As we sit here on March 30, chances are pretty high that you’ve already acquired your copy (either digitally or on Blu-ray) of director Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi (unless you reside in the UK and have to wait till April 9 to do so or different dates in other countries). If you’re like my wife and I, you probably went straight to the bonus content to see what additional Episode VIII information Johnson has assembled for fans outside of the theatrical release.
Scott Collura over at IGN recently spent time speaking with special effects supervisor Chris Corbould about specific scenes from The Last Jedi and how they were created using traditional practical effects as opposed to VFX. The Episode VIII effects team really blurred the line between practical and VFX, making the appearance of what’s real and what’s not almost indistinguishable. Check out the intro to Scott’s article below and then take the supplied source link for more.
These days it’s generally assumed that anything in movies beyond the norm of reality — and even then, some of the humdrum stuff too — is achieved via CG. But that’s certainly not the case, as Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s special effects supervisor Chris Corbould could tell you. From Force-destroyed huts to scores of falling bombs and beyond, many of the effects in The Last Jedi were created the good old-fashioned practical way.
On the occasion of The Last Jedi’s release on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital, I spoke to Corbould — who has worked on everything from The Dark Knight to a bunch of James Bond movies to The Who’s rock opera Tommy. He broke down some of the secrets of his trade…
