Adaption

This week, I read a starwars screenplay, the screenplay was the original version of The Empire Strikes Back.

If I were to be a costume designer on it, I'd play around the idea of a lizard. One thing I think would be challenging, which is why they might've changed it to a yeti. The first thing that comes to mind when creating this lizard in the screenplay, was obviously it would be a puppet. But, thinking about it more made me feel that maybe it was scrapped due to limitations in what puppets can actually do. Puppets are good for far out scenes, the closer the camera is to the puppet, the faker the animation will appear to be. Puppets can be very lively looking, but they always feel a bit outlandish once animated. Having this giant lizard, being the first scene in the film, will most likely be the first thing the viewer sees. If the first scene of the movie breaks immersion, most likely the rest of the movie wont be taken as seriously as intended. Having the lizard removed i feel is the best decision, which is what happened. Have this been made recently, computer graphics have advanced to the point that it's doable, I believe this wouldn't have been omitted.