The concept behind this is pretty blunt-force but the puppeteering is excellent. I'm not even sure how the three running shots were accomplished. (Probably CG)
All of it is a practical marionette with the strings edited out, with the possible exception of those shots I'm talking about. If there's compu-trickery going on, I doubt it's full-bore rendering from scratch, more likely it's manipulation of footage they actually shot. You just couldn't puppetteer the thing that fast, so it's at least sped up.
"AT-AT DAY AFTERNOON"
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The concept behind this is pretty blunt-force but the puppeteering is excellent. I'm not even sure how the three running shots were accomplished. (Probably CG)
June 28, 2010 8:44 AM
I was wondering the exact same thing - is it CG?
June 28, 2010 9:01 AM
It just doesn't look like CGI.
June 28, 2010 9:02 AM
I agree - how did they make the AT AT run?
June 28, 2010 9:25 AM
All of it is a practical marionette with the strings edited out, with the possible exception of those shots I'm talking about. If there's compu-trickery going on, I doubt it's full-bore rendering from scratch, more likely it's manipulation of footage they actually shot. You just couldn't puppetteer the thing that fast, so it's at least sped up.
June 28, 2010 9:31 AM
It's just amazing.
I have two of those AT AT's in my home but neither one of them ever does anything worthwhile.
June 28, 2010 9:41 AM
It's the "Kermit rides a bike" trick!
June 28, 2010 9:48 AM
Damnit, I thought he was riding that bike!
June 28, 2010 10:10 AM
he's shooting the squirrels! yes!
June 28, 2010 11:57 AM