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ILMVFX present Empire at 40, 28th May 2020

Mark Newbold
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Next Thursday 28th May at 4pm pacific (that’s midnight on Friday 29th May GMT) the team at ILMVFX will be looking back 40 years to The Empire Strikes Back, chatting with some of the legends who worked on the film.

Listen in to yesterdays episode of Making Tracks where we looked back to the film and caught up with some of the cast and crew – including ILM legend Dennis Muren – of the film, and remember next weeks Making Tracks sees the first part of our chat with ILM Animation Director Hal Hickel.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, 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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Next Thursday 28th May at 4pm pacific (that’s midnight on Friday 29th May GMT) the team at ILMVFX will be looking back 40 years to The Empire Strikes Back, chatting with some of the legends who worked on the film.

Listen in to yesterdays episode of Making Tracks where we looked back to the film and caught up with some of the cast and crew – including ILM legend Dennis Muren – of the film, and remember next weeks Making Tracks sees the first part of our chat with ILM Animation Director Hal Hickel.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, 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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