Complete show notes (with links) available at http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/023

In a special edition of the podcast, remastered audio of our 2014 interview with Howie Weed, long time artist at ILM, who tells us about blowing up the Enterprise, a recipe for fake blood, mass producing Gremlins, an alligator, alien probes, and his turn as the Special Edition Wampa in the Special Edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

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Features

Gremlins (1984)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back — Special Edition (1997)
Follow along with our List on Letterboxd, featuring films we’ve covered, and upcoming films to watch.

Guests

Howie Weed, Long-time ILM employee, modeler and artist

Music

All tracks by Digital Droo

Research Materials

Cinefex 3 — December 1980, also available in the Cinefex iPad app
Revisiting Cinefex (3): Empire, Walter Murch and Phase IV by Graham Edwards

More Bits

See http://opticalpodcast.com/episode/023 for complete show notes.

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The Optical “aperture” logo by Mike Gower