{"id":524886,"date":"2022-12-11T03:43:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T00:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/richard-miller-ilm-sculptor-who-created-princess-leias-gold-bikini-dies-at-80\/"},"modified":"2022-12-11T03:43:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T00:43:43","slug":"richard-miller-ilm-sculptor-who-created-princess-leias-gold-bikini-dies-at-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/richard-miller-ilm-sculptor-who-created-princess-leias-gold-bikini-dies-at-80\/","title":{"rendered":"#Richard Miller, ILM Sculptor Who Created Princess Leia\u2019s Gold Bikini, Dies at 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2187823db42\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2187823db42\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/richard-miller-ilm-sculptor-who-created-princess-leias-gold-bikini-dies-at-80\/#Richard_Miller_ILM_Sculptor_Who_Created_Princess_Leias_Gold_Bikini_Dies_at_80\" >Richard Miller, ILM Sculptor Who Created Princess Leia\u2019s Gold Bikini, Dies at 80<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Richard_Miller_ILM_Sculptor_Who_Created_Princess_Leias_Gold_Bikini_Dies_at_80\"><\/span>Richard Miller, ILM Sculptor Who Created Princess Leia\u2019s Gold Bikini, Dies at 80<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Richard Miller, the famed sculptor whose decades of memorable work at Industrial Light and Magic included creating Princess Leia\u2019s gold bikini for <em>Return of the Jedi <\/em>and Davy Jones\u2019 tentacled beard for two <em>Pirates of the Caribbean <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>, has died. He was 80.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Miller died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday \u2014 two days after his birthday \u2014 at his home in Northern California, an ILM spokesperson told <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. He was a cancer survivor and died after an extended stay in hospice care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    A\u00a0dear member of ILM\u2019s extended family, Miller was the lead sculptor and a key staffer in the ILM Creature Shop and later the ILM Model Shop for nearly 30 years. He contributed to 55 features and numerous other projects dating to 1981, when he joined the company to work on 1983\u2019s <em>Jedi<\/em>, the last installment in the original <em>Star Wars<\/em> trilogy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    His long list of credits at the studio also included the <em>Star Wars <\/em>prequels; multiple <em>Star Trek <\/em>movies including<em> <em>Generations<\/em> <\/em>(1994) and <em>First Contact<\/em> (1996); the first three <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> films; and the last two <em>Back to the Future <\/em>features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    He also contributed to <em>Ghostbusters<\/em> (1984), <em>Howard the Duck <\/em>(1986), <em>Innerspace<\/em> (1987), <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit<\/em> (1988), <em>Willow <\/em>(1988), <em>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/em> (1989), <em>The Rocketeer<\/em> (1991), <em>Hook <\/em>(1991), <em>The Mask <\/em>(1994), <em>Jumanji <\/em>(1995) and <em>Planet of the Apes<\/em> (2001).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    In <em>Jedi<\/em>, Carrie Fisher\u2019s Princess Leia is forced into a skimpy gold bikini by Jabba the Hutt after he captures her in his headquarters on the desert planet Tatooine. She\u2019s also held captive with a chain, which she uses to kill the alien.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cI had to sit very straight because I couldn\u2019t have lines on my sides, like little creases,\u201d Fisher recalled in her 2016 memoir, <em>The Princess Diarist<\/em>. \u201cNo creases were allowed, so I had to sit very, very rigid straight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWhat redeems it is I get to kill him, which was so enjoyable. \u2026 I sawed his neck off with that chain that I killed him with. I really relished that because I hated wearing that outfit and sitting there rigid straight, and I couldn\u2019t wait to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1000px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((563\/1000)*100%);\">\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Carrie-Fisher-Princes-Leia-Gold-Bikini-Everett-EMBED-2022.jpg?w=1000\" alt=\"Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in the Gold Bikini\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Carrie-Fisher-Princes-Leia-Gold-Bikini-Everett-EMBED-2022.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Carrie-Fisher-Princes-Leia-Gold-Bikini-Everett-EMBED-2022.jpg?resize=125,70 125w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Carrie-Fisher-Princes-Leia-Gold-Bikini-Everett-EMBED-2022.jpg?resize=681,383 681w, https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Carrie-Fisher-Princes-Leia-Gold-Bikini-Everett-EMBED-2022.jpg?resize=450,253 450w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"563\" width=\"1000\" decoding=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\"><span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in her iconic gold bikini in \u2018Star Wars: Return of the Jedi\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                    <cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Everett Collection<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Miller\u2019s octopus-like beard for Bill Nighy\u2019s Davy Jones, seen in the <em>Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em> films <em>Dead Man\u2019s Chest<\/em> (2006) and <em>At World\u2019s End<\/em> (2007), had to function like a living creature, so the company employed controls that allowed animators to move the tentacles in specific ways. (<em>Dead Man\u2019s Chest <\/em>won the Oscar for best visual effects.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    For the past two decades, Miller also taught at ILM, conducting enrichment classes in the art of sculpting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cWith his artistic skill in evidence, an agreeable demeanor and a wry sense of humor, Richard fit right in from the start and became a fixture at ILM,\u201d a company spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cRichard will be dearly missed by the entire ILM family, but his artistic contribution lives on in each of the films he contributed to and in the fond memories of all who knew him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n!function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\nif (f.fbq) return;\nn = f.fbq = function() {n.callMethod ? n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);};\nif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\nn.push = n;\nn.loaded = !0;\nn.version = '2.0';\nn.queue = [];\nt = b.createElement(e);\nt.async = !0;\nt.src = v;\ns = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n}(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '352999048212581');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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