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Cover news reporter Yang Fan
On September 17, the 72nd American Television Emmy Awards announced the third wave of winners, and the Star Wars series derivative American drama "The Mandalorian" won 5 awards to become the biggest winner at present. Episode 1 won Best Sound Editing and Half-Hour Length Best Art Direction in Drama/Comedy and Animation Series, Episode 2 won Best Visual Effects, Half-Hour Drama/Comedy and Animation Best Sound Effects, and Episode 7 won Best Cinematography in a Half-Hour Single-Shot Series.
Led by Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic, Mandalorian involves a range of innovative technologies including LED walls, virtual production and StageCraft to achieve stunning visuals.
On the same day, Richard Bluff, director of Industrial Light and Magic Visual Effects, received the best special effects award for the series, and as a strategic partner of Industrial Light and Magic, special effects company BASE also contributed. This is the fourth time the project the company has worked on has won an Emmy Award. BASE previously won the Emmy Award for Best Special Effects in 2010, 2011 and 2014 for Pacific War, Atlantic Empire and Black Sail.
BASE produced about 450 shots for the series, including scenes and special effects production. According to Emmy History, it is common for an episode to nominate for multiple categories at the same time. Seven of the eight episodes of the first season of The Mandalorian were nominated for an Emmy Award, an unheard-of and unprecedented feat in television history.
In addition to the special effects awards, The Mandalorian also won Emmy Awards in the categories of photography, art design, sound editing and mixing, becoming the biggest winner to date. The show's sound editorial directors, Matthew Wood and David Acord, were nominated for an Oscar earlier this year for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
As the beginning of Disney's streaming platform and the first season of disney + American drama directed by famous director Jon Favreau, Forbes said that the production cost of "Mandalorian" was $15 million per episode, and the total eight episodes of the first season totaled $120 million, and the creation of the show's iconic character Baby Yoda alone cost $5 million.
"Manloda" currently has a Douban score of 9.2, the reason why the word of mouth is bursting, in addition to the amazing special effects, the pure Star Wars DNA of the drama also adds a lot of points. Between "Star Wars 9" and "Star Wars 10" has not been filmed, fans and fans do not have to worry too much, although the familiar galactic world can not be seen on the big screen for the time being, but the "Star Wars" on the small screen can be as exciting.
Just before the award, the first official trailer of the second season of "The Mandalorian" was officially announced, and The Cute Debut of Baby Yoda, starring Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Gina Carano and other stars will return. The second season is scheduled to air on October 30 at 3 p.m.
Foreign media said that Michael Bean, who has starred in science fiction films such as "Alien 2" and "Terminator", will play a bounty hunter in "The Mandalorian". Temura Morrison will also return to the Star Wars universe as the famous bounty hunter Boba Fett in the second season of The Mandalorian.
The Mandalorian's timeline is set after the fall of the Empire and before the advent of the First Order. In the galaxy's remote star belt, far from the control of the New Republic, tell the story of the hard struggle of a lone gunner.
Director Jon Feiru said the new season will tell a "bigger story" than the first. "The story has become less isolated, but each episode has its own style, and hopefully we can bring more possibilities to the show."
It is understood that compared to the plot of the first season, which revolves around Mando, the second season will add a new narrative angle. Jon Feiru said: "As we introduce other characters, we have the opportunity to do different story lines. In addition, the show has been renewed for a third season.
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