A Thousand Stars: Episode III, Part 33
Jun. 13th, 2024 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
matrilHolograms can create some curious imagery in Star Wars. When Vader reports back to Sidious, look at the contrast in the size of their projections.
Anakin is a little figure on the Chancellor's desk. You could almost imagine Palpatine picking him up and moving him around like a game piece. On Mustafar, meanwhile, Sidious's hologram is enormous, so that his full body can't even fit. His face looms over Anakin (much like his first appearance in Episode V, incidentally), smug in his complete dominion.
It's exceptionally notable because we know that in person, Vader is actually much taller than the Emperor. But shots like these remind us of the true power dynamic. The apprentice will always be subservient to the master.
Next time, a brief glimpse of anguish...
Anakin is a little figure on the Chancellor's desk. You could almost imagine Palpatine picking him up and moving him around like a game piece. On Mustafar, meanwhile, Sidious's hologram is enormous, so that his full body can't even fit. His face looms over Anakin (much like his first appearance in Episode V, incidentally), smug in his complete dominion.
It's exceptionally notable because we know that in person, Vader is actually much taller than the Emperor. But shots like these remind us of the true power dynamic. The apprentice will always be subservient to the master.
Next time, a brief glimpse of anguish...
