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befores & afters took the chance to sit down with The Creator director Gareth Edwards and Jay Cooper to discuss the work done by ILM on the film, and how the film took a unique and groundbreaking approach to the visual effects seen onscreen.

In it, we discuss the film’s VFX tests (including which ones made it into the final film), deciding which actors would become robots after shooting, crafting simulants, shooting with the virtual camera, and filming on ILM’s StageCraft LED stage. Plus Edwards and Cooper chat about HDRIs, specific scenes and where the NOMAD scanning look came from.

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Mark Newbold
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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's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage 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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NewsFilm, Music & TV

The Creator: Gareth Edwards and ILM on the VFX of the Oscar nominated film

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold

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befores & afters took the chance to sit down with The Creator director Gareth Edwards and Jay Cooper to discuss the work done by ILM on the film, and how the film took a unique and groundbreaking approach to the visual effects seen onscreen.

In it, we discuss the film’s VFX tests (including which ones made it into the final film), deciding which actors would become robots after shooting, crafting simulants, shooting with the virtual camera, and filming on ILM’s StageCraft LED stage. Plus Edwards and Cooper chat about HDRIs, specific scenes and where the NOMAD scanning look came from.

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Star Wars: The Living Force
Star Wars: The Living Force
  • Hardcover Book
  • Miller, John Jackson (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 432 Pages - 04/09/2024 (Publication Date) - Random House Worlds (Publisher)
$14.67 Amazon Prime
Buy on Amazon This is a paid link. Learn More. Price incl. tax, excl. shipping.  Details correct as at: 2025-08-01
Sourcebefores & afters
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
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's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage 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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