Star Wars' Maz Kanata: From Puppet to Mo-Cap

Recently, I got a chance to speak with Neal Scanlan, who was the creature shop head of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (and now Rogue One and Episode VIII).

During our chat, we covered a wide range of topics, including the creation of Supreme Leader Snoke as well as adding more Legacy characters to future movies.

Below, Scanlan talks about Maz Kanata's puppet origin, the castle patrons, and The Force Awakens' most challenging creature to make...

Scanlan, Abrams and company at Maz Kanata's Castle

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