen
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 16:56, archived)
# it means that instead of spending a few thousand picking a nice location to shoot and pay a few people to make props
he can spend millions on hiring computer artists and other geeky sorts

- and yeah most of the time it looks quite naff
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 16:58, archived)
# Because
The Tatooine you grew up in looked nothing like that, right?
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 17:48, archived)
# No, it is because ...
the Tatooine I grew up watching in the original Star Wars trilogy looks nothing like that.
(, Tue 18 Apr 2006, 22:45, archived)
# cheers dude!
although was the sly 'VERY FAMOUSLY' strictlynecessary...? ;)
have a woo, then. :)
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 16:56, archived)
# haha, i was trying to sound clever
i suppose it's famous amongst star wars fans
/geek
(, Mon 17 Apr 2006, 16:57, archived)