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Posted on 08-27-2008
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Hispanic Animator Helps Create New ‘Star Wars’ Universe

Photo: Lucasfilm Animation
by Kiko Martinez




He might have been too young to understand everything that was going on when the original “Star Wars” movie hit theaters in 1977, but now animator Sergio Paéz can call himself more than just an avid fan of the fantasy adventure.

As a storyboard artist for Lucasfilm Animation, Paéz, 31, worked on the feature-length animated film “Stars Wars: The Clone Wars,” a 3-D version based on the animated TV series of the same name, which ran from 2003 to 2005 on Cartoon Network.

With the popularity of “Star Wars” always evident in the entertainment industry, Paéz, who lives in San Francisco, looks forward to giving Jedi followers a new chapter in the space saga. He spoke to EXTRA via phone last week about his work on the film.



EXTRA: I though we were done with “Star Wars” after “Revenge of the Sith.”

Sergio Paéz: Well, [“Star Wars: The Clone Wars”] is just an extension. Cartoon Network did a couple of shorts called “Clone Wars” that were really popular. Because of that, the idea for maintaining “The Clone Wars” movie came about. We wanted to continue the story in a new 3-D medium.

E: Did you use the Cartoon Network series as a starting point for the designs?

SP: We looked at a lot of those designs. They were very well done. Since we were fleshing our characters out in 3-D, we had to adapt a graphic style into something that would work well in three-dimensional. We’ve taken that and put more detail in the characters and gave it it’s own unique look.

E: As a storyboard artist, what exactly did you work on?

SP: I worked in the story department. What we do is ...
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