However unknown to Obi-wan Boga did survived the fall took some time to recover before rejoining her stable. In the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith novelization, Obi-Wan believed Boga had died, and took a moment to reflect on her believed sacrifice. With its long neck and tail fully unfurled, the creature's length spanned about fifty feet, yet it had to be fleet-footed enough to run with Grievous' wheel bike. Aside from getting a live action Obi-Wan to realistically serve as jockey to Boga, the creature's size and speed proved a challenge as well. In cases where Boga's movements were very extreme, Obi-Wan was entirely computer-generated as no live action element could ever properly match Boga's agility. This created the need for extensive repositioning and massaging of the live action element of Obi-Wan when it was composited atop the striding beast. The gimbal rig controlled by the Special Effects Department under the supervision of Dave Young could rock and buck at a good speed, but it wasn't set to precisely mimic the swaying run cycle of the animatic Boga. When it came time to shoot the live action elements of the Utapau chase in September of '03, a blue-painted barrel-shaped hydraulic rig stood in for Boga. Animation Director Rob Coleman worked with the Animatics Department to refine Boga's run cycle, studying nature footage of various running lizards as inspiration to the shooting crew. Lucas, however, insisted on shooting McGregor's lizard-riding action during the 2003 principal photography window. Originally, Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll had hoped the Boga sequences would be pushed to later in the schedule, to the 2004 pick-up photography, allowing time to develop a system where digital animation would drive the practical rig ridden by McGregor. The creation of Boga proved to be one of the most daunting animation challenges of Episode III, as an active, agile digital creature had to be married to relatively static live action footage of Ewan McGregor atop a practical saddle. Obi-Wan had assumed that Boga died, but she actually survived the fall slinking off to recover from her wounds and rejoined her stable mates long after the battle was over. Boga and Obi-Wan were caught in an explosion caused by an AT-TE, sending both plummeting into the water at the bottom of the sinkhole. Unfortunately for Boga, the clone troopers turned against her Jedi rider on the orders of Palpatine. With Boga's help, Obi-Wan confronted and destroyed the General. Along the way, she proved valuable to Obi-Wan, disabling Grievous's shuttle and picking off several droids. Boga proved a worthy match for General Grievous in his wheel bike, chasing the cyborg general through the city and using her clawed feet to climb the sinkhole walls in pursuit. Astride Boga, Obi-Wan reached the tenth level of Tion Medon's Pau City in record time. She was thirty-nine hands tall at her shoulder, fifteen meters in length, and possessed a magnificent crest of blue, purple and green feathers.ĭuring his search for General Grievous on Utapau, Obi-Wan Kenobi chose Boga as his mount, based on her proud and loyal spirit as he saw through the Force. Boga and Obi-wan plummet down the ravine.īoga was one of the fastest varactyl to be tamed by the Utai beast tamers.
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