The Mandalorian's Ground-Breaking Special Effects

Here's an article about the ground-breaking effects tech used in filming The Mandalorian. I thought the series looked incredible and this article explains why. Make sure you watch the video that goes with the article.

Indeed. Working with Epic Games, the studio behind the Unreal Engine (aka the thing that powers Fortnite), along with Bluff at ILM and cinematographer Greig Fraser, who had done a lot of work shooting LED screens on Rogue One, and other tech companies like video card maker Nvidia, Favreau and his team at Golem Creations developed a new virtual production platform that allows filmmakers to generate digital backdrops in real time, right in front of the camera. The tech, now called StageCraft and available to filmmakers everywhere, allowed the directors on each of The Mandalorian’s eight episodes to film in every part of the galaxy without ever having to leave Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles.