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What about fire in different environments, like zero-g? Does the size and shape of a fire change on planets or moons with less gravity, or in space on a ship with no gravity at all?
Mike Snowdon · VFX Director

Well, all our particles are built to work. We've basically got gravity scale on our effects, haven't we?

Michal Piatek · Senior VFX Artist

Gravity is not something that really defines the shape of fire. If you look at the physical properties of fire itself, gravity does not...

Mike Snowdon · VFX Director

I think there'll be people disagreeing with you in the chat.

Michal Piatek · Senior VFX Artist

What I mean is there's more to it. There's pressure, there's the source and stuff like that.

Mike Snowdon · VFX Director

I think it ties in a bit with what you were asking before, Jared, about the balance between completely realistic and pure Hollywood. I know that there'll be people saying, well, why have you got a fireball in space? Because it's not technically possible. We straddle the line between Hollywood and real life.

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