Star Wars Duels, take two

Let's face it; there's just not a whole lot to do with a flat desert terrain. I basically made this one for the sake of completion, and I'm a bit pleased with the detail I was able to squeeze out of flat sand.

Obi-Wan vs. Darth Maul**

I didn't like this one the first time, and I don't like it now. On the plus side, I hate it less. I did my best to put some detail in the device the generates the Pink Force-Field of Plot Necessity, but that didn't come out too good. Fortunately I was able to put that thing from Jango Fett's Slave I to use as the thing Obi-Wan hangs onto.

Attack of the Clones

Yoda vs. Count Dooku*

Didn't change this one at all; in fact, these are the same pictures from before (same with the other two I didn't change). Of course, I kinda regret that move; this one more than the others needs a reshoot.

The Clone Wars

Anakin vs. Asajj Ventress***

This one's sub-par in my eyes. I thought it was a good lightsaber fight to make a vignette of, even if it is EU. (Sorry if this doesn't make sense to those of you who haven't watched the animated mini series.) Anways, Anakin's standing on the ledge of the top of a temple on Yavin IV, and the ground in front of him is crumbling under his opponent. The bricks in the background weren't supposed to look like a wall; they're the blood-red sky.

Revenge of the Sith

Anakin vs. Count Dooku***

I had some serious trouble thinking of a way to do this one sucessfully (more trouble than my little desert). The room they fight in is really open, and they never got too close to a wall, so I put them in a shallow pit at the foot of the stairs. Normally I'd exclude a duel with this much of lack in background options, but c'mon, is there any position cooler to have your minifigs posed in?

Obi-Wan vs. General Grievous***

Originally this was the worst vignette of the bunch; they were fighting on an all-tan block (cliff) with an all-tan background. Then I did some searching on line and figured out I had built the location of the fistfight; the lightsaber fight, apparently, had happened in the hanger station. This was lucky, because a hanger's a much better background. That's actually supposed to be a catwalk they're on, and the doorway's meant to be off in the distance. Before I saw the movie and realized about the catwalk, I had them on the ground with three rows of battle droids watching. It looked too cluttered anyways, so I took em out. I'm actually quite proud of this one now, especially because I was able to get a good fighting pose out of the stiff Grievous fig. (And why yes, I DID paint him to be more detailed! Thank you for noticing! :P )

Mace Windu vs. Palpatine***

This one came out better than I expected. The first version had the window still intact, but all the 1x2 bricks made a distracting white grid that you couldn't see the buildings through. Thus, I left a couple shards of the window on the MOC and was able to find a way to mount the top (which worked really well). I kinda like my city skyline in the background, but the minifigs aren't posed too well. There really wasn't enough room to get them right in a length of 8 studs.

Yoda vs. Darth Sidious***

Here's another one that came out better than I thought it would. I was able to find a good way to make the central Senate pod, and the rest took off from there. I dunno why I put it on the huge spire; it blended in with the others too much at ground level, I guess.

Obi-Wan vs. Anakin*

Didn't touch this one. Incidentally, it's still my favorite of the whole bunch.

Obi-Wan vs. Anakin (aftermath)***

This is actually the first and only vignette I was gonna do. After starting it those couple months ago, though, I realized that I had no idea what the scene looked like, so it became the action shot with the silhouettes (pictured above), then that led to the other five vignettes, than THAT led to... Well, you get the picture. Anyways, This had a problem similar to Tatooine, only the sand is black here. On the plus side, it's right by a lava river. Before I saw ROTS, Anakin was lying on his back, but I had to change it so he was on his belly and looking up at Obi-Wan. It's a shame that he blends in with the sand, but the goal here was movie accuracy. (I realize this isn't really a duel, but it's become my favorite dialogue in the saga; it deserves its own vignette, to be frank).

A New Hope

Obi-Wan vs. Darth Vader**

I detested the first one, but this one actually looks better, even though I only changed the wall. This version just looks so much sleeker, especially the light panels running from floor to ceiling. Not the most exciting MOC, but oh well.

The Empire Strikes Back

Luke vs. Darth Vader*

The last one that wasn't touched. It's still one of my favorites; putting those little orange lights in the stairs was a pain, but it was worth it.

Return of the Jedi

Luke vs. Darth Vader**