Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy

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Review “Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy shows just how much pre-planning went into the original iconic trilogy.” (The Week Magazine online)“Star Wars fans, take note . . . the book offers a glimpse into the detailed planning and rounds of story revisions that went into the original films.” (Parade Online)"Star Wars fans, rejoice — today is the big day that Lucasfilm opens up the archives and bestows upon you Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy." (Flavorwire)"The book contains fantastic insight into how the films' stories and characters were conceived…" (Esquire.com)"Nerd out over how Star Wars might have been." (Wired)"Every Star Wars fan should get this Star Wars Storyboards book." (Gizmodo) Read more About the Author J. W. Rinzler, executive editor at Lucasfilm Ltd., is the author of the New York Times bestsell­ers The Making of Star Wars and The Making of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. He lives in Petaluma, California. Joe Johnston served as a storyboard and concept artist on the original Star Wars trilogy. He has since directed The Rocketeer, Jumanji, and Captain America: The First Avenger. He lives in Los Angeles. Nilo Rodis-Jamero served as the assistant art director of visual effects for The Empire Strikes Back and as costume designer for Return of the Jedi. Read more

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Seeing that there's already Star Wars Storyboards: The Prequel Trilogy, it's probably not surprising to expect a second book to complete the set.Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy is as thick as the earlier book at 352 pages. It's hardcover and the paper quality is nice.The storyboards featured are split between Episodes IV, V and VI, with 82, 112 and 142 pages devoted to each respectively.These storyboards are of course way older than those from the Prequel Trilogy book. Some of the storyboard artists include Joe Johnston, Ralph McQuarrie, Nilo Rodis-Jamero, Roy Carnon and more. There are 15 artists total. You can see different drawing styles, and medium such as in pencil, ink, markers and even watercolours.Not every sequence in the film are included of course. In this book are mostly those that require visual effects, or action scenes, or the more complex sequences. It's cool to study the composition and story flow, and the handling of space and perspective is impressive.The art is fantastic. Many of the storyboards are drawn quite detailed. You can actually make out the designs for the mask that rebels and stormtroopers are wearing. Same goes for the many spaceships and robots.It's interesting looking at the storyboards for these three old films. Even though the technology supposedly outdated by today's film or sci-fi standards, it doesn't feel that way because of the suggestive nature of art.The text only comes in the form of short captions describing the scenes on each page.This is a great artbook that goes well together with the Prequel Trilogy book.Highly recommended to those who love Star Wars and storyboards.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

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