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wespearsnewsome's review against another edition
4.0
I have all the "Art of" books they've released since TFA, so I definitely wanted to pick this one up. While it is overflowing with material and gorgeous art, I was disappointed it didn't feature more unused concept art. The copious amounts of ideas and concepts in the feature film art books are what make them so interesting and inspirational to me. The Rebels book has some of that in the development section at the beginning, but little else. Some of that is undoubtedly due to this being a book for a TV show on a more accelerated timeline, but it felt like the book was missing something nevertheless. The other flaw in the book is at least one pretty significant copy error where the Seventh Sister is misnamed repeatedly throughout her whole section in the book as the Second Sister (from the Fallen Order video game). A book at this level shouldn't have those kind of mistakes. Overall, though, the book is beautiful and contains wonderful art and is worth picking up if you like the other "Art Of Star Wars" books.
thecomingofbutterflies's review against another edition
5.0
This book sparked my love of art books and process books -- concept art, narrative visions, all the intentions and planning that go into the choices made! Getting to see the ideation that produced one of my favorite, if not my favorite, Star Wars media was such a delight! Through this specific book, further, I gained a huge appreciation for the crafting and process themselves in making dynamic visual stories!
emmafong's review against another edition
5.0
if nobody got me, the hera syndulla drawing on page 13 got me <3 i love star wars rebels so much i started shaking when i finally got this book in my hands bc i was so excited
acrdoodles's review against another edition
3.0
I absolutely love Star Wars: Rebels, it's probably my favourite piece of Star Wars media and getting to see concept art from it is an absolute delight!
However, the way this book is structured does not make sense to me and it feels incredibly rushed. While there is a certain repeatable structure to the book, it seems as though it doesn't quite know who it's audience is. The text pieces accompanying the art varies from basic descriptions of what is portrayed to mentioning other star wars media or referencing certain episodes and then goes back to explaining basic terminology - it's like the author couldn't decide whether he was writing to Star Wars fans or casual viewers and in my opinion it cheapens the end product. I would also have loved some more in-depth explanations on certain design choices or narrative decisions in relation to the art, but instead there's just an almost mechanical walk through of characters, environments and props with no tangible exploration of the relations between these. It also ends very abruptly and I think overall the book could have benefited from some sort of red thread and 'narrative' around the making of the show instead of just going through the seasons and showing the new stuff.
It's not a bad book, for the casual viewer it's probably fine, but I just don't think it works as well as many other art books I've read.
However, the way this book is structured does not make sense to me and it feels incredibly rushed. While there is a certain repeatable structure to the book, it seems as though it doesn't quite know who it's audience is. The text pieces accompanying the art varies from basic descriptions of what is portrayed to mentioning other star wars media or referencing certain episodes and then goes back to explaining basic terminology - it's like the author couldn't decide whether he was writing to Star Wars fans or casual viewers and in my opinion it cheapens the end product. I would also have loved some more in-depth explanations on certain design choices or narrative decisions in relation to the art, but instead there's just an almost mechanical walk through of characters, environments and props with no tangible exploration of the relations between these. It also ends very abruptly and I think overall the book could have benefited from some sort of red thread and 'narrative' around the making of the show instead of just going through the seasons and showing the new stuff.
It's not a bad book, for the casual viewer it's probably fine, but I just don't think it works as well as many other art books I've read.
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