IMPROVING STAR WARS #1 - Making Prequel Lightsabers look better

[@Jerry-rx1vu]

This video is Longer than I expected.

[@zts3902]

Ah yes the negotiator

[@Sure22crux]

@@ApostolicComp You're underestimating his power

[@davidhatcher7016]

Wow

[@obi-wankenobi1710]

We have a job to do here, Anakin, Try not to upset him

[@williambenton6254]

Obi-Wan Kenobi control your padawans insolence so I can concentrate on watching this video

[@LegoGamer5502]

Man imagine what it would look like if he did this for an entire movie, even if it was only ROTS. Epic.

[@erinkarp6317]

Well it's the best movie, so definitely would be cool

[@ughugh351]

@@erinkarp6317 best movie haha good one

[@erinkarp6317]

@@ughugh351 it's not a joke smh

[@ughugh351]

@@erinkarp6317 I know and this is sad

[@Gesundheit2000]

@@ughugh351 It is the best of the prequels, and it's better than Rise of Skywalker. But yeah, it is definetly not the best movie, that would be Shawshank Redemption or Chinatown maybe. Or the Godfather.

[@Galvatron_Studios]

Imagine the Original and Prequel trilogy with today’s CGI....

[@empalc1923]

Only the prequels. Original trilogy should be left alone.

[@addis8077]

Prequels would look so much better visually. I thing OT is perfect the way it is rn

[@Yougotcaged102]

@@empalc1923 Why?

[@Yougotcaged102]

I agree I kinda hope Disney do a non-canon remaster of the old trilogy's

[@clone9159]

Oh yeah

[@benrichards3761]

Imagine a full remaster of all the Star Wars films that made the sabres look like this

[@canaldosoninho]

Don't give him many ideas

[@TrippaMazing87]

Replace everything after "films" with "prequels" and its good

[@benrichards3761]

Canal Do soninho Nah come on it would be sick to see Anakin v obi wan with that kind of lighting from the sabres

[@Gallagherrrr]

Dear Santa, my wish list this year is pretty short, buuuut...

[@Yougotcaged102]

@@TrippaMazing87 Why?

[@rawn8454]

Definitely do more of these - one thing I love about the sequels is how powerful the lightsabers felt and this is part of the reason why

[@SMiki55]

The chopped trees falling around in ep7 were also cool

[@2yt4u.14.]

Powerful?😂😂

[@DewitNow]

There’s one shot in ROTS when Dooku kicks Obi-Wan to the ground and you see the shadow of Obi-Wan’s lightsaber. I’m guessing they forgot to remove that from the final cut of the movie because lightsabers shouldn’t have shadows, since they are made of light.

[@VinVonVoom]

This is something throughout the whole scene, whenever there's harsh shadows you'll see the lightsaber beam's shadow nearby, this is especially noticable in the ending duel to ROTJ after Luke gains the high ground for the first time.

[@davidhatcher7016]

They aren't made of light

[@Quirderph]

@@davidhatcher7016 But they *cast* light, at any rate. Logically, they shouldn't have shadows.

[@tylrr6397]

@@VinVonVoom "It is over, Father! I have the high ground!" "You underestimate my power!"

[@CrazyManwich]

David hatcher semantics, they are made of plasma which produce light therefore do not cast a shadow because they are the source of light not blocking it.

[@lvbboi9]

As much as I like it I feel like the second version is a bit eye irritating Also, idk why, but I think it kinda loses the look of the saber, and it just becomes messy Great vid tho

[@danjensen6027]

I agree, it’s just too bright with 4 lightsabers in one shot

[@SMiki55]

They are powerful plasma beams after all, no wonder they are so bright when ignited next to each other

[@Jan_Strzelecki]

I also agree. The idea itself is perfectly sound, but the execution is too intense.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

Maybe keep the general idea but decrease the general brightness of the sabers?

[@aquilazyy1125]

I think the glow of the air is a bit overkill. It makes the air looks dusty and dirty.

[@prosecutorwalton]

Fun fact, during the Anakin-Dooku duel at the end of AOTC, when the power cord that was connected to the lights is cut, the lightsabers do actually have colour fall off, which seems to imply it was meant to be only noticable under extremely dark conditions.

[@vizman8585]

but they shouldn't. No color falloff in lighted conditions would imply that the saber should be looking closer to white light blades than colored ones instead of the bright colors they were shown to have in the prequels.

[@jilliebean6312]

@@vizman8585but they should george invented them he decided how these fake fantasy weapons look in his universe if u wanna get technical sabers shouldnt even clash then

[@Cowracer67]

It was explicitly said in the original Star Wars novelization that lightsabers did NOT give off any light to the surrounding surfaces. If I remember the line, it went something like "luke stared at the vivid blue blade while waving it around. He found it curious that it glowed, but did not illuminate the surroundings" or something close to that.

[@omarbaba9892]

Well that’s not canon more is it

[@mugwumpmedia8437]

@@omarbaba9892 No its not, but it was a way to explain the lack of practical light with the carbon fiber sabers used for the OT and PT and even if it isn't canon, all six original movies stayed within that continuity which was subsequently broken during the Disney era. It isn't a big deal but it further creates a disconnect from the Disney movies and the original six movies.

[@Kpengie]

I know that the way that it was done in the sequels was that the props they used for lightsabers on set actually glowed. In the other trilogies, they used sticks that didn't produce any light at all for the blades.

[@Shaderox]

I just wanted to add, that Yoda, being a CGI character has the blades cast their light on him, but not on the real actors (See the Dooku vs Yoda fight in Ep2 for example). Another clear example is Kenobi vs General Grievous, when grievous ignites the sabers one by one they add their light to hes metal (especially the blue tones, and the following scene where he advances while spinning the blades is a clear example of them casting light on him) but when Kenobi takes hes battle stance, no light is cast on hes face.

[@pandy9049]

The lightsabers in the sequels look really fucking cool ngl

[@inspectorwhoreacts]

This is exactly what I was looking for, I'd love to see a remaster with lightsaber light on the actors. It's certainly something the sequels got right.

[@strynger_3507]

i always liked the way lightsabers looked when Luke and Vader fought on the second Death Star. The white part of the blade was more colored i think, and it made a huge difference to me

[@Kpengie]

That was only in the 2004 DVD release. The white cores were there in the original release and special edition, and were later restored in later re-releases.

[@aubreychatriot9617]

Crazy. I came across your video looking for the EXACT opposite - I hated how the sequel lightsabers looked in comparison to the prequels. I’m leaving here with a changed mind, nicely done.

[@YusiDJordan]

I'm honored! Thanks for the lovely comment!

[@addis8077]

Do more scenes with these lightsaber looks both in PT and OT! I loved this!

[@tjeerdtrekkie1030]

I like how its this serves as a fine example that just because something is more "realistic" it just doesn't look better. This is also very notible in the Obi Wan series where they overshot this effect completely and the fight between vader and obi just looked awfull as hell.

[@VinVonVoom]

I feel like the reason Lucas didn't do this is less of lack of ability do as much as it is a creative choice. There's a subtle glow on Yoda's face whenever he has his lightsaber out but it's just that, subtle. This helps the films keep consistent and you don't see lightsabers glow in one film and the next the rules have changed, it's a small thing but it helps them feel consistent, this especially helps for watching in their intended order (chronological). If you pay close attention you'll notice that during the Obi-Wan vs Grievous duel, they've done exactly what you have and added a glow to Obi-Wan and Grievous' face because of the sheer amount of lightsabers (normally you only see a reflection in their eyes like when Luke uses one in Obi-Wan's shack but with four it becomes more apparent).

[@StupidMarioBros1Fan]

Hmm maybe make it look less noticeable during brightly lit scenes. Like others have said, this starts to look messy which I think is because the color is still really sharp while the scene is well lit. This is probably why this isn't done during the movies. The Prequels made sure to lit up a dark room with the lightsaber (ex: AotC Dooku Fight) since it's one of the few sources of light in the scene which looks amazing. During a daytime battle though, the colors would probably get distracting & blurred when overlapping, which makes sense but visually could look worse than the original. A more subtle effect though could look good while still improving on the original.

[@fawkes6352]

Iirc, the sequel lightsaber props had LEDs in their blades, not unlike Force FX sabers you can buy. They still rotoscoped the traditional blade in post, but the practical effect caused by the LED blade is what gave off that nice-looking color falloff.

[@thibson3482]

Amazing. Very good explanation of the process you used!

[@YusiDJordan]

Thank you! And thanks for the awesome podcast! It was great talking to you.

[@DefecTec]

Yo you made Windu’s Jedi gang look super intimidating with those effects. Nice!

[@cellva1682]

If someone could do this for all lightsaber scenes missing this detail, it would be mindblowing

[@VinVonVoom]

1:00 It's funny to cut to this shot in particular when talking about the lack of colour fall off in the prequels because this is one of the rare times it actually does occur, you can see the green light of his saber on the side of Qui-Gon's face

[@rsolsjo]

I love the glow from the Disney sabers, but I also love the pure white core from the first six movie lightsabers.

[@Sams.Videos]

Inthe book The Art of Star Wars The Force Awakens, it is explained that there was a huge debate before making Episode 7 between the art director and JJ. They did not know if lightsabers should spill light around them. The art director argued that no spill makes the lightsaber more magical and other worldly. I have to agree with him. The spill gives the lightsaber too much of a realistic toy feeling. It reminds you too much that they are plastic glowing tubes. This wasn't the case in the OT and The Prequels. The lightsabers felt pretty magical. Rewatch the scene on Dagobah when Luke fights Vader in the cave and you'll understand what I mean.

[@mugwumpmedia8437]

Absolutely crazy! I never knew that was a conversation that happened but not only does it make sense, it blows my mind that despite being a "super fan" JJ decided to go against what was consistent throughout not just the prequels but also the originals.

[@theuniversedoesntcare]

Thank you, Dr. Peterson.

[@Janobot]

Awesome! :D

[@lukastace3154]

Janobot your videos are legit legendary

[@preacherskids6724]

Never knew I could learn so much about lightsabers in one video😁 and I DEFINITELY want to see the movie!

[@mikenotmike1860]

If anyone in the past called you out for studying VFX and CGI then they would be super jealous of how good you are at making a colour fallout in a movie that is so old. I'm really glad I found your tiny lightsaber videos and found this channel and this video too XD

[@vizman8585]

good discernment on making the falloff visible mostly on mace's robe since light hued materials reflect color the most

[@revan7455]

I loved not just the prequels but the originals and sequels too

[@christianbranca3818]

I love them!

[@ZenJuu94]

looking forward to your fan film dood

[@yakninja96]

I'm glad to see some one discussing this. It's always bothered me that there was no interactive lighting from the sabers, even in the prequles. Adding this gives them more connection to the real world and makes these fictional weapons feel more believable.

[@Krystalmyth]

Rogue One did this well during The Darth Vader "Taaake it, 💽!" 🗡️uwaaaAAAA!! " "Take iiiitttauughaaaa.💽...!" hallway scene.

[@montycaden9330]

Ik am reallly surprised tour not more popular. You should do more videos like this

[@Dapin.]

And I thought the prequel can't be better

[@gamestation2690]

Weird that you say that, because you have no idea how ubiquitous the hate for the Prequel Trilogy was back when they were released.

[@SDfan2002]

@@gamestation2690 Oh there is soooo much room for improvement with the Prequel Trilogy

[@brixenlang3207]

@@SDfan2002 probably even less with the newer ones, cuz i can’t seem to fix a mouse…

[@archiepooley1287]

Nah they're carried so hard by the final fights

[@methlokaijufan9729]

Finally someone did it ! Keep up the awesome work man 👍

[@benstern310]

I thought the lightsaber from 2 and 3 looked really oversaturated. Epi 1 was still in tune with the OT. Then epi 8&9 gave the lightsaber a weird pointed tip

[@TVComercialProducer]

man, it looks so much better

[@madbrosheo1514]

Impressive... most impressive.

[@Anonymous-zd1ow]

Bro I noticed the same thing and it gets on my nerves. Thank you for bringing attention to it.

[@JayZonePlays]

YES IVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT LIGHTSABER GLOW FOREVER!

[@WolfGodwin]

I subscribed for the laughs. But now I’m staying because I’m equally a Star Wars nerd and you fed that brilliantly with this video.

[@MoviesRemastered]

Beautiful detailing.

[@rex-rant4322]

I see what you're saying. My favorite scene in the force awakens is where Finn lights up anakins saber and it illuminates him. Perfect shot.

[@predatoreusfilms9992]

Wow that looked great! Can’t wait for your fan film to come out!

[@Spenceley]

Is there more of an instructional tutorial on how this all was achieved?

[@TheCynicalAutist]

It's funny you mention it because in the CGI section of Episode 2 when the clones are having a gun fight, all those light properties you mention naturally occur due to the lights actually existing in the scene and not being added in post.

[@Yougotcaged102]

I can't wait for the Plague of Medriaas Any word on how long it's run time is gonna be?

[@YusiDJordan]

We're aiming for about 95 minutes! Thanks a lot!

[@Yougotcaged102]

@@YusiDJordan And thank you, good luck

[@addis8077]

@@YusiDJordan wow that's really long, I love it! Will it be uploaded on KZbin or on a different website?

[@oopalex4667]

Wait there's more grandpas

[@chesscrush]

Looks sick... Could make the whole battle between them with this lightsabers would be awesome

[@methlokaijufan9729]

Take my like man !

[@malikthiel578]

3 words for u. YOU ARE GREAT 👍

[@mooliciousmaul6514]

Congratulations, you made the color reflect of the surroundings. Is that all the sequels have to offer? It is? Oh.

[@themetalstickman]

The difference is that the lightsaber props in the prequels did not emit light, while the lightsaber props used for the sequels did.

[@AsariNextDoor]

You're giving Lucas more ideas for special editions! But in all seriousness, this looks amazing.

[@priyanrama8926]

can you do an in-depth tutorial on how you achieved the effects?

[@abramchikd]

This is awesome!!!

[@chadking1938]

With this touch up for the original trilogy would be alot better.

[@JaedenSports]

The sequels have amazing visual effects and cool battles. If they put those in old star wars films and that would be cool.

[@englishteadrinker]

I'd love to see it on the geonosis arena

[@squidsona8509]

I personally love lightsaber fights in the dark. Its just cool visually

[@jish55]

I wouldn't mind Disney going back and doing this affect in all 6 films, cause yeah, it really does add that depth.

[@KidPrarchord95]

The Yoda VS Dooku duel applied this.

[@jeynarl]

Mace's purple glow was perfect

[@lemonysnick5171]

Wow dude. That final shot is beautiful. The OT special editions should've been remastered this way. BUT! The original theatrical versions should've been restored and released as well. That way you get to pick your version instead of watching what we ended up getting.

[@grievousarmy4061]

YEA! VOICE REVEAL!!!

[@DexternRblx]

Thank you for making this.

[@diadokhoi5722]

That's awesome

[@methlokaijufan9729]

That's far better

[@EyeMCreative]

The other thing you forgot about the sequel sabers is they fade as the saber swings, like a real light would. With motion blur, some of the color should come back into the blade itself as it becomes slightly transparent from the blurring. They do this mostly (at least for close up shots) using a 3D blade to simulate how it would actually react. I wish Andrew Kramer would come up with a sequel to Saber that incorporates fading into it's motion blur calculation.

[@Yabuturtle]

The bright effects do look cool and a little more realistic and more consistent since sometimes since you did see lighting effects on characters, like when Yoda ignites his lightsaber against Dooku. The green light is reflecting on his face. Although here, it is also good, but the guy with the blue lightsaber has his color changed and it ends up being a cyan looking lightsaber instead. Still a good vid though.

[@Squalls_]

Very nice

[@thescoobymike]

I would love to see the color falloff in the other trilogies

[@mthecatholic1481]

"I was hoping for the Senate."

[@mugwumpmedia8437]

Idk I've always liked the clean look of the lightsabers. There was one scene in AOTC where Anakin and Dooku dueled where it was dark enough to emit the lightsabers light but other than that the lightsabers always looked like the light is contained within the saber, making it kind of other worldy. Now they just kind of look like really bright glow sticks lol you can say it makes it more realistic but the point is that lightsabers aren't real. There are times where the extra light is cool but making it super bright every time really create a disconnect from the the previous movies continuity and over exposes the scene to the point of ridiculousness sometimes.

[@MrBlackSwarm]

I'd love to see a tutorial about lightsabers.

[@alejandrovelez6358]

Nice! Can you perhaps color correct the Lightsabers in the 3 movies of the original trilogy and give them lightsaber glow reflections?

[@eded2777]

He is the chosen one!

[@masterjbt]

Wow this is crazy

[@origenic5237]

Now can you do the rest of the scenes in the movies lol. Good job by the way, I just did a search for this and found that you'd done it

[@thejamman4070]

Oh that's so cool!

[@henryrichard7619]

A little bit extreme, but definitely really cool.

[@strumdynasty3050]

I like this idea, and it looks really (REALLY) cool, but sometimes I think the field around the sabers can be a little too large and obstruct some of the important space on the rest of the screen. I like that in the prequels the sabers stood out but were not overly stated. making the scenes very easy to follow. Even the original trilogy had more or less colored sticks of light with a gentle transparent field of glow. or even just the stick itself.

[@mcardeur4614]

Just found your channel 15 minutes ago, and I've been binging your content. You're incredible man

[@korcar5042]

They are different weapons, remember, on the sequels they are laser swords 😂

[@alexayala3405]

U got the whole squad laughing

[@BitBANANA222]

B R U H Anakin calls it a laser sword in TPM

[@AntiNihilist]

i loved this video and agreed with everything. right up until the ending when I was thinking the edit made the light too bright...oh well. needs more edit.

[@JIGgameoverSAW]

I think in the prequel case, the whole lighthing works around the characters would have to be altered too, since the sabers stand out too much imo, but it is still a great improvement ;D

[@JakeMMC]

do you have any clue to when this will be done and how long the movie will be?

[@astrobookwormsinger]

Damn as a HUGE Old Republic fan your film is looking better and better the more I hear about it! Are we gonna see his childhood with his stepdad, mom, his actual dad Dramath, etc.. ? And some Sith Pureblood stuff because they are fascinating ??

[@YusiDJordan]

Awesome! You clearly know a lot about this character - And that's refreshing, but unfortunately rare to see! That's exactly why we're making this. We LOVE his story, and this is indeed a biopic - We will see his childhood, his 'challenges' with his family, his lineage, issues of nature vs. nature, and evil as a conduit of power for Sith of both race and creed. Please keep your eyes peeled for our deep dive video coming as soon as we can possibly have it of a sufficient quality!

[@astrobookwormsinger]

@@YusiDJordan Oh wowowowow!!! Deep dive videos are my favourite! Yes to all of that! Nature VS nurture specifically, I'm really into discussing that. I'm more hyped for this than I was for Shards of the Past, this is gonna be awesome! I wish I could help pay for it, but I'm a teenager with strict parents :(( And you have a point, Sidious' past was explored in the Plagueis novel, but Vitiate never got a proper past. I'm glad you're telling this story. And with your editing skills, it's gonna look awesome! Also thanks for replying, I'm honoured 😊

[@ZeldaLore]

The lightsabers are too bright, but the light in the clothes and faces is a nice touch

[@LukeIngels]

Excellent

[@rockingamingwiththesahit2145]

Maybe the design of the lightsabers improved over time in Star Wars. Originally, the plasma beams were less powerful, therefore covering less area, but in between the OT and TFA, the quality of lightsabers improved. They might have become hotter, thus now emitting light around them.

[@Luka1180]

Do this to all past lightsaber scenes, please.

[@elegantmr.3930]

I want to see more!

[@trewhite7903]

the deakins cameo left me smiling

[@YusiDJordan]

Finally someone noticed it! I thought it would be too obscure 😂 You get a cookie 🍪

[@josephleichtnam836]

First, please do not take this as me saying your work is bad. The work you did in this video is excellent. Having said that, the light fallout or glow from the sequel movies and even the obi wan show is something I really don't know how I feel about. In some instances it can look really great, but overall it really just make everyone look like they just lit their glow sticks and are ready for the rave to start... it's just... almost a little silly looking to me. Like it just looks like a disco rave or kids neon sign or something. If that makes any sense.

[@SuryaGD]

Cool

[@josephiajanke9850]

Great Job! Original Trilogy please

[@her0880]

Aww man I wanted more