Great insight from Pablo on how Young Indy was cancelled yet #GeorgeLucas made more of it. Sometimes (a lot of times) I miss the creator-owned, creator-driven #LucasFilm of the past.
"SINGAPORE: Lucasfilm is winding down operations in Singapore after nearly 20 years in the country, with parent company Disney citing economic factors affecting the industry."
A great article at the #Lucasfilm website with #VFX supervisor Andre Whitehurst about the work on #IndianaJones and the Dial of Destiny. Bit spoilerific so beware if you haven't watched it:
Jamie Benning of The Filmumentaries Podcast has a new episode, this time with Miki Herman, Lucasfilm Production Manager. She worked on the original Star Wars trilogy as production assistant, production coordinator and unit production manager. She was later a consultant for The Star Wars Holiday Special and became co-executive producer of the Star Wars Droids and Ewoks animated series. She also worked on Raiders of the Lost Ark. #movies#StarWars#IndianaJones#Lucasfilm
British Trans YouTuber & actress Abigail Thorne (aka Philosophy Tube) has been cast in ‘Star Wars: Acolyte” making her the first trans actor in a Star Wars project!
It's focused on the #SequelTrilogy era - and you are trying to break into a First Order-occupied bacta plant. Can you feel the excitement? Yeah, I couldn't either.
“Look at this. It’s worthless — ten dollars from a vendor in the street. But I take it, I bury it in the sand for a thousand years, it becomes priceless. Like the Ark.”
There’s a bit of #indianajones in all of us here I think.
Star Wars Just Cast Its First-Ever Transgender Actress (thedirect.com)
In an important step for representation, Star Wars cast its first transgender actress.