Lucasfilm's Annual Halloween Party Returns

A ‘90s Disney World Star Tour-ist, everyone’s favorite phantom Slimer from Ghostbusters, and Kino Loy from Andor (this time in water wings) walk into a motion capture Stage… for Lucasfilm’s 2024 Halloween Party!

Industrial Light & Magic had hosted Halloween parties of legend at the Kerner facility in San Rafael, California hosting some of the most memorable until 2006. Many employees hand-crafted their looks weeks in advance, creating some of the most bizarre and intricate costumes imaginable, including a Transformer that actually transformed, a 12-foot tall Pumpkin King complete with bat wings, long teeth, and a giant sword, and a hilarious group costume — Attack of the Clowns.

In recent years, the Lucas Pride employee resource group has been hosting a virtual Halloween party with folks logging in from San Francisco, Burbank, Vancouver, and even Sydney. But this year the event was held for the first time on the motion capture stage at Lucasfilm’s San Francisco studio, organized in collaboration with various Lucasfilm clubs.

The event was a sight to behold with walls covered in spiderwebs and the room illuminated with orange and green lighting. Partygoers enjoyed small bites including homemade treats from Lucasfilm’s Thank the Bakers club, a terrifyingly good DJ set from Dug Infinite, and, of course, buckets on buckets of candy.

The ILM Electronics Club provided programming for the spooky “haunted hideout” and Akash Kumar, a Lucasfilm project coordinator, edited together a video of classic horror movie trailers that played on a loop during the party. “I wanted to create an atmosphere for the party that’s tied to the work we do while also celebrating the rich history of horror movies. We have all the popular films represented from Universal horror monsters to 80s slashers to cult classics, and even a few films that are tied to Lucasfilm and ILM history.”

For added scares, Lucasfilm Lamphouse — a club focused on celebrating cinema with monthly screenings of both new movies and legacy films — hosted a screening of Messiah of Evil, made by longtime Lucasfilm collaborators Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz.

The culmination of the event was a frightful costume contest, where participants strutted a cat-walk to present their ensembles — many of whom had a performance to pair with it. Winners were then voted on by an audience poll. Check back for the winners here soon, but for now here are a few of our favorite costumes from this year.