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Force Perspective
Top: From November 2013, artist Glyn Dillon's concept piece shows stormtroopers in various uniform configurations. Bottom left: Luke Fisher's
concept piece, from November 2013, for the "castle droid" seen outside of Maz Kanata's castle. Bottom right: Fisher's design from June 2014 for
what would become Captain Ithano, one of the patrons at Maz's castle.
Celebration fan event in Anaheim,
Calif., offering attendees one of the first
behind-the-scenes glimpses of The Force
Awakens. In the weeks leading to the
film's release, each of these four artists
spoke with AC in separate interviews,
detailing their experiences designing the
seventh episode of the Star Wars saga.
The wheels were set in motion to
bring this team together when, circa
October 2012, Chiang heard of
Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and
Kathleen Kennedy's promotion to
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Lucasfilm president. (See sidebar, page
70.) Knowing that Carter was a friend
of Kennedy's - the two had worked
together on a number of features,
including Jurassic Park (AC June '93)
and Lincoln, the latter of which earned
Carter his second Oscar after James
Cameron's Avatar (AC Jan. '10) -
Chiang called Carter to see if he knew
anything more.
In turn, Carter remembers, "I
called up Kathy Kennedy and said that I
would like to be a part of the dialogue, if
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she wanted me. So she had me come up
[to Lucasfilm in San Francisco] in
December, and I met with George
Lucas, and we talked about the direction
he saw [the story] heading. He wasn't
going to be involved; he was just wishing us well."
Carter quickly invited Chiang to
join him on the journey, and together
they gathered a team of artists that
included Alzmann; prequel veterans
Ryan Church, Erik Tiemens and Iain
McCaig; visual-effects art directors
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American Cinematographer - February 2016 - Intro
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