Issue 203 of Star Wars Insider is almost with us and the official site take a look at my interview with Neal Scanlan as he goes in-depth about the Creature Shop, his career and bringing to life the creatures of the galaxy far, far away.
Technology has clearly advanced significantly in the years since The Force Awakens.
Babu Frik is a great example of that. The tiny little motors and electronics, and the software and control system allied together with the animatronics, were just not available before. We were able to put plenty of servomotors inside his head, but still make it smaller than your fist.
Back on The Force Awakens, Maz was the character that wrung us out, creatively. We just couldn’t find her design, and the eureka moment didn’t come until we’d almost finished filming. We always had a desire to do Maz as a puppet, and we were finally able to achieve that for The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Maz was in a number of scenes with Leia, and J.J. was keen to give them authenticity by shooting them in such a way that everybody in those sequences was real. It was by far the most complicated puppet I’ve ever been involved with.
Star Wars Insider #204 (Px Edition) @ ForbiddenPlanet.com
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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Issue 203 of Star Wars Insider is almost with us and the official site take a look at my interview with Neal Scanlan as he goes in-depth about the Creature Shop, his career and bringing to life the creatures of the galaxy far, far away.
Technology has clearly advanced significantly in the years since The Force Awakens.
Babu Frik is a great example of that. The tiny little motors and electronics, and the software and control system allied together with the animatronics, were just not available before. We were able to put plenty of servomotors inside his head, but still make it smaller than your fist.
Back on The Force Awakens, Maz was the character that wrung us out, creatively. We just couldn’t find her design, and the eureka moment didn’t come until we’d almost finished filming. We always had a desire to do Maz as a puppet, and we were finally able to achieve that for The Rise of Skywalker (2019). Maz was in a number of scenes with Leia, and J.J. was keen to give them authenticity by shooting them in such a way that everybody in those sequences was real. It was by far the most complicated puppet I’ve ever been involved with.
Star Wars Insider #204 (Px Edition) @ ForbiddenPlanet.com
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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