Star Wars Roll Out is a web series created for StarWarsKids.com and the StarWarsKids YouTube channel.
Development[]
In 2017, Japanese animator Hideo Itoyanagi created a recap animation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens intended for the local audience, which used versions of the movie's characters made to resemble BB-8 in their shape and way they moved. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy became a big fan of the animation and its director, and when she came to Japan in December of 2017 to promote Star Wars: The Last Jedi, she met up with Itoyanagi and asked him to create original shorts in the same style as the original recap.[1]
Itoyanagi wanted to come up with something new to the animated world of Star Wars. His intention was to make the world look like simple caricatured paper-cutout silhouettes put on top of each other. He also compared the camera movements to those which could be seen in old video games. Building on top of his original recap shorts, the new animations would utilise the roundness, tilting, spinning and rolling movements of the characters to tell the story and create humor.[1]
Episodes[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars Roll Out on Disney.co.jp (backup link)
- Star Wars Roll Out, An Adorable New Series of Animated Shorts, Bounces to the Screen – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- The Star Wars Show: Secrets of the Jedi and the Star Wars Unknown on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars Roll Out Teaser on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- "The Rise of Star Wars Kids" — Star Wars Insider 195
- Adventurous Moments Part 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Star Wars Roll Out, An Adorable New Series of Animated Shorts, Bounces to the Screen – Exclusive on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ BB-8 and the Jungle Adventure - Chapter 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ BB-8 and the Jungle Adventure - Chapter 2 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ BB-8 and the Jungle Adventure - Chapter 3 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Chewie, the Porgs, and the Sea Monster - Chapter 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Chewie, the Porgs, and the Sea Monster - Chapter 2 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Maz and the Gigantic Blorp – Chapter 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Maz and the Gigantic Blorp – Chapter 2 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Rey and the Secret Treasure - Chapter 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Rey and the Secret Treasure - Chapter 2 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Rey and the Secret Treasure - Chapter 3 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Finn and the Busted Droids – Chapter 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Finn and the Busted Droids – Chapter 2 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Finn and the Busted Droids – Chapter 3 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Ben Solo and the Bug Hunters – Chapter 1 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Ben Solo and the Bug Hunters – Chapter 2 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Ben Solo and the Bug Hunters – Chapter 3 | Star Wars Roll Out on the official Star Wars Kids YouTube channel (backup link)
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