Former ILM artist joins indie game studio Bonfire

October 24, 2018

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Jaime Jasso, an artist that has worked at Industrial Light & Magic on films such as Rogue One, and Solo: A Star Wars Story has joined independent video game studio, Bonfire.

This is not Jasso’s first gaming-related gig. He worked at special effects company Blur Studios when it was developing cinematics for 2009’s Halo Wars, the first strategy game spinoff in the popular sci-fi series. While at Blur, Jasso also got to work on Avatar. Jasso then joined ILM, where he worked on films like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Iron Man 2.

“But now it is time for the next chapter,” Jasso noted in a blog post on Bonfire’s website. “My passion and creativity led me to Bonfire, and I’m looking forward to contributing my film experience to work on the best video games created by the best people. I’m really excited to be part of the next big thing.”

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A Star Wars comic and novel collector - Brian has an eclectic collection of Star Wars literature from around the world all crammed into his library in the Highlands of Scotland. He has written for a number of Star Wars websites over the past twenty-five years, is the webmaster of Fantha Tracks, editor of Fantha Tracks TV and co-host of Good Morning Tatooine / Good Morning Coruscant every Sunday at 9.00pm GMT.

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Jaime Jasso, an artist that has worked at Industrial Light & Magic on films such as Rogue One, and Solo: A Star Wars Story has joined independent video game studio, Bonfire.

This is not Jasso’s first gaming-related gig. He worked at special effects company Blur Studios when it was developing cinematics for 2009’s Halo Wars, the first strategy game spinoff in the popular sci-fi series. While at Blur, Jasso also got to work on Avatar. Jasso then joined ILM, where he worked on films like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Iron Man 2.

“But now it is time for the next chapter,” Jasso noted in a blog post on Bonfire’s website. “My passion and creativity led me to Bonfire, and I’m looking forward to contributing my film experience to work on the best video games created by the best people. I’m really excited to be part of the next big thing.”