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The Making Of The Empire Strikes Back (2010)

by J.W. Rinzler(Favorite Author)

4.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0345509617 (ISBN13: 9780345509611)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

LucasBooks

series

Star Wars: The Making of

review 1: The second in a trilogy of extensive "making of" books dealing with the original Star Wars films. Once again, an extremely difficult film to make. Despite having learned how to do many things in the first film, the ambition behind its sequel was to make it even better. The pressure was on as sequels normally don't do as well as the originals, and as Star Wars had become a huge phenomenon by itself. It is now considered one of the greatest films ever made, and fans are pleased that Lawrence Kasdan (chief screenwriter of "Empire") co-wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Episode VII. This series definitely comes highly recommended. Not only does it provide a great deal more information about the films and the film-making process, but it puts to shame critics of the recent pr... moreequel trilogy as numerous references make it clear that - with the exception of Jar-Jar - the prequels turned out very much how Lucas envisioned them (which is what he's said all along). There are, here and there, hints of possible plot elements concerning the new trilogy that is forthcoming. All of this makes it a fun, informative read.
review 2: At first I was a little uninterested in this book, only because most of my free time for reading is on the train and this isn't really the kind of book you can read on the train. The photos and artwork really do benefit from the size though, and the book itself is an expansively detailed and entertaining look at the making of this film in particular, but also in giving a sense of what making a big budget film can be like. Certainly, not all the problems are delved into as deeply, but this is far from the PR fluff that some 'Making of the film' books are. The book also touches on much of the beginnings of the Lucasfilm juggernaut as a business, giving insight into the movie industry through the microcosm of making what is admittedly one of my all time favorite films. less

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