The Mandalorian Season Two Virtual Production

A behind the scenes look at the groundbreaking virtual production technology used on The Mandalorian, season two.

For the second season of Lucasfilm’s hit Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, Industrial Light & Magic reengineered their StageCraft virtual production platform rolling out version 2.0 in which ILM introduced among other things, Helios, Industrial Light & Magic’s first cinematic render engine designed for real-time visual effects. Engineered from the ground up with film and television production in mind, Helios offers incredible performance, high fidelity real-time ray tracing, the ability to rip through scenes of unparalleled complexity, all while leveraging ILM’s unrivaled color science, and was designed from the start to work seamlessly with ILM StageCraft.

The purpose-built, production-hardened platform allows filmmakers to explore new ideas, communicate concepts, and execute shots in a collaborative and flexible production environment.

Editor: Chris Hawkinson

 

The Mandalorian Season 2 VFX – Behind the Magic

Visual effects work on The Mandalorian was completed in all five of ILM’s studios (San Francisco, Singapore, Vancouver, London, and Sydney) as well as a contingent of other vendors under ILM’s supervision. The season’s 8 episodes encompassed nearly 5,000 visual effects shots in addition to all of ILM’s real-time effects work done for use during principal photography. The effects team leveraged virtually every trick in the book, from miniatures and motion control to traditional puppeteering, advanced animatronics, spectacular special effects, and photo-real CG. Here’s a sampling of ILM’s post visual effects work done for the series that garnered ILM 13 Visual Effects Society Award nominations.

Edited by Brent Segura-Bowers

 

The Mandalorian Special Look

The next chapter begins. Start streaming the new season of #TheMandalorian Oct. 30 on #DisneyPlus.

 

The Mandalorian Season 2 Trailer

The new season of The Mandalorian starts streaming Friday, October 30, only on Disney+.

The Mandalorian and the Child continue their journey, facing enemies and rallying allies as they make their way through a dangerous galaxy in the tumultuous era after the collapse of the Galactic Empire. “The Mandalorian” stars Pedro Pascal, Gina Carano, Carl Weathers and Giancarlo Esposito. Directors for the new season include Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rick Famuyiwa, Carl Weathers, Peyton Reed and Robert Rodriguez. Showrunner Jon Favreau serves as executive producer along with Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson, with Karen Gilchrist serving as co-executive producer.

 

The Mandalorian Season 1 – VFX Breakdown Reel

VFX Supervisors: Goran Backman, Johnny Gibson
VFX Producer: Kristin Patterson, Dan Carbo

 

Ludwig Göransson – Scoring The Mandalorian

Watch as the Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson performs the theme from The Mandalorian. The Mandalorian is streaming on Disney+. Directed by Isaac Ravishankara.

 

The Mandalorian: Season 1 – Breakdown Reel

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian Trailer

Go beyond the making of The Mandalorian. Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, an Original Series, starts streaming May the 4th, only on Disney+.

 

The Mandalorian Trailer (LEGO version)

Mandalorian in LEGO – trailer re-creation.

 

The Mandalorian Trailer #2

“Mandalorian, look outside. They’re waiting for you.” Watch the brand new trailer for #TheMandalorian, an original Star Wars series. Start streaming Nov. 12, only on #DisneyPlus.