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“'Phantom Menace' was a huge project. It was the biggest…” quote by John Knoll — Download Open image

“'Phantom Menace' was a huge project. It was the biggest visual effects production ever done at that point, and it was a little scary how big it was and how many unknown technologies had to be developed to do that work.”

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