TV seriesDocumentary
LIGHT & MAGIC Season 2
2022–2025 2 seasons 9 episodes TMDB 7.9
When George Lucas set out to make Star Wars, little did he know he would end up revolutionizing an industry. This is the story of a team of creative geniuses who put the magic in the movies we love.
Air timeline
2022–2025- 3-yr hiatus
Complete2 seasons · 9 episodes
Seasons
Season 220253 episodesTMDB 9.3
Where to watch
Season 2 follows Lucasfilm's visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as it enters its most challenging and revolutionary period: the dawn of digital. From creating the first fully realized CG character to solving the challenge of digital water, it is an era that finds ILM scaling new heights of innovation despite dramatic setbacks.
- 1Are We Ready for This?2025-04-18 · 60 min
S02E01 · Season 2
Are We Ready for This?
After a decade away from Star Wars, George Lucas returns to ILM with a new impossible task.
- 2There Must Be a Better Way2025-04-18 · 63 min
S02E02 · Season 2
There Must Be a Better Way
As George Lucas tries to convince Hollywood to go digital, ILM takes on wind, water, and a CG Yoda.
- 3There's No Going Back2025-04-18 · 54 min
S02E03 · Season 2
There's No Going Back
ILM is no longer the only game in town. To stay on top, they'll have to change the game yet again.
Cast
George LucasSelf
Lorne PetersonSelf
Dennis MurenSelf
Phil TippettSelf - Creatures and Stop Motion (archive footage)
Ron HowardSelf
Ken RalstonSelf - Visual Effects Supervisor
Steven SpielbergSelf (uncredited)
Jim MorrisSelf - ILM President, 1994-2005
John KnollSelf - Computer Graphics
Edwin CatmullSelf - UC Berkeley, 1981 (archive footage)Jean BolteSelf - Digital Artist
Doug ChiangSelf - Art DepartmentPatricia Rose DuignanSelf
Richard EdlundSelf
Ben BurttSelf - EditorChrissie EnglandSelf - ILM President, 2006-2010
Joe JohnstonSelf (archive footage)Harrison EllenshawSelf
Paul HirschSelf
James CameronSelf - Director, The Abyss / Director, Terminator 2
