Dewback Patrol

ILM at the BBC

kachirhoian — Apr 25, 2007 08:36 AM

The BBC News website speaks to two leading special effects professionals at the world famous Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) firm in San Francisco.

More Concept Art - Stephan Martiniere

kachirhoian — Nov 15, 2006 11:53 AM

More concept art from Episodes II & III, this time from Stephan Martiniere. Star Wars is the second entry on the page, which also features work from many other films. There's some absolutely brilliant stuff

More Ryan Church art

kachirhoian — Nov 14, 2006 11:03 AM

Ryan Church has posted more artwork he created for Revenge of the Sith on his personal website. There's some great stuff here that hasn't appeared elsewhere yet.

ROTS art and design on the web round-up

kachirhoian — Jan 24, 2006 02:07 PM

Now that Episode III has been released to theaters and is available on DVD, more of the film's crew are posting samples of their work on their personal websites. A good deal of this imagery hasn't appeared elsewhere. Here are some favorites:

Ryan Church feature

kachirhoian — Sep 01, 2005 10:21 AM

Computer Graphics World has a short article on the artwork created by Ryan Church, with some samples of his Episode III art with descriptions of the software and effects he used to paint them.

VFXWorld ILM interview

kachirhoian — Aug 30, 2005 07:09 AM

VFXWorld has an interview with Lucasfilm's Cliff Plumer about the move to the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco's Presidio.

American Cinematographer coverage

kachirhoian — Aug 24, 2005 10:17 AM

If you're like me and enjoy coverage of the making of Star Wars movies, the website for American Cinematographer magazine has an excellent archive page where they provide links to all of the articles

ROTS coverage in VFX World online

kachirhoian — May 25, 2005 12:49 PM

VFX World begins its coverage of Revenge of the Sith's visual effects with the first of three extensive articles. Registration is required to read the article.

ROTS visual effects in 3d World magazine

kachirhoian — May 25, 2005 12:43 PM

Look for issue 66 of the magazine...

Rob Coleman on creating Yoda

kachirhoian — May 23, 2005 08:33 AM

A story on the Channel News Asia website...

New Cinefex magazine

kachirhoian — May 23, 2005 08:31 AM

Keep an eye out for the next issue of Cinefex, to feature their always-excellent coverage of ROTS effects.

The end of an empire begins

kachirhoian — May 18, 2005 09:21 AM

Rob Coleman on his feelings at the end of the saga.

ROTS production overview

kachirhoian — May 18, 2005 08:16 AM

Interesting place for this - an overview of the making of Revenge of the Sith from a South African creative writing website.

Modesto Bee covers ROTS visual effects

kachirhoian — May 18, 2005 08:11 AM

Brief overview article from Lucas' hometown paper.

HD technology in ROTS

kachirhoian — May 18, 2005 08:01 AM

DVD Creation has a long, technical, and fascinating (if you're into this sort of thing) article on the HD technology used to create Revenge of the Sith.

ROTS visual effects

kachirhoian — May 18, 2005 07:47 AM

Great article in Post magazine about Revenge of the Sith's visual effects, featuring the work of Roger Guyett and others.

John Knoll interview at siliconvalley.com

kachirhoian — May 18, 2005 07:37 AM

Mercury News interviews Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll on how seeing Star Wars as a 15 year old led him to a career in special effects.