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It wasn't used for the wire frames of the Death Star/trench run briefing. Those were digitally generated on a PDP-11. I'm like 75ish percent sure the Scanimate
by nwallin 5y ago
It wasn't used for the wire frames of the Death Star/trench run briefing. Those were digitally generated on a PDP-11.
I'm like 75ish percent sure the Scanimate was used to generate the orbits the Death Star's targeting computer was showing as they were showing the moon coming out from behind the planet.
oh.. spoilers... for Star Wars....
https://www.retrothing.com/2008/04/star-wars-prehi.html https://www.retrothing.com/2008/04/star-wars-prehi.html
- philistine 5y agoYeah, you're right and I was wrong. Perhaps only the gas planet was animated using the Scanimate though. The firing solution circles might have been done on a computer.