Light and Magic (Special Effects / Star Wars)

Nitefly · 1 Sep 2022 at 20:15

Hi all - just flagging that there is an absolutely sensational documentary (on Disney+) about Industrial Light and Magic and the making of Star Wars (and presumably other films in later episodes) showing how they did the special effects. There is a real sense of stress and deadlines etc... the blood, sweat and tears behind getting it all done. It's really neat to see George Lucas driving it all along plus the effects work is ace. I never realised how they did those composite images with paintings... in a shed :eek:

Really worth putting this on

@Zefan I think you may love this if you're an OG series fan, which I (mis)recall(?) you are

JRS · 1 Sep 2022 at 23:30

Thanks for the heads-up, will give it a watch

Nitefly · 1 Sep 2022 at 23:44

JRS said:
Thanks for the heads-up, will give it a watch

Good stuff - FYI it does indeed go onto other films. The episode this evening (which I think was episode 4 or 5) showed how they did the ‘imploding house’ shot in Poltergiest… super interesting IMO.

Mak3R · 2 Sep 2022 at 09:42

Yes! I'm almost done with this series and and can confirm it is a fantastic insight into the making of these things. I had no idea about the majority of it and a have a huge respect now for the time and effort involved just to make one scene. Also how Lucas was the driving force behind so much etc. It is very interesting

Scam · 2 Sep 2022 at 15:20

Ah this has been on my list for a while now. Should get into it before I cancel D+.