From movies to films to TV series, the aesthetics, design and technical equipment introduced to the Star Wars universe have evolved significantly thanks to new technologies, each one more innovative than the last.
The Mandalorian shed a little more light and democratized the “volume”, a semi-circle of giant LED screens on which the scenery is embedded and modified in real time, allowing you to make real scenery and especially green backgrounds.
- The Mandalorian Revolution: No green backgrounds or actual settings for the Star Wars series!
Today, it’s the turn of the Ahsoka episode that just finished airing on Disney+ to shine the spotlight on a new piece of technology that’s sure to become important as it touches on an essential item in the Star Wars universe: the lightsaber!
The ultimate lightsabers with Ahsoka!
After Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, many improvements were made to the lighting, especially in the post-logue, where the actors had light sticks, allowing them to be more immersed in the fight, but also to make the lighting more realistic, as opposed to the non-glow sticks used in the original trilogy and prelogue.
The disadvantage of this improvement is that it made it difficult to control the traffic lights because they had heavy batteries. This explains the slow and heavy movements of the fights in the postlogue, as opposed to the prelogue, where the fights were faster with more complex choreography.
But that’s ancient history now, because Ahsoka’s character has brought about a new revolution. Props designer Josh Roth explained during the Destination D23 event, which was streamed ScreenRantThat Ahsoka’s lightsabers have been modified to fit batteries directly into the mounts.
This allowed her interpreter, Rosario Dawson, to avoid wielding an accumulator from her first appearance in The Mandalorian Season 2 and now Ahsoka in the series. Combat is more accessible to actors who have achieved fluidity in the use of lights, and it reduces post-production work.
Therefore, dedicated teams have found the right balance that George Lucas dreamed of, with accessories that serve as lightsabers, powerful, luminous, fluid and less heavy. These improvements to Jedi and Sith weapons will be of some benefit to all future Star Wars projects, such as Star Wars: Acolyte Series or the next three planned films.
While waiting to find out if Ahsoka will get a second season, Star Wars fans are already eager to discover the next live-action series called Skeleton Crew. Developed by Jon Watts (director of the Spider-Man trilogy with Tom Holland), this new fiction directed by Jude Law follows the group of teenage heroes from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
The first season of Ahsoka is available on Disney+.
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