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Hey Viktor welcome back!

I love the new art ... it's good to know you're working on this again.

The characters (especially in the second screenshot) could use a little more contrast ... he kind of gets lost in there (just the face area).

The screenshots have a ton of style!  Keep up the good work!

Edit - topic unlocked.  I added your second screenshot in for you!

The reference you showed was very beige   I was thinking just perhaps a little less tan, and more towards a greenish/brown shade?

Something like this:


About the helmut:

I wouldn't go so far as to say this is 'perfect' .. but it is pretty good.

- The belt is too high up on the body.
- the patches (on the arms and legs) need some adjustment
- the helmut needs some work
- also, the color should be more green.  Their combat fatigues were called ODs (Olive Drabs)

Here is a reference pic of good ol' Ike talking to some of the boys from the 101st ...


With a few adjustments this'll be a lovely sprite.

I would also suggest taking the colors down.  You could probably acheive just as nice looking of a result with 10-12 colors!

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Blake - I appreciate the attempt to follow the rules.

However ...

2) A minimum of two (in-game) screenshots must be available.
If you aren't far enough to be able to take different screenshots, don't post yet!  We know some of you don't want to show too much of the game, but two screenies isn't too much to ask!  Please note that splash screens and options don't count as 1 of the 2.  They must be actual screenshots of 2 (or more) different backgrounds.

and ...

* Non-Mockup screenies coming soon.

You have only 1 actual in-game screenie here, and you admit it's only a mockup screen shot.  That just doesn't fly ...

When you have 2 actual 'in-game' screen shots that aren't just mockup shots PM me (include the non-mockup in-game screenshots in the pm) and I'll re-open the thread.

I am pretty sure that Lucas said this is it ... I'll dig for the quote.

I don't think he should make the Heir to the Empire series into movies because the main characters of those books (Luke, Leia, Han and so on) are FAR too old looking now and you simply couldn't make those characters played by other actors.Ã,  Just wouldn't work.Ã,  It'd be worse than the jar-jar haters.

I think he should do the Correllia trilogy personally ... they take place roughly 20 years after RotJ so the ages would be correct (or roughly correct).

I did enjoy the Heir to the Empire trilogy better though ...

Surprisingly, I was quite sure that I was going to cry in the first appearence of Darth Vader with its black helmet or/and in the first appearence of the baby born twins, but I just drop a tear in the intro screen (The one with the big "STAR WARS" letters unzooming).

Oddly enough, this was the only part that really choked me up.Ã,  Knowing it was the last time we're going to see that crawler on a new Star Wars movie ... kind of the end of an era (for me at least).

I did get a little emotional when Obi-Wan shouted, "You were like my brother Anakin ... I loved you!"Ã,  Because it made me think of the scene in A New Hope when Vader kills Ben and then how much more powerful that scene becomes.

I'll tell you the best thing to come from Episode 3 ... I rewatched episodes IV - VI and it's, now, like watching 3 new movies!Ã,  It was really neat.

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Blake,

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Seriously ... you're 4 years younger than the minimum age here.  You need to start paying more attention to what you're posting and be more considerate.

Please remove that drastically oversized signature file.

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Did you read the FORUM RULES?

You're website does a good job of following the rules, but this thread doesn't

You need to modify your first post and put in a story synopsis and at least 2 of those screenshots.

The music on the website sounds great ... creepy, but great!

I can't get a good idea of the screenshots because they are so small but they seem very detailed and nice.  What resolution does the game run at?  Could we get some actual sized screenies?

Please update the first post, thanks.

[Cleigg Lars' son from another women named Aika]

Okay, Darth. I need a question answered...

So Annie is 9 years old in Ep. 1 when he leaves his mother. Now there's about 10 years between Episode 1 and 2. During this time, Shmi Skywalker gets sold by Watto to Lars, who she marries.

Now in Ep. 2, when Owen and Anakin meet, one of them says "So, you're my half-brother" or something like that. One would assume then, from that line, that Owen is the son of Lars and Shmi, right? That would make Owen Luke's Uncle.

So how can Owen look so old? He can't be more than 10 years old, but in Episode 2, he looks at least 17. I keep just thinking that perhaps Lars had another wife who bore Owen, but then what happened to her?

Owen is Anakin's "step" brother.  He's Cleigg Lars' son from another women named Aika (who had died years before).  I would guess that he's also older than Anakin by about 10 years, given how old he looks at the time of epIV.

So in ep2 I would guess he's actually about 28 or so.  Just a guess.  Nothing (that I could find) at Star Wars .com says anything about Owen's age!

love it!

As requested, I touched up the door a bit:



I can see now that one side is wider than the other ... so you might want to fix that in yours ... but you can see how the 'scoop' in the middle looks at least

I also added some details to the brown areas (just some shading and 'rivet' type things) ...

Are there any Yanks planning on attending?

I would really like to go ...

I'm assuming I'd have to fly into Athens?  The cheapest flight I can find was $1600 USD ... which is a little on the steep side  

I'm unfamiliar with the geography over there ... is there another (cheaper) airport that allows international connections?  Or another airport (much) further away where I could hook up with other AGSers traveling by car/bus?

Luke's 'fake' parents (his aunt and uncle actually ) last name is "Lars".

It just seems to me that, even though the galaxy is a big place, the name Skywalker on Tatooine isn't a good idea.  Considering that young Anakin was well known on Tatooine.  The name Skywalker was known.  I think Luke should have been called Luke Lars at the beginning of Star Wars.

I'm guessing that Vader and the Emperor (aided by a big suit and mask of Vader) spread rumors that Anakin Skywalker, the powerful and well known Jedi, was killed by Vader.  That lends credence to what Obi-Wan tells Luke (in ep4) and also makes more sense.  It seems to me that Leia, growing up with a senator that was crucial to the events of ep3, would know the name Anakin Skywalker and would know Luke was Anakin/Vader's son IF she knows that Vader IS Anakin.

His hair is completely the wrong color ...


- altered the head's shape
- altered the hair shape and color
- I widened his left shoulder, but the right could use some widening as well.
- I thickened his legs a little (Tom Selek is a pretty big fellow)

I would also suggest killing the black outlines ... or at least completely use it (the feet aren't outlined).

Hope it helps!

While we are picking Star Wars to death, I saw a mistake in ep 2. After Obi-wan fights jango-fett on the water planet on the platform, Jango returns to his ship and bangs his head on the top of the door.  : (kinda off topic but next time you watch it look out for it)

This is not a mistake.  For 1 reason, that scene is completely CG so there's really no way something that obvious would make it into the final cut.  But the main reason is because it's a tribute to the Stormtrooper in epIV that bangs his head on the door while entering the room (in the Death Star) where 3P0 and R2 are hiding.

After watching "III" does anyone feel like we're missing a movie?

The cartoon series, "Clone Wars" explains a lot of the missing details.  Although to be honest I like it when movies mention things you've not seen.  It adds depth and background.  Between epI and epII was 10 years, and it was like 3 years between epII and epIII ... it stands to reason there'd be a lot of stuff that happened in those gaps of time!

Or why Owen Lars doesn't remember C-3PO. & Don't even get me started on how stupid it would be for Obi-Wan to hide Vader's son at his brother's house, on his home planet, disguised, in full dress-robes as One of the last Jedi Knights in the entire galaxy!!!!

Owen Lars not remembering 3P0 doesn't really bother me ... They weren't together (on Tatooine) for very long before 3P0 left w/ Anakin and Padme (in ep2).  Would you remember a computer you had 20 years ago if it suddenly turned back up?  Especially considering all the other computers out there that look just like it?  Probably not

Now Obi-Wan 'hiding' on Tatooine ...

I do have a bit of a problem with that.  The only reasoning I can think of is that Anakin 1) believes he killed Padme (and the baby) so he doesn't even suspect he has a child 2) hates Tatooine so much (which Obi-Wan knows) and won't ever go back (too many bad memories).

BUT ...

Anakin watched Obi-Wan walk off after defeating him.  So Anakin knows Obi-Wan is still alive ... it seems to me he'd scour the galaxy trying to find him.  While he might not assume Ben is dumb enough to hide on a planet so well known to Anakin, keeping the name Kenobi??!?  It's just absurd!

Another question I have is this:  Why, also, keep the child's name as Luke Skywalker?  Luke sure, but keeping that famous last name?  Seems to me like that would also be an attention magnet ... Leia changed her last name.  Why didn't Luke?  Did Obi-Wan tell Owen and Beru that Anakin was dead?  Even so, keeping Luke's name as Skywalker just seems a little ... silly?

There's supposedly a television show coming out which is supposed to bridge the gap between ep3 and ep4 ... so maybe some of this'll be explained there.

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Sheesh ...

I liked the blue color on the floor as you had it (why I left it that color in my edit )  The color scheme you have in the latest edit lacks contrast (gives the muddled grey-scale you mentioned) and with the sharply contrasting black outlines it draws even more attention to it.

I also liked the monitors green better ... but I supposed that doesn't matter much if they're going to be animated in the game!

Also, I really like the brown color you have on the walls in the other sample.  I think it would be neat if the hallways had this color as their wall color.  It would help seperate rooms from hallways.

Can't wait to see what you're making!  A space comedy from junc!!  I eagerly await

Keep on truckin'

Disclaimer: I didn't read (couldn't be bothered) the entire thread here ...

Flukeblake - you're what?  14 years old?  Your little "goth" friend is 13?

This is rediculous ...

"Well ... I'm just ... goth y'know?  I'm just sick of everybody telling me what I can and can't do.  I like girls."

Ugggghhh!

[napoleon dynamite] Gosh ... you're so retarded or something [/napoleon dynamite]

Jebuss ... you're frickin' children ... play with your GIJoes and your Barbies and leave sexual confusion until you're old enough to vote.

PS
When I was 14 I knew how to type/speak proper English too.  I know you kids these days think it's hip to be dumb, but seriously ...

I just saw the movie and, please, can someone tell me where in the movie does Mace weild a purple saber? WHERE?

All I saw was blue.

I must be color blind.

- Meant in a completely light-hearted manor of course

[Stormtroopers]

And by Episode 4, I'm pretty sure there's other people in the Stormtroopers, not just clones. Darth, can you back me up here?

Stormtroopers, after the Clone Wars, weren't just the clones.  A person could join the stormtroopers.  Personally, if I had to be in the Empire I always said that I'd have wanted to be a stormtrooper.  All the officers seem to get chocked to death by Vader.

Just to go a bit off topic. In episode 3 there is a shot at the beggining of lots of ships docking. If you look near the bottom left of the screen you can see the famous "millenium falcon" dock as well. It could be the Falcon, or just another Coralian YT-1300 Freighter  8)

Yeah, I commented on that way back on page 4

I actually noticed it opening night AND without being told about it ... whenever there were 'long' shots like that one I always check the outter edges rather than the main action.   George is known for throwing in little 'easter eggs' like that in there.