Episode 883 - Light & Magic - Season 2, Episode 1 “Are We Ready for This?”
Release Date: 05/07/2025
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Episode 883 - Light & Magic - Season 2, Episode 1 “Are We Ready for This?”
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In the first episode of the second season of Light & Magic, George Lucas and Industrial Light & Magic take viewers behind the scenes of creating the special effects for The Phantom Menace. In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss: Our overall thoughts and reactions to the first episode of the second season of Light & Magic, How everyone at Industrial LIght & Magic wanted to work on a Star Wars movie, A surprising movie and character that was instrumental to the development of other digital characters like Jar Jar...
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Episode 878 - Star Wars Celebration Japan News, Part 1
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info_outlineIn the first episode of the second season of Light & Magic, George Lucas and Industrial Light & Magic take viewers behind the scenes of creating the special effects for The Phantom Menace.
In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:
- Our overall thoughts and reactions to the first episode of the second season of Light & Magic,
- How everyone at Industrial LIght & Magic wanted to work on a Star Wars movie,
- A surprising movie and character that was instrumental to the development of other digital characters like Jar Jar Binks,
- How people such as Rob Coleman, John Knoll, and Doug Chiang contributed to ILM and The Phantom Menace,
- The team effort that went into creating Jar Jar Binks,
- The storyboards for The Phantom Menace, and
- The software behind the podrace.
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