Star Wars CGI Recreated 20 years later

I remade some shots again (notably the one with Yoda) since I wasn't satisfied with how they looked in the first video. I also added a whole new shot, the one in the very beginning
This is a recreation of the ending scenes of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, where the new Clone army is shown on Coruscant, which happens to be one of my favorite scenes in Star Wars. I’ve used the original soundtrack and recreated the visuals in Blender.
I'll be uploading a breakdown and a comparison with the original scene, so make sure to subscribe for that!
My links:
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Made using Blender, DaVinci Resolve and Makehuman.
Thanks to @alfredfrojd for providing some stunning photos of sunsets! Photos from Unsplash.com were also used (by users Melissa Cassar and Daniel Olah).
I’ve also used CC0 materials from polyhaven.com and ambientCG.com in this project.
I’ve used the following assets from Sketchfab. Substantial changes were made to the materials and geometry to increase level of detail.
"Laat" (skfb.ly/oovZN) by Just Ryk is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons....
"Clone Trooper Phase1 (Shiny) [Updated]" (skfb.ly/6Sy7F) by Admiral Tributon is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons....
"Bláster DC-15A Clone Wars" (skfb.ly/owxqx) by jcwiki is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (creativecommons....
"Republic Assault Ship" (skfb.ly/6oZBw) by StarWars-Universe is licensed under CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (creativecommons....
This is a non-commercial project. I get no profits from this video.

[@jaceyking5015]

Your clones are very impressive. You must be very proud.

[@moabman6803]

Hahaha. That was great

[@MarshallLando]

correction: impressive very much your clones are. very proud you must be.

[@uhh345]

He's just a simple man trying to make his way in the universe.

[@uhh345]

@ethanschmid4104 once or twice

[@uhh345]

@ethanschmid4104 possibly

[@willisk2500]

It’s a tiny thing but Palpatine on that balcony by himself is pretty powerful

[@lordrindfleisch1584]

One could argue that it is better than the original in that way

now it makes me want to see it canon, you said it right, its a tiny thing but that extra made a powerful scene

[@yospidey0078]

Meh seeing Bail look in disappointment is important and is missing here. I think the creator didn’t want to make another character also.

[@BEANBOYOBEANITH]

@@yospidey0078 yeah it showed how palp was creating the empire, but then it had the senators look on in unknowing anguish...

[@jacktheflash8478]

@@lordrindfleisch1584 is it?

[@balthasar6091]

Actually, it really makes more sense to just seeing Palpatine standing alone on the balcony, knowing that his long plan will soon reach his final step.

[@martingenero6328]

Not really, he Is still the Supreme Chancellor, he still needs the legitimacy of the senate. Seeing him alone only means he achieved his goal which Is untrue at this moment of the story

[@jacktheflash8478]

It doesn’t make more sense just and equal amount of sense and it’s really not that soon

[@balthasar6091]

Palpatine even says in the Phantom Manace, that his plan to destroy the Jedi will soon happen. And even compared in the time of decades it took him to set up this plan, and all he has done to make his empire reality, make the few years of the clone wars just look like a short time.

[@gr-8166]

Bail Organa was there and made the scene from a visual narrative standpoint interesting. You see the Chancellor’s army and the shot of him overseeing all the clones also shows Bail’s disappointment looking downward to his fists.

[@1810jeff]

@@martingenero6328 Well only if you look at it that way, it could also be seen as him having a private moment and indulging in his plan moving along well.

[@brandonaumiller3997]

Yoda could use some work, but the clones absolutely blew me away

[@Seekah_]

Yoda was probably the toughest to animate, I commend the effort. Facial Animation Is Not Easy. Clones look good because theyre fairly static/same animation for all them

[@QuantumNuggit999]

Hello there could you pls make a General Grievous scene pls

[@WingZeroCustom001]

Maybe he went with a more puppetry look as an homage to the original trilogy

[@anusmcgee4150]

“The clones absolutely blew me away” But they haven’t executed order 66 yet

[@thesenate1844]

In TCW, they redesigned clone pilots to have fully concealed helmets because faces were very hard to animate compared to standard helmets

[@Bayofthe91st]

This shows how breakthrough the original CG for this movie was decades ago

[@mkurt3641]

The prequels were overdependent on cgi that looked like shit. Even then

[@JamesEatWorld7758]

The CG was not breakthrough, it looked rough even at the time.

[@JamesEatWorld7758]

@@PVNTHR Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings, Minority Report, Signs, The Ring, and even Scooby Doo all had better CG then attack of the clones.

[@Halo_Legend]

​@@mkurt3641 Bitch, point me into the direction of one.

[@keaton718]

Also shows what a 100 million dollar budget look for a movie looks like in the hands of Lucas Films.

[@detectivefoxley9912]

Feels like this needs to be here "My first day as a member of the 501st... it was hot, it was sandy, chaotic. Nothing at all like the simulations on Kamino. Of course, that's pretty much the way it was for all of us, wasn't it? All that breeding, all those years of training... it doesn't really prepare you for all the screaming or the blood, does it? Frankly, I'm still amazed we ever made it through the first hour, never mind the first day. Incredibly, the 501st survived the crucible of Geonosis, emerging battle-hardened, and ready for whatever the war would throw at us."

[@AGuyNamedRicky]

“Watch those wrist rockets!”

[@JesusFriedChrist]

I miss playing the original Xbox version SW:BF disc on my Xbox 360. Sadly the disc reader broke back in like 2015. Haven’t used it since.

[@MrDK0010]

One first glorious day in the Grand Army of the Republic.

[@Ozkabot]

Your clone of this scene is very impressive. You must be very proud.

[@Jolly_Captain_Crabz]

Absolutely awesome job done!! This scene from the movie was so epic when I first watched it in theaters in the early 2000s. The clone troopers are always the coolest characters in Star Wars to me. You have created a wonderful rendition!

[@shounak10]

I would absolutely love to see an extended version of this. The shots of the clones and the ships are FIREEE. I always get chills watching the movie ending. The hype this scene creates is next level.

[@ATR022190]

Had me so excited when I saw it in theaters... just for it to fast forward right to the end of the Clone Wars in the next movie 😂. The anime was pretty cool though, wish it was more than just 2 seasons.

[@matthewdewar9271]

Same here. Every time I watch the end of Attack of The Clones I always get goosebumps when it comes to this scene.

[@matthewdewar9271]

@@ATR022190 Have you every watched the other Filoni+Lucas Clone Wars series? That fills in so many gaps and completes an all round look at the actual war and what was going on with both sides.

[@darren689]

Magnificent, aren’t they?

[@besserwizard]

One of the best scenes in all of the Star Wars movies recreated beautifully in 3d animation. Great work :)

[@rabidL3M0NS]

Amazing! Although I can’t lie, when Yoda appeared I burst out laughing 😂

[@damonedrington3453]

As cool of a job as this is, I think it’s also a perfect display of how far CGI has come. For its time, the prequel trilogy actually had good CGI. And nowadays we have common access programs like Blender that blows what professionals did 20 years ago out the water

[@h_nt_r]

It just makes me remember how much I miss what the clones were supposed to be before the Clone Wars tv show. Obviously it's great what they did with the individual clones stories and such, but before that you weren't trying to like the clones. You acknowledged that they were a badass, elite force not to be messed with and you can feel how Palpatine was going to use them eventually. Like how they were portrayed in the 2003 Clone Wars cartoon.

[@kevinzhang6623]

Were you even watching the show? They are clearly badass as well in the Clone Wars show. Having other empathetic attributes is not a threat to that.

[@OndenOndwaK]

My man although the opening was understandably janky, as soon as the clones came on I got literal chills. Amazing work!

[@starlightdragon2665]

That made me unbelievably happy to see that. Such an iconic scene to my memory and you did a very good job; especially with the liberties you took showing the sheer magnitude of the numbers of clones and the scene of them boarding their ships.

[@troy242]

Freaking fantastic. Yoda never looked so good. The Clone Army is spectacular! Nice job!!

[@isakwaltin]

Thank you!

[@mcsthethreequel9557]

Still one of the greatest endings. I get chills every time.

[@DaliwolfBacon]

Holy cow! This was fantastically done!

[@jrbaum4644]

The attention to detail of the clones and the star destroyers are spot on. Absolutely amazing. Great work.

[@isaacandy1116]

Dam the cgi you did is very impressive just seeing how they look now still bring in the old feeling of seeing attack of the clones again is great

[@jonathanyesbest4616]

Amazing! So glad you included the music because let’s be honest this scene wouldn’t be the same without the music

[@scopilio13]

yoda looked like if the team who made kotor 1 and 2 had access to the graphical technologies of now, but still were using the same animation techniques as in 2003.

[@jacklaurentius6130]

This began the great following years for Star Wars content ever. Video games, television shows, comics, etc.

[@FreedCollect]

When your clones popped up my jaw hit the floor. Very well done, please keep it up!

[@frxstyxd]

palps with his hooded cloak is such a crazy amount of foreshadowing...

[@Nightc1tyronin]

The Clones and Star Destroyers look absolutely amazing. Those Clones are the best I’ve ever seen in any Star Wars media.

[@gavinseeley3926]

I love the constant thundering sounds of the Acclimators engines in the distance.

[@StarblazerTV]

Excellent work. Been trying to watch all of Star Wars in chronological order, and I'm currently watching The Clone Wars TV series for the first time. Great show. It would be neat to see some scenes from the show recreated in a "live action" style like this.

[@Felix-sb5wp]

wow amazing how people can do all this from just cgi good job

[@billm3210]

Great work. I gotta admit the CG back then was very impressive. RofS has some CG that still blew away movies 20 yrs later.

[@raylast3873]

What‘s amazing is that even despite the flaws this movie may have, George Lucas has already managed to already do the most complicated part of what he set out to do with the prequels. In a sense, Episode III is just icing on the cake because we‘ve already seen the birth of the Empire. It‘s this scene right here. And the Jedi haven‘t even noticed, except for Yoda, but even he doesn‘t have any way to stop it.

[@MountSec]

Not even master Qui-Gon could've prepared a Jedi for this...

[@calvinsFuntimeBounceHouse]

i could never be this good at animation.. i do some frame-by illustrated but the work here is next level :)

[@HeyImRams]

No one: Sheev Palpatine: "It's a surprise tool that will help us later!"

[@pilchard7199]

Great work that’s impressive as hell, this is just my personal opinion but I’ll always prefer the way the clones were done in the films, probably cause it was mo cap in ROTS an they had way higher of a budget. But that doesn’t take away from the fact that this is still gorgeous

[@trobertw]

Nice army Palpatine. Be a shame if you end up getting overthrown by teddy bears with sticks.

[@asephendri2510]

Awesome

[@devilsadvocate.]

Do you think clones ever think back on this moment and go, "Why were we standing in a massive, empty lot doing nothing for so long?"

[@starwarsbunker]

Magnificent, aren’t they. Most impressive!

[@MisterMarin]

Impressive! Most impressive. 👍

[@AlanArrington117]

0:13 Am I the only one amazed by Yoda's robes?? Those textures are sick, unbelievably amazing!!

[@4crafters597]

But still somehow in the uncanny valley...

[@jacktheflash8478]

@@4crafters597 shame

[@4crafters597]

@@jacktheflash8478 as a 3d artist myself i am not shaming anyone, just trying to pinpoint why and how this fails

[@ethanhooper8606]

Those engines at the end are pure bliss.

[@zinglociabatta3205]

Star wars fans truly are the best ones. Congrats, this was really impressive!

[@LSB44446]

The clone scenes look amazing. If someone told me it was a leaked Battlefront 3 cinematic I'd believe you

[@MrTonyBarzini]

Would love a video on what kind of work went into making something this amazing

[@Juel92]

I know nothing about this kind of CGI work but it seems very impressive. Great job.

[@cheeseboi9951]

This scene has always been incredible with the huge clone army and palpatine and the other on the balcony

[@red3994]

very poetic that the imperial march plays during that scene, it just spells the beginning of the end.

[@hanging_out_with_Mp]

This is amazing!

[@sergioguerra7551]

Palpatine standing in there should had been added to the movie as foreshadowing and a sign of power, great feature and impressive work

[@hajimenagumo2199]

Ive always loved how palpatine was standing at the top just staring at all his pawns.

[@Fulcrum1313]

Brilliant work here

[@gabin1928]

It was one of the most wonderfull ans impressive SW remade scenes I've ever see !!! Please make a long version pleaaaaaase !!!

[@theoverloader5110]

0:54 Palpatine watching the clone army all by himself, thinking... "hmmm, maybe I should start and empire some day!" XD

[@thorodox3796]

Awesome work! Faces obviously are probably really difficult, but the Clones and the armor looked AMAZING!!!!

[@takethetape2267]

What u have done is very impressive but what jumps to my eyes, is that CG back in the days looked more realistic because lighting, reflections, and shadows were not over done. Nevertheless insane work.

[@austininkosi1494]

Obviously it'll be tough with the facial features of characters, but the clones are VERY well done, the lighting is fantastic. The only thing I would suggest is adding things make it feel like those close are all individuals. When they're walking up into the ship, the walking animation could do with being a bit randomised so you can't see much repeating. Also with the wide shots of the clones standing in line, it could do with some movement, some vehicles moving around, some generals walking in front of the troops etc. All in all, really great work, keep going man, you've got a TON of potential.

[@IndySidhu88]

Impressive, most impressive.

[@Sam-im5tc]

It's honestly amazing. You reversed the problems. No the characters look fake and the clones look good.

[@MandoThingz]

That quality is insanely gorgeous

[@Soundwave142]

That was awesome!

[@turbyhugh]

Yoda’s ear wiggles totally work and work well.

[@TrexCreative]

This s… give me goosebumps So good

[@rajarajanmanoharan]

Great work recreating this! You're awesome for crediting the other asset artists too.

[@trevortrabeaux4]

Damn those clone troopers look crisp as hell.

[@simonkeverett]

Great job, I especially enjoy how you took what they were going for with trying to make cgi Yoda look like puppet Yoda, and just leaned further into it

[@LucasMp]

Damn, methster Yoda. But that shot of the clones getting onboard was a thing of beauty.

[@DarthInkling]

While the Clones were indeed impressive, “you must be very proud”, what really got me was the after burning effect on those Venators. That was bad ass!

[@borgthepig]

This is incredible! Honestly, the things members of the Star Wars community can make are incredible!

[@dododostenfiftyseven4096]

Watching your engines ignite was awesome

[@ModernStacker]

I've always said that older movies with crappy CGI could be completely redone by keeping the audio/music 100% intact and simply recreating the visuals using today's technology. This is a perfect proof of concept. Nice work!

[@d.l.9517]

Original still looks better. 🤣

[@pepperVenge]

This scene is one of the most significant in the entire Star Wars saga. This is the birth of the Empire.

[@chrismichellijr9217]

Dude that looks amazing!!

[@NinjaSushi2]

The force is strong in this one. This is a great advertisement for Blender and your studio! Expecting much work am I. Filled your future will be. Many things great you shall do.

[@ozryelvarnis8828]

Great work, though I always wondered why this scene was done on Coresaunt and not Kamino.

[@Xuren17]

Probably to show the new Grand Army of the Republic to the public and the politicians.

[@elderliddle2733]

Yup, Palpatine issued a military parade to demonstrate the army that was being funded. The crowds loved it.

[@jaysanimations7189]

I swear the scene took place on geonosis Edit: huh I guess I was wrong

[@ozryelvarnis8828]

@@Xuren17 logistically it doesn't make sense. Kamino is on the Rim of the outer Rim and Geonosis isn't much further inward. They would've passed Geonosis to get to Coresaunt, unload, refuel then reload and put on the show and head back out

[@corbinpearce7686]

​@@ozryelvarnis8828 Kamino was probably still defended. I find it hard to believe that the entire battle ready force would have been deployed and directed halfway across the galaxy. More likely a part of the force, what we see here, was sent to the mid-rim and core to garrison and position for the conflict while a sizeable, if not larger force was held back in the outer rim.

[@MandaIore738]

Magnificent

[@masterjedi343]

Yo that was impressive! Blender can be very finicky, so amazing it looks this good!

[@mattguy1773]

A fine addition to my collection

[@blakena4907]

Man, the thrusters on the Acclimators ❤

[@biggzy9677]

I bet this took a LONG time. I am impressed by your work.

[@jackychang9148]

Something looks off but it's still amazing how a small crew can do something that an entire company worked on 20 years ago.

[@BigPoppaPun]

I like how Yoda looks like a muppet again and not obvoius CGI

[@Karabiner792]

A fine addition to my collection!

[@gitarmats]

I feel like I'm watching a video game, almost... and I want to play it! Looks really cool, especially the clones.

[@lostaudio]

0:36 "PRIVATE! GET THE FUCK IN STEP!"

[@TheLiamster]

I love this so much. I would pay money to see the entire prequel trilogy remade with modern CGI

[@donstarlancer]

This was awesome! Definitely sharing!

[@musicisfunwithp-j8614]

This guy really animated 200,000 units with a million more on the way

[@brunoroseau3383]

Imagine if ILM took the prequels and just remade the CGI today, how glorious it would be

[@bendayhoe]

It's been a minute since I've seen the prequels so if someone showed me these clips, I'd believe they were legit. Great work!

[@isakwaltin]

I’m glad to hear that! I’ll probably upload a side by side comparison later.

[@bendayhoe]

@@isakwaltin That's a really good idea! Looking forward to it!

[@olivierfalardeau9587]

its freaking well done :O

[@HeartFilledHatred]

Great work mate! Reeeeeeally impressive.

[@theRandallorian85]

brooo this is amaing!!! those clones look a lot better imo

[@DukeTKIV]

The force is strong with this one.

[@kel3747]

Maybe the one time I wouldn't mind the original film being modified in an updated release. Those clones are fresh 🤘

[@Moonbagger1]

It's gorgeous!

[@karlthorsten9118]

200 000 units? Looks like MILLIONS of troopers.

[@acromiss]

If they remastered all the GI and done a re release of all the movies in Cinemas, I'm sure every fan would go and watch it