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After seeing the map for the location was zoned as light industrial, Lucas named the group Industrial Light and Magic, [13] which became the Special Visual Effects department on Star Wars. Alongside Dykstra, other leading members of the original ILM team were Ken Ralston, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Robert Blalack, Joe Johnston, Phil Tippett ...
RALSTON, Ken. Special-Effects Supervisor and Cameraman. Born: c.1955.Career: 1971–77—Cascade Pictures, visual-effects commercial house, doing ads for the Pillsbury Doughboy and Green Giant characters, among others; 1977–81—joined George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic as cameraman on Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Dragonslayer; 1982—first visual-effects supervisor on Star ...
Tippett Studio is a premier, full-service, animation and visual effects production company helmed by two-time Oscar and Emmy award winner Phil Tippett, and staffed by designers, supervisors, animators and producers dedicated to the delivering premium visual effects at a competitive price. From hands-on stop-motion animation to bleeding edge ...
Ralston was part of the team that did concept work for the ILM creature shop on Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. As part of that work, he sculpted the maquette for the Klaatu alien character. This maquette was the first step in designing the “Klatooinian” creatures that would show up in the palace, sail barge and skiffs of Jabba the Hutt™.
There’s a fascinating interview with Star Wars: Ahsoka’s composer, Kevin Kiner, and his collaborators (and children) Sean and Deana. Plus, an indispensable The Mandalorian season three companion and the concluding part of our interview with Industrial Light & Magic’s Dennis Muren and Ken Ralston.
There is a Jedi Prince from the Lost City of the Jedi who can destroy you.Kadann, to Trioculus Ken was a male Human who was the son of Triclops and a "Jedi Princess" named Kendalina, therefore supposedly making Ken the grandson of Emperor Palpatine and a "Jedi Prince." There was some ambiguity regarding Ken's true origins, as accounts of Palpatine fathering offspring were generally discounted ...
Ralston was part of the team that did concept work for the ILM creature shop on Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. As part of that work, he sculpted the maquette for the Klaatu alien character. This maquette was the first step in designing the “Klatooinian” creatures that would show up in the palace, sail barge and skiffs of Jabba the Hutt™.
