Top SFX shots No.11: Return Of The Jedi

To give some idea of how hard a composite matte shot with 40+ elements was in the days of photochemical special effects, check out our interview with John Dykstra (he discusses this at the bottom of page 1). Even with ILM's improved compositing techniques, getting that many elements to combine when the failure of only one could mean starting from scratch, is a huge achievement.

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