Star Wars Custom Blu-ray Cover: 2011-Style Sequel Trilogy

 For some reason or another, I've put After Effects on my list of favorite photo editors. It isn't meant to be used as one at all, but I find its style of masking, color correction, and effects rather useful and pleasant to work with. In one instance of this, I decided to use After Effects for a Sequel Trilogy cover that mimics the stylized look of 2011’s trilogy releases:

I fit the printed cover (one draft, anyway) and the sequel disks into a spare 2013 6-disc Prequels case, which allowed me to have each two-disc Blu-ray set in one case, so the spine is a bit wider than the other two. There isn't a giant face on the front, as there is with the other two, but beyond that I feel like the official mural I used for the front cover aligns with the painted look of the other two pretty decently. Here's my latest version of the full image, complete with a couple of other changes for accuracy: 

As the printed version shows, some space on either side will be cut off in the final Blu-ray cutting; the extended edges are mostly there for some extra bleed room just in case. The text description is adapted from Reddit user Maxachord, who made a similar mockup based on the 2013 releases a little later. The above print was made with the blu-ray bonus discs in mind, but I also made a standalone, 3-disc version; on top of that, I made a slightly tweaked variant for fans of… uh, particular opinions: 

I've also released this a little while back as an OriginalTrilogy.com post; feel free to check out the interactions there (including that I wasn't alone in my endeavor!).

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