1977 Star Wars Computer Graphics

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1977 Star Wars Computer Graphics

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday November 18, 2009 @05:38AM from the real-time-racing-it-is-not dept.

Noryungi writes "The interestingly named 'Topless Robot' has a real trip down memory lane: how the computer graphics of the original Star Wars movie were made. The article points to this YouTube video of a short documentary made by Larry Cuba, the original artist, that explains how he did it. In 1977."

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NOT the original graphics! by Anonymous Coward · 2009-11-18 05:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Don't believe these lies.
The wireframe of the death star did not shoot first in the original.
yeah by MagicM · 2009-11-18 06:00 · Score: 5, Funny

The interestingly named "Topless Robot"
*click*
Ah yes... by mr_josh · 2009-11-18 06:46 · Score: 4, Funny

... I remember DirectX 7 quite well.
Re:Dials for manipulating 3D objects by dunkelfalke · 2009-11-18 07:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I just imagine manipulating 3d graphics with a casio pg-380 midi guitar.

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"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever" -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap
Re:Better Then CGI by Tynin · 2009-11-18 08:44 · Score: 5, Funny

You didn't cry during Wall-E? I mean, didn't either, it was just I hadn't dusted the room in a while and it was irritating my eyes.
Re:Better Then CGI by BlackSnake112 · 2009-11-18 08:57 · Score: 5, Funny

*** someone what of a spoiler alert ***
If you ever watched the making of one of the Aliens movies you found out the slime from he aliens mouths is corn syrup. All that sweet smelling stuff free flowing over everything. After I found that out the aliens lost a lot of their scariness. I seen the slime drooling out of one of those alien's mouths and my brain goes "ooo candy".