Watching films in recent years has gotten us all used to seeing things that don’t exist in the real world.
Visual effects have certainly come a long way since “Star Wars: Episode I – A New Hope” premiered in 1977.
These days VFX artists can create an entire world, like the Quantum Realm in “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania” with its walking buildings, vast armies, and wild landscape.
Back then, technology that advanced didn’t exist, and the effects techniques that did were incredibly cost-prohibitive.The first “Star Wars” film came before even the primitive effects in “Clash of the Titans,” a film that looks dated now but was mind-blowing when it premiered in 1981.
George Lucas really had to work hard to get his vision on the big screen (something he would add to later when the films were re-released with new effects and additions) and to keep the film’s budget reasonable.
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