On This Day: April 9, 1984

By Ciaran Duggan,

Dennis Murren, Phil Tippett, Richard Edlund and Ken Ralston received a Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for their work on Star Wars: Return of the Jedi at the 56th Academy Awards.

The film had been nominated for five Oscars: Best Sound Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Sound Mixing and Best Production Design.

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Behind the Scenes Featurette about Recreating the Holochess Game for 'The Force Awakens'

By: Dominic Jones

Tippett Studios has released a new behind the scenes featurette about recreating the holochess game (Dejarik), first seen in A New Hope in 1977, for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.  The video features legendary animators Phil Tippet, Jon Berg, and Dennis Murren talking about working on the scene back in the 70s and then shows the scene for the Force Awakens being created.  Check it out below,

The Force Awakens - Tippett Studio Holochess Stop-Motion Reel from Tippett Studio on Vimeo.

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