Doug Chiang
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Sep 20, 2026
DanHOST
please.
Brian KleinHOST
Before you say that, though, I wanted to show, did you guys see the clip of Doug Chang walking into the area? I got
Ian SavageHOST
opinions about that.
Brian KleinHOST
Pete knows why
9 MINS LATER
Ian SavageHOST
We'll go back
Pete BicerGUEST
in time.
Ian SavageHOST
yeah uh but no that initial viewing it was it was cool we went up and saw the star wars stuff we're like we gotta go make sure obviously that's why we're all here in the first place we gotta make sure we get soak that exhibit up in in and see everything so i you know pete's like you know what kind of stuff are you looking to see and i was like i want to see concept art you know like uh the doug chang and uh mccorry stuff when we get there and out in the hall, like just outside the exhibit is that video.
Ian SavageHOST
Uh, I think Brian brought up where Doug Chang's walking around like, Oh my God, this is so cool to see my stuff on the wall, but it's not his stuff.
Jen Subchakjai BankardHOST
And it wasn't just Ralph McQuarrie.
Jen Subchakjai BankardHOST
There was a bunch of stuff by Doug Chang and a couple other artists who's like, I'm embarrassed to say I didn't recognize their names.
Jen Subchakjai BankardHOST
I'm sure if I looked them up, then I'd be like, oh yeah, they worked on these movies.
Jen Subchakjai BankardHOST
But that was just really cool and striking.
ChrisHOST
And then, of course, um, lots of, of, uh-
Albert PadillaHOST
Doug Chiang right here
ChrisHOST
...
ChrisHOST
this is Doug Chiang.
ChrisHOST
Yeah.
ChrisHOST
This is not-
ChrisHOST
...
ChrisHOST
McQuarrie.
Sarah WoloskiHOST
Wow.
Sarah WoloskiHOST
That's by Doug, Doug Chiang.
Richard WoloskiHOST
Doug, yep.
Sarah WoloskiHOST
Yep.
Richard WoloskiHOST
Okay, now get to some of the big life-size sculptures.
Lacey GilleranHOST
that's an interesting point of view i'm So I think we will see more droid gatra or droid security forces just because I mean, if we're being honest, they already have the designs made in the computer somewhere to do it.
Lacey GilleranHOST
And they have all the designs created by Doug Chang and his team that this is how they look.
Lacey GilleranHOST
And they're easy enough to put in.
Lacey GilleranHOST
They don't really have to do a lot of work to get them.
Albert PadillaHOST
have like, I mean, every museum exhibit has a gift shop that you have to go through on the way out.
Albert PadillaHOST
It feels like throwing up all the Doug Chang and Ralph McQuarrie, Joe Johnson, all those concept work for Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark stuff.
Albert PadillaHOST
It feels like that's just money, right? You're just printing money.
Albert PadillaHOST
So I'd imagine they would be, you know, how big the prints are and all that.
Justin van der LekGUEST
It's like dejarik fight.
Justin van der LekGUEST
Like I, I turned on like the, the, you know, the original trilogy is like, oh my Like, goodness, what are we doing? And what was so cool about that concept is that Doug Chang and John weren't like, oh, the chess set is coming alive.
Justin van der LekGUEST
They were thinking of it in the reverse.
Justin van der LekGUEST
Like, the fight, the actual arena pit fight with the Djarks, that was the real fight.
Shahbaz SiddiquiHOST
And for you, for yourself, you know, what was that most rewarding sequence that when it was complete and you're looking back at it, you're like, oh, I'm most proud of this moment.
Justin van der LekGUEST
It's probably the moment when Mando starts arriving at the planet Shikari.
Justin van der LekGUEST
That was a really cool concept because Doug Chang and Jon Favreau both wanted something that was kind of reminiscent of old Chicago with a little infusion of like a little seasoning of Blade Runner, a little cyberpunk in it.
Justin van der LekGUEST
And the art department had this really awesome idea.
Adam GrosserGUEST
So I wrote him a check and nobody thought this was a good idea.
Adam GrosserGUEST
They thought this guy is like barking up a tree.
Adam GrosserGUEST
He's a surgeon.
Adam GrosserGUEST
He's not an engineer.
SufjanHOST
Okay, so you were, I don't know about the printing part, but it was the peak computing user interface, the invention of modern user interface, I guess, like era of Apple, which you were a part of.
SufjanHOST
So
Adam GrosserGUEST
again, I mean, just to contextualize this, it's even it started even earlier for me so in 1974 there was a really famous computer scientist who's really one of the fathers of ai named alan k and who went on to become a microsoft fellow and lead a lot of ai research for decades and and obviously look at his wikipedia page he's astonishing Alan was working at Xerox park and he had two graduate students who went on to become incredibly famous computer scientists, a woman named Adele Goldberg and a guy named Alex Canara.
Adam GrosserGUEST
And they were getting their PhDs at Stanford.
JeffHOST
We took our picture with the Mandalorian and Grogu there, but I didn't see any of the panel talks.
JeffHOST
Doug Chang is always there and I always miss it.
JeffHOST
And I always feel like, why didn't I get to? I got to go hear that guy talk because he's fascinating.
JeffHOST
And he's one of he is pretty much the lead in the look and feel of Star Wars.
JeffHOST
But I remember last year, part of the conversation was how they shoot the Mandalorian, the new type of making digital sets.
JeffHOST
Right.
JeffHOST
But I wish I had heard Doug Chang.
JeffHOST
Darn it.
Tory BelleciHOST
And so I remember this one time I was out on set, and, uh, Jeff Olsen, who was the producer of Star Wars, the effects aspect of it, who just passed away sadly, uh, was such a great guy.
Tory BelleciHOST
So he, he came out with George Lucas and Doug Chiang, who you are friends with.
Kari ByronHOST
Yeah.
Tory BelleciHOST
You know Doug Chiang-
Kari ByronHOST
Yeah
Tory BelleciHOST
... as well, who was the art director for Star Wars.
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