1991:
LucasArts' Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge continues the adventures of pirate wannabe Guybrush Threepowood and introduces the patented interactive sound system, iMuse (Interactive Music and Sound Effects).In collaboration with JVC Musical Industries, LucasArts launches its first Star Wars video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The remarkable T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day earns ILM an Academy Award for Best Achievement in Visual Effects, and Skywalker Sound wins the awards for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing.
Skywalker Sound introduces the first utilization of T-1 lines for real-time digital audio transmission to distant locations. The projection of film at Skywalker Sound is synchronized, through patented technology, with the screening room projector at a filmmaker's home or office. These two developments allow filmmakers to work on their projects remotely.
1992:
Lucasfilm pioneers DI digital video technology to complete post-production and visual effects for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, an action-adventure TV series aimed at bringing early-20th Century history to life. The series wins 11 Emmy Awards and 26 Emmy nominations over the course of its three seasons.Death Becomes Her marks the first time that human skin is realistically rendered by a computer, earning ILM an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects as well as a Technical Achievement Award for development and implementation of the "Morf" system (digital metamorphosis of high resolution images). ILM also receives a Best Visual Effects BAFTA.
1993:
Jurassic Park marks the first time digital technology is used to create a living, breathing character with skin, muscles, texture and attitude. This breakthrough expands the filmmaker's canvas and changes the cinematic art of storytelling, resulting in Best Visual Effects Awards from both the Academy and BAFTA. ILM also receives a Scientific and Engineering Award for concept and development of the digital motion picture retouching system, which removes visible rigging and dirt/damage artifacts from original motion picture imagery.For its work on Jurassic Park, Skywalker Sound wins the Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing Oscars.
1994:
ILM earns its 14th Academy Award for its work on Forrest Gump. Although the most obvious accomplishment is the manipulation of archival footage, allowing seamless interaction with historical figures, a variety of "invisible" effects —including the computer-generated jets, helicopters, birds, crowds, and ping-pong balls — subtly help the filmmaker tell his story.Skywalker Sound receives Oscar nominations for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing for its work on Forrest Gump.
ILM additionally receives two Scientific and Engineering Awards for pioneering the field of input scanning and for developing a linear array CCD film input scanning system.
1995:
ILM creates the first computer-generated, photo-realistic hair and fur for the digital lion and monkeys in Jumanji. The movie also features an entirely computer-generated stampede scene with dozens of elephants, rhinos, zebras and pelicans.ILM wins a Technical Achievement Award for its pioneering work in digital film compositing.
1996:
ILM is awarded two Technical Achievement Awards, one for its computer-generated hair and fur, the other for the development of the Direct Input Device that allows stop-motion animation to be input into computer animation.ILM receives Best Visual Effects Oscar nominations for work on Dragonheart and Twister.
Lucas Online is created to develop internet entertainment. Among its firsts: online trailers, behind-the-scenes video, regular e-mail newsletters and celebrity chats.
1997:
Utilizing more sound elements (including dialogue loops and sound effects) than any feature film in history, Titanic wins Best Sound awards from the Academy, BAFTA, Motion Picture Sound Editors and Cinema Audio Society.The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition becomes the most successful theatrical re-release of all time.
LucasArt's Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is named Game of the Year by PC Gamer, PC Games, GameSpot, Ultra Game Players and CNET/Gamecenter.com, and ranks #1 on PC Gamer's list of "50 Best Games Ever." Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter: Balance Of Power is named Best Science-Fiction Simulation Game by CNET/GameCenter.com.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park earns ILM an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.
Contact earns Skywalker Sound an Oscar nomination for the Best Sound.
1998:
With the most realistic soundtrack ever to accompany a battle scene, the first 24 minutes of Saving Private Ryan becomes the most stellar example of sound design in film history, earning Skywalker Sound Oscars for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing.Saving Private Ryan also garners a Best Visual Effects BAFTA for ILM, which additionally receives Technical Achievement Awards for motion-controlled silent dollies and for Caricature, a new facial animation system.
LucasArts' Grim Fandango is named Adventure Game of the Year by GameSpot, PC Gamer, Computer Gaming World, Computer Games and the Academy of Interactive Art and Sciences.
1999:
Lucas returns to the director's chair for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, the year's biggest box-office success and the first major live-action film to be projected digitally. It earns ILM an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects, while Skywalker Sound is nominated for Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing. Skywalker Sound is also nominated in the Best Sound Effects Editing category for Fight Club. LucasArts' Star Wars: Episode I Racer is named Console Racing Game of the Year by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
