From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002)

6.8/10 52 min Documentary

Overview

For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This documentary shows many VFX meetings between George Lucas and ILM. Many of these meetings focus around the creation of a completely digital Yoda, used for the first time in the Star Wars films.

Cast

George Lucas

Self

Frank Oz

Self / Yoda

Christopher Lee

Self / Count Dooku

Rob Coleman

Self

John Knoll

Self

Doug Chiang

Self

Temuera Morrison

Self / Jango Fett

Daniel Logan

Self / Boba Fett

Ewan McGregor

Self / Obi-Wan Kenobi

Ron Falk

Self

Ben Burtt

Self

Nick Gillard

Self

Rick McCallum

Self

Hal Hickel

Self

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