Star Wars: A Droid Story - a general discussion thread

Author: Rodney-2187
Date: 11-Dec-2020, 10:01 AM

Author: Rodney-2187
Time: 11-Dec-2020 10:01 AM (Edited)
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As Lucasfilm continues to develop new stories, the intersection of animation and visual effects offers new opportunities to explore. Lucasfilm Animation will be teaming up with Lucasfilm’s visual effects team, Industrial Light & Magic, to develop a special Star Wars adventure for Disney+, A Droid Story. This epic journey will introduce us to a new hero, guided by legendary duo R2-D2 and C-3PO.

StarWars•com announcement on 10th December, 2020 - https://www.starwars.com/news/future-lucasfilm-projects-revealed

Author: rocknroll41
Time: 11-Dec-2020 11:23 AM
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I’m actually very excited for this one! I’ve always said that Star Wars works best when it’s for children, so hopefully this project in particular really embraces that angle.

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Author: Rodney-2187
Time: 13-Dec-2020 6:18 AM
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I wonder what they mean by “the intersection of animation and visual effects.”

Author: LexX
Time: 13-Dec-2020 1:40 PM
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Rodney-2187 said:

I wonder what they mean by “the intersection of animation and visual effects.”

Maybe real looking CGI but with animated characters? Weird sentence though.

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Author: Tobar
Time: 14-Dec-2020 11:24 AM
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I have a strong suspicion that this is going to end up being an experiment in interactive storytelling. ILMxLab has been developing games for a while now and the extremely generic way they described the protagonist during the presentation is what you’d do if you want the viewer/player to assume that role.

Netflix already has a couple of interactive experiences with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and Minecraft: Story Mode. So I could see Disney+ wanting to experiment with it as well.

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