ILM Is know for their works on classic movies such asJurassic Parkand the originalStar Warsfilms.
When the character first debuted, he was caught up in a wave of controversy.
It’s kind of the same conversation we’re having about artificial intelligence right now.
That was happening in ‘99 as well.
We were moving from the 20th century into the 21st century.
Everybody was lamenting about Y2K.
I mean, I remember my father collecting nickels and putting them in the basement, right?
When that person comes in and pioneers the way he comes in, there’s going to be pushback.
And Jar Jar was a perfect lightning rod for that pushback.
He was like, ‘20 years from now, it’s gonna be a different story.’
Said it to me at the time, you know?
It’s a completely different story now.
I really wanted to be integral in where motion capture was going because I saw the potential of it.
I got so excited by not only the technological advances of it but the art involved.
And Joe was at the front line of that.
The realization in his face, right?
And there was one agenda item every week.
Can we get the movie done?
We had no crowd system.
I could load maybe 10 characters into my software to animate it.
There’s no way I could do hundreds or thousands.
So, we reached out to the R&D team, and they were feverishly writing this stuff.
You’ll see facial expressions.
I don’t know how to do it that way.
When digital technology became viable as a visual effects tool.
So, that’s really where we started.
And, you know, just film itself.
Light & MagicSeason 2 premieres on April 18, 2025, onDisney+.
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