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Light & Magic Season 2

TV-14

April 18, 2025

Behind-the-Scenes, Documentary

Lucasfilm’s “Light & Magic” Season 2 is a three-part series produced by Imagine Documentaries that follows Lucasfilm’s visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as it enters its most challenging and revolutionary period: the dawn of digital. From creating the first fully realized CG character to solving the challenge of digital water, it is an era that finds ILM scaling new heights of innovation despite dramatic setbacks. The director is Joe Johnston, and the executive producers are Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Justin Wilkes, Sara Bernstein, Joe Johnston, Lawrence Kasdan, Kathleen Kennedy and Carrie Beck. Jacqui Lopez, Ted Schillinger and Michael Garcia serve as co-executive producers. The series producers are Meredith Kaulfers and Christopher St. John, and Nicole Pusateri is the supervising producer.

Rated: TV-14
Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • Director

    Joe Johnston
  • Producers

    Meredith Kaulfers, Christopher St. John
  • Supervising Producer

    Nicole Pusateri
  • Rated TV-14

Videos

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        Light and Magic | Season 2 Trailer | Now Streaming on Disney+

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        The People | Light & Magic | Disney+

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        Light & Magic | Disney+

      • 2:12

        Light & Magic | Official Trailer | Disney+

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  • ILM artist posing a dinosaur model from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • ILM artist using an airbrush on a large model of a house built into a hill from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • ILM artist painting a matte painting of the Death Star trench from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, and ILM artists in front of a model of Elliott and E.T. on a bike from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Closer view of three X-wings as they level off | Concept art from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Ben on ledge of Death Star power trench. | Concept art from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Jawas carry Artoo to sandcrawler (dusk). | Concept art from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Imperial probe droid hovers over Hoth. | Concept art from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of a person working on a Y-wing fighter model from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of a person working on the second Death Star model from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of several people working on the Millenium Falcon model from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of a person working on several TIE fighter models from the Disney+ Original series, "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of the Razor Crest ship from The Mandalorian on a movie screen in front of a group of people working with equipment. From the Disney+ Original series "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of several people holding a model of the Millenium Falcon over their heads from the Disney+ Original series "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of a modelmaker adjusting an Imperial Walker model from the Disney+ Original series "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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  • Image of a person at a computer in front of crew filming a scene from "The Mandalorian", with the Razorcrest starship on a large screen in front of them. From the Disney+ Original series "Light & Magic". | © & ™ Lucasfilm Ltd. ©Industrial Light & Magic. All Rights Reserved.

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    Release Date:
    July 27, 2022

    Granted unparalleled access, Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan takes viewers on an adventure behind the curtains of Industrial Light & Magic, the special visual effects, animation and virtual production division of Lucasfilm. Learn what inspired some of the most legendary filmmakers in Hollywood history, and follow their stories from their earliest personal films to bringing George Lucas’ vision to life.

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