There has been an enormous number of practical elements shot for previous Star Wars films, so we leveraged as much as possible from ILM’s asset library.
While it certainly is effective to reuse previous footage, it also helps build a connection to the time period The Mandalorian takes place in.
Bluff also reveals that the show uses an original Ralph McQuarrie matte painting for one of the fly-in shots of Tatooine.
I knew I could come up with a shot design to leverage the Banthas from that.