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Throughout 2018 and into 2019 Brian once again joined Neal Scanlan and his amazing Creature Effects team to bring BB-8 back to the Galaxy far, far away… But this time BB-8 has a new friend: D-0. Just who this little droid is and what role he has to play in the saga is yet to be revealed. As always this …
The trailer for the highly anticipated Star Wars film The Last Jedi premiered on the 9th of September and at the time of writing has racked up over 120.1 MILLION views! Directed by Rian Johnson the film picks up right where 2015’s The Force Awakens left off. Following the adventures of Rey, Poe, Finn and of course BB-8. Brian has …
In December 2016 Brian traveled to São Paulo Brazil to promote Rogue One A Star Wars Story. Comicon Experience 2016 is the largest comic and pop culture fan event in the world with a crowd of 200,000 attendees! Featuring presentations and exclusive footage from the likes of HBO, Netflix, Disney, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm. Brian brought exclusive creature footage …
Throughout 2015 Brian was once again working with Neal Scanlan’s CFX team at Pinewood Studios on Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars spin off movie Rogue One. This Star Wars story sees a small group of Rebels steal the plans for the dreaded Imperial Death Star and set in motion the events of the original 1977 movie. Brian was involved with many …
In July this year Brian, along with key members of Neal Scanlan’s CFX crew, was invited to attend Star Wars Celebration Europe at London’s Excel Centre. This annual event is a global gathering point for all things Star Wars and Brian was thrilled to be part of the Creatures and Droids of the Force Awakens panel hosted by Star Wars …
In June of 2014 Brian began filming on Star Wars The Force Awakens, having spent almost 12 months as puppeteer consultant for the film. In a recent interview with Star Wars.com it was revealed that Brian performed the role of the newest droid in the Star wars saga BB-8. This complicated puppet was a combination of animatronics, rod puppetry, …
In July 2013 Brian was asked to be part of the core creature effects department for Star Wars: The Force Awakens! Working as Puppeteer Consultant, Brian helped develop and perform creatures and droids from design to screen. He was also involved in casting many of the alien creature roles in the movie. Produced by Lucasfilm, Bad Robot and The Walt …