ILM are rightly proud of their VFX work on Star Wars: Andor, steering close to the stylistic template they lay down on Rogue One, and as awards season continues they make clear that the show is to be considered in all categories including Best Special Visual Effects and point us towards an article on The Wrap that looks at the process that made Andor such a stunning success.
Showrunner Tony Gilroy’s series is marked by exciting visuals, notably an escape sequence with Cassian and Luthen (Stellan Skarsgård) skirting the Imperial forces, and the penultimate episode’s large-scale battle setting the scene for the events seen in “Rogue One.”
“Tony’s style is very stripped back, the colors are not too punchy, it’s very grounded,” Pritchard said. “We definitely leaned into the look that [‘Rogue One’] had for our space battle, because for that film, they developed a specific look to make the CG models look like the miniatures from the first four films in the ’70s and ’80s, which we all remember very fondly. We were leaning back towards that.”
