Mandalorian and Grogu VFX Veteran Cites Phil Tippett, Rotta Redesign

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVariety has a Q and A with Industrial Light and Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel, who worked on Jon Favreau's The Mandalorian and Grogu.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe says he started with one simple question: what would Phil do?

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat Phil is stop-motion pioneer Phil Tippett, whose work on the original Star Wars trilogy set the template for the AT-AT walkers.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA giant space movie, hundreds of computers, and the plan is to ask a man who moved puppets by hand.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe headline also mentions a redesign of Rotta, and Favreau's approach, which is described as less James Bond, more Jackass.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorJackass.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's what the headline says. Variety's excerpt doesn't explain it, so I won't either.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'll start asking it myself. What would Phil do about a redesign nobody's explaining?

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorProbably spend three months moving a model one millimeter and call it innovation.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI asked what Phil would do about you.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd?

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe'd move you one inch, then take the rest of the week off.