The Making of Star Wars (Enhanced Edition)

The Making of Star Wars (Enhanced Edition)

This enhanced eBook transforms The Making of Star Wars into an immersive multimedia experience worthy of the original film. It features exclusive content pulled from the Lucasfilm archives by author J. W. Rinzler:
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â€¢ 26 minutes of rare behind-the-scenes video*
â€¢ 29 minutes of rare audio interviews with the cast and crew
â€¢Â New bonus photos and artwork not found in the print edition
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After the 1973 success of American Graffiti, filmmaker George Lucas made the fateful decision to pursue a longtime dream project: a space fantasy movie unlike any ever produced. Lucas envisioned a swashbuckling SF saga inspired by the Flash Gordon serials, classic American westerns, the epic cinema of Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa, and mythological heroes. Its original title: The Star Wars. The rest is history, and how it was made is a story as entertaining and exciting as the movie that has enthralled millions for more than thirty yearsâ€”a story that has never been told as it was meant to be. Until now.
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Using his unprecedented access to the Lucasfilm Archives and its trove of â€œlostâ€ interviews, photos, production notes, factoids, and anecdotes, Star Wars scholar J. W. Rinzler hurtles readers back in time for a one-of-a-kind behind-the-scenes look at the nearly decade-long quest of George Lucas and his key collaborators to make the â€œlittleâ€ movie that became a phenomenon. Itâ€™s all here:
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â€¢ the evolution of the now-classic story and charactersâ€”including â€œAnnikin Starkillerâ€ and â€œa huge green-skinned monster with no nose and large gillsâ€ named Han Solo
â€¢ excerpts from George Lucasâ€™s numerous, ever-morphing script drafts
â€¢ the birth of Industrial Light & Magic, the special-effects company that revolutionized Hollywood filmmaking
â€¢ the studio-hopping and budget battles that nearly scuttled the entire project
â€¢ the directorâ€™s early casting saga, which might have led to a film spoken mostly in Japaneseâ€”including the intensive auditions that won the cast members their roles and made them legends
â€¢ the grueling, nearly catastrophic location shoot in Tunisia and the subsequent breakneck dash at Elstree Studios in London
â€¢ the whoâ€™s who of young film rebels who pitched in to helpâ€”including Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Brian DePalma
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But perhaps most exciting, and rarest of all, are the interviews conducted before and during production and immediately after the release of Star Warsâ€”in which George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, composer John Williams, effects masters Dennis Muren, Richard Edlund, and John Dykstra, Phil Tippett, Rick Baker, legendary production designer John Barry, and a host of others share their fascinating tales from the trenches and candid opinions of the film that would ultimately change their lives.
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No matter how you view the spectrum of this phenomenon, The Making of Star Wars stands as a crucial documentâ€”rich in fascination and revelationâ€”of a genuine cinematic and cultural touchstone.

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Country USA
Manufacturer Random House Worlds
Binding Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
ReleaseDate 2013-10-22
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House Worlds
Binding	Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
ReleaseDate	2013-10-22
Format	Kindle eBook

The Making of Star Wars (Enhanced Edition)

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