Whitehall
2008-05-29 13:20:11
What’s the problem with better explosions? The explosions in the original Star Wars were gratingly unrealistic.
I did a bit of consulting with ILM for “The Empire Strikes Back” and the depictions of explosions and directed energy weapons are on a much better scientific basis. I brought in some Defense Nuclear Agency films of explosions like Starfish Prime and showed them to the special effects guy. Also had some contacts with the real “Star Wars” researchers so had some photos from the labs. The ILM guys did a good job, I thought.
I agree Star Wars and ESB were good stories, well done. The rest were just B-movies to exploit the brand and move the collateral products.
