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The Mandalorian S3
Once a lone bounty hunter, Din Djarin has reunited with Grogu. Meanwhile, the New Republic struggles to lead the galaxy away from its dark history. The Mandalorian will cross paths with old allies and make new enemies as he and Grogu continue their journey together.
2023
The 374 shots that ILP delivered for season 3 encompassed epic and detailed environments, full CG characters and creatures, spaceships, water, and much more. With great joy and pride, we've had the privilege of contributing to all seasons of The Mandalorian, and this time was no exception—there were plenty of exciting shots for us to tackle.
Many of the sequences ILP worked on takes place on Mandalore. The planet was once the homeworld of the Mandalorians, now abandoned and desolate after many years of war. The environment work spanned from full CG shots to set extensions for bluescreen or LED volume shots.
An exciting part of working with the Mandalore environments was creating the ruins of what was once a mighty civilization, like this destroyed domed city.
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We contributed to several sequences taking place underneath the crust of the planet, where Mando and his companions explore underground cities, water filled temples and caverns with foes lurking in the dark. The work included full CG environments and set extensions but also creatures and water FX.
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In several sequences we were challenged with the task of travelling through and above the clouds of Mandalore, perhaps most notably in the big sky battle between Moff Giddeon's Tie fighters and bombers and the Mandalorians' Imperial Cruiser.
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Zeb Orrelios, a character known from the animated television series Star Wars Rebels, made his first appearance in a live action format in episode 5 and ILP was tasked to bring this Lasat rebel to life. With concept designs and models from the art department as a starting point, we developed the asset to be as appealing and realistic as possible, while always keeping the characteristics of the animated version from Rebels in mind. All animation, including face shapes and lip sync, was keyframed, using footage of the voice actor Steven Blum as reference.
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We also had the opportunity to help establish the Adelphi base, a rebel outpost located on a sunny island in the middle of the ocean. Drone footage and photogrammetry were used to capture the ocean and coastline and the rest of the island and the base was designed and built as a digital environment.
When developing the rebel base and island, we did several concept iterations throughout the various phases of asset and shot production. The concepts started out as rough sketches to get us going with the overall layout and gradually became more refined. As the 3D assets and layout started taking shape, we'd continue to do paint overs exploring layout changes, lighting, and detailing. Having the concept and environment team work closely together was a great way to always keep creativity and story in focus and to quickly test out new ideas.
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Breakdown
Project credits
VFX Supervisor: Bobo Skipper
Executive Producer: Måns Björklund
Production Manager: Chelsea Mirus, Bradley Jordan, Cecilia Knochenhauer Furen
VFX Coordinator: Jenniefer Wallin, Eniko Bara
CG Supervisor: Jens Lindgren
Associate VFX Supervisor: Ahmed Gharraph
Animation Supervisor: Fredrik Jalker
Build Supervisor: Kim Lindqvist
Comp Supervisor: Douglas Roshamn
FX Supervisor: Federica Foresti
Light Supervisor: Hannes Drossel
Prep Supervisor: Biljana Temelkova
Artists:
Aatos Koutonen
Adrian Tsang
Alexander Scherffig
Andrew Cadey
Anna-Maria Wer
Anton Stattin
Aswin Aerden
Basilisa Canovas Rubio
Benjamin Philippovich
Birgit Randby Kristensen
Bradley Jordan
Charlie Raud
Chris Cruz
Chris McConnachie
Cyrielle Guillermin
David Allan
David Fernandez
David Sohr
David Visone
David Wahlberg
Douglas Grönborg
Ebo Rose
Elliott Broutin
Emma Hildestrand
Erik Johansson
Esther Engel
Fiona Dromard
Garth Reilly
Gustav Ahren
Gustav Brix Toro
Hugo Medda
Jason Martin
Jed Fisher
Jonathan Vårdstedt
Joshua Mutter
Karin Engström
Kathya Dahlbeck
Konstantinos Panagiotopoulos
Kristian Ström
Leo Pritchard
Linus Gustafsson
Lisa Vogt
Liv Ståhl Malmström
Loka Vegborn
Ludvig Holmkvist
Ludwig Ek
Lukas Fabian
Marcus Ruhmke
Matteo Di Lena
Matteo Grassi
Mattias Sandelius
Maximilian Gsell
Melina Tancheva Cvetanoska
Miguel Garcao
Nathan Reynolds
Niklas Asmus
Niklas Wallen
Niklas Wånggren
Niko Junge
Olle Freszals
Pål Sletsjoe
Patricia Escribano
Patrik Wedinger
Peter Marin
Samy Tissier
Sara Grönberg
Sigri de Vries
Simon Bergstrand
Stanislas Vincent
Sverker Nordqvist
Theodor Vinlöf Nylén
Thure Koch
Tom Balogh
Tristan Leblanc
Tucker Cullinan
Valentin Soulard
Valerie Wöllner
Victor Carlander