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4.48 AVERAGE
4.48 AVERAGE
To call this a complete story of Star Wars would be an understatement. Great visuals, good text, and the book is heavy as a brick. Love the behind-the-scenes shots and stories. The ILM pieces would make a book of their own, but they fit in well enough here.
A great, comprehensive account of the making of the original Star Wars. What could have been dry accounts of finances, script revisions, and production challenges instead read as compelling stories. Plentiful interviews, both archival and newly conducted for this book, are very skilfully deployed to flesh out that narrative. This is the kind of "making of" book that every great movie deserves.
A must-read for any fan of the original trilogy. Rinzler does a great job at describing all aspects of production of the first film and while the text is pretty straightforward and somewhat dry, it's never boring. I particularly enjoyed reading about the cast getting to know one another and the formation of ILM, which basically had to create new special effect techniques to accomplish what Lucas wanted. The abundance of conceptual art and production photos itself is worth the price of the book.
It's not often that I read a coffee table book cover-to-cover, but this was well worth the exception. Based on interviews with the cast & crew during production of the first movie, it was filled with unique insights culled from the Lucasfilm archives. It was so good, it almost made me forgive George Lucas for the Special Editions. Almost.
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This book delved into more “making of” than I expected. I thought I would only be reading about on-set stories, but this book covered every second of the story. From early inspirations at the start of George Lucas’s career to the surprising success at the theaters, you will learn everything there is to know about the making of the original Star Wars film. I was fascinated by the attention to detail, and I learned a lot more about the business of filmmaking than I expected. The lead-up to actual on-set stories was a bit slow, but I know filmmakers/enthusiasts would love those details. Overall, I found this book enlightening as someone mildly interested in film and also as a massive Star Wars fan.