Light and Magic — Season 1
Go beyond the silver screen and into the heart of movie magic with this unprecedented series. Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan unlocks the doors to Industrial Light & Magic—Lucasfilm's legendary visual effects, animation, and virtual production powerhouse. Discover the origins of a cinematic revolution, tracing the journeys of iconic filmmakers from their early creative sparks to realizing George Lucas’ ambitious visions. It’s an intimate look at how innovation and artistry collide to shape the films we love.
It was 1975, and George Lucas faced a daunting challenge. Hollywood possessed no visual effects house equipped to translate the ambitious scope of his forthcoming film, "Star Wars." Lucas, collaborating with camera specialist John Dykstra,…
A near-fatal accident dashes George Lucas's youthful ambition to become a race car driver, redirecting him toward a career in filmmaking. He invests his own fortune in the elaborate special effects for an ambitious new "space opera," but pr…
Following the triumph of *Star Wars*, Industrial Light & Magic relocated to a new facility, though not all were included in the move. With production of *The Empire Strikes Back* underway, the team confronted unfamiliar obstacles. Dissatisf…
A collaboration with Steven Spielberg yielded the distinctive visual effects of films like *Raiders of the Lost Ark* and *E.T.*, among others. Simultaneously, the computer graphics division achieved its first significant digital advancement…
Wilmington, North Carolina, stepped into a new age with the relaunch of its computer division, immediately confronted by a significant undertaking: Willow. A fresh cohort of innovators, eager to explore the boundaries of computer-generated …
The stop-motion visionary Phil Tippett felt a pang of obsolescence when computer-generated imagery unexpectedly dominated the landscape of *Jurassic Park*. This pivotal shift spurred George Lucas to revisit his ambitious Star Wars prequel t…
