Warren Fu

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Warren J. Fu

Career

Occupation

Visual effects art director

Companies

Industrial Light & Magic

"Lucasfilm wasn't just a job; it was the ultimate film school."

―Warren Fu^[1]

Warren J. Fu was a visual effects art director atIndustrial Light & Magic who has worked on all three movies of theprequel trilogy. Probably his most notable contribution was in the design ofGeneral Grievous, along withIain McCaig,Ryan Church, andRobert E. Barnes, though he admits that he prefers his work on theMagnaGuards over Grievous.

Biography[]

Early life[]

"I was too young to watch the firstStar Wars movie when it came out, so I remember the first movie I ever really wanted to see wasThe Empire Strikes Back. I think Carrie Fisher was my first crush. I wasn't able to see the movie in the theater, so I watched it on VHS. The shot where we saw the AT-ATs through the macrobinoculars was such a game-changing "Wow!" moment for me, so my firstStar Wars drawing was of that scene."

―Warren Fu^[1]

Sheltay Retrac's costume was a design concept by Warren Fu.

During his childhood, he drewStar Wars art, including an image of theBattle of Hoth.^[1]

Prequel trilogy[]

"When Yoda is acting crazy and eats Luke's candy bar after crashing on Dagobah. That was bananas."

―Warren J. Fu, when asked about his favoriteoriginal trilogy moment^[2]

His first name rendered inAurebesh appears as aneaster egg inEpisode II, printed on the side of the buildingJango Fett shotZam Wesell from.^[3]

Current work and future[]

"It would be a dream to come full circle back toStar Wars and direct an episode or two of one of the new TV series."

―Warren Fu^[1]

Having since gone into directing, Fu toldStar Wars Insider that a dream of his is to return to theStar Wars universe as a director for one of itsDisney+ series.^[1]