![]() Star Wars Fan Fun Day is an event for Star Wars fans by Star Wars fans started in 2008, the first event was held at the Clayton Conference centre with one guest and over 400 attendees. Nak ended up being like a big brother, a friend, and a mentor throughout my time at ILM. I also worked on a few matte paintings on that film, earning my first credit as a concept artist. I went on to do more on The Phantom Menace, designing display screens and storyboarding. It was a big moment for me when I saw that binocular shot on the big screen during dailies and George Lucas approved it. Visual effects art director David Nakabayashi (aka “Nak”) was the first to believe in me, giving me small assignments, like the display graphics for Darth Maul’s binoculars. When postproduction on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999) began, I was hired as a full-time production assistant. I was making photocopies, doing research, and organizing art from Men in Black (1997) into binders. ![]() Warren Fu: I started at Industrial Light & Magic as an art department intern during my last semester at UC Berkeley. ![]() Star Wars Insider: How did you become part of the Star Wars movie making process? Stalls selling Star Wars and other Sci Fi memorabiliaĬostume characters from the UK’s leading Costume Clubs and life size propsSpeaking with the ever-awesome James Floyd, ILM veteran Warren Fu discusses his work on the Star Wars saga in Star Wars Insider #213, out now in the States and coming to the UK at the start of October. It’s an event enjoyed by both die hard fans and families alike and has raised thousands of pounds for charity. Since then it has moved to Burnley Football Club and grown from strength to strength and now, in its 15th year has moved to Blackburn Rovers Football Club, and continues to attracts huge numbers of fans and is one of the biggest and most recognised events in the north. We never imagined that he would have further life beyond.īe sure to grab both issues, and stay tuned as there’s some absolute gold in the issues leading up to The Mandalorian and The Rise of Skywalker. So that was when we named him, in the mixing room at Abbey Road Studios. I said, “Well, he’s a bit of a sneaky guy,” and George suggested Weasel, but with a “Z” instead of an “S”. Warwick?” He didn’t answer, but what he did say was, “We need to give your character in The Phantom Menace a name beginning with ‘W.’”Īt that point, I wasn’t really making the connection that every character I’d played up to that point began with “W”. While we were there I said to George, “Is there a connection between your name and Wicket’s name, in that yours is George W. I remember before we came up with the name Weazel, I was invited by George to go to the recording session at Abbey Road Studios and watch John Williams score The Phantom Menace. Warwick Davis: Yes, we didn’t have to invent another character name that began with “W” because it was already there. Star Wars Insider: And his name began with “W” again. He went from a gambler to a freedom fighter, trying to help Enfys make a difference. ![]() I thought it was perfect, and then I started to think about what his journey could have been between those two points. The look then kind of dictated itself based on an older version of the character. We were trying different things, making drawings, and throwing ideas into the hat - scars and lenses, shaved head, all sorts of things - until someone picked out a picture of Weazel and said he looked kind of cool. When we were working on Solo, we were looking at the design of this character, one of Enfys Nest’s gang, and we were talking about it for ages. Had you ever have imagined reprising the character almost 20 years later? Star Wars Insider: Weazel returned in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
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