Look At The Mandalorian Season 2’s Special Effects by Industrial Light & Magic
Visual effects work on The Mandalorian was completed in all five of ILM’s studios (San Francisco, Singapore, Vancouver, London, and Sydney) as well as a contingent of other vendors under ILM’s supervision. The season’s 8 episodes encompassed nearly 5,000 visual effects shots in addition to all of ILM’s real-time effects work done for use during principal photography. The effects team leveraged virtually every trick in the book, from miniatures and motion control to traditional puppeteering, advanced animatronics, spectacular special effects, and photo-real CG. Here’s a sampling of ILM’s post visual effects work done for the series that garnered ILM 13 Visual Effects Society Award nominations.
Disney had confirmed The Mandalorian season three would premiere in time for Christmas Day, 2021, but it’s now clear that this was referring to the Boba Fett spin-off instead. Whether this means that Boba’s first episode will arrive on December 25 or earlier remains unclear. Either way, it’s a festive treat for us all.
That means season three will arrive early 2022 at the earliest. Here’s some clarification on the matter from executive producer and showrunner Jon Favreau
