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Release Date:
November 12, 2002
Original Title:
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Alternate Titles:
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 52
For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This documentary shows many VFX meetings between George Lucas and ILM. Many of these meetings focus around the creation of a completely digital Yoda, used for the first time in the Star Wars films.
Assistant Editor:
Kevin Abrams
Camera Operator:
Tony Kaplan
Morgan Schmidt-Feng
Spencer Susser
Director:
Jon Shenk
Editor:
Josh Peterson
Producer:
Jon Shenk
Sound Editor:
Steve Limonoff
Sound Recordist:
Daniel Allan Carlin
Daren Clark
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