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ILM VFX make strong showing at the VES Awards 2024

By Mark Newbold

January 19, 2024

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21st February will see the handing out of the Visual Effects Society Awards for 2023, and Industrial Light & Magic are well represented with a number of high profile projects in the running for the major awards including Ahsoka, Willow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and one of the Oscar favourites, The Creator which heads the field with seven nominations.

Congratulations to ILM’s Richard Bluff, Paul Kavanagh, and Enrico Damm, alongside Jakris Smittant and Scott Fisher on their #VES Awards nomination for #Ahsoka: Season 1: “Dreams and Madness“. pic.twitter.com/PNqMqBtJrU

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 20, 2024

We are incredibly proud of our visual effects team on #Willow for getting not one, but two #VES Awards nominations. We’ve been a part of Willow for 36 years, and it was a honor for us at ILM to bring it to life once more. pic.twitter.com/PI65LAE33E

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 18, 2024

We might hate snakes, but we love nominations when it comes to the work of our artists! Congratulations to our team at ILM alongside our VFX partners for their well-deserved #VES Awards nominations on @Mang0ld’s #IndianaJones and the Dial of Destiny! #ForYourConsideration pic.twitter.com/YMTYzmhYu7

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 18, 2024

Join us in congratulating the talented visual effects artists behind Gareth Edwards’ #TheCreator for leading the VES Awards feature competition with 7 nominations in total! The work speaks for itself, and we could not be more proud of you all. #ForYourConsideration pic.twitter.com/qfBbwplFMb

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 17, 2024

The best of luck to all involved.

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Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to Star Wars Insider, ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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The Mandalorian and Grogu, announced as The Mandalorian & Grogu, is a Star Wars movie that started production in 2024. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, and Dave Filoni, it takes place between the events of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Episode VII: The Force Awakens, focuses on the adventures of Din Djarin and Din Grogu, and will be a spinoff to the TV series Star Wars: The Mandalorian. The film was announced on January 9 that year on StarWars.com with a conceptual sketch by veteran illustrator Ryan Church, along with an announcement of a second season of the television series Star Wars: Ahsoka. A fourth season of The Mandalorian is also still in development.

On May 7, 2019, Disney revealed their future movie release schedule, including a set of three untitled new Star Wars films, one of which had a scheduled release date of December 20, 2024. The Star Wars Show also reported on the news on May 15. On July 23, 2020, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film was delayed to December 19, 2025. After the start of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, Disney shifted their theatrical film release slate, with the film being pushed to its current release date of May 22, 2026. A film directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy occupied this release slot until The Mandalorian & Grogu was announced.

Star Wars Insider 224 revealed the initial film logo was the same as the one for The Mandalorian Season Three. In August 2024, during D23 2024, it was revealed that the film had entered production, and a new logo was revealed, in addition to a teaser that was shown to the audience. In August 2024, Sigourney Weaver revealed that she had joined the cast of The Mandalorian & Grogu.

Alongside the release of the movie, Millennium Falcon: Smuggler’s Run will be updated to include a new mission featuring Djarin, Grogu, Tatooine, Endor and Cloud City, which takes place off camera from the film.

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21st February will see the handing out of the Visual Effects Society Awards for 2023, and Industrial Light & Magic are well represented with a number of high profile projects in the running for the major awards including Ahsoka, Willow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and one of the Oscar favourites, The Creator which heads the field with seven nominations.

Congratulations to ILM’s Richard Bluff, Paul Kavanagh, and Enrico Damm, alongside Jakris Smittant and Scott Fisher on their #VES Awards nomination for #Ahsoka: Season 1: “Dreams and Madness“. pic.twitter.com/PNqMqBtJrU

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 20, 2024

We are incredibly proud of our visual effects team on #Willow for getting not one, but two #VES Awards nominations. We’ve been a part of Willow for 36 years, and it was a honor for us at ILM to bring it to life once more. pic.twitter.com/PI65LAE33E

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 18, 2024

We might hate snakes, but we love nominations when it comes to the work of our artists! Congratulations to our team at ILM alongside our VFX partners for their well-deserved #VES Awards nominations on @Mang0ld’s #IndianaJones and the Dial of Destiny! #ForYourConsideration pic.twitter.com/YMTYzmhYu7

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 18, 2024

Join us in congratulating the talented visual effects artists behind Gareth Edwards’ #TheCreator for leading the VES Awards feature competition with 7 nominations in total! The work speaks for itself, and we could not be more proud of you all. #ForYourConsideration pic.twitter.com/qfBbwplFMb

— Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) January 17, 2024

The best of luck to all involved.

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Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection

Star Wars: The High Republic: The Lightsaber Collection

Hardcover Book
Wallace, Daniel (Author)
English (Publication Language)
156 Pages - 11/12/2024 (Publication Date) - Insight Editions (Publisher)

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to Star Wars Insider, ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com and Starburst Magazine, having previously written for StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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