Summary
J. W. Rinzler reconstructs the making of the original Star Wars from archive documents and interviews recorded around production. He follows changing script drafts, the creation of Industrial Light & Magic, studio and budget disputes, casting and difficult shooting work. The account brings together Lucas and the specialists and performers who made the film. Peter Jackson contributes the foreword.
Why read it Our view
Study the path from an uncertain draft to a delivered project. The records on budget disputes, casting, tools and production failures let a creative founder examine the work hidden by the finished film.
Written about
- George LucasProduction-history subjectThe book documents Lucas and his collaborators making the film. Its author is Rinzler; the foreword is by Peter Jackson. No reading recommendation is inferred.Source