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Star Wars, Matte Paintings And Non-Digital Visual Effects - Video Essay

Ryan Di Honey · Documentary · 3 min · 16K views

A brief video essay on how Industrial Light & Magic's hand-painted mattes built the worlds of Star Wars before CGI took over.

A quick, affectionate tribute to the painters who created classic movie worlds by hand.

George Lucas and Industrial Light & Magic took an old visual effect in film and turned it into a frightening mind-blowing experience.

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