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For those who have not yet crossed over to the Dark Side and are able to feel the Force within themselves: on December 15, the next episode of the saga about Star Wars ah, Rogue One.
And we will again, like a year ago, like ten years ago (and for some, maybe thirty-nine years ago), break away from reality at the very first galactic credits: “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...”
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Admiral Akbar
Commander of the rebel fleet, former slave of the Empire. Looks a bit like an octopus (but, shh!, we didn't tell you that). He first appeared in Return of the Jedi, and fans immediately went wild. Unlike, by the way, George Lucas, who during filming considered Akbar “not very realistic.” Therefore, the animated doll, which was supposed to represent Akbar, was replaced with a live person in a suit, actor Timothy Rose.
Akbar is an outstanding commander (this word in Arabic means “great”). By the way, the words “Akbar is back” are almost a direct quote from the signal to the Royal Navy of Great Britain in World War II: only then it sounded like “Churchill has returned!”
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Binks, Jar Jar
Poor Jar Jar Binks is the most hated Star Wars character by fans. Lucas did not hide the fact that he created it with a children's audience in mind, and borrowed its appearance partly from Disney dog Goofy.
Moreover, according to the author’s first idea, Jar Jar was supposed to be voiced by Michael Jackson! Lucas eventually refused Michael’s services, believing that the singer would pull the blanket over himself (we also think so), but Jar Jar successfully played in “The Phantom Menace” and “Attack of the Clones” (in “Revenge of the Sith” he got one single line ). Binks is still mercilessly ridiculed - for example, in The Simpsons and South Park.
The new “dad” of “Star Wars,” director JJ Abrams, also can’t stand Binks—he even wanted to kill him in “The Force Awakens,” but Lucas didn’t allow it. However, perhaps Abrams is jealous: his name sounds similar to the name of this cosmic Goofy.
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Shot
Perhaps even the real assassin of John F. Kennedy does not cause as much controversy as the question: what really happened in the Mos Eisley spaceport facility? If you remember, Han Solo and the bounty hunter Greedo met at the bar. Which one of them shot first? If Greedo is clear, he is essentially a cold-blooded killer. But what if it's Solo?
There are actually three versions of this episode. In the very first, original version, Han Solo shoots first. But Lucas himself didn’t like this concept too much - goodie hardly capable of such meanness.
So in the restored director's cut, Greedo shoots first - and finally, in the 2004 special edition, they shoot at the same time (Greedo misses). The question “Who shot first?” is still discussed by film school students and fans. Lucas himself says that the answer is impossible to find - just like in the discussion of what comes first, the egg or the chicken.
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Gender
In fact, Lucas wanted the main character of Star Wars to be a woman. He, as we know, changed his mind, but not completely: Princess Leia - almost more interesting character than her brother Luke.
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Dejarik
Board game, galactic version of chess. The board should be round, the figures should be holographic and animated. The rules may exist, but only George Lucas knows them: they have never been published anywhere.
However, we still know one main rule: if you play with a Wookiee, only the Wookiee should win. Remember how C3PO says that it is better to give up the winnings, since a Wookiee in a rage can tear off the droid’s hand?!
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Villain
The galaxy needs a charismatic villain, and that villain in the new trilogy is Kylo-Ren. He is a new version of Darth Vader: Vader is his icon and role model. Kylo even imitates Vader in his manner of dressing: however, the helmet he puts on is purely formal for him (unlike Vader, who, as we remember, could not breathe without it).
JJ Abrams said he "wanted to show the strength of a child who has lost his way." After all, there is a Freudian theme here: like another Star Wars character, Kylo Ren is a parricide.
Sounds
Star Wars is full of strange and wonderful sounds, and after Darth Vader's heavy breathing through a respirator and the inimitable sound of lightsabers cutting through the air, the most amazing sound is the one made by Chewbacca. Artist Ben Burtt spent a year collecting the sounds that lions, badgers and bears make in their natural habitat - and then added the cry of a walrus to it. “And it was eureka!”
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X-Wing
After the droids R2-D2 and C3PO, this is the favorite toy of little Star Wars fans, an exact replica of the best rebel fighter. Lucas came up with it after studying real World War II combat fighters - and they look more real than, say, the enemy Empire's battle fleet.
In a “calm” state, the X-Wings are blue; when flying out on a combat mission, they change color to red. Exact copies of the X-Wings are in the National Space Museum in Washington, in California's Disneyland, and, of course, in Lego sets.
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Carbonite
Not to be confused with kryptonite - the latter is related to Superman. Carbonite from Star Wars is a metal alloy that freezes quickly. In normal times, it is used to transport valuable cargo, but it was exactly what poor Han Solo was doused with in the series “The Empire Strikes Back.”
There is no need to look for parallels with the feat of General Karbyshev: Han Solo was unfrozen back in Return of the Jedi. However, casts of it in carbonite are still popular as souvenirs - for example, as a phone case.
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Luke
We all hope that Luke Skywalker (65-year-old Mark Hamill) will be a key character in Rogue One - especially after the tragic death of Han Solo. Everyone loves Luke, everyone loves Mark Hamill - this role became both fate and curse for him. Having played in A New Hope, he woke up as a star, but he was almost never offered other roles.
In addition, while filming in the Tunisian “Valley of Death,” Hamill got into terrible accident- and to get his face back, he suffered several plastic surgery. Glory to Lucas, he decided not to change the actor, but to film him as he became, with scars similar to battle ones.
Leia, princess
Leia Organa Solo (born Leia Skywalker) was the daughter of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala Naberrie, and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker. After her birth, she was adopted by Bail Organa and Queen Breha, making her Princess of Alderaan. Highly educated as a senator, Organa was known as a steadfast leader during the Galactic War. Civil War and other subsequent galactic conflicts, becoming one of greatest heroes Galaxies.
She later married Han Solo and became the mother of a son, Ben. As their son grew up, Leia and Han saw in him a weakness for the Dark Side of the Force, and gave him to be trained by Luke, but even Leia's brother could not save Ben from Snoke, the Supreme Leader of the First Order, born of the Dark Side. The son of Leia and Han changed his name to Kylo Ren and followed the path of Darth Vader.
Years later, Leia was chosen to lead the Resistance forces. Although she grew up in the privileged environment of a peaceful planet whose main idea was demilitarization, eliminating weapons from her culture, during these difficult years the brilliant diplomat acquired military skills in self-defense, both with a blaster and in hand-to-hand combat. She used this knowledge in the many wars and other conflicts that rocked the Galaxy during her lifetime.
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"Max Rebo Band"
The most popular pop group in the galaxy, founded by the blue elephant-like creature Max Rebo. As another famous singer in another galactic system sang, "Live for the profit again."
Max Rebo signed a contract with Jabba - as a result, his group performed during lunches and dinners, for a very modest fee, leftover food from the master's table. When Jabba was killed, Max Rebo was not at a loss: after disbanding the group, he moved to the planet Coruscant and opened a chain of restaurants.
Garbage chute
More precisely, garbage compactor 3263827. Luke, Leia, Han and Chewie end up in it during their escape from prison. To film this scene, a real landfill was built at the Pinewood studio, where real garbage was dumped - the costume designers were then terribly indignant that it was impossible to get rid of the bad smell from Chewbacca's furry costume.
New hope
The title of the very first film, released in 1977. George Lucas could not even imagine how popular his brainchild would gain. In the early 70s he was obsessed with science fiction, space and Flash Gordon comics.
With the help of a friend, Francis Ford Coppola, Lucas tried to buy the film rights to The Flash, and when he didn’t succeed, he was offended and decided that he would come up with a story no worse. The birth date of Star Wars is January 1973: that’s when Lucas sat down at his desk. He worked eight hours a day, five days a week.
The script was based on Akira Kurosawa’s film “Three Scoundrels in the Hidden Fortress”: as there, the story was told from the perspective of minor characters(droids R2 D2 and C3PO). Han Solo, as you know, in the first version was a green-skinned monster, and the film should have ended with the very first episode - its creator did not expect anything more.
But – whatever you call the ship, that’s how it will sail: Episode IV was the beginning of something bigger – so much bigger that perhaps only the generation of our grandchildren will come to the end.
Outfits
Queen Amidala spends most of The Phantom Menace changing outfits—Lucas wanted her to be dressed differently in every scene. Carrie Fisher, who played Leia in the previous parts, was a little jealous: “Harrison Ford had three changes of clothes in the first trilogy, I had six, including a golden bikini, and my mother, Queen Amidala, probably had three hundred.” By the way, most of Amidala’s dresses were inspired by Mongolian national costumes.
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Headhunters
In the Star Wars universe, there is always someone to catch. The most recognizable bounty hunters are Boba and Jango Fett, cynical, immoral and greedy. They are clones and, at the same time, relatives: Django raised Bob as his own son. They are not talkative: for example, Boba Fett speaks only five lines in the entire film. One of these lines became iconic: “We don’t need him dead.”
Boba Fett is also a terribly popular toy: some, even very old boys, value his figurine more than the Darth Vader figurine.
Obi-Wan
One way or another, Obi-Wan appears in every (absolutely every!) Star Wars episode - alive or dead, in person or at least in voice. Apparently, this is George Lucas's favorite character, based, by the way, on General Makabe Rokurota from Three Scoundrels in the Hidden Fortress (see also A New Hope).
In the original trilogy, Obi-Wan was played by Alec Guinness, a great actor with a terrible temper: he wrote to friends that he was starring in “some children's trash,” and once refused to give an autograph to a boy who had seen Star Wars a hundred times.
Overall, Obi-Wan is an old bore, the Skywalker family teacher who raised first Anakin, then Luke, and even after death reads morals to the younger generation.
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Padawan
In Sanskrit it means "apprentice", and, indeed, padawans are young people who are trained to become Jedi. Upon completion of the initial course, the Padawan is “taken under the wing” of a personal teacher, a Jedi Knight, or Master. The initiation rite is cutting off a small pigtail with a laser sword. Obi Wan-Kenobi, Luke, and Anakin Skywalker were Padawans at one time.
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Rancor
Jabba's favorite pet, a ten-meter reptilian monster with impenetrable armor and teeth sharper than the shark in Jaws. Jabba received him as a birthday present, and spoiled him in his own way: he fed unwanted people to his rancor. “I like the idea that in our world everyone loves someone,” George Lucas said about him. “Even the most terrible monster you can imagine loves his master.”
However, Luke Skywalker killed Rancor, for which he was later tormented by pangs of conscience (is it the monster’s fault that it is a monster?). Lucas said that in the first sketches the rancor looked like both a bear and a potato tuber - imagine it if you can.
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Strength
Metaphysical energy that all Jedi are possessed by. god in the Star Wars universe. Lucas didn't come up with it himself: the term "power" was first used by avant-garde director Arthur Lipsett in his Experimental Film (1963). Having gained the Force, a Jedi is capable of anything: he can walk on walls, he can shoot fiery rays from his fingers, he can rise from the dead, and seduce the most beautiful girl in the Galaxy.
It’s no wonder why everyone desires her so passionately, and the words “May the Force be with you!” sound like a real spell.
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Captions
“A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...” These words (more precisely, the running credits) open every episode of Star Wars. When the first, original parts were filmed, the camera simply slid along the signs with written letters (a big problem for distributors in other countries - after all, the text needs to be translated somehow).
Nowadays, “Once upon a time...” is written using computer graphics. By the way, Lucas was not original here either: the technique of “running” credits was borrowed from the old science fiction series “Buck Rogers”.
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Wilhuff Tarkin
One of the most sinister characters in Star Wars, an official of the Empire and creator of the Death Star. It was he who was responsible for the genocide on Alderan, the home planet of Princess Leia (the Death Star destroyed the planet in a few seconds). Tarkin was played by the famous actor Peter Cushing.
Cushing was uncomfortable on the set; he, like Alec Guinness, believed that he was playing the worst role of his life, but Lucas tried very hard to please him, and even allowed him to film in the slippers he brought from home.
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Surname
The real name of the Skywalkers is Starkillers: at least that’s what George Lucas wanted. In the draft version, the script for the first part was called “The Adventures of Starkiller, Saga One: Star Wars.”
By the way, according to the first idea, Anakin had a younger brother, Dec Starkiller: but later Lucas decided that everything in his story was too confusing.
Freud
Intentionally or unwittingly, psychoanalysis constantly interferes with Star Wars. Either Luke shows interest in his own sister Leia (of course, without knowing it), then the son kills his father - if he lived to this day, Freud would be happy.
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Chewbacca
Chewbacca was “born” thanks to Lucas’s beloved dog, an Alaskan Malamute named Indiana - when the owner was working, he slept in the next chair.
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Ewok
Imagine living bears that were kept for too long in a mental hospital and fed sedative pills. These are the Ewoks, actually a lower race, which, nevertheless, should not be underestimated: largely thanks to them, the Empire was defeated.
Lucas said that the prototypes of the Ewoks were the Viet Cong guerrillas (!) who fought against the Americans in Vietnam - as well as the American Indians Miwoks. We would also add the Brussels Griffon dog breed, to which Ewoks are extremely similar.
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Yavin
An orange gas giant (almost a star) and, at the same time, a starting point in cosmic chronology: everything that happens is divided “before” and “after” the battle on Yavin. It was here that the rebel pilots defeated superior enemy forces and destroyed the holy of holies, the Death Star. In galactic schools, the “Battle of Yavin” is the same as for us – four years of the Great Patriotic War.
"I am your father"
The most recognizable, most frequently quoted line from Star Wars. Do I need to remind you who and under what circumstances it was pronounced?
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An entire generation grew up watching these films! Those who are now 40-50 years old remember going to cinemas to watch these amazing stories. Neither the creaky hard seats, nor the disgusting sound by today's standards, nor the trams rumbling along the rails behind the cinema wall could interfere with watching science fiction films. Years passed, new episodes of the saga appeared, jealously accepted by connoisseurs of the “real old series.” And suddenly a big beautiful book appears on the shelves Star Wars Encyclopedia. Since our son, at less than 5 years old, is already familiar with all the series, knows almost every character, repeats dialogues from films by heart (and he himself is a little Darth Vader), we decided to buy him this encyclopedia for his next holiday. They shelled out a considerable amount, bought it, looked through it and made certain conclusions.
Our son, at less than 5 years old, became really hooked on the Star Wars series. About six months ago, I had the imprudence to show him the battle scene between the rebels and the imperial troops from episode 5. Since then, he has watched all the episodes more than once. Figures of stormtroopers and space fighters appeared at home, and on New Year Instead of the classic Santa Claus, the kid demanded that none other than Darth Vader himself come to him and hand him a lightsaber.
With such an immersion in the topic, we could not help but pay attention to the gift edition - Star Wars Encyclopedia. Having accidentally seen it in a bookstore, my son simply “fell ill” with this book. We made a deal - a whole month of exemplary reasonable behavior and there will be a book!
It is easy to guess that the outcome of the marathon was predetermined in advance. On the designated day we went to buy an encyclopedia. Looking at the happy baby, who himself was carrying the long-awaited gift home (and the book is not light), one could easily agree with the well-known phrase: a book - best gift.
Having previously instructed the child how to handle the book, we left him alone with the images of his favorite characters. From that moment on, for about an hour, the baby, as they say, was neither seen nor heard.
Two months have passed since then. Of course, now interest in the encyclopedia has faded a little, but even now from time to time you can see the following picture:
It’s an amazing thing - the kid began to try to read the texts himself and is very happy when the name of a familiar character is suddenly formed from individual letters.
But now let's leave the purely educational role of the encyclopedia and look at the quality of its execution.
Encyclopedia Star Wars. Quality
This is a real gift edition. Even though the cover is made in black and white, at the first glance at it it immediately becomes clear that this is a good, expensive thing:
When you pick up the book, you feel a considerable weight. I don’t know exactly, but it is approximately one and a half to two kilograms. The cover is glossy and quite solid - not some flimsy cardboard. After carefully looking at the spine, my wife was satisfied. She once was an almost professional book binder and said that the spine was made with high quality and the book would not fall apart.
Having opened the book, we find an interesting advertising and magazine layout. This is not just a column of text with the insertion of separate pictures, as on this site.
There are a lot of pictures, they are surrounded by text, everything is arranged quite harmoniously and looks beautiful. Especially for a child who is a connoisseur of the series. Let's look at a few encyclopedia spreads:
Unfortunately, photography taken in a room under normal lighting slightly blurs the actual quality. Take my word for it, it is quite high. The paper of the pages is glossy, quite thick - at least 120 g. m2. No surprise! With this format (27x31 cm), a thinner sheet would not be strong enough and could tear if flipped carelessly.
Unfortunately, the black pages leave fingerprints. Therefore, before viewing a book, you should wash your hands thoroughly.
Encyclopedia Star Wars. Content
The first few pages are devoted to introductory articles and photographs.
Then from pages 10 to 148 the heroes of the saga are introduced. This is very convenient, because when watching a film, you don’t always catch names and titles. Here each character is given a name and description. Even the vile jester Jabba the Hutt! Even the space slug into whose mouth Han Solo's ship accidentally flew.
From pages 150 to 227, the locations where film episodes were filmed are described. In addition to mentioning and describing key locations, photographs are shown of how parts of the film were filmed. Alas, very little is written about the filming itself in this encyclopedia. Cinema lovers should pay attention to another book: How Star Wars conquered the universe.
From pages 228 to 259 there is a description of technologies: battle droid, super-droid, etc.
And finally, from pages 260 to 311 there is a description of transport. From compact reconnaissance walkers to huge space cruisers. Star Wars fans will love this section.
Is it worth downloading the Star Wars encyclopedia?
Our general opinion is no. Not worth it! The value of the publication lies precisely in leisurely leafing through the book in silence, and not under the obsessive whir of the computer fan. Of course, this is purely our personal opinion. It may seem wasteful to some to spend 2,700-3,000 rubles on a paper book, which then needs to be stored somewhere. Indeed, you can download the encyclopedia for free, although it is not exactly beautiful or legal.
However, not being an old bookworm, I still think that a big, beautiful, colorful book looks much better than a digital copy of it on a small laptop screen. In addition, the paper edition is an excellent gift. You wouldn't show up to a Star Wars lover's birthday party with a CD :).
General summary
The Star Wars encyclopedia is very difficult to take seriously. It is appropriate only for real fans who have already watched all the series, including the animated versions. As an independent product, the book has no particular value. Try to give it to a strict lady from some ministry and get in her person a sworn enemy who will regard your gift as a mockery.
But try giving an encyclopedia to a boy between the ages of 5 and 99 who is really interested in Star Wars, and he will be terribly grateful to you.
The book is valuable only for those who are “in the know.” Once you start reading the texts, you will immediately feel like you are reading some kind of fairy tale. Fictional characters, mystical powers, fantastic weapons and modes of transport bring it, like the film itself, closer to the fantasy style than to science fiction. In a word, buying a Star Wars encyclopedia for yourself or as a gift for someone, you must immediately abandon the seriousness of the routine surrounding you and prepare to meet old acquaintances: Jedi, Sith, Hutts and other characters who live in a completely different world. A world where we will never be.
« Clone Trooper Armor. Several types of similar combat suits have been developed for clone troopers, depending on the expected external conditions and atmospheres of the places where they will be used. The first units to fight on Geonosis wore armor consisting of twenty composite parts made of plastoid alloy, worn over thermal underwear made of magnatomic gription panels. When creating the armor, Kamino engineers are inspired by the equipment of Jango Fett, the donor of genetic material for the clones, even copying the helmet with its remarkable T-shaped visor."
The best Star Wars encyclopedia ever published in Russian. Unlike other similar reference books, in this publication information about characters, devices and locations is arranged in chronological order, depending on their first appearance. The encyclopedia covers six episodes, ranging from The Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi, and two animated series, The Clone Wars and Rebels. Each hero, object or scene is accompanied by colorful illustration, background information and some interesting facts.
02. Adam Bray, Carrie Dougherty. "Star wars. Absolutely everything you need to know"
“Boiling lava, erupting volcanoes and plumes of ash cover the remote mining world of Mustafar. This hellish world is the setting for Darth Sidious's plan to destroy the Separatists. The underground buildings of the Mustafarans are designed in the shape of a cave kahel mushroom. According to an ancient ritual, a young Mustafar must ride a lava flea and jump over a powerful lava flow on it. Protective clothing is strictly prohibited!”
The publication, created in the spirit of the Guinness Book of Records, contains a huge number of drawings and photographs with informative blocks of numbers, facts and data. Which Jedi had two hearts, how to translate R2-D2's mechanical signals into human language, what is served in a restaurant on Coruscant and how to understand that the force is with you - the answers to these and thousands of other questions are hidden under the holographic cover of this book. By the way, unlike the Star Wars Encyclopedia, which is intended for an audience over 18 years of age, this reference book is intended for children over 12.
03. Elena Khaetskaya. "Star wars. Galaxy Far Away Forever"
“This notorious model (of the Death Star - approx.. We had to crawl a lot on all fours - and repair, repair, repair: moving cameras kept crashing into the surface of the model, hundreds of squibs were fired, depicting explosions. And we must not forget that practically all special effects were created for the first time in the history of cinema. Thus, to depict impressive explosions in space, they stopped, after a series of not very successful experiments, on a standard firecracker, and used a mixture of gasoline and mothballs as a detonator. Many have already heard the “shocking” confession that. that the famous flight through an asteroid field was filmed using an ordinary potato (simulating asteroids) - and one shoe ... "
Don't be confused by the word "series" on the cover. It's actually very sensible book, which describes the process of working on Star Wars, from creating the first “space” special effects in history to explaining the sacred meaning of the transformation of Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. The author tells many interesting stories from the set and makes various cultural remarks. For example, the fact that costume designer John Mollo, when creating the image of Darth Vader, used a leather motorcycle suit, a Nazi helmet, a gas mask and a medieval monk’s cloak. And the choice of white armor for stormtroopers became an argument against the popular idea that only good heroes wear white.
04. J.W. Rinzler. "Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy"
From the author's foreword: “Working on “archive” books at Lucasfilm is often fun. The only problem is that I never have enought to me to go through the material as slowly as I"d like to. Deadlines loom and unanswered e-mails accumulate at an alarming rate. Going through and choosing storyboard for the original trilogy was no exception - indeed it was worse - as hundreds of fascinating boards were drawn for each of the three films. Fortunately, I knew them from before, having already gone through the folders while writing the "making of" titles.The upshot is the book that you hold in your hands, which combines the most dynamic with the never seen before, creating the most complete collection of storyboards so far for the classic trilogy."
For the sake of this book, Lucasfilm opened its archives and provided the world with the complete storyboards of episodes IV, V and VI, created by legendary artist Joe Johnston, as well as early sketches performed by Alex Tavoularis. - episode IV, Ivor Beddoes and (Ivor Beddoes) - Episode V by Roy Carnon - episode VI, as well as Ralph McQuarrie, who worked on the creation of key characters. In addition to storyboards, concept art and never-before-seen deleted scenes can be found here.
05. Ryan Church. "Star Wars Art: Concept"
Commentary on the drawing (Alex Tavoularis): “George wanted that shot where Vader comes throught the door real dramatic using this POV that makes him seem omnipotent. So what you do is you go low on the camera angle and wide, not too wide, but wide enough to distort it a little bit.”
Album " Star Wars Art: Concept" combines best works concept art on the theme of "Star Wars". This includes the work of Ralph Macquarie, Joe Johnston, Doug Chiang, Ryan Chert, Ian McCaig, Eric Thiemens, and a new generation of animators and video game artists. The album features drawings created from 1975 to the present, allowing us to trace the evolution of the saga's concept art. Is it worth explaining that this publication will be especially useful for young artists and designers.
06. Ryder Windham, Daniel Wallace. "Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide"
« Rebuilding Vader. Vader's lifesaving transformation is a complicated procedure that incorporates advanced technology with arcane Sith healing techniques. Vader's new body consists primarily of machine components, and his cloak conceals a backpack that cucumbers air in and out of his damaged lungs. After his recovery, Vader constructs a new, red-bladed Sith lightsaber to replace the weapon he lost on Mustafar."
An updated and expanded version of the special edition released for the 30th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars: A New Hope. The guide contains unique illustrations and key information about the characters, storylines, the locations of the saga, vehicles, weapons, etc. The authors used not only official film episodes as sources, but also relied on collaborations, the Clone Wars animated series, video games, LEGO Star Wars sets and other products released in the franchise.
07. Terryl Whitlatch, Bob Carrau. "The Wildlife of Star Wars"
“Banta horns grow a new segment each year and they can indicate the creatures environment and health: thick, crenellated segments usually signify ample food and good health while thin, cracked, or partially developed segments often signify drought or famine. Male banthas develop thicker and longer horns than females, with males typically completing two horn spiral before they die while females average one complete cycle per liftime."
An incredibly beautiful guide in which the entire animal world of Star Wars is illustrated and described in detail. Taking an example from reference books on zoology, the authors not only indicated the habits and physical characteristics of each animal, but also placed all creatures in certain ecological niches, according to the planets on which they live and their relationships. A separate bonus is a diagram depicting all the creatures mentioned in the encyclopedia, so that you can estimate their scale ratio.
08. Mary Henderson. "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth"
“As the trilogy opens, Luke is like the Fool, the first card in the Tarot deck, which is an ancient fortune-telling tool. This card shows an inexperienced youth setting out on a journey; the way ahead is unknown, and the youth is completely unaware of the dangers that await him. In some decks, the youth may even be shown unwittingly on the verge of stepping off a high cliff. Like this archetype, Luke's character as the story begins is unformed and untested, innocent of a wider experience of the world and unaware of what lies ahead."
A very interesting book in which the author spends comparative analysis the main characters of the first Star Wars trilogy and characters from famous myths, tales and legends. Surprisingly, it turns out that not only Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker, but even C-3PO and R2-D2 have prototypes in the mythology of the Incas and Greeks, the legends of King Arthur, the Saga of the Volsungs, Tarot cards and other sources. This publication is of particular value to cultural and art historians.
09. Jonathan W. Rinzler. "The Making of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith"
“Before long, Lucas beging his first extensive walkthrough of the lot"s seven stages and their workin-progress sets. With McCallum and other department heads, he arrives on Stage 7 to examine the set of Pappatin"s office. He looks around, sips his coffee, and says, “Home, sweet home.” He then talks things over, as he will for each set, with Gavin Bocquet. Much of their conversation is almost shouted as they compete with the sometimes enormous din of hammering, sawing, and welding. McCallum mentions that they have, this time, a four-by-four-by-four recording device, which gives them higer resolution. Lucas decide that they"ll shoot a blank plate, or “control take”, of each set before shooting the actors, so they can digitally alter, or reprosuce, each one in postproduction".
This book is the best gift for those who dream of being on the Star Wars set. The author and editor of Lucas Licensing, Jonathan Rinzler, has collected rare notes, interviews, photographs and drawings created during the filming of Revenge of the Sith, and compiled them into a diary. Now everyone can find out the details of the work on the third episode, watch the activities of George Lucas and his film crew, and also learn the technology and secrets of making space films. The book is divided into three parts: pre-production, the actual filming process and the so-called “digital shot production”.
10. “The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia” (3 volumes)
"Force grip. Sometimes called a Force choke, this technique was used by Dark Jedi and the Sith. By using certain control and alter skills, a Dark Jedi could take hold of an individual's body structures and crush them. This technique also could be used to place other individuals in a Force-assisted grip, which could push or pull them into a dangerous position".
The most complete encyclopedia of the Star Wars world, which has undergone several reprints. Created as a dictionary, the three-volume book contains almost all known information about the universe of George Lucas and his followers. Cosmology, technology, philosophy, history, geography, ecology, culture, biographical information about the heroes of the saga - all this fit into 1224 pages. Particularly important articles are illustrated with stills from films, TV series or games. In addition, there are many useful charts and graphs (chronicle of events, table of Sith and Jedi, etc.).
