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Jon Berg is a special-effects artist and occasional actor for the Star Wars saga. He appeared as an actor in the cantina scene for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (1977). Berg became fascinated by special effects in movies since he saw Ernest B. Schoedsack's Mighty Joe Young (1949), featuring...
Jon Berg is known for The Fly (1986), Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
- Visual Effects, Special Effects, Actor
- Jon Berg
May 21, 2020 · As Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and the memorable Battle of Hoth turn 40, StarWars.com speaks with George Lucas, Ben Burtt, Joe Johnston, Dennis Muren, and Phil Tippett about the making of the famous clash in the snow.
Aug 18, 2022 · Tippett was part of the crew working on the original cantina sequence, but his gift for sculpting otherworldly beasts and bringing them to life through stop-motion puppetry landed him in the creature shop early on. He still remembers the official hiring meeting. “Jon Berg and I went in for our interview with George [Lucas] to talk about money ...
- Kristin Baver
For Star Wars Episode IV, Phil Tippett and Jon Berg designed and created 10 stop motion creatures for a scene aboard the millennium falcon. Out of the 10, George Lucas chose 8 of those characters to be used for the final shots.
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Aug 9, 2022 · As the documentary charts the journey of Hollywood’s most famous purveyors of movie effects from the mid-’70s through to the CG-dominated present day, this joyous, awe-inspiring peek behind the...