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 the first season of Light & Magic, Ron Howard directed a documentary that chronicled the rise of George Lucas’s special effects house: Industrial Light & Magic. That season of the documentary series relayed the history of ILM as they pioneered many of the special effects that audiences take for granted for movies that were released in the 1970s and 1980s. In the second season of Light & Magic, Joe Johnston takes over as the director. In this season, he picks up the story after the release of Jurassic Park to theaters and how the technology developed for that movie evolved and made Star Wars: The Phantom Menace possible. In this episode, we are exploring the first episode of season two of Light & Magic and sharing our favorite moments.
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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Don’t forget to check out our last episode discussing recent Star Wars news in episode 882.
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Podcast Stardust is the fully armed and operational podcast inspired by the code name for the Death Star. Hosted by first-generation Star Wars fans, Dennis Keithly and Jay Krebs, Podcast Stardust endeavors to bring thought provoking discussion on recent Star Wars news on a weekly basis. Between news episodes, Dennis and Jay review the latest episodes from Star Wars television covering everything from Resistance, Rebels, and The Clone Wars to The Mandalorian and other live action productions on Disney+. Of course, Podcast Stardust wouldn’t be complete without thematic discussions, top ten lists, and interviews on everything from Star Wars literature, comics, and the films themselves.