Star Wars Visual Effects, from AT ATs to Tauntauns

Learn the secrets behind the Star Wars saga s many innovative visual effects, from the Death Star s detailed interiors to the towering ATAT walkers. This vintage featurette opens by detailing the chess game played between Chewbacca and C3PO in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. The creatures in the game were animated via stopmotion then superimposed onto the chess board, with a visual trick giving them a holographic appearance. The scene took place on the Millennium Falcon, itself a model, photographed