Miloch
September 26th 20, 04:13 PM
https://io9.gizmodo.com/watch-everyone-geek-out-about-the-mandalorians-15-minia-1845173086
One of the first things fans saw from The Mandalorian was a seemingly simple
shot of a ship flying across space. What we soon found out, though, was the shot
was not simple. In fact, it was much more detailed and complicated than it even
needed to be, just to pay tribute to the way things were done a long time ago in
a galaxy far, far away.
The original 1977 Star Wars was only possible because of the amazing miniatures
and groundbreaking motion control camera shots created by Industrial Light and
Magic. However, in the decades since, computers have made that very intricate
process more or less obsolete. For The Mandalorian, though, producer Jon Favreau
decided he wanted to have some of that original trilogy flair and tasked the new
ILM to give him a miniature and shots done just like the first film, but with
some new modern upgrades.
The result was a shot of the Mandalorian’s Razor Crest flying across the sky
which debuted to fans at last year’s Star Wars Celebration. And now, a new video
details exactly how that shot, and 14 others like it, were made.
The thing I love the most about this video is how insanely unnecessary all of
this work was. The team could have very, very easily just kept everything CGI.
But because it’s not, because creating an actual Razor Crest was so much work,
everyone is so hyped up about it and it made all those CG shots even better.
It’s a true throwback to what makes Star Wars, Star Wars.
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One of the first things fans saw from The Mandalorian was a seemingly simple
shot of a ship flying across space. What we soon found out, though, was the shot
was not simple. In fact, it was much more detailed and complicated than it even
needed to be, just to pay tribute to the way things were done a long time ago in
a galaxy far, far away.
The original 1977 Star Wars was only possible because of the amazing miniatures
and groundbreaking motion control camera shots created by Industrial Light and
Magic. However, in the decades since, computers have made that very intricate
process more or less obsolete. For The Mandalorian, though, producer Jon Favreau
decided he wanted to have some of that original trilogy flair and tasked the new
ILM to give him a miniature and shots done just like the first film, but with
some new modern upgrades.
The result was a shot of the Mandalorian’s Razor Crest flying across the sky
which debuted to fans at last year’s Star Wars Celebration. And now, a new video
details exactly how that shot, and 14 others like it, were made.
The thing I love the most about this video is how insanely unnecessary all of
this work was. The team could have very, very easily just kept everything CGI.
But because it’s not, because creating an actual Razor Crest was so much work,
everyone is so hyped up about it and it made all those CG shots even better.
It’s a true throwback to what makes Star Wars, Star Wars.
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