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...Force is definitely with Travis Ho. Like millions of computer-science students before him, the 19-year-old Singaporean's lifelong fantasy has been to work for Lucasfilm, the empire launched 30 years ago by George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars. Ho, however, did not have to journey to a galaxy far, far away; Lucasfilm came looking...
...animated cloak swings naturally in the TV series Clone Wars and that Jackie Chan slides effortlessly down the Eiffel Tower in Rush Hour 3. Like their colleagues back at Lucasfilm's San Francisco headquarters, the Singapore crew members work in jeans and decorate their cubicles with their favorite Star Wars action figures. But while years of experience and Yoda-level technical skill are prerequisites for joining Lucasfilm's U.S. team, the developers and animators in Singapore were hired less for their résumés than for their artistic eye. Students like Ho at Asian universities are its top potential recruits...
...Lucasfilm's Singapore team. Ian Pang, 29 and Singaporean, studied Japanese thinking he would one day have to move to Japan to design video games. "I thought I was going to have to pack my bags; Singapore had no games industry," Pang says. Instead, he now produces the latest Star Wars handheld game from Lucasfilm's 40,000 sq.-ft. (3,700 sq m) office space near Singapore's Changi Airport. Ho, the computer-science student, says he struggled to convince his parents that he could make a living in digital art and gaming. "Having Lucasfilm here really legitimizes...
...also, of course, a cost-effective strategy for Hollywood. As paychecks for actors get higher every year, studios are putting more effort into developing films like 300, which proved that gorgeous digital effects can draw box-office numbers as big as any movie star. "It's not just the actors but also elaborate sets, huge [production] crews and worldwide marketing campaigns," says Vivek Cuoto, executive director of Hong Kong-based consultancy Media Partners Asia...
When we look at the upcoming match-up in Super Bowl XLII between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, it is almost too easy to start making Star Wars comparisons.Leading the sinister Galactic Empire, otherwise known as the 18-0 Patriots, is the Emperor Palpatine-Richard Nixon hybrid of Bill Belichick, sporting a hoodie that could easily pass as the robe of a Sith lord as he resorts to any means to fulfill his quest for domination. Carrying out Belichick’s cunning plans are his very own Darth Vader (Tom Brady) and Boba Fett (Randy...