LIGHT & MAGIC — S01E01 — "Gang of outsiders."

00:00:08 Movies are special effects.

00:03:41 Well, the history of ILM goes way back.

00:06:06 And I realized that there was a little cabal of secret special effects people.

00:08:38 I started on Silent Running.

00:11:13 where Dykstra had graduated a couple years before.

00:13:18 DENNIS: Until Star Wars came along,

00:15:45 There were no DVDs or streaming or anything for them.

00:18:13 It was a Christmastime down in San Diego,

00:20:22 The commercial was this sheet that had just been washed

00:22:33 KEN: I remember I was in...

00:25:11 - Okay, cut. - Cut it!

00:27:47 to think that the studio was going to agree to me going,

00:29:54 So I made a point of contacting John about it

00:31:49 I enlisted in the Navy within a week.

00:34:12 I didn't even know the jobs because it was done by a factory

00:36:15 And Joe was an artist.

00:38:39 Grant McCune had already finished the cockpit,

00:40:48 You know, he didn't want that shiny Flash Gordon look.

00:43:25 LORNE: George was still in England, but we weren't producing film yet.

00:45:25 Very few had children or other commitments.

00:47:54 "But my father said, " I know you're not that interested in doing it,

00:50:33 MAN 2: Yeah, some of the other guys were telling me about it.

00:52:45 So we did that shot, and then we did the Death Star gun that you know...

00:56:09 MAN: Eastman 910 adhesive, now available at local stores.