“The challenge, always,” Muren said, “is to bring a performance out of those digital characters. For instance, George came up with this great idea of having the droids react like pigeons. They kind of flock together, and they’re not too smart – which eventually causes their downfall.”
From The Making of Episode I by Laurent Bouzereau & Jody Duncan
Lucas is also pleased with Yoda as he confronts the Emperor. “Good. He looks serious there.”
“Yeah, I wouldn’t wanna mess with him,” lead animator Tim Harrington says.
“We’re back to Rambo Yoda,” Coleman adds.
From The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith by J.W. Rinzler
Getting into the animation, in this case reviewing a shot in which an astromech droid gets ripped apart by evil buzz droids, Lucas says to lead animator Glen McIntosh, “The idea is that Arfour is still talking as the head goes by camera, ‘What the heck happened to meeee?’ ”
From The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sith by J.W. Rinzler
