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The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film

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Seriously, if you're a fan and you're "wondering if it's worth it," it's worth it. I thought I knew most of what there was to know about the subject. This book quickly corrected me and I'm glad for that!

Wow! That's really all I can say after opening this book for the first time. It is filled with wonderful behind the scenes pictures, interviews, storyboards, I could go on and on! I highly recommend spending the extra cash on the hardcover as you get 48 extra pages of the original storyboards for Star Wars, as well as the big man himself, George Lucas, speaking for the first time about the expanded universe. My favourite part has to be the unknown stories about the casting process as well as details on early versions of the script. There are so many ways this movie could have turned out differently(for the worse in my opinion), and it took a lot of hard work to bring the movie we all know and love to the big screen. Did you know that Star Wars premiered in only 32 theatres across the United States? There weren't many people who had faith in this "little space movie"..but thankfully George Lucas persevered, and brought us a legend.

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While this book was published in 2007, it's actually about the making and the history of the first Star Wars movie released in 1977. Considering how much time has passed, it's amazing the amount of material that has been collected for this book.

There are twelve chapters documenting the journey from the scripting stage, casting, set building, location shooting, all the way up to the movie release.

This book is written before anyone knew it was going to be a major hit. What that means is, they are writing it on the spot at that point in time -- in 1977. There's nothing closer to understanding what's going on during production and on their minds while the shooting the movie.

Included in the books are hundreds of behind-the-scenes photos, scanned scripts, sketches of sets and ships, several film stills and immensely valuable and insightful interviews. It's essentially a very well documented production diary.

There are lots of details included. Read about how George Lucas was a compulsive writer who doesn't and cannot stop working. Find out how they overcome crisis like when one of their robots caught fire. Share their euphoria when they first received reactions from movie goers. And I can go on and on.

This is the definitive volume. It's well worth the money for any Star Wars fan or movie maker.

There are two covers for this book, a hardcover and the paperback. It's highly recommended to get the hardcover, more expensive, version. This book is big and thick at 314 pages. The spine of the softcover will most definitely wear off in the future.

There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.