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Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars

Trisha Biggar; preface by George Lucas; foreword by Rick McCallum

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Summary

Costume designer Trisha Biggar explains how Star Wars costumes moved from sketches to finished screen work. The book presents material from all six films, with a focus on the prequels, and includes images from the Lucasfilm archives and comments from actors. Lucas supplies a preface; McCallum supplies a foreword.

  • SourceDressing a Galaxy — original book description · Opening description: Biggar guides costume creation from sketch to screen; all six films, focus on prequels; photographs/illustrations from Lucasfilm archives; actor comments. Bibliographic information ISBN 0810965674.
  • SourceNII CiNii — full contributor and edition statement · Bibliographic Information: Trisha Biggar; preface by George Lucas; foreword by Rick McCallum; Insight Editions with Harry N. Abrams, 2005. Details ISBN 0810965674.
  • SourceAcademy Margaret Herrick Library — contributor confirmation · Last paragraph identifies Biggar, Lucas preface and McCallum foreword for its limited-edition copy. Used to confirm roles, not to assign limited-edition ISBN to trade edition.

Why read it Our view

Use the design process to examine how drawings, materials and the needs of performers shape a finished product. Study the work of a specialist design team.

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  • George LucasPreface contributor; production subject
    Lucas wrote the preface to Biggar’s costume-design book. Rick McCallum wrote the foreword. This does not make Lucas the main author.
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