Death Star (ILM)

For the Star Wars superweapon, see Death Star.

The Death Star is the name of the render-farm owned by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). It is a cluster computer originally built by SGI. Since then, it has been converted into a Linux system built by RackSaver (now Verari Systems) with AMD processors. The system originally had 1,500 processors in 750 nodes, this figure was doubled for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. ILM tends to be quiet about their supercomputer, so its current configuration is not known.

Lucasfilm

Productions

Films	American Graffiti (1973) Star Wars (1977) More American Graffiti (1979) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Return of the Jedi (1983) Twice Upon a Time (1983) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Latino (1985) Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) Howard the Duck (1986) Labyrinth (1986) Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988) Willow (1988) The Land Before Time (1988) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Radioland Murders (1994) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Red Tails (2012) Strange Magic (2015) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Rogue One (2016) Star Wars: Episode VIII (2017)

TV series	Star Wars: Droids (1985–86) Star Wars: Ewoks (1985–86) Maniac Mansion (1990–93) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–93) Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–05) Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–14) Star Wars Rebels (2014–present) Star Wars Detours (TBA)

TV films	The Ewok Adventure (1984) Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)

Theme park films	Captain EO (1986) Star Tours (1987) Star Tours–The Adventures Continue (2011)

Franchises	Star Wars Indiana Jones

Related productions	THX 1138 (1971)

Divisions

Former divisions	The Droid Works EditDroid Graphics Group (Pixar) Kerner Optical SoundDroid THX

People

George Lucas (Founder)
Kathleen Kennedy (President)
Tony To (President of Production)
Howard Roffman (EVP, Franchise Management)

Parent: Walt Disney Studios

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