Death Star over San Francisco

Fricking awesome. BBQ oysters.

I totally thought my friends were joking ... damn!

I am so going to reenact all of this with my hordes of Star Wars legos.
I just need to find a bunch of goofy looking joggers and crazy shirtless protestors, and a Chinese media lady... and that lego AT-ST walker and star destroyerr are all set to go...

Now I know who to go to for all my tracking needs. Nice job, now get some sleep for chrissake.

So bummed I was summering in Endor that weekend. Would have loved to see the Tie-fighter flyover at a AT&AT park.

Whoah.. I knew Gavin Newsome was in league with the dark side..

My friend in the 501st will absolutely love this...

this is soooo sick! ...do you know if the death star is fully operational?

This video just made every nerd neuron in my brain fire at once. I think I almost had a stroke.

"i didn't really like Galactic City that much. Galactic City is cool but it's not like my favorite place. But I've never been to Tatooine, so I dunno"

(Note: The part of Cloud City will be played by San Francisco)

nicely done

Why San Francisco? Why not New York.....Or London....
or Fresno?

Ok.. what? And how? And wow!

Hey blove, the Bay Area is where they did all the StarWars FX to begin with. The SF Bay Area is home to George Lucus, to many digital FX geeks, and digital FX schools.

That's the second generation Death Star. I hear that Death Star is so poorly built you could fly a Millennium Falcon right through the middle of it

Well, I guess this is goodbye my friends. I have enlisted in the Galactic Empire. I just couldn't pass up the pay and benefits in this turbulent economy. Besides, I hear the Emperor is not such a bad guy, and quite frankly, I have always wanted to wear one of those helmets. Take care, and think well of me.

@mhorn -- I keep coming back to the sense of atmosphere you've created in this clip...seriously, awesome job. Keeping the casual conversations about NY vs. LA, the oysters, the protest screams...all of this adds to the sense of realism and depth that would've been lost had it gone the "whoa, look at that" route.

Very good!

Fing lame. This was way worse than the movies were and they suck too. By the way I’m burning my kids Star Wars Is Lame legos right now.

Impressive. Most impressive.

Great motion-tracking, compositing, film-look, blur, & grain management.

I love the TIE fighters with cop lights flashing during the parade.

A subtle dig on our attitudes toward our own military as well, no doubt.

dude the numbers are going mental. you are a viral superstar!

Wel Done.

"when the Light Sabers go down in the city, and Death Star shines on the bay..."