5G Sith Jet Trooper Experience

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5G Sith Jet Trooper Experience was an interactive augmented reality (AR) experience created by ILMxLAB, Verizon's RYOT Studios, and Walt Disney Studios StudioLAB. The experience took place at two different location for the premiere and afterparty of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker.[4] It featured an in-universe set where guests would stand in front of a large LED screen and interact with two Sith Jetpack Troopers in real-time. Two actors, wearing motion capture suits, interacted with guests from a studio in Playa Vista, where their performance would be captured and transferred to a digital character[2] rendered in Unreal Engine.[4] Their interaction would then be projected onto the LED screen using a 5G connection. There was also a camera at the event that would allow the digital aspects of the experience to be composited onto the real life footage, making it appear like the Sith Jet Troopers were physically there.[5]

The actors had lines fed to them by the on-site directors, with several pre-set animations for the performers and guests to react to. These animations included lightning in the stormy skies of Exegol, a cadre of Sith troopers running through the hangar, and use of the Jetpack Troopers' Jetpacks to hover or fly in from out of frame. As users finished their interaction, they could access a terminal in which they entered their contact information to receive the re-rendered augmented reality video of their interaction. As guests entered their information, they could watch a smaller screen showing a behind-the-scenes live feed of the actors performing in the motion capture studio.[5]

The experience was rendered live in Epic Games' Unreal Engine.[4] The two Sith jet troopers were performed by Hunter Smith, Verona Blue, and Alan Maxson. Despite being paired with the premiere of Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker and working with Matt Martin,[2] the canonicity of this event has not been established.

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Cast

Crew

RYOT
  • Colleen O'Hagan — Head of studio engineering[1]
  • Eric Day — Supervising producer[1]
  • Jeff Sloniker — Director[1]
  • Addy Ghani — Technical Supervisor[1]
  • Josh Gold — Executive producer[1]
  • Whitney McGraw — Producer[1]
  • Patrick Love — Producer[1]
  • Nathan Israel — Producer[1]
  • Patrick Moss — Art director[1]
  • Travis Cook — MoCap stage operator[1]
  • Alastair Macleod — Network supervisor[1]
  • MoJen Jenkins — Lead pipeline developer[1]
  • Vince Argentine — Motion builder retarget operator[1]
  • Ben Roffee — Virtual production lead[1]
  • TK Gorgonia — Unreal Engine operator[1]
  • Ian Denig — Technical support[1]
  • Erik Lohr — Sound engineer[1]
  • Jon Crawford — Sound engineer[1]
  • Jonathan Montaos — Marketing lead[1]
Walt Disney Studios, StudioLAB
  • Jenna Sklar — Manager, Innovation partnerships[1]
  • Matt Deuel — Director, Innovation partnerships[1]
  • Alice Taylor — VP of Content Innovation[1]
  • Ben Havey — VP of Technology Innovation Group[1]
The Walt Disney Company
  • Walt De Jong — Technical producer[1]
  • Ryan Orr — Director, Special Events Production[1]
ILMxLAB
Verizon
  • Jeremy Germann — Senior project manager of technical partnerships[1]
  • John Macias — Senior technical manager of technology department[1]
  • Ralph Alfano — Senior project manager of technical partnerships[1]
Verizon Media Studios
  • Frank O'Connor — Broadcast engineering[1]
  • Thomas Morquecho — Head of studio operations[1]
  • Phil Decker — Technical engineer[1]
  • Luke Miller — Broadcast support[1]
  • Tony Czech — Broadcast support[1]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 Premium-Era-real Star Wars: 5G Sith Jet Trooper Experience on tellyawards.com (backup link archived on October 3, 2023)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Premium-Era-real Star Wars: 5G Sith Jet Trooper by Eric Day on ericday.me (backup link archived on October 3, 2023)
  3. ↑ Premium-Era-real Star Wars: 5G Sith Jet Trooper on ex-awards-winners.eventmarketer.com (backup link archived on May 29, 2023)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Premium-Era-real 'Star Wars' Premiere Features Live Virtual Sith Jet Troopers Through Verizon 5G And Motion Capture by Jesse Damiani on www.forbes.com (December 19, 2019) (backup link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Premium-Era-real The Making of Verizon's 5G Jet Trooper Experiencea on Google Docs (backup link archived on February 16, 2024) via Premium-Era-real Portfolio by Eric Day on ericday.me (backup link archived on October 3, 2023)