The Mandalorian visual effects team used elements from the first Star Wars film

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“There has been an enormous number of practical elements shot for previous Star Wars films, so we leveraged as much as possible from ILM’s asset library,” Industrial Light & Magic VFX supervisor Richard Bluff said to in an interview with ICG Magazine. “For example, there’s a scene in episode five when Mando sees two Banthas off in the distance. I was adamant we shouldn’t build a fully animated and rigged furry Bantha for just two shots and suggested we pull out the plates from A New Hope’s dailies. I knew I could come up with a shot design to leverage the Banthas from that.” ALSO: Check out the Baby Yoda Tiki mug.