{
  "id": 4487551,
  "title": "Star Wars and Jurassic Park VFX Legend Phil Tippett Closes Studio and Auctions Memorabilia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/star-wars-and-jurassic-park-vfx-legend-phil-tippett-closes-studio-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-30T18:50:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-tippett-studio-closure-auction"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Veteran VFX animator Phil Tippett, known for his groundbreaking stop-motion animation in the original Star Wars trilogy, RoboCop, and Jurassic Park, has announced the closure of his Berkeley, California studio. Tippett, 74, recently held a two-day auction to liquidate his studio assets, including stop-motion models of AT-ATs from Empire Strikes Back, autographed posters from Jurassic World and The Mandalorian, and other memorabilia. The closure follows Tippett's Chapter 11 bankruptcy and marks the end of a four-decade-long career in film, with notable credits including Industrial Light & Magic's work on the Dejarik game scene in Star Wars: A New Hope, and his Academy Award-winning visual effects on Jurassic Park. Despite retiring from the \"racket,\" Tippett retains his Oscars and continues to direct films, including the 2021 release Mad God.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}