3D WORLD sits down for a conversation with Richard Bluff, visual effects supervisor and Hal Hickel, animation supervisor, both at ILM in San Francisco, to unpack the creative adventure of telling the story of a galactic bounty hunter.
Werner Herzog, worldrenowned filmmaker and occasional actor, takes a key role in the new Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian. Speaking in 2019 about the series, Herzog made the key point that it deploys what he described as mythic images, and his description speaks to the visually compelling quality of the series and the rich tradition of Star Wars. It’s a pop-culture phenomenon that has captivated the imagination in two ways: the story unfolding on screen, and also the story of the creative impulses, choices and challenges to put those stories in motion.