Wednesday 4 November 2020

AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: SKYWALKER TAKES DOWN A WALKER!

 


Luke Skywalker's explosive charge thrown into the belly of the Walker causes fiery damage, as seen in this behind the scenes filming at ILM, with pyrotechnics handled by industry legend Joe Viskocil.

Top effects explosive expert Joe Viskocil (right) and colleague prepare for pyrotechnic work inside the model.


Jon Berg and Steve Gawley maneuver the about to collapse Walker with wire and pole.

Putting out the pyrotechnics on the model.


The also filmed Walker death involving General Veers was cut but the model footage of the exploded head (achieved on film via optical effect overlay) and collapse was instead added to Luke's unique 'kill' during later post production editing.


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