Behind the Magic – Star Wars
The Watchlist ILM takes YouTubers behind the magic
A The Watchlist ILM takes YouTubers behind the magic head of February’s Academy Awards, renowned effects house Industrial Light & Magic (a nominee for the hotly-contested 2018 VFX Oscar, for their work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi) released a quartet of video shorts on its YouTube channel, peeling back the digital layers on some of the movie’s most striking effects sequences. These fast-paced featurettes, released under the banner Behind the Magic, lift the lid on the Battle of Crait, The Hanger, Bombing Run, and Creating Supreme Leader Snoke. Watch them all by searching ILMVisualFX on YouTube.
Behind the Magic – Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Creating Supreme Leader Snoke
Take a look behind the magic at the Oscar nominated Visual Effects of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In this clip we get a closer look at the motion capture performance by Andy Serkis and the incredible work by ILM Artists to bring Snoke to life.
Behind the Magic – Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Battle of Crait
Take a look behind the magic at the Oscar nominated Visual Effects of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In this clip we follow the rebels to Crait for a showdown with the empire.
Behind the Magic – Star Wars: The Last Jedi – The Hangar
Take a look behind the magic at the Oscar nominated Visual Effects of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In this clip we get a closer look at whats involved in creating the massive hangar set.
Behind the Magic – Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Bombing Run
Behind the Magic of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
This full-length reel represents a sample of the work created for over 1750 shots by hundreds of artists, scientists, and engineers around the world. We hope you enjoy the reel which was screened at SIGGRAPH 2017’s Computer Animation Festival and debuted world-wide on the September 27th episode The Star Wars Show.
Behind the Magic: Recreating Tarkin for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
A look at the Oscar Nominated Visual Effects work behind the recreation of Wilhuff Tarkin for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.