LIGHT & MAGIC

Season 2 follows Lucasfilm's visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as it enters its most challenging and revolutionary period: the dawn of digital. From creating the first fully realized CG character to solving the challenge of digital water, it is an era that finds ILM scaling new heights of innovation despite dramatic setbacks.

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  01 Are We Ready for This?

  1h

  After a decade away from Star Wars, George Lucas returns to ILM with a new impossible task.

  2025-04-18 9.1
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  02 There Must Be a Better Way

  1h 3m

  As George Lucas tries to convince Hollywood to go digital, ILM takes on wind, water, and a CG Yoda.

  2025-04-18 9.0
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  03 There's No Going Back

  54m

  ILM is no longer the only game in town. To stay on top, they'll have to change the game yet again.

  2025-04-18 9.7

Who is in it

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  George Lucas
  Self
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  Lorne Peterson
  Self
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  Dennis Muren
  Self