Editing Lightsaber (section)

=== Visual effects ===
Korean [[animator]] [[Nelson Shin]], who was working for [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]] at the time, was asked by his manager if he could animate the lightsaber in the live-action scenes of a film. After Shin accepted the assignment, the live-action footage was given to him. He drew the lightsabers with a [[rotoscope]], an animation which was superimposed onto the footage of the physical lightsaber blade prop. Shin explained to the people from Lucasfilm that since a lightsaber is made of light, the sword should look "a little shaky" like a fluorescent tube. He suggested inserting one frame that was much lighter than the others while printing the film on an [[optical printer]], making the light seem to vibrate. Shin also recommended adding a [[degaussing|degausser]] sound on top of the other sounds for the weapon since the sound would be reminiscent of a magnetic field. The whole process took one week, surprising his company. Lucasfilm showed Shin the finished product, having followed his suggestions to use an [[X-Acto]] knife to give the lightsaber a very sharp look, and to have sound accompany the weapon's movements.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Interview with Nelson Shin| publisher = [[CNN]]| date = November 9, 2007| url = http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/talkasia.nelsonshin/index.html| access-date = July 27, 2008| archive-date = June 28, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110628201834/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/18/talkasia.nelsonshin/index.html| url-status = live}}</ref>