Industrial Light & Magic,
George Lucas' special effects company, did all of the breakthrough special effects for
Star Wars: Episode I
The Phantom Menace, as well as the classic
Star Wars trilogy (and scores of other films). Founded to do the first
Star Wars film more than two decades ago, hundreds of ILM artists and technicians pulled out all the stops "to advance the art of visual effects to dizzying heights," as Cinefex magazine put it.