Star Wars special effects 'most influential'

Star Wars was named as the most influential visual effects film of all time today.

Fri, 11 May, 2007 - 17:01

Star Wars was named as the most influential visual effects film of all time today.

George Lucas’s 1977 film helped inspire many of today’s visual effects industry professionals to pursue their careers, the survey by the Visual Effects Society (VES) found.

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