Vancouver VFX studio Image Engine has won a 2026 Children’s And Family Emmy Award for its work on the Disney+ series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
The award for outstanding visual effects in a live-action series was presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) on March 2 in New York City. Star Wars: Skeleton Crew received a total of 17 nominations for the fourth Children’s and Family Emmy Awards, winning a total of four.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is a limited miniseries set in the Star Wars universe that takes place at the same time as the hit series The Mandalorian and the events of the 1983 film Return of the Jedi. The story, created by writers Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, follows four kids getting lost in space and the adventures they embark upon to find their way home.
The cast, lead by actor Jude Law, includes Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, Robert Timothy Smith, and Nick Frost. The show premiered on Dec. 2, 2024 and ran until Jan. 14, 2025.
Image Engine, founded over 30 years ago in Hollywood North, provided 288 shots across six episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, including character animation, large-scale CG environments, creature animation and more. In partnership with Lucasfilm, the studio also has credits on The Mandalorian (Seasons 1–3), The Book of Boba Fett (which also won an Emmy Award), Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, and Willow.
Other series nominated in the same category included Goosebumps: The Vanishing; Henry Danger: The Movie, Sweet Tooth and Time Bandits. Image Engine is also contributing to the upcoming feature films titled The Mandalorian & Grogu.
“Winning this Emmy is an incredible moment for our entire team,” said Andy Walker, Visual Effects Supervisor for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew at Image Engine. “This project was a true collaboration across artists, departments, and production partners.”
The contributions of the Image Engine team to the series can be seen in a breakdown reel on vimeo. It’s fascinating to see all of the different elements that go into creating what viewers see as a seamless progression of scenes.
The studio’s Emmy win is yet another for Vancouver’s vibrant creative sector which has logged in credits on everything from hit streaming service series to the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse feature film.
Image Engine’s most recent work includes the Vancouver-shot Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, season 2.
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