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Collecting => Customs => Photonovels and Movies => Topic started by: Vator on September 7, 2005, 07:05 PM
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So now that I've finished the script on the second part of The Politic of Conquest and Rebellion, I figured I'd go ahead and start a thread for it's development. Previews and Preview shots, of course, will be included.
I've decided that, in light of all the chances made to the script since the preview first went up, I'll post a new blurb...
As determined as Reigen was to speak to Uparte, he could not help but to be distracted when his eye spotted the approaching soldier. A large red and black peice of fabric embroidered with a two-headed Eagle hung on the soldiers arm. Reigen was not disturbed, of course, by the fabric itself. Rather, by the organization it stood for, the Kobarra Homeworld Defense League.
Created by the Republic to help route out remaining DUKP operatives across the planet, the Homeworld Defense League was regarded as one of the best "homespun units" of the day. When the Republic left Kobarra, Uparte called the HDL under his power...
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Ha - I like that idea, the thought of Palpatine getting pissed off at Tarkin. Pretty amusing.
:P
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I hope the action scenes on Kobarra come out as good as they sound in the script. ;)
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Ok, here's an update. I'm still working on the Imperial Military staging facility...so far painting of the command tower is completed. I also got bored and made a poster for this PN. Enjoy!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/Vator/PCRII.jpg)
I sorta went for the 1980s sci-fi cover with this one...not entirley sure why though. :P
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Looks good, and movie poster is a nice idea for this.
I supposed those are supposed to be a lot of ships fighting that Star Destroyer? It looks like you have the capablity to cut and paste images (like you did on the Star Destroyer) - you might want to try that for some more effects as well. I tend to do that a lot in my series.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to do it for this one though. Lots of action and rich enviorments from what I've planned so far.
Unlike last time, I'm going to give this one all the time it needs to be perfect...so October may be a little to optomistic for its release. We'll see though, so stay tuned.
Preview II, still from the rough draft:
Soon, they entered the throne room of great complex. Sitting behind a table made entirely out of marble, Juanis Uparte grinned and motioned for the senator to sit.
“Tommard, miboyo! Qwual esel newsa de coruscanta?”
“Bad, I’m afraid. They’ve authorized force against the Rebels.”
“Wonderful, now we’ll be able to restore legitimacy!”
“We have legitimacy. Only 3 of our provinces have joined Istantes movement.”
“But does the rest of the Galaxy know, or for the matter care? Their mighty Empire will get another stab at the Confederates, and we’ll get our insurgents taken care of!”
“Our people are at risk.”
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Preview shot:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/Vator/PCRIIIIIII.jpg)
The Horonda Visa Military Staging Grounds: Hanadan System
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Very nice Vator!
If you want a suggestion, I would suggest that base in the background to be darkened/blurred some to match the terrain, and to use the new TIE Fighters instead. But either way, this looks great! I can't wait to see what you do with this.
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I told him about the scaled TIE also, but he said that the wings were a part of their Evolution, which makes sense to me.
I like the shot, too. Like CHEWIE said though, I'd darken the base just a small bit. The rest is good though!
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Yeah, that crossed my mind not to long after I finished the shot...so I'll get to that as soon as I get a chance.
About the TIEs:
1) Early versions of the TIE fighter. Various sources have mentioned that the TIE fighter went through various changes, so its possible it started out with smaller wings. There are a lot of problems with the TIEs in the series, as you'll see in the series.
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I really like the preview pics.
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Yes! Finally, we've got a new Camera. Sony Cybershot (as is tradition) 7.1 Megapixel. So look for updates sooner or later on PCRII! :)
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Great!! Get cracking!
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Trying out the new camera...not actually part of this photonovel.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/Vator/oct05019.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/Vator/oct05021.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/Vator/oct05023.jpg)
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Damn... those are some absolutely beautiful pics. Looks like your new camera is going to work very well.
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I agree! Nice looking pictures! Camera test successful, get to work on the story!
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The story was completed months ago, it's the shooting that kills me. But it's on its way. :)
Edit: There was one test picture that I edited that I liked to dang much just to let rot in the catacombs.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v115/Vator/oct05024.jpg)
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Damn, those are great pics! If you can add some effects, they would look like a frame of film!
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Such an akward chapter to write! I've decided that for claritys sake, I'll post an introduction to the chapter. Its lengthy but neccesary, I think, so enjoy.
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Like a Jewel shimmering upon black sands, the suns of the Kobarra System showed brightly through the windows of The Serpents Tongue. Anyone who was lucky enough to make it through primary school on Kobarra, would likely recall the educational film they were shown about the System. Senator Reigen was no acception. As he sat looking at the stars, the cheesy voice once again filled his head.
An astronomical oddity, the Kobarra System revolved around not one or two stars, but three. Over the span of their seemingly immeasurable lifetimes, the three suns (Draakan, Wobistdu, Mergan) reached magnetic and gravitational equilibrium, and eventually mustered a force strong enough to attract 4 wandering planets. The first (according to Kobarran National Astronomical Law) called Yuana, is a planet of large, apparently sterile seas. Once the capital an aboriginal empire in the Kobarra System, life on Yuana was wiped out by diseases brought by Coruscanti settlers prior to the Sith Wars.
The second planet, Teilde, is a frozen planet with temperatures ranging from -126 standard near the ancient continental shelves, to +34 on the plains. Inhabited by the stout and ill tempered descendants of aboriginals, Teilde is a favorite retreat for Kobarran aristocrats during the summer months...which can be particularly humid and, for lack of a better word, nasty on Kobarra.
The third and most important planet in the system is the lush and tropical planet of Kobarra. Hosting nearly 35 million inhabitants across its 3 continents, Kobarra is a hub of commerce in its region of the Labacht Sector. Most Kobarrans have a mixed aboriginal and Coruscanti heritage.
4th, Groumann is a stable and relatively untouched planet. Apparently lacking an atmosphere, Galactic Astronomers have long debated its status as a planet...
Yet, none of that was important at the moment. That all too familiar tug of hesitancy in his chest was an unwelcome reminder to the Senator that he had come to do a Martyrs work.
Or at least it seemed that way. After rising to power, Reigen recalled, General Uparte worked to establish a apartheid against those on the planet who were "More than 30%aboriginal". As arbitrary and idiotic as it may have seemed to most people at the time, many on the planet supported Uparte's radical visions of "Core World Superiority".
When aboriginal groups, like the Cabaas Organization and Regular ARs, started to oppose the racially charged actions of Uparte's administration during the Naboo Conflict, Uparte's response was quick and unrelenting. 120,000 aboriginals were rounded up and killed indiscriminately. The Holonet paid no attention to (what the editor at the time described as 'a pointless Xeno story') the slaughter and no action was taken against Uparte's government galactic ally.
As a result of the massacre, Reigen remembered looking down at the canopy of one of Kobarras many rainforests, the Legislative branch attempted to reign in Uparte's Executive authority. Naturally, Uparte resisted and soon the planet was engulfed in Civil War. The DUKP (Democratic Union of the Kobarran People) tried, desperately, over the course of 10 year period before the Clone Wars to have the Republic intervene on the behalf of the DUKP. Their attempts were met, at first, with apology and eventually with scorn. Disenfranchised with the Republic, the DUKP officially allied itself with the Separatist Movement one year before the Battle of Geonosis.
Not long after this, Uparte traveled to Coruscant where he delivered some of the most famous words of the pre-war era: "The Barbarians and their Battle Droids must be stopped!" Upon returning to the capital, Uparte learned (with the help of DUKP Z-59s) that the city had fallen in his absence. The occupation was to be short lived, however. When the war finally started on Geonosis, it is said that Palpatine personally ordered troops to Kobarra to reinstate Uparte's government.
Thud!
"Turbulence?" Reigen inquired.
"Just a bit, Senator." The captain replied.
Captains had a way of replying on Kobarra. For example, when Captain Trevador Istante of the 134th Battalion was captured by Confederate Spies during the siege of Ante-Oche, he was shocked to learn of Uparte's radical xenophobia and attempts at Genocide. Renouncing his ranks as a Captain of the Grand Army of the Republic, Istante joined the CIS backed DUKP and quickly rose through the ranks.
"You know what I heard, Senator?" The captain said interrupting Reigens train of thought.
"What's that?"
"They're going to torch the Orchovilas to get rid of the remaining of the DUKP cells."
"I wouldn't hold it past Uparte, Captain."
The Orchovilas, for the less informed, is the name of the area of dense rainforests south of Kobarra Ciudaht. It is suspected by the 'Shield and Saber' (the Defense Department) that Istante and his band of rebels are HQ'd there and have used the region to stock pile Confederate built weapons of "immense chaos".
After the DUKP's defeat at the hands of the Republic two years prior, Istante took charge of the remnants of the organization and fled into the wilderness. As the planet rebuilt from the Civil War, the DUKP and it's hero Istante were largely forgotten. It wasn't until the attempted assassination of General-Executor Uparte (an assassination attempt that left the president irreparably scarred at that) that Istante and the DUKP were in the news again. Being the irrational and all together unstable man that he is, Uparte launched a campaign to "route out the DUKP once and for all in the name of His Majesty, The Emperor."
"You were there for the bombing, right?" Captain Tourpak asked.
"You're very interested in Xeno history for a Core Worlder, Captain."
"My apologies. However, not all of us young folk are Empire-thumping COMPNOR officers, Senator."
Just then, The Serpents Tongue touched down. Reigen tried to formulate a reply, but the urgency of his visit was too much. Within seconds, he was down the hall heading towards to exit.
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Woo! Good intro. Can't wait for the pictures!
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Wow! this looks really good! ;D