The Rogue One movie borrowed assets from Battlefront
In an interview with Kathleen Kennedy, Wired revealed that Battlefront assets were actually used for the Rogue One movie.
[…] for December’s Rogue One, Industrial Light & Magic ended up borrowing some assets that games developer Dice had built for the video game Star Wars: Battlefront.
According to Lucasfilm general manager Lynwen Brennan, this ability to share assets builds a more authentic Star Wars experience.
“When you delve into an environment in a game, it should feel authentically Star Wars,” she said. “Like you’ve delved into a film itself. That led us to develop pipelines so we’re actually able to take the film assets and put them into games and immersive entertainment. We’re also able to take game assets and put them into films. So in that way you truly recognise and feel that the environment, the characters and the ships are all authentically designed by our art department.”
The article adds that these assets are all part of Lucasfilm and ILM’s “digital backlot”, which is “a kind of real-world Wookieepedia.”
Wired also touched on the various Star Wars VR projects, although nothing new was really said.
A re-vision in Battlefront by Cinematic Captures of this Rogue One promo pic.
Of course, we won’t probably won’t know what exactly Rogue One utilized from Battlefront, but it’s intriguing nonetheless.
Previously, Lucasfilm games executive producer, Matt Filbrandt, said that ILM worked on “the Scarif battle sequences in parallel” with DICE. This leads me to think that certain digital assets, like the Shield Gate, U-Wings or the Citadel could’ve been carried over from Battlefront. But that’s just my guess!
The Battlefront dev team has also used photogrammetry to scan real-world objects, props and locations so that they become 1:1 digital assets. Objects scanned included X-Wings, droids, Boba Fett’s armor and Darth Vader’s armor. DICE also scanned redwood trees for Endor and rocks of Iceland for Sullust.
Rogue One is due out in the US on December 16, although early screenings start on December 15.
The Rogue One: Scarif expansion for Battlefront is available now for Season Pass holders. Those that purchase the pack individually will gain access on December 20.
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(H/T u/rhythmjones on Reddit)
(Top image source. Second image by Cinematic Captures. Check out their Flickr page for more awesome Battlefront screenshots.)
