In nuce: VFX service provider Image Engine has released a VFX breakdown for the streaming series Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Force is with Image Engine, as the VFX house has already created visual effects for the series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Thanks to this previous experience, visual effects supervisor Andy Walker and his team were able to deliver eye-catching effects for this latest Star Wars series.
In toto: Along with the VFX breakdown, a report has been published on awn.com detailing the story behind the 360 or so VFX shots that Image Engine created for Obi-Wan Kenobi – from giant CG environments of the mining world of Mapuzo, set extensions, vehicle tyre removal, laser swords cutting through cargo doors, Imperial henchman laser cannons, to Star Wars-style lightsaber duels. According to Andy Walker, for example, Houdini was used to create the flora of the desert landscape.
Click further: Digital Production last reported on the Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi on 31 October this year – or rather on the VFX service provider Hybride, which in turn shook Obi-Wan Kenobi out of his leisure robes for Disney Plus Force alumnus. Image Engine is also familiar with galactic streaming content beyond the galaxy far, far away; on 6 February 2020, Digital Production referred to Image Engine’s breakdown reel for the second season of the sci-fi series Lost in Space, and on 6 September of this year, Image Engine rumbled across screens with showpiece Pokémon Pikachu, the dinosaurs from Jurassic World and police robot Chappie.
Sources: awn.com (report by Debbie Diamond Sarto), jedipedia.fandom.com ( entry on Mapuzo)
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