After a decade away from 'Star Wars', George Lucas is ready to test the digital tools he has been developing with 'The Phantom Menace'. But is ILM capable of realizing Lucas' vision?
The Phantom Menace is a box-office smash, though the criticism takes its toll on those who made the film. ILM forges on with 'Attack of the Clones', which includes the task of bringing to life a CG Yoda.
As competitors from around the globe vie for visual effects supremacy, ILM completes George Lucas' prequel trilogy with an epic miniature model, advances the art with 'Pirates of the Caribbean', and reinvents animation on 'Rango'.