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Episode 894 - Light & Magic - Season 2, Episode 2 “There Must Be a Better Way”
June 02, 2025 · 36 min

In the second episode of season two of Light & Magic, George Lucas, ILM, and their crew endure the reaction to The Phantom Menace and prepare for Attack of the Clones and more.

 

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

How this series helps to cement George Lucas’s legacy as a movie visionary, How Ahmed Best and Rob Coleman endured the reaction to Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace, ILM’s work with particle graphics that lead to Twister, The work that went into animating water that contributed to The Perfect Storm, All the work that went into bringing Yoda to life in Attack of the Clones, and more.

For our discussion of episode one of season two of Light & Magic, check out episode 883.

 

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