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Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

By Bryant Frazer / September 7, 2016

Industrial Light and Magic — the facility that was founded by George Lucas in 1975 to make effects for the original Star Wars — has edited a bang-up VFX breakdown reel showing off its work on last year's Star Wars: The Force Awakens. (See our previous coverage with the film's overall VFX supervisor Roger Guyett and ILM VFX supervisor Patrick Tubach for more Force Awakens info.)

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