Absolutely the best book I’ve found on the subject of developing, pitching, and creating the visual development and concept art for video games. The book is full of information about what it took to find the right concept that would work with audiences and push the Star Wars canon. This is a “must have” for anyone who wants to create art for the game industry. You can really get a sense of how much work needs to be “churned out” for a game, because the book is so full of art the binding is about to break. That’s my one annoyance. This book should have been printed better. The binding on my copy, and for several other artists, is coming apart. I still can’t give it 4 stars for that though, the quality of the artwork makes up for it.
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i asked a question if people belived in love at first sight, and an overwhelmingly amount of people said yes..so is sex on the first "date", in your opinion okay?you see my husband and i went to the same high school. we were in the same art class and i fell in love with him. he never noticed me hahaha. he was a senior and i a sophmore. The Art And Making Of Star Wars skip acouple of years and im a senior and hes in college. his younger brother and i became best friends, though i didnt know my new best friend was my love's brother. when i went to his house, i saw my bf's brother and i was like:"OHMYGOD!" haha and well a week later him and i were talking on his bed, talking about our great love for star wars and garden state and how damien rice was the best musician ever. we also talked about our hopes and dreams. we were "spooning" and ended up making sexy love. when we were done we watched the sun rise throuh his window and smoked cigarettes.ive never forgoten that morning and our relationship has neverstopped growingdo you belive in sex on the first date or no?
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Great book, great illustrations, great stories, but the text is way too small. Make sure to buy a magnifying glass, even if you’re not a geezer.
“Making Of” was written a few years ago by J.W. Rinzler. He was able to comb the Lucasfilm archives and unearth dozens of interviews that were conducted contemporaneously with the making of the original film. This, along with tons of production artwork, photographs, and behind the scenes materials are what comprise the book. It was both a difficult read, and an easy read. After reading the introduction by Peter Jackson, I plowed straight in to the book. It’s not a terribly long book (around 300 pages), but it a big book – thick and unwieldy – printed in an almost sadistically small font. It’s also printed on heavy stock paper, with just enough gloss to make it challenging if lighting conditions aren’t ideal. There – that’s the bad – all physical issues with the book itself. Now on to the good.
As a fan, I pride myself on knowing a decent amount of Star Wars trivia and folklore. Still, I was amazed at the things I learned in the book. It’s been 33 years since the original film came out. I, like some many others, have grown up with the Star Wars mythos as part of the fabric of my life – it’s easy to take for granted. For most of us, we don’t really remember a world without Star Wars. (I’m also happy to say that I’ve passed my love of “Star Wars” done to both of my kids.) With that perspective, I found it fascinating to Lucas struggle to pull this new world together. You get to follow that evolution through four different versions of the script, and ultimately to what we all know and love from the film itself. You can see Lucas as he struggles to meld the ideas that he has, refine them down., and deliver a true “modern fairy tale”. You also see his unyielding self criticism, and unhappiness with how the movie eventually turned out. It’s easy to understand why he revisited the films in 1997 to “fix” them, and try to put on the screen the story he always wanted to (except for the Greedo incident – there he should have left well enough alone – Han ALWAYS shoots first. End of story).
Along with the evolution of the script, you get a good look at what it took to start a special effects company from scratch (ILM), and get a movie that no one believed in, made in the late 70’s. There were many stories I had heard before – Luke Skywalker was originally called Luke Starkiller; and many that I had not heard – he was called Starkiller up until just shortly after principle photography had started. Lucas felt, with the Manson murders in the news, that Starkiller might not play well. They hadn’t yet filmed the scene where Luke introduces himself to Leia in the Death Star prison cell, so the change was made.
If you are a “Star Wars” fan, or just a fan of movies, you should read this book. I am giving it five stars. I almost gave it four stars because it was so physically frustrating to read but, in the end, I just enjoyed it too much. “Star Wars” was a seminal event in film history, and I loved to get a look behind the scenes of how it came to be. Rinzler is publishing a definitive history of the making of “The Empire Strikes Back” – due out this summer. I’ve already got it in my shopping basket on Amazon.
If you are a Star Wars fan and think you know it all, think again. This book shows original scripts and story concepts of how George Lucas originally conceived Star Wars. Not the same story you are familiar with. You’ll see how it evolved to what is had become, and enjoyed, from 1977 until today. Original interviews with cast and crew, some dating back a year or two before the movie came out. It is so interesting to see these Q and As before the film was a huge success, or even viewed, by the public. How Lucas put his heart and soul into the project, a true labor of love. Just getting it green lighted by a studio was a painstaking effort. Hundreds of photographs in which, I am positive, you have never seen before. You will find this book fascinating and very enjoyable. Even before a Special Edition or renaming the epic from Star Wars to “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope,” this little film was truly loved and a masterpiece. This big book is a masterpiece based on a masterpiece.
The Making of Star Wars (TM): The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Being a Star Wars fanatic for nearly 30 years, in my wildest dreams I could not have imagined the wealth of information in this book. If it were just the pictures, many I’d never seen before, I would’ve been enthusiastic, but the way this is written, it’s like I was there during production. A better book on Star Wars A New Hope I, obviously, can not imagine.
Purchased the book on Friday and recieved it on Monday. The timing I recieved the book was great.
I read this book back in 2003 and I was totally blown away by it. This is an excellent book to read if you have ever tried to understand Sun Tzu and failed miserably. McNeilly gives you real life military examples and applys them to Sun Tzu. The real life examples help you get a feel for The Art Of War. After your done McNeilly has “The Art Of War” in the back of the book for your reading pleasure. Now you will be able to understand it more in depth, and truly appreciate it after McNeilly gives you the keys to it’s interpretation. This book is well worth the time you will invest reading it.
If this is the only military theory you were ever going to get, got your history from comic books and the movies, and had never made a serious study, this would be OK. Otherwise, avoid this junk studiously and stick with Griffith.
There’s nothing here that any junior officer hasn’t expounded upon in the o-club, usually after they’ve had a few after an excersize. The various “quotes” given are removed from context, interpreted selectively, and some even originate the commentators, not with Sun Tzu. The way this is done you could get the same strategy advice from a Scrabble set.
His history is so poor I lost track of the incorrect dates. Some of the examples have nothing to do with the text used to supporting it if it is correct. He botched the Griffith translation completely, leaving out the footnotes that don’t support his position.
This is one more book intended only to be sold at overpriced business seminars. Small wonder it sell so cheap on the aftermarket.
It is basically the author’s interpretation of Sun Tzu’s the Art of War and applies it to modern military strategy. The book also puts it in Western context using Western military battles as examples. I liked the author’s grouping of the teachings into principles and the examples that he gives. Also his chapter on Sun Tzu and terrorism gives the book a relevant feel. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone who wants to get a grasp on the ides of the ideas of The Art of War, especially in a Western context. But I would also highly recommend reading through the translation of the original at the end of the book. I give this an A on the StuPage.
When I bought this at my nearby spaceport, I’ve been looking and reading it ever sinse. I’m a BIG star wars fan, and have been fascinated by the story line! Well, I’ve got to go to Jupiter! Read it! it’s out of this world!
This book provides a snap-shot of film-making at the end of the century. The story of Star Wars episode I’s crafting in 150 pages. Packed with detail. Short quotes from people involved, from cast to crew, pepper the text adding colour and information. Well illustrated, clearly told and attention grabbing. Thorough in its scope and ecomomic in language, good reading and eminently collectible. A suitable companion to Thomas Smith’s, Industrial Light and Magic: The Art of Special Effects (1986), which covered much on the special effects of episodes IV-VI. A contribution to the myth of Star Wars.
My poor son (nine years old)loved the photos and behind-the-scenes picture captions, but he was baffled by the text, which is really geared toward adults. But the LucasArts details were wonderful, and the myriad details and interviews were lots of fun. Read it with your kids, or give it to the teen interested in film-making, but if your little one haggles for this particular Episode One book, give it a pass.
Rumor-mill has it that Laurent Bouzereau will be given a commentary track on the soon to be made Episode One DVD, let us hope he offers up the same insight and humor found in this written edition.