We Tried Making The Battle of Naboo Opening using a Game Engine

[@CinematicCaptures]

I totally agree that the original looks more realistic, in fact a lot of it actually was real! They used footage of real grass, filmed the tanks using miniatures & had an insanely talented team of professionals from ILM (one of the best VFX companies in the world) working on it! At the time this was completely revolutionary and still totally holds up today! The purpose of this vid was simply a personal exercise to try refine my skills and learn new techniques. I thought it could be interesting to try see if two people could remake this scene on a home computers using today’s technology and figured other people may be interested in seeing the results. I actually struggled a lot with the grass and lighting on this one. I really wanted to try get the grass interacting with the AAT’s in the 2nd shot, but unfortunately I ran into quite a few technical issues I couldn’t solve with the raytraced shadows. I also couldn’t quite get the scale correct due to limitations with the grass density. In a few shots I had 500k grass mesh instances on screen so performance was rough and I wasn’t able to polish the scene as much as I would have liked. I’m sure there’s better ways to go about this, but unfortunately I’m still rather new to unreal engine. I will certainly take in any criticism and try to do better in the future!

[@nachgebaut4176]

Is it possible to make the scene look more realistic?

[@TRAUMARRANT]

Both the remake and the original scene are great in their own way. It feels more realistic in the original scene but the details on the droids and tanks are better. The only down side is on the close shot of the droids getting up, you can see some lines that are supposed to be rounded have rough edges on the head. I don"t know if you can understand me, I struggle to learn english. Great job on the remake.

[@satnav9699]

Did you use Assets from Battlefront 2 or where they all custom made ?

[@bobbyflynn6352]

I think the part where the droids turned after standing up happened just a tad to fast. Great work though! This is amazing!

[@iamcrisanto]

The new one is too bright and shiny for an outdoor environment. I still love it though shows what a single man can do vs literally ILM That being said the environments look way better in UE5

[@arragon5481]

0:34, the battle is over. The Droids have asserted their dominance. But seriously, looks really good.

[@Galactic_Inferno]

This is the best comment ever

[@Gafi17]

The music perfectly matches the moment tho

[@menelaoszsedesu6609]

Bro, u made me smile after really hard brokeup, i fkin' ove u bro

[@spiffygonzales5899]

@@menelaoszsedesu6609 Amy woman who would break up with a star wars man is no woman at all. Remember, you don't need some random Kathleen Kennedy. You're looking for a Princess Leia.

[@hobomike6935]

ah yes, the T-pose. the ultimate sign of being an Alpha with big-D energy that girls will swoon over the only way to out-Chad the T-pose is the X-pose, which only General Grievous can do.

[@abraham2172]

Thousands of battle droids simultaneously standing up, grabbing their weapon and marching towards the enemy- beautiful. The prequels are so underrated.

[@holz_name]

What exactly is beautiful about it? Copy&pasted CGI models done by minimum wage CGI "artists" who wish they worked anywhere else. The original R2-D2 and C-3PO were beautiful because they were unique designs and had unique personality. - it also destroys the universe of Star Wars. Why would anybody fight if you can just bulk order some droid army? I always thought that droids were special made and super expensive, because we don't see them as frequent and Luke even gave R2-D2 and C-3PO away as a gift to Jabba to save Solo's life. But now droids are just everywhere and are useless and cheap throw away appliances.

[@abraham2172]

@@holz_name Your hate against the prequels clouds your mind and appearently prevents you from logical thinking. Elsewhise you would remember that these battle droids are supposed to be cheap and quickly produced to achieve numerical superiority. I guess being confronted with new content that is somehow different from what you already know is already too much for your little head.

[@holz_name]

@@abraham2172 Yes, my hate makes me strong. *Elsewhise you would remember that these battle droids are supposed to be cheap and quickly produced to achieve numerical superiority.* Exactly. Why would anybody fight in SW? Just bulk order a bunch of droid armies. What's the point of the Boba Fet clones?

[@dehoopb8097]

@@holz_name To your second comment: Because the droids were incompetent for most of the time? Clones were much better in comparison, hovewer i don't know about the difference in prize and whether it would actually be better financially. The second reason being that separatists had most if not all of the facilities that produced them. The third, Kamino was in Republic's hands and because Palpatine. To the first comment: if you hate the prequels because of "Copy&pasted CGI models" then you also hate the originals because stormtroopers, a lot of them that are doing the same basically (which gives the exact same result in the film even if stormtroopers are not CGI)

[@holz_name]

@@dehoopb8097 Clones were pretty useless, too. They were wasted by the thousands. And don't get my started on the idiotic concept of producing clones if you have literally trillions of people available for free. It's called conscription. I'm actually quite done with SW. Everything is stupid in SW and the prequels ruined it. A trade union going on a galactic conquest with a droid army? Just because some unknown dark figure said so? And the Jedi are now the rulers of the galaxy and also war leaders? Why would the trade union care about Nabu, some backwater unknown planet? Clone army, just because Obi Wan mentioned in the original SW a clone war. How about the Clone War was some kind of war between discarded mutant clones who joined the Dark Side and the Jedi were the only ones who could determine real people from clones? Like Blade Runner, but instead of robots you have clones. And the Clone War was actually a covert and hidden war, like the Cold War. Or something cool like this? I could write a better SW. I wished Disney would just a do a hard-reset and disregard the prequels. But not only did they continued with the nonsense of the prequels, they put 50+ years old actors into it for nostalgia. I /really/ wanted to see a 55 year Hans Solo looking confused and out of breath. I /really/ wanted to see a 60 year old Luke shitting on the Jedi. Because SW is such a weak brand that you really need Han Solo and Luke and Lea in it so that people come to see it. /s Sorry for the rant. I'm just so done with SW.

[@JonkariP]

Absolutely amazing! I'd love to see more of these remakes in the future

[@ByronencarST]

Will you eventually have unreal included in your meme workflow? 🤔

[@JonkariP]

@@ByronencarST Potentially! Seeing what this guy can do with it is really inspiring

[@Squicx]

After seeing you open to the possibility of Unreal Engine 5 in these replies, I honestly can't wait to see the future of your channel branch out into new technology such as Unreal. Expanding your animations in memes with software like that will make ur upcoming content even more amazing!

[@persona4331]

same here

[@Jikuro_]

Jonkari also star wars fan confirmed?!

[@mrJoelVFX]

Crazy how much technology has advanced in 20 yrs. Just imagine telling someone back in 1999 that you'd be able to create one of these scenes at home with your own computer. Great job!

[@Kymuria]

Exactly the point of this video. Really nice how far we got.

[@gentlebossxd9582]

and even better looking !

[@TheSchaef47]

I remember when Sony was promoting their latest Playstation by boasting that you could render scenes from Toy Story in real time.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

I remember watching this in theaters back in 99' I loved it so much that I watched it twice. I hated the commercials though.

[@adamdernis]

And render them in real-time with a gaming engine! Back in 99 those scenes probably took hours to render.

[@heavyspoilers]

Great work, this looks awesome

[@fantasy7251]

damn heavy spoilers is here?

[@adamantium9550]

It looks really good, only the overly strong bloom effect on the droids and the grass gave away that it's made with the Unreal Engine.

[@ytancorbel1898]

Yeah feel like unreal engine 5 is too good in some aspects. Just too clean and perfect to make it seem real. I would say east to fix tho with some kind of filter

[@lilruse]

Yeah at 1:02you can see how the grass was better in TPM. It’s too static here.

[@amigobatata9014]

And something i just dont get is why so many people make stuff on Unreal, the results you can get from a proper render made on some dedicated software is waaaaaaay better if you know what you are doing... creating real time cinematic makes no sense if it's going to end up being a video only and not a game... I believe it's just to call attention, like "Oh look, it was made on Unreal 5 !" 🤔 Crancking everything up to 4k and adding a thousand post-processing effects is not "modern cgi" is just some amateur playing with 3D, not trying to be harsh...

[@Darkdiver28]

@@amigobatata9014 i think the appeal is to show how far real-time graphics has come. For me I find far more impressive shorts made with real-time graphics with UE5 or Unity, than the conventional way and the fact that it’s looking almost like a pre-render is damn impressive.

[@Palendrome]

People just really need to make their grass not so damn luscious and green. I love luscious beautiful grass too, but it's too generic now for games. It's become the hallmark of demos like these

[@timmy3822]

As you said, physical props will always “feel” more real. However, I imagine if you went back in time to 1998 and showed the tools we have now to the ILM guys they’d be in awe… and then proceed to absolutely go wild with it. Imagine what we could achieve with a mix of ILM magic and UE5 bits injected in.

[@Thiwaz]

They do it now. This is how they make Star Wars Disney+ shows

[@lunamonkey]

One minor gripe, and it is visible on productions like "Minions" too, is that the folds / wear and tear / scratches are all the same. Even the exhaust dust is the same. Some randomisation and variation in this would make it a 10/10. Well done.

[@zzdoodzz]

Repetition in graphics, especially in games is something that drives me nuts. For example, I absolutely love the Witcher 3 game, but they reused some of the same faces over and over for non-player characters. It's not hard to create a random face generator these days. Games are getting a bit better with the size and shape of non-player characters, but again they could use some more randomness. Sorry, not really the topic you brought up, but the talk about repeating of graphics thing just got me thinking.

[@robertewans5313]

@@zzdoodzz That's why the faces in witcher 3 are so believable and realistic, I find that random generation on faces can start to look alittle, plasticity or doughy. I've never played another game that impressed me as much as witcher 3 in terms of character faces.

[@Fyke816]

@@zzdoodzz Holy shit you guys are some real nerds...Yikes. Go touch some grass buddy.

[@ThibaultMaccotta]

@@Fyke816 or they are just passionate ?

[@MrRedstoneready]

​@@zzdoodzz Well, do remember that Witcher 3 wasn't made these days, it was made in 2015. And random face generators could easily be made but they have some downsides, the faces will usually look super weird and unrealistic , unless you use a basic framework like fallout 4 had at the time, the downside to that one was everyone looks exactly the same

[@Rebelzize]

That is pretty epic :o

[@legiohysterius4624]

High praise coming from you.

[@fianna582]

Can’t wait for Skyblivion. 👍

[@narcleptik]

Oblivion forever ❤️

[@Gamewiz308]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@MinktheStorykeeper]

Hey it's the skyblivion people!

[@UncleFeedle]

I remember reading that the original scene files were something like 90Gb - a huge amount in 1999.

[@SnyderChips07]

looking back its stunning how good these renders were considering the resources required at the time

[@bradador1]

Thats good rendering, dont make it like they used to. All this 2gb shit. How you flex a gb. Il wait

[@PatrickProductions12]

I wasn't convinced until the shot of the battle droids' heads unfolding, and then I realized that this was absolutely brilliant and seriously gorgeous looking, very well done!

[@The_Lost_One]

What wasn't u "convinced" with? How good it was? The texture of almost everything even down to how good the grass looks was noticeably better within seconds of the start.

[@FXitinPost]

Beautiful work!

[@whitted2799]

They look so clean!

[@frederikkfoglfrey8664]

You should team up and do the Luke vs Vader Reimagined we’re all waiting for 😁🙏

[@Grastiars1]

I feel that the droids having that glossy finish is what really made this seem less realistic to me. Military equipment is generally matte colors.

[@THEBATMAN28AHH]

There's always things that can be changed. But what can't be changed is how realistic Lucas and ILM mad this look over 20 years ago, and some of us still can't appreciate that.

[@rodholseth6354]

Stormtroopers want to talk to you!

[@williamcopps947]

@GODSGENERAL If they are brand new, why do they have wear on the armor?

[@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

I actually really liked the sheen. It may be a protective coating too, who knows. It's sci-fi on another planet, ridiculous to try and compare it to real military on earth. I was actually jus thinking how the sheen makes it look even more impressive.

[@rodholseth6354]

@@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM I concur. And as I previously posted about Stormtroopers, realistic military anything and Star Wars don't really mix. At all. Tactics are stupid if compared to real life (looking at you Geonosis and your clones standing with no cover and shooting at an enemy that has seen you), few factions actually have camouflage, division of labor is all over the place... it's all about the cool and epic, not real. And I agree. If I were to make thousands upon thousands of cheap droids doing my handiwork, I'll be giving them the sheen.

[@Moshuun]

Wow. This is stunning.

[@Azerty72200]

Actually, I prefer the old ones, and I think it says *a lot* about the absolute masters of special effects that were Lucasfilm and ILM. Still, mad props to you guys for your work.

[@Bennahr_Fett]

This actually looks worse..

[@InventorZahran]

The Unreal Engine was used to create almost all the CGI in The Mandalorian, so your production is tehcnologically on-par with what the actual Star Wars studios are doing!

[@RockBoyy1]

Nice! I had no idea they used UE. Learning things everyday

[@TheGamingNorwegian]

@@RockBoyy1 Theres a video about it on KZbin. They film on a set of screens which moves when the Camera moves. All scenery is unreal engine 4, the rest isnt unreal tho.

[@ltcuddles685]

@@RockBoyy1 Just to further elaborate, they have large LED screens that encircle the actors that have the scenery displayed and that's why the lighting and reflections are so accurate in the show, it's almost completely real reflections.

[@rot_studios]

@@ltcuddles685 oh wow that's gotta be one hell of a setup haha clever though

[@GrimK77]

Not exactly CGI... they used it mainly for in-camera VFX and virtual scenery, and it simply expanded to rest

[@ahsookee]

I love this, after 20 years a small team of fans is able to replicate at home what one of the largest vfx studios did back in the day

[@therevanchist8508]

After seeing this, I'm more amazed at how good the movie was 23 years ago!

[@ignaciovasquez8602]

The phantom menace is a underrated movie, I love it

[@revel911]

Really? I think the original looks horrid

[@MrZackavelli]

@@revel911 Yeah, it's not like it was made in 1999, right?

[@ayaankhan-eh1xy-g3e]

@@ignaciovasquez8602 its Definatly one of the worst

[@Stargun-vj1uh]

@@ayaankhan-eh1xy-g3e The Phantom Menace to me is a fun watch, I think Attack Of The Clones is actually awful in alot of ways, and Revenge of the Sith is actually passable. Phantom Menace to me is the most quirky of all of them, and genuinely so stilted that I love it. It really does actually hold up pretty well all things considered, the effects don't look inherently bad, for 1999, this is unreal how well executed it was. George did once again push the limits of special effects.

[@Timodj13]

It does seem unreal. Looks like a video game, still a very awesome reconstruction!

[@FlymanMS]

Original feels more real, this is an impressive work but still feels like a tinted way too much video game.

[@CinematicCaptures]

Totally agree, the original actually uses a lot of real elements in their shots. A lot of the grass was real & I think the tanks were real miniatures. They’re also ILM so their work still holds up today.

[@FlymanMS]

@@CinematicCaptures well for an independent creator you are just as impressive. I rewatched the recreated Anakin-Obi Wan scene, the reason I subscribed, and it’s down right amazing. Also I discovered tons of high class content from years prior on your channel so I think I’ll stick for a while and enjoy it.

[@FlymanMS]

@@CinematicCaptures oh and also, this def looks better than most of cg we get in blockbuster movies nowadays

[@namelessking8527]

Yhh my exact thoughts, the droids and tanks prob too shiny aswell

[@greengreeneya2102]

Well original was done mostly using practical miniatures.

[@MartianDill]

In 1999 this was created by top professional SFX artists In 2022 this was created by guys, who like 3d, in their home

[@robertlinke2666]

that's what 20 years in advancements of technology does.

[@t2force212]

It's amazing how much the world has changed

[@DrHippo]

I know what you mean and I agree... But I'm just going to be "that guy who reads comments literally" for a moment so I can get it out of my system :P The original was a mix of SFX and VFX, so it was also done by guys who like 3D but at a company. Also whoever made this version are either already professionals or ready to be. Advancements in tools just means it requires far less people/resources to achieve this, but you still need a professional artist to do the work, we don't have tools to help us with art principles... yet ;)

[@robertlinke2666]

@@DrHippo yes, but the difference here is that in the original you needed a whole team and massive amount of computing power, and now it is one guy, and his high-end home pc

[@shayyuss]

well to be honest the 2022 one already had a lot of the work done for them they just had to recreate it

[@Henry14arsenal2007]

This is beyond amazing for 2 guys using home workstations (and also the realization that you can get like 90% there with just that vs having to use a whole render farm 24 years ago). Its really the lighting that let you down, a couple of more passes to get that film effect would be perfect. Often, the fakeness in game engines comes from from their sterile perfection, while cinema/real life footage always has some grain, air and blurriness.

[@srabanimukherjee7894]

This is using technology at its fullest extent! Wonderful use of modern CGI to recreate this wonderful scene in the Star Wars universe! Well done!

[@RosieReins]

This is amazing! Would love to see more of this scene and others!

[@KillerTacos54]

100% !

[@lainsechoes]

Jesus Christ, you can count EVERY single blade of grass. Every dent, scarring, dirt, and grime, and wear & tear on the droids and their tanks. God damn.

[@Life4YourGames]

Yes and this is exactly part of the reason why I want a modern remake of old Star Wars games. I don't care if the gameplay is exactly the same but the technology has been improved soo much by now it would be worth it.

[@Kravenrogue]

This is The movie not The game

[@Life4YourGames]

@@Kravenrogue I'm very much aware of that, but this clip is rendered using a game engine.

[@NiftySquares]

Imagine the Dark Forces/Jedi Outcast games with that sweet sweet ray tracing

[@saakers]

KOTOR...

[@justacalyrex1699]

Need a new empire at war

[@jeremy1860]

The modern stuff looks great, but for me personally I feel the effects of the original actually hold up pretty well nowadays 😊

[@JonathanRodriguez-nz9nw]

They hold up perfectly well!

[@toamatau8785]

AOTC and ROTS had trouble with the droids but they always looked perfectly tactile and real in TPM. Still holds up today, I buy that they're actually on set as much as I do with Anthony Daniels in the 3PO costume.

[@tydshiin5783]

@buffalo wt yea the over the too glossiness doesn't sit right, and the shadows are too sharp

[@arch_caff]

@@toamatau8785 AOTC was probably the weakest in terms of CGI, mostly because they had a bit too much of an over reliance at time when the technology just wasn’t there yet. TPM and ROTS didn’t have these issues for differing reasons. TPM’s CGI usage was nowhere near as frequent, whilst ROTS’s CGI simply looked a lot better.

[@firstborn7614]

Wow!! This blows me away, dude. Nice job. I just spent about 30 minutes of my life rewatching this over and over.

[@suikochai]

I also agree that the old footage is more realistic. The remakes lighting looks like they are under a light instead of it being natural sunlight.

[@georgezee5173]

The original HAS to be more realistic, since it was shot with models and a puppet battle droid (I guess the only CGI droid moments are the ones when you see their whole bodies). Back in 1999 they tried to sell these scenes as if it was actually CGI and I thought back then that the quality looked TOO realistic compared to anything created at the time. At the same time, I just assumed ILM just used the best of the best, since it was Lucas' own company. Now I'm actually glad they used way more models thatn originally thought.

[@Geostationary0rbit]

​@@georgezee5173 yeah but its possible to create more realistic ligting than this, especially with post effects in engine, there has been a deliberate push to make everything a bit more saturated here, and perhaps most perplexing of all considering the amount of effort put in here is that GI seems to be very minimal if at all, in the original footage the tanks are lit much more from the sky giving them a purpleish tinge, this is completely replicatable with a hdmi or lumin so why its not being here is odd to me. who knows maybe its for copyright reasons.

[@arch_caff]

@@georgezee5173 People give way too much attention to the prequel trilogy’s CGI, because my gosh the practical effects they do use are genuinely some of the best.

[@spiffygonzales5899]

Terrain felt a little cartoony and the blasts were a little too flashy, other than that absolutely amazing

[@kaksspl]

And I think droids were a bit oversaturated. Though tanks look better. Something about the original felt off.

[@thefluffles6384]

i think the bubble shields looked a it off and the grass also until the close up but i think this was a rushed product at the end considering this channels fine animations skill sompletely meant for views and what ifs also to gauge audience reactions but could this be where they are headed for their future work as artist and to deal with time constraints? i dearly hope it is not but at the same time i understand. doesn't make me like it though.

[@davidsirmons]

Harder lighting, better gusts of wind on grass instead of random wiggles, this would be perfect.

[@Lonelymariner99]

You would be surprised with how cartoony the grass can be seen in real life naturally, there are details that could be improved but in general it is a good improvement, the flashes lack more detail and the ground could have more elements that break the monotony like small rocks or some different plants.

[@frankieM_]

@@thefluffles6384 the caption says it was a test to refine skills and learn techniques using unreal engine, and only using home computers

[@saprogeist31]

it was really nice of John Williams to score this video for you guys

[@WoofWoofWolffe]

Those tanks… 🤤

[@clemm1248]

What it do

[@HOL457]

Hey it’s Wolffe!

[@MateImDeepInnit]

This is how Phantom Menace looked to me when I was a child, all you did was make my overactive imagination a reality. You’re f*cking incredible, great work as always man.

[@tylergarnica2425]

Outstanding! I have goosebumps; am i the only one who loves the older droid voices?

[@carsonkouts]

Seeing technology progress and even hearing about it from older folks is crazy. my dad would tell me stories about sneaking in to see the premier of episode IV the night it came out, and how everyone was blown away by how advanced the effects were 😂

[@AlanAckboo]

“Droid commander” has a name and it’s OOM-9! OOM fans have been trying to get the great commander the recognition he deserves for years now, please respect his name in the future 🙏

[@oom-9803]

Agreed completely! The video is incredible the animation, the detail, the physics, the weathering, the wind and sky all the details are absolutely exquisite, and its so cool. But more OOM-9 recognition would also be really nice

[@AccurateThings]

+1

[@johnpaulson8199]

To tell you the truth I couldn't really tell the difference because of the amount of times I've seen that film, good job nicely done

[@michaeldwiggins5909]

Maybe it’s just me, but I prefer the original. Just looks more realistic to me. The remake looks a lot more like video games than the original. Just too polished.

[@jonawesomejony561]

Samee dude

[@Writers_End]

That's how I feel about CGI in most modern films today. Everything looks too good, polished, and colorful. CGI in the prequels, Lord of the Rings, and probably a few others, just hit differently that somehow is sometimes more convincing than what we have in most movies today.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

@@Writers_End Dune is a good example of what modern CGI can achieve. Probably the best CGI ever made.

[@Writers_End]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t I agree, looked very real, fantastic film.

[@historicalairsofter1226]

That’s because the original was VFX with real grass

[@halo3odst]

I can appreciate the effort that went into this, but has anyone ever noticed that despite the higher poly numbers better textures ext, modern CGI objects have this plastic look to them?

[@leonardoyramm1856]

I definitely noticed it too.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

What are you even talking about? Watch Dune 2021, and you will see how wrong you are. Or are you comparing a multi-million dollar movie to a small project made by a single person?

[@halo3odst]

Sorry ruzzky, i cant hear you over the molten gold from the 2nd hobbit movie.

[@leonardoyramm1856]

@@halo3odst 😁👍🏼

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

@@halo3odst What a burn, halo3odst.

[@CURTSNIPER]

imagine what more time and artists could do with this in UE5, it already looks great now even

[@brothatscrazy3418]

This looks absolutely fantastic, love how detailed and how there's a bit more color than the original

[@oliverraf5237]

Some of the surface detailing and weathering textures of the droids seems a little more pronounced on the originals, also the army ships seems more colorful with some purple-ish hues, probably by how the field and blue sky lights reflect over them. Despite that, the overall result looks amazing! The remade scene seems a closer update to the original with some of the "modern 2010/20s" movie image filtering. Maybe you could explore the potential of the scene in creating more dynamic takes over this field war, giving more weight and relevance to the plot.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

Weren't the droids in the original literal miniatures?

[@oliverraf5237]

​@@Ruzzky_Bly4t Good question. On the Original Trilogy, stop motion miniatures were the most possible way to give life over massive-sized vehicles(the AT-STs walking on ESB/ROTJ are such good example for that animation style). Considering the Prequel Era production happened the late 90's/Early 2000s, the CG quality was good enough to make realistic, smoothier animations possible for pretty much everything, and everyone.

[@talleywa5772]

The fact that you swung into the same weight class as ILM is a feat in and of itself. Good shit broski.

[@theremnant117]

As impeccable as it is, there's really no uncanny valley effect. This is basically a Battlefront 2 cutscene rather than anything tailored to a live-action cinema experience

[@jahleel0077]

Tbf, there's nothing in these shots that would trigger any sort of uncanny valley effect though.

[@tobiasengstrm5118]

yes it looks like a game not a movie i agree

[@gasmasksammy]

As a huge fan of this opening scene, I love what you did with it. No criticism coming from me - Absolutely the best remake of this footage I have ever seen.

[@FroGGi1989]

man oh man the music man... the re-imagined versions of classic star wars themes are amazing, hats off to the composer

[@foghornfilms]

To be honest. When i watched this I thought we were being shown the original first. I didn't realise it was the new one. Amazing!

[@NorthEevee]

This makes me hope for a future remaster of the prequals. Revenge of the Sith still holds up, but the other two need some touch-ups.

[@archieoutdoors3340]

Nah they don’t it’s called practical effects that’s why you think the other 2 need some touch up when they don’t its not everything needs to be cgi

[@MapleRift]

No 17 year old CGI is gonna hold up, but yeah I see what you’re saying. It holds up enough

[@mythicdawn9574]

@@MapleRift I think Phantom Menace looks fine. There are plenty of things people assume are CGI when they are actually real models. However Attack of the Clones looks really shitty. They definitely overused CGI. The alien Obiwan talks to in the Coruscant fast-food looks horrendous for example. And the worst of all is the whole Geonosis assault, my xbox360 could do better without it even being pre-rendered x)

[@meganwhite9090]

@@archieoutdoors3340 I don't know man, there's some lackluster CGI in Episode 2, a touch up there couldn't hurt

[@goji253]

@Archie Outdoors I am pretty sure he's talking about the bad cgi in Ep 1 and 2 like the gungans, droid factory or the obviously CG clones, not the bloody practical effects like e.g the Geonosis Arena.

[@shomplex9685]

i was literally watching episode 1 today and this got recommended to me gorgeous job btw

[@Eclipse-mf6hc]

*Disney looks along in terror as they realise they have competition*

[@holdobot2281]

This just shows me how well the actual CGI holds up! It’s incredible what they accomplished with the prequels

[@vasopel]

well most of it wasn't actually CGI so that is why it still holds up ;-)

[@MarCuseus]

**FACEPALM** *miniatures

[@mrShazam]

what a amazing job these guy done back there with not so much engines. ggs and good job to you guys ofc!

[@armouredskeptic]

You know the battle over when that T-pose come out

[@BAGELMENSK]

Bruh

[@YouKnowWhosBack]

quality content! love to see more of it

[@mickbro_12]

GOD DAMN THAT IS SICK and the quality is beautiful

[@RetroRecipes]

Wonderful work guys!

[@tsivilsඞ]

So cool! Honestly the main thing that has always stuck out like a sore thumb in episode one was how barren and void of detail the battlefield was. I like your terrain a TON more but I still enjoy the droids and ships from the original. Keep up the great work!

[@Mega-Brick]

If it means anything to you, the film's terrain was a real location (the same location for Windows' classic desktop wallpaper) - though the filmmakers could've still touched-it-up with debris, rocks, etc.

[@mindlosing]

This is honestly one of the best Star Wars remakes I've ever seen. It's so well-funcioning, satisfying and the quality makes it so good. Keep up the good work!

[@FossilBox]

Wow the grass is a real game changer. The original movie really looked unfinished to me. Like it was just on a green digital mat. This looks so much better. I can FEELLLL the metal feet standing on grass blowing in the wind. Outstanding 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@arch_caff]

Kind of ironic since the original used real-life footage of grasslands.

[@Sniperahead]

0:03 looks like someone is invading the windows xp standart background

[@webdoar]

Very good work. You made great efforts with good talent. Kudos to you.

[@BunkerSquirrel]

Considering this is a fan project and using real-time computation this is remarkable! it's crazy close! I can't put my finger on it since I'm not a VFX artist, but something with the lighting is just a bit off. Perhaps a more matte material on the droids and softer shadows? I think in the end, until all lighting is ray traced real time, you're just not gonna get the same effect as a fully baked scene. Bravo regardless!

[@TheJobieadobe]

This was real time!? Not rendered at all? Are you sure?

[@BunkerSquirrel]

@@TheJobieadobe yeah. Looks like Unreal 5

[@snazzyquizzes2336]

Your update looks excellent, although the episode 1 film effects are still great!

[@smilingtopper745]

Absolutely love it! Really shows how far our technology has come and its a great remaking of one of the most Iconic scenes in the film.

[@swedi3571]

This has better graphics than reality itself

[@christopherstein2024]

Awesome! The only thing that bothered me was how the grass was waving around in the unfolding shot.

[@georgy6889]

Nah you guys are insane! We need a full show I’ll definitely be hooked with a good story and eye candy graphics

[@GhostStealth590]

If only I could 3D model. It would take my projects to the next level.

[@spamuel98]

I grew up watching the prequel trilogy, I'd love to see it remastered like this.

[@SMmania123]

I do like yours more, and its incredible that a movie from 1999 holds up this well. The fact that you can do all this now without a 100 million+ dollar budget is incredible. Look how far in 23~ years!

[@RywokastDarkstar5000]

everything looked great, but it looked way more like a video game than TPM which was not using CGI for the majority of it... but your battle droids look totally amazing

[@xijinpingpong4426]

The AAT firing looks way better than in the original. I also think the landscape in this one looks better, because it looks like one surface and not two separate pictures.

[@Justicegamingandco]

Fantastic work. that is the one scene of one of my most favourite star wars movies

[@willgitsham8529]

The prequels + a remaster which looks like this would be amazing, same with the added on cgi scenes to the OT

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Although I prefer the original, this was amazing!

[@R3GARnator]

The clone troopers on Utapau would be a real challenge to recreate. They looked like people in armor, but no, the clones were all CGI. It floored me to discover that.

[@spoton5981]

I thought the droids and equipment had more realistic lighting and textures in the recreation, but thats just my opinion. Really liked what you did.

[@dehoopb8097]

@pyropulse The droids weren't physically build? Where did you even get that

[@congresswallah]

I would love to see the entire prequels modified with this technology and released in this channel.

[@hanburgundy4317]

So you'd rather have CGI than practical effects? Cuz contrary to popular belief, ILM used primarily practical effects for the prequels - especially TPM. If so, that's cool - not trying to be a jerk, just wanted you to know this scene in particular used models and puppets and filmed in California.

[@VikingReacts]

To be fair...looks better than the movie :P

[@benjaminamdahl1717]

For what it is, that was extremely impressive. Especially details like placement of objects and specific movements. Very well done

[@nggyunglyd2374]

Kinda makes you wonder why Disney can’t do this to scenes like these. Great edit

[@mailliwVI]

bro what

[@Van_ayh]

Kinda makes you wonder if you even spent 5 seconds thinking about this, before typing out your comment...

[@nggyunglyd2374]

@@Van_ayh I did. If Lucasfilms is able to go back and alter the scenes in ESB to have palp look different, or have Jaba look different in ANH, or whatever else, surely Disney can go back and alter the scenes to make them not look so dam grainy and lifeless. Good for it’s time, but I feel scenes like that can be made better, as is seen in this edit

[@LayneBenofsky]

@@nggyunglyd2374 I guess we all have a different idea of what 'grainy and lifeless' means.

[@Tiriris]

Why should they? It looked kind of cartoony back then, why force it to look even more cartoony?

[@fidelperez4837]

The Great: Looks amazing. lighting, detail, animation, comping... all fantastic. The Bad: grass seems to be interacting on its own, not flowing in one direction or being displaced by feet. Also, medium shot with droids turning, the shadows seem to make it look like the droids are floating over the ground. Minor, minor things.. This is proof that talent and dedication will always make the difference.

[@yukein4242]

great job. really impressive what one single person can do with unreal engine today. the only thing I absolutely didn't like is the gungans shields seen from distance at 0:08. they don't look as good as the rest of the assets. I guess maybe the the edges are too shiny? seen from that distance maybe they should look less saturated and bright, in my opinion

[@zacharyfrey3264]

What would I wouldn’t do for a “brothers in arms” type game with droids and clones.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Battle of Naboo has strong Windows 7 desktop background energy.

[@Thematt11]

Always loved the droids using binoculars. They're droids... what was Zoom an options package the Trade Federation didn't want to go for?

[@cavareenvius7886]

They also let the droids pilot their vehicles instead making it self driving using A.I. ^^

[@edvenify]

tbh it makes sense. the battle droids are meant to be super cheap and disposable, a one size fits all deal. No in-built upgrades or enhancements -- just a robot with basic dexterity and functionality, than can use tools to meet performance short-falls (can operate a weapon, use binoculars, drive a tank, etc). cheaper to mass-produce rather than use a different OS/AI for every different situation.

[@Plasmon19]

Same reason you don't engineer humans with eagle eyes. The compartmentalized aspect of battle droids make their functionality flexible. A battle droid can use any equipment at low cost without having to mass produce every form of tool or weapon to fit a specialized role. This is something that modern robotics is aiming for as well with construction and rescue robots to minimize cost, if one robot can fit multiple roles it becomes that much more valuable without having to expend that much in resources. Although the CIS did allow for the construction of specialized command modules for droids in the battlefield to make up for the weakness of having to rely on a centralized droid control ship, which is a major weakness.

[@tetsuoswrath]

I love when a person makes a comment they think sounds smart but they obviously didn't think it through. :{

[@qwert_au]

The OP has a point in a very specific context. While edvenify and Plasmon19 make excellent points- there are CERTAIN things that would not bear overall design restraints, for example additional optical functionality. You have to remember that we are looking at galaxy who's inhabitants have FTL. Not having built in weapons is perfectly arguable as per the 2 points, but optical or sensory options, unlikely.

[@rjakiel73]

The original looks better. The new version is too gamelike and shiny. Kinda like the Star Wars version of Gears of War.

[@TheSundayShooter]

Just goes to show that graphics are no substitute for cinematography

[@puertoriconnect4611]

Amazing work. The way the video is put together makes it hard to appreciate the work. And I know weeks, if not months, of work being broken down in a 1 minute video is difficult.

[@macattackk]

Real-time graphics are starting to get very close to photo realism. There is still a little ways to go, but in a few years time I imagine this will be the way CGI will be done for mainstream films.

[@solaris5303]

Note that Unreal doesn't necessarily mean real-time - it's even got a path tracer now.

[@macattackk]

@@solaris5303 true, but it’s what it’s most commonly used for, and you get the Sam e result if you render frame by frame of in real-time depending on the quality settings. My point is that in the future rendering will be so much faster because it will use a real-time pipeline, or something approximating that.

[@julianlacour5480]

Looks great. The units look a bit too perfect though, add some variation to their textures, all units shouldn't be perfectly alike texture wise.

[@PixXx31]

They're supposed to be facotry new, right? I'd have toned down the wear on their paint and that also solves this problem.

[@Broxyc]

That can be easily explained, The way they are transported, they are stored in the MTTs where they rattle around a bit scratching their armor a bit, that’s also why the scratches are mostly similar

[@toastmane1697]

I know people are saying the original looks more real but I think that's missing the point. It looks great really well done

[@NorthernLaw_]

The prequels aren't even that old but things like this make me want to see the original trilogy completely redone with modern cinema technology, at the same time though I wouldn't want to see it bc it would take away from the originals. The struggle

[@Van_ayh]

TPM came out 23 years ago... That's probably older than most people watching this video...

[@NorthernLaw_]

@@Van_ayh Can confirm: Am one of those people

[@winsomehax]

I remember George Lucas talking about the FX in the prequels he was doing and saying... in a few years the FX would be available in real time on commodity hardware - and he was 100% correct. Lucas may be a lot of things... but he's one of the few true visionaries in Hollywood. The rest are just hacks scrambling from one film to another

[@Randy.Bobandy]

You're acting like George Lucas had anything to do with the special effects and didn't just tell a team of actually talented people what he wanted them to do.

[@FreaquedeMusique]

You didn't try. You succeeded!

[@Fenris30]

Hard to believe the grassy hills were filmed in Livermore, California.

[@matthewcha9062]

God, after all these years, I still love that OOM Command Battle Droid’s voice.

[@fearlesswee5036]

It's crazy how far graphics technology has come, where real-time video game rendering now looks *better* than pre-baked CGI from back then.

[@NotCondorTheBird]

All these people talking about "wear and tear" or how the droids have a glossy finish, shut up lmao. Is in the UE5 engine, most of that is out of their hands and even if it isn't the amount of work that went into this is staggering. If this was a large company like Dice or ILM or whatever, their gripes are just and founded but this was done by a few people at most! Just be quite and enjoy the work of art in front of you.

[@Cptn.Viridian]

Gotta say this, you got some of the best CG grass I have seen in a while.