Alums talk ’Star Wars’ animation

Hollywood animation editors Jason Tucker ’90 and Nate Cormier ’09 visited their alma mater April 2 for a discussion titled “The Role of the Animation Editor” with Emerson faculty member and TV producer Kevin Bright ’76.
Both post-production majors at Emerson, Tucker and Cormier worked together on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series as animation editors. To a packed Multipurpose Room at Piano Row, they discussed the differences between post-production in live action and animation, as well as their personal experiences in the field after graduation.
Both joked that they thought their job interviews at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch would be nothing more than a fun anecdote to tell friends, and Cormier said it was “very surreal” to be hired by one of his filmic heroes for the Star Wars series. Cormier worked primarily on the most recent season of the show after being hired by Tucker, who had been with The Clone Wars since the beginning.
