Abrams is apparently emphasizing physical props and sets in place of the CGI and bluescreen that dominated the prequel trilogy. And for that approach, you can thank Simon Pegg, or more specifically, Simon Pegg’s daughter. In an interview for the SiriusXM show, Unmasked, the actor remembered screening The Empire Strikes Back for his then-three-year-old kid, and having his heart swell at her enthralled reaction to Yoda’s first appearance. “She said – “Daddy, he’s real!” And I kind of like burst out crying. I was, like, – “You’re my child!” And it’s because he’s there. He’s there interacting with Mark Hamill. Even if he was CG, we’d still know he wasn’t really there because he’s a sort of a little long-eared alien. But the fact that it was a puppet who’s existing in the same space as Mark Hamill, talking to him, it made her believe in him in a way that CG would never do. Pegg passed this memory along to Abrams while his pal was in the early stages of deciding whether or not to accept the task of making Episode VII, and the director used the little girl’s experience to argue in favor going the practical F/X route. But Pegg didn’t know how instrumental he and his daughter were to the still-shooting movie until he visited the set and was told by a puppeteer: “’You’re the guy whose daughter saved Star Wars!’” cool. Im still worried. But cool.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:19:41 +0000
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