Last thursday Academy hosted a panel with legendary ILMers about making the original, Star Wars movies and recent Rogue One. It is a two hour long video but each speaker talks for ten minutes so you dont have to watch it at one go. Academy youtube site just showed this video for 48 hours and put it off line, another youtube site just uploaded so I dont know how long it will stay on line, if you are interested I highly recommend you to watch it or download it now so you can watch it later.

Especially during making of Rogue One, there are new VR technology introduced which allows director in real time to compose his shots. If augmented reality can be applied to this technology maybe in the future we can play Armada with both real miniatures and virtual squadrons and starfields in the background and etc. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video

Official Description :

Over the last 40 years, technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. But the impetus to create and inspire remains the same. This event contrasted the analog technologies developed for the first STAR WARS released in 1977 with the all-digital toolsets used to create ROGUE ONE released in 2016.

Key contributors from both STAR WARS and ROGUE ONE shared the journey of creating the impossible with their breakthrough visual effects. Our list of stellar participants included: John Dykstra, Dennis Muren, John Knoll, Ben Burtt, Marcia Lucas, Bill George, Harrison Ellenshaw, Bruce Nicholson, Richard Edlund and Rachel Rose. Hosted by Kiri Hart, co-producer of ROGUE ONE.