OK so Ive decided on my clip to comp myself into.
It had to be Star Wars, for several reasons it was the first movie I went to see with friends and no family in tow, It completely blew me away, I could not even begin to imagine how they made it, up until then my exposure to special effects would have been dodgy props on Doctor Who or things levitating across the room in show like Bewitched. So why not turn back to my first effects film for my effects project.
I had a few thoughts on this first just hanging out at the bar not a bad idea but the bar was pretty crowded and I wasn’t sure I would be welcome.
About this time I thought if I’m going to be in the movie I would like to make a difference.
Maybe if I warned Luke about the crappy sequals/prequals then he might not go on to do them, a would were Star Wars ended after the original, how many other crappy sequals could I stop, not only that but Star Wars success was instrumental in the creation Millions of tons of crap in the guise of movie merchandise, I never got it then why kids would want a lump of plastic that didn’t do anything. Play became dull if you played with someones Star wars toys the story was already written, where was the imagination, the kids that had them seemed to get upset when you strayed from the story crappy toys that killed creativity oops starting to rant. Soo if it just tell Luke to give up on his quest, its only going to lead to pain, get a crush on your sister father is a psychopath, last friend old Ben will die etc, then maybe he will give it all up.
So I though I would comp myself in instead of Princess Leia and be projected out from R2D2 right near the start of the movie. I did a few tech test and managed to get a nice staticky blue projected effect similar to the one in the movie, technically it should work, there was just one problem, staring at Luke as he listened to Leah’s message I realised just how thick he was, he would never listen to me, he would just go on with his stupid adventure.
If I was going to make a difference I would just have to kill him.
It’s a dilemma every inspiring megalomaniac has but if if going to save the children Luke must die.
So where is the best place to take him out, I don’t want to make it too obvious, the end of the movie, If I replace Darth and shoot Lukes ship not that other guys first then its done a would where the prequal isn’t king, toys do stuff, and kids can once again can think for them selves.