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For more than 40 years, the Star Wars saga has utilized some of the most ambitious visual effects imaginable, with filmmakers going to great lengths to convey the necessary visuals for the sci-fi stories. Another key component of the series has been its variety of droid characters, which have come to life through a variety of different effects. For Solo: A Star Wars Story, actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge wore a costume for her robotic character L3-37 to help her co-stars interact with her on set.

A shout out to all involved in making this costume come to life… That’s right folks, the excellent Phoebe Walker Bridge wasn’t wearing just a mocap suit, she was wearing what you see here and the excellent VFX team led by @rbredow ‘removed’ her and replaced her, in post, with the skeleton and ‘guts’ that the excellent @supergoose23 assembled… in real life (not in a computer). @rbredow @s_adc1 @ellynmei @robmatthews90 @aristotles.lantern @tshan71 #TeamL3 #Teamwork #L337 #PhoebeWallerBridge #Droid #Droids #Solo #TheHanSoloMovie #StarWars #Disney #Lucasfilm #costume #costumedepartment #costumedesign #costumedesigner #conceptart #conceptartist #glyndillon #davecrossman #cocostumedesign

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