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The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

J. W. Rinzler; foreword by Brad Bird

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Summary

Rinzler reconstructs the production of Return of the Jedi from documents, photographs, script excerpts and interviews. The account includes story conferences with Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan and Richard Marquand, technical work at ILM, creature development and the pressure to finish before funds ran out. It completes Rinzler’s production histories of the original trilogy. Brad Bird contributes the foreword.

  • SourceThe Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi — source record · Book Description bullets; Product Details: 1 October 2013 hardcover; final byline credits Brad Bird foreword.

Why read it Our view

Study the decisions needed to finish a long-running creative project under time and money limits. Compare story debates with the specialist production tasks they create.

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  • George LucasProduction-history subject
    The book documents Lucas and his collaborators making the film. Its author is Rinzler; the foreword is by Brad Bird. No reading recommendation is inferred.
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