She was one of the most mysterious characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but a deleted scene from the movie would have revealed more information – and created more questions – about galactic bar owner Maz Kanata.
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While Trevorrow wouldn’t confirm or deny any specific theory, he said it’s important that the mystery behind Rey’s identity fit not just into “Episode IX” or the sequel trilogy that “The Force Awakens” kicked off, but the “Star Wars” saga as a whole.
We don’t want to speculate too much, but that certainly sounds like her parents/grandparents will be characters that we’re familiar with and are significant in the Star Wars universe. A 10-minute long look at the various stages of VFX development on The Force Awakens, there’s some really interesting side by side comparisons here that allow us to see exactly how much of this shindig was practical and how much was CGI, and the answers may surprise you. Star Wars: The Force Awakens might have always been bound to bring in billions, but the blending of visual effects makes it a movie worth watching over and over again.
According to Cinema Blend, the franchise already won 10 Academy Awards out of 25 nominations and if history would be the basis, the recent movie is likely to win these nominations.
Although is had been nominated for multiple categories, the latest “Star Wars” movie was noticeably snubbed from other ones, says Fox News. It might be enough to put it at No. 2 over The Force Awakens and The Revenant, however. J.J. Abrams was also noticeably snubbed from the Best Director Category. And in the last decade, “Attack of the Clones” in 2002 and “Revenge of the Sith” in 2005 each received one nomination, as reported by StarWars.com.
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The VFX team, led by ILM supervisor Roger Guyett, also added generous smoke, vapor trails, motion blur, depth-of-field and camera shake to to make the shots less video game-like.
