Behind the scenes with "that SWTOR cinematic trailer"
by William Dobson 
Jun 24th 2009 at 9:00AM
Filed under: Sci-fi, Trailers, Video, Star Wars: The Old Republic
Sure, the Star Wars: The Old Republic trailer from E3 may have been lacking in the gameplay department, but that didn't stop it absolutely rocking the socks off anyone that saw it. The people that made that possible are from Blur Studio, specialists in CG animation for games, films, and commercials. The IGN video above features an interview with Derron Ross, an animation supervisor for the company. He explains that although you might not realize it in the final products, a ton of the highest quality game videos are from Blur -- as an example, one of the early Warhammer Online trailers that a lot of you will have seen is from them. Ross goes on to describe what it takes to create something with such dangerously high levels of awesomeness.
If this little behind-the-scenes look at the SWTOR trailer has you craving more CG goodness, Blur's website has links to a ton of their other works for your viewing pleasure.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Le Chat Noir said on 9:43AM 6-24-2009
Let's hope that unlike their previous project (Warhammer) this game actually takes off!
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CCon99 said on 12:21PM 6-24-2009
One thing I hated about the Warhammer cinematic, was all the stuff in the video your characters could never do. They advertised the hell out of Orcs being fired over (or into) Keep Walls to help clear the walls of defenders. Of course when the game launched those features were never added.
ScytheNoire said on 11:01AM 6-24-2009
Blur has made lots of amazing shit over the years. They really should do a full length movie, preferably one like TOR.
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BaronJuJu said on 12:09PM 6-24-2009
I was thinking the exact same thing. A TOR movie or TV series with this CGI would be awesome.
kanharn said on 6:30AM 7-04-2009
you idiot, they make the CGI not the games.
Some people cant even read what's on the screen you reject
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