EmpireCon 2019
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Star Wars Behind the Scenes: Now it Can Be Told – December 2019
Go behind the scenes of the original Star Wars trilogy with Jawas, model-makers, and puppeteers in this live EmpireCon 2019 panel. Read more
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Star Wars Puppeteers Mike Quinn and David Barclay – December 2019
Star Wars puppeteers Mike Quinn and David Barclay share behind-the-scenes Yoda stories and other memories from EmpireCon 2019. Read more
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Behind the Scenes of the Original Star Wars Trilogy – Empire Con 2019
For this panel, we have Model maker and Visual Effects artist Charlie Bailey, Empire Strikes Back 2nd unit Director Harley Cokeliss, three jawas including Andrea Wickman, Tim Donaldson and Frazer Diamond, and returning Champion Puppeteer Mike Quinn. Read more
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Matte Painter Harrison Ellenshaw – Empire Con 2019
Harrison is an amazing matte artist and is best known for his work on TRON (1982), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), and Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. Ellenshaw eventually became the head of Disney’s effects studio, Buena Vista Visual Effect,… Read more
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Yoda Puppeteers Mike Quinn and David Barclay – Empire Con 2019
This is Q&A session with the puppetry and voice-over artists Mike Quinn and David Barclay who’ve worked on classics such as THE DARK CRYSTAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK and RETURN OF THE JEDI. Both we’re Frank Oz’s main go to puppeteers for Yoda, Mike in JEDI and David during EMPIRE which… Read more
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After the Rise of Skywalker with Devin Pike and Jonathan London – Empire Con 2019
Live from Empire Con – Craig, Jonathan London and Devin Pike discuss the announced plans and poke holes in the various rumored upcoming Star Wars productions Read more