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Dec 12, 2016 · December 12, 2016. Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios. When 14-year-old John Knoll first saw Star Wars in 1977, he couldn’t work out how they’d done it. That experience, of seeing something...
May 15, 2024 · After The Phantom Menace, Knoll would work on the rest of the prequel trilogy, as well as blockbusters ranging from the Pirates of the Caribbean films to Avatar — even making time to dream up the idea for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Nov 29, 2016 · (Knoll finally won, two years later, with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.) In 2012, Disney bought Lucasfilm, ILM, and Skywalker Sound from Lucas for $4 billion.
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- ILM was built from the ground up, including the cameras used for Star Wars. “I realized I was going to have to start a company and put together a whole group of people that would just be specifically for making Star Wars,” said George Lucas in 1979.
- The original Star Wars effects crew shared a common movie in their origin story: The 7 Voyage of Sinbad. The 1958 adventure film by Ray Harryhausen featured mind-blowing stop motion animation.
- George Lucas envisioned the rebel fleet as hotrods. The original X-wing, Y-wing, and TIE fighter designs were incredible, but looked clean and manufactured.
- Joe Johnston was inspired by dirty dishes when designing the Millennium Falcon. Johnston was also tasked with redesigning the Falcon when the original design was deemed too similar to another ship on television.
Rogue One (or Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Jan 8, 2014 · John Knoll Talks ILM, Disney, ‘Star Wars’ and Tough Times in the VFX Industry | Animation World Network. Out from under George Lucas’ wings, ILM’s legendary visual effects guru takes the helm as Chief Creative Officer. By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 6:04pm.
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Jul 23, 2021 · Before Disney even bought Lucasfilm, John Knoll, a visual-effects supervisor who’d worked on George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels, pitched an idea that basically amounted to a film adaptation of...
