Head on over to the official site for an interview Lucasfilm’s dandy Dan Brooks recently conducted with Erin Dusseault, the extremely talented VFX producer at Industrial Light & Magic. Dusseault was one of the masterminds responsible for bringing the visual effects seen in Solo: A Star Wars Story to the silver screen. Check out the intro to Dan’s interview copied below and then click here for the full read.
There’s not much in Erin Dusseault’s office to let you know what she does, or of her importance to Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm’s visual effects (VFX) house. This is partially because Lucasfilm’s San Francisco headquarters is in the middle of a company-wide deep clean, of which no employee is immune, and most of Dusseault’s tchotchkes are packed up. But it seems more to stem from her clear-headed, “This is what I do” outlook, a trait earned through years of working her way up the ranks. As I turn to leave following our interview, though, I see something. A big, framed photo of a Corellia set from Solo: A Star Wars Story, propped up unceremoniously on a filing cabinet. “Erin — Many thanks for the wonderful work,” reads a silver-penned scribble on the image. “All the best, Ron Howard.” If a personal thank you from the director of the latest Star Wars film doesn’t tell you something about someone’s role in making Star Wars, nothing will.
