Jeff Olson, ILM VFX Producer on ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,’ Dies at 77

Jeff Olson, a modelmaker, model supervisor, and visual effects producer who worked on “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace” and numerous other films, died Sunday. He was 77. Olson’s death was confirmed by Industrial Light & Magic, the motion picture visual effects studio founded by George Lucas. The studio’s Instagram page posted, “The ILM community is […]