“Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith” by Industrial Light & Magic

Conference:

SIGGRAPH 2005

Title:

Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith

Length:

4:04

Company / Institution / Agency:

Industrial Light & Magic

Description:

Jedi Master Yoda leads the cast of 135 CG creatures, droids, and clonetroopers as they join Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Grievous, Mace Windu, and Darth Sidious in the most ambi-tious visual effects film ever. Star Wars: Episode III “Revenge of the Sith” features action, adventure, and treachery. The 2,151 shots of Episode III include 136 CG models, 1,083 animated shots, 195 envi-ronments, and 75 minutes of animation, and required 122.5 ter-abytes to archive.

The digital world plays a key role in its exotic and disparate locales, including the lava planet Mustafar, the sink holes of Utupau, the Wookiees’ home in Kashyyyk, and several locations previously visited in the Star Wars Universe: the city planet Coruscant, the desert plan-et Tatooine, and the idyllic paradise Naboo. The digital realm also fuels the opening space battle sequence, Yoda in action, and the most epic light-saber battle in all of Star Wars.

Additional Contributors:

Visual Effects Executive Producer: Denise Ream

Visual Effects & Animation Producer: Janet Lewin

Visual Effects Producer: Jill Brooks

Computer Graphics Supervisors: Russell Earl, Craig Hammack, John Helms, Hilmar Koch, David Meny, Patrick T. Myers

Digital Compositing Supervisors: Eddie Pasquarello, Patrick Tubach

Digital Modeling Supervisor: Pamela Choy

Viewpaint Supervisors: Ron Woodall, Elbert Yen

Look Development Supervisor: Kevin Reuter

Visual Effects Art Directors: Alex Jaeger, Aaron McBride

Digital Matte Supervisor: Jonathan Harb

Creature Viewpaint Supervisor: Susan Ross

Lead Animators: Scott Benza, Virginie Michel D’Annoville, Tim Harrington, Paul Kavanagh, Virgil Manning, Glen McIntosh, Jamy Wheless

Technical Animation Supervisor: James Tooley

Creature Supervisor: Aaron Ferguson

Simulation Supervisor: Juan Luis Sanchez

Layout Supervisor: Brian Cantwell

Practical Model Supervisor: Brian Gernand

Miniatures & Stage Associate Producer: Lori Arnold

Inferno Supervisor: Grady Cofer

Digital Creature Model Supervisors: Paul Giacoppo, Sunny Li-Hsien Wei

Sequence Supervisors & Development Leads: Michael Balog, Stella Bogh, Patrick Brennan, Patrick Conran, Michael Conte, Thomas Fejes, Willi Geiger, Neil Herzinger, Shawn Hillier, David Hisanaga, Erik Krumrey, François Lambert, Marcel Martinez, Tory Mercer, Timothy Naylor, Khatsho Orfali, Russell Paul, Bruce Powell, Jason Rosson, Anthony Shafer, Jeff Sutherland, Douglas Sutton, David Weitzberg, Ronnie Williams Jr., Dean Yurke

Digital Effects Artists: Mimi Abers, Joakim Arnesson, Joel Aron, Okan Ataman, Al Bailey, Kevin Barnhill, Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Joel Behrens, Tim Belsher, Jeffrey Benedict, Matthew Blackwell, Aron Bonar, Steve Braggs, Sam Breach, Jason Brown, Tripp Brown, Matt Brumit, Dhyana Brummel, Colin Campbell, Mario Capellari, Tamala Carter, Joshua Chapel, Leila Chesloff, Peter Chesloff, Lydia Choy, Ian Christie, Paul Churchill, Zachary Cole, Brian Connor, Caitlin Content, Michael Cordova, Scott David, Natasha Devaud, Richard Ducker, Matt Edwards, Janeen Elliott, Raul Essig, Leandro Estebecorena, Alexandre Ethier, Bill Eyler, Brad Falk, Conny Fauser, Brian Flynn, Tim Fortenberry, Christian Foucher, Brad Fox, David Fuhrer, Ryan Galloway, Brian Gee, Howard Gersh, Angela Giannoni, Tim Gibbons, Nathalie Girard, David Gottlieb, Cam Griffin, Branko Grujcic, Michael Halsted, Jason Halverson, John Hansen, Sherry Hitch, Robert Hoffmeister, Mark Hopkins, Adam Howard, Jen Howard, Heather Hoyland, Peg Hunter, Polly Ing, Erich Ippen, Mike Jamieson, Jeff A. Johnson, Kory Juul, Stephen Kennedy, Katrin Klaiber, Russell Koonce, Ed Kramer, Rita Kunzler, Jeroen Lapre, Toan-Vinh Le, Joshua Lebeau, Daniel Leung, Joshua Levine, Melissa Lin, Sean Mackenzie, David Marsh, Will McCoy, Regan McGee, Jennifer McKnew, Scott Mease, Philip Metschan, Joseph Metten, Myles Murphy, Jennifer Nona, Ben O’Brien, Masayori Oka, Daniel Pearson, Mario Peixoto, Henry Preston, Scott Prior, Ricardo Ramos, Philippe Rebours, Anthony Rispoli, Dylan Robinson, Amanda Ronai, James Rowell, Barry Safley, Greg Salter, Frederic Schmidt, Jerry Sells, Nelson Sepulveda, John Sigurdson, Ken Sjogren, Kevin Sprout, Damian Steel, Russ Sueyoshi, Nigel Sumner, Eric Texier, Alex Tropiec, Guerdon Trueblood, Doug Tubach, Lee Uren, Todd Vaziri, Pascale Ville, Eric Voegels, John Walker, Kelly Walsh, Brandon Warner, Jeff Wozniak, Scott Younkin, Thomas Zils, Rita Zimmerman

Animators: George Aleco-Sima, Charles Alleneck, Steve Aplin, Alexander Burt, Derrick Carlin, Marc Chu, Jonathen Collins, Sean Curran, Peter Daulton, Andrew Doucette, Michael Easton, Cameron Folds, Leslie Fulton, David Gainey, Jean-Denis Haas, Soo Youn Han, Keith Huggins, Maia Kayser, Peter Kelly, Shawn Kelly, Greg Kyle, Patrick Lowery, Robyn Luckham, Kevin Martel, Christopher Mitchell, Steve Nichols, Rick O’Connor, Jakub Pistecky, Mark Powers, Jay Rennie, Kevin Scott, Dave Sidley, Delio Tramontozzi, Chi Chung Tse, Sylvia Wong

Digital Model Viewpaint & Simulation Artists: Ismail Acar, Andrew Anderson, Leigh Barbier, Jean Bolte, Scott Bonnenfant, Timothy Brakensiek, Simon Cheung, Martin Coven, Catherine Craig, Casey Dame, Michelle Dean, Karin Derlich, Gus Dizon, Jon Farmer, Dave Fogler, Bridget Goodman, John Goodson,
Jack Haye, Bruce Holcomb, Jae Cheol Hong, Winnie Hsieh, Scott Jones, Moon-Jung Kang, Greg Killmaster, Hyun Kim, Jean-Claude Langer, Kelvin Lau, Joseph Littlejohn, Seung Hun Lee, Sunny Lee, Andrea Maiolo, Scott May, Giovanni Nakpil, Noah Peterson, Steve Sauers, Jason Smith, Kim Smith, Tony Sommers, Joseph Suen, Larry Tan, Renita Taylor, Donna Tennis, Steve Walton, Howie Weed, Gregory Weiner, Colie Wertz, Jeff White, Todd Widup, Franz Zach

Pre-Production Computer Graphics Supervisor: Samir Hoon

3d Matchmove Supervisor: Jason Snell

Rotoscope Supervisors: Beth D’Amato, Jack Mongovan

Animation Production Manager: Susan Greenhow

Motion Capture Supervisor: Doug Griffin

Senior Visual Effects Editor: Greg Hyman

Visual Effects Editor: Anthony Pitone

Conform Supervisor: Paul Hill

Digital Color Timer: Kent Pritchett

Lead Digital Matte Artists: Yanick Dusseault, Brett Northcutt

Digital Matte Artists: Richard Bluff, Vanessa Cheung, Jeremy Cook, Max Dennison, Bryant Griffin, Christian Haley, Giles Hancock, Benjamin Huber, Paul Huston, Toshiyuki Maeda, Steve Matson, Yvonne Muinde, Martin Murphy, Joshua Ong, Kevin Page, Benoit Pelchat, David Shirk, Chris Stoski, Masahiko Tani, Johan Thorngren, Yusei Uesugi, Simon Wicker, Barry Williams, Susumu Yukuhiro, Wei Zheng

Visual Effects Coordinators: Nina Fallon, Leigh Ann Fan, David Gray, Kathleen Lynch, Jessica Teach, William Tlusty

Layout/Matchmove & Motion Capture Artists: Alia Agha, Colin Benoit, Andy Buecker, Scott Carroll, Lawrence Chandler, Wendy Ellis, Alexandre Frazao, Robert Gianino, Maria Goodale, Dave Hanks, Randolph Jonsson, Woonam Kim, Kerry Lee, John Levin, Josh Livingston, Wesley Mandell, David Manos Morris, Melissa Mullin, Kurt Nellis, Jesse Rademacher, Jeff Saltzman, Jim Soukup, Joe Stevenson, Sam Stewart, Alan Travis, David Washburn, Talmage Watson, Kevin Wooley, Roland Yepez, Daniel Zizmor

Digital Rotoscope/Paint Artists: Trang Bach, Hugh Bengs, Michaela Calanchini, Nika Dunne, Dan Feinstein, Aidan Fraser, Dawn Gates, Susan Goldsmith, Kimberly Headstrom, Jiri Jacknowitz, Drew Klausner, Jennifer Mackenzie, Katie Morris, Michelle Motta, Elsa Rodriguez, Zachary Sherman, David Sullivan, Stephanie Taubert, Kate Turner, Erin West

Visual Effects Production & Technical Support: Mark Anderson, Brian Barlettani,
Ken Beyer, Paul Campbell, Marshall Candland, Christine Castellano, Katherine Farrar, Grantland Gears, Gabe Hanley, David Hirschfield, Roger Huang, Eduardo Hueso, Cyrus Jam, Ryan Jones, Jack Kelly, Jody Madden, Marc Neulight, Ken Nielsen, Jeffrey Odell, Maggie Oh, Thaddeus Parkinson, David Peticolas, Anthony Reyna, Pamela Sinsheimer, Henri Tan, Dale Taylor, Michael Thompson, Pouchon Venerin, Carrie Wolberg, David Yee

Visual Effects Editorial & Imaging Services Group: Robert Bonstin, Maria Brill, Lorelei David, Larry Hoki, Michael Hutchinson, Lars Jensvold, Sureena Mann, Michael Morgan, Michael Parkinson, Nick Provenzano

Research & Development & Video Engineering: Ron Fedkiw, Drew Hess, Dan Large, John Legrande, Robert Molholm, Craig Mirkin, Philip Peterson, Arkell Rasiah, David Nahman-Ramos, Nicholas Rasmussen, Steve Sullivan, Jeanne Rich, Alex Suter, Alan Trombla, Steven Wagner

Lead Model Makers: Nick D’Abo, Michael Lynch

Model Makers: Lauren Abrams, Charles Bailey, Carol Bauman, Jon Berg, Nicholas Bogle, Jeff Brewer, Phil Brotherton, Mark Buck, Fon Davis, John Duncan, John Eblan, Robert Edwards, Todd Fellows, Jon Foreman, Christopher Fry, Jon Guidinger, Nelson Hall, Neal Halter, Loren Hillman, Peggy Hrastar, Grant Imahara, Erik Jensen, Michael Jobe, Jon Paul Kelly, Victoria Lewis, Todd Lookinland, Pierre Maurer, Scott Mcnamara, Richard Miller, Wendy Morton, David Murphy, Alan Peterson, Lorne Peterson, Mitch Romanauski, Gritsada Satjawatchara, Lauren Vogt, Danny Wagner, Mark Walas, Melanie Walas, Kevin Wallace

Effects Directors of Photography: Carl Miller, Patrick Sweeney

First Assistant Camera: Michael Hardwick, Dennis Rogers

Lead Vision Engineer: Robert Frey

Vision Engineers: Sprague Anderson, Calvin Roberts

Special Effects Supervisors: Robert Clot, Frank Tarantino

Key Grips: William Barr, Thomas Cloutier

Special Effects: Carl Assmus, Richard Clot, Joseph Fulmer, John Lanoue

Gaffers: Rod Janusch, Brad Jerrell, Michael Olague

Grip: Joseph Allen

Additional Photography: Kim Marks, Marty Rosenberg

Javva The Hut: Michael Smith