Warren Fu

"Lucasfilm wasn't just a job; it was the ultimate film school."

―Warren Fu^[1]

Warren J. Fu was a visual effects art director at Industrial Light & Magic who has worked on all three movies of the prequel trilogy. Probably his most notable contribution was in the design of General Grievous, along with Iain McCaig, Ryan Church, and Robert E. Barnes, though he admits that he prefers his work on the MagnaGuards over Grievous.

Biography

Early life

"I was too young to watch the first Star Wars movie when it came out, so I remember the first movie I ever really wanted to see was The Empire Strikes Back. I think Carrie Fisher was my first crush. I wasn't able to see the movie in the theater, so I watched it on VHS. The shot where we saw the AT-ATs through the macrobinoculars was such a game-changing "Wow!" moment for me, so my first Star Wars drawing was of that scene."

―Warren Fu^[1]

Warrenfu-costume — Sheltay Retrac's costume was a design concept by Warren Fu.

During his childhood, he drew Star Wars art, including an image of the Battle of Hoth.^[1]

Prequel trilogy

"When Yoda is acting crazy and eats Luke's candy bar after crashing on Dagobah. That was bananas."

―Warren J. Fu, when asked about his favorite original trilogy moment^[2]

Droid General Weapons — Concept art of General Grievous

His first name rendered in Aurebesh appears as an easter egg in Episode II, printed on the side of the building Jango Fett shot Zam Wesell from.^[3]

Current work and future

"It would be a dream to come full circle back to Star Wars and direct an episode or two of one of the new TV series."

―Warren Fu^[1]

Having since gone into directing, Fu told Star Wars Insider that a dream of his is to return to the Star Wars universe as a director for one of its Disney+ series.^[1]