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» All 2006 film InterviewsHi - We are Kevin Ulrich, Tucker Barrie and Dan MacKenzie the writers and animators behind the four part Go Rogue video series that revealed the first look at the new toy line for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
Disney and Lucasfilm gave us early access to the toy line to create the shorts, which launched a new Go Rogue UGC Campaign where fans can create to see an advance screening of "Rogue One." Ask Us Anything!!
Proof: https://twitter.com/BrotherhoodWork/status/783420474227200000
Go Rogue Series Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIrw_AszBvk
Rogue One Film Contest Info Here: http://www.starwars.com/go-rogue-contest
Did you all have to add rigs to the toys to get them to hold their poses? And how'd you get their feet to stick to the ground on wide shots? Thanks and great work!
Yes we did - we used aluminum wire and hot glue to hold the toys off the ground, occassionally, the wire was glued to a metal base or we glued directly to the set. We photoshopped out the wire in post-production.
The toys held their own poses - the heavier ones sometimes required wax to help.
Will there be female toys in this line or will the lead be left out like Rey was before?
Absolutely. Jyn was the star of our 4-part series and we had access to lots of toy versions of her - including: action figures from Hasbro, Disney Store Jakks Pacific, FUNKO and LEGO minifigures.
One of our favorite figures to work with was the Hasbro Black Series Jyn.
The sets are great, how long did those take to build and what were some of the main materials?
Thanks! We had a very talented crew that built everything by hand alongside us while we were filming. It took about 30 days to build all the sets seen in the series. The sets were designed based off images and scenes from the trailers. Materials used in Chapters 1-3 mostly included wood and paint, and other re-purposed knick knacks from dollhouse stores (and even older Star Wars toys from our personal collections).
For the LEGO set in Chapter 4, I (Kevin) did most of the building myself using LEGO platform pieces and smooth tile bricks - mostly from my own personal collection. We also used green screen to extend the set. It took me about 30-40 hours to build.
Cool, so you'd have to jam wax into joints to get them to hold, or you were saying for the feet sticking to ground question you used wax there?
A bit of both. The wax we used is called "StikkiWax." We mostly used hot glue to adhere the characters for the sets during wide shoots, with the exception being LEGO characters. For LEGO, we used both StikkiWax and black clay.
Great work on the series! Do you have a favorite toy that you got to work with when creating the series? What about all-time favorite Star Wars toy?
Kevin: Series favorite is the LEGO U-Wing vehicle. My all-time favorite Star Wars toy is the 1999 LEGO X-Wing.
Tucker: I really enjoyed working with the Hasbro Black Series K-2SO. All-time favorite is definitely my Animatronic Darth Vader bank that I got back in the late 90s.
Dan: my favorite in the series is both the Hasbro Black Series Jyn and FUNKO Pop Krennic. My all-time favorite Star Wars toy is the old MicroMachines Death Star.
How serious was that NDA you all had to sign? I've heard horror stories about Disney/Lucasfilm Non-Disclosure Agreements.
Serious enough that we have no comment at this present time. ;)
Was the story in the shorts all of your own invention or based off any official Rogue One outlines (are they spoilerific basically!)?
No spoilers - we dont know anything more than what the public knows. Unfortunately, we werent given access to the film (despite our many pleas).
We know it's about stealing Death Star plan, and our executive producer James Dejulio from Tongal brought us the idea to make the story about losing the building instructions to the LEGO Death Star set. We took it from there, and had lots of brainstorms and drafts, and it eventually became what you see on YouTube.
Hiya Kevin!
Did you guys have any limitations on what you could or couldn't put in the videos? And how much do you know about Rogue One (without giving anything away, obviously)
We know as much as you guys do. We weren't given any additional information on the film other than early access to the toys, so it was up to us to decide what to do with them.
If you could direct your own Star Wars stand-alone film, what would you make it about?
Kevin: I would make a story that comes right after Return of the Jedi. It tells the story of Lando, Han Solo, Leia and Admiral Ackbar going to free the wookies on Kashyyk. Han tells Lando he is planning to propose to Leia, while Leia confides to Ackbar that she plans to dump Solo. As they fight to free the Wookies they work out their relationship difficulties, eventually deciding that their relationship will never be easy but it's still going to be worth it.
What's your backstory with Star Wars? What led you to be interested in stop-motion video animation?
Dan: we all started doing stop motion animation as a hobby, and it took off from there. I've been a lifelong fan, and my first professional job as an animator was working on Robot Chicken Star Wars, Ep. 3.
Kevin: my very first stop motion animation video was a lightsaber battle, so it's awesome to have come full circle and now doing Star Wars videos as my career.
Did you all animate on ones or twos and how did you decide when to do which? Thanks!
Dan & Tucker: We used a bit of both. We tried to animate on twos (twelve moves per second) for most movements but running or action shots required us to switch to ones in order to make things read more clearly.
Kevin: For all my videos up to this series I animated specifically on ones, but for this series I had to adapt to working on two's to keep up with Dan and Tucker's style. There was definitely a learning curve getting used to easing in and out of the motions - which is something I haven't had to deal with all that much.
Did you get to go to the ranch?
Sadly, no.
Yeah, say you get to do this again. Would you rather do it for the next X-Men or the next Avatar?
Kevin & Tucker - Avatar getting to create the environment for Pandora would be a really cool challenge.
Dan: X-Men for sure! There's a lot more variety in what the characters can do that I feel would be fun to animate.
What's the favorite piece that you all worked on?
Dan: Chapter 2 of the "Go Rogue" series is my favorite - I loved animating the battle between our heroes and TKXXL (the giant stormtrooper).
Tucker: Chapters 1 and 2 - I loved everything that happened on Jedha. Creating that world from scratch based on only a few images from the trailer was both a challenge and very rewarding.
Kevin: Chapter 4 because I enjoyed the battle sequence - the scene with K-2SO pushing a trash bin with Cassian was a highlight.
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
Dan: I'm 6'4" and skinny, so I'd definitely be a redwood, but Tucker thinks I'd be more of a palm tree.
Tucker: I'd be an aspen. That's pretty neat!
Kevin: I'd be the dark side tree on Dagobah.
Do you guys subscribe to the theory that Jar Jar Binks was a secret Sith lord?
Kevin: No.
Dan: Possibly. There's a YouTube video that makes a strong argument.
Tucker: Absolutely.