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Empire Building: The Remarkable, Real-life Story of Star Wars

Garry Jenkins

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Summary

Garry Jenkins examines the making of Star Wars through interviews and previously unpublished material. The account covers disputes around the films, boardroom power struggles and the effects of success on the people involved. It also considers the films’ appeal and changes in Hollywood and the wider business world. This record uses the 1997 print edition.

  • SourceGoogle Books — publisher synopsis and 1997 Citadel edition · Synopsis: interviews, unpublished material, off-screen dramas, boardroom power struggles, effects on Hollywood and business; Bibliographic information: Garry Jenkins; Carol Publishing Group; 1997; A Citadel Press book; ISBN 9780806519418.

Why read it Our view

Use this account to examine the business conflicts around a creative project and the people who help shape it. Compare the incentives of creators, producers and studios; treat the author’s interpretations as claims to assess.

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  • George LucasBiography and production-history subject
    Jenkins’s history is about Lucas’s films and the business around them. The checked work is the 1997 print edition; the revised 1999 edition is not a second work or proof that all later films were complete.
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