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Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution

Michael Rubin

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Summary

Michael Rubin traces the technical work around George Lucas, Lucasfilm, Pixar and American Zoetrope. The history follows computer scientists entering a film company, the development of digital sound and editing, the graphics and games groups, and attempts to turn tools into products. It also covers spinouts, the effort to sell Pixar and the closure of DroidWorks. Rubin worked in the Lucasfilm Computer Division.

  • SourceDroidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution — source record · Chapters introduction and chapters 9–26: Lucasfilm Computer Division, graphics, games, EditDroid/SoundDroid, subsidiary, Pixar sale and DroidWorks closure.
  • SourceOpen Library — library-sourced edition · 2005 Triad hardcover, ISBN 9780937404676; Library of Congress/Harvard source records.

Why read it Our view

Study the gap between a working technical invention and a viable product. Chapters on subsidiary formation, product development, selling Pixar and closing DroidWorks make this useful for founders managing research inside a creative business.

Written about

  • George LucasFounder and company-history subject
    Rubin’s history centers on Lucas and the technological work inside his company. It is not a book Lucas wrote or a personal reading recommendation.
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