Create the Star Wars Force in After Effects

Published on December 20, 2019

Adobe After Effects Tutorials

Adobe After Effects, Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, Using the Force

Today we are recreating an iconic effect from the Star Wars franchise, using the force to choke someone. You can see Darth Vader doing this several times in the movies, it’s a real power move. Now because it’s going to be the last Star Wars movie about the Skywalker saga, we thought to ourselves let’s do something crazy. And that’s why I decided to create a mini Star Wars Short movie with the Cinecom Team. However because I really wanted to go big on this one. We also asked the help of a fellow Belgian YouTuber, Ignace Aleya. He is a very good special effects artist with experience in 3D. On his channel you can find a wide variety special effects tutorials, so definitely check that out.

But like I said we went big for this one. We took an entire day to shoot everything on location. Also we went all the way with the light-sabers, we bought some real duel sabers so we would have the real saber feeling. And for the special effects I even took an entire week to finish them. So you can say that this was my biggest Copy Cat project ever and I most say I really liked it. Of course it was a lot of stress, but the end result in worth it.

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