Just as" Star Wars: "Episode VI "Return of the Jedi" completed the
most successful cinematic trilogy of its generation, perhaps of all
time, this splendid thirtieth-anniversary tribute completes "New
York Times "bestselling author J. W. Rinzler's trio of fascinating
behind-the-scenes books celebrating George Lucas's classic films.
Once again, the author's unprecedented access to the formidable
Lucasfilm Archives has yielded a mother lode of extremely
informative, vastly entertaining, and often unexpected stories,
anecdotes, recollections, and revelations straight from the closely
guarded set of a big-screen blockbuster in the making. Brimming
with previously unpublished photos, production artwork, script
excerpts, exclusive intel, vintage on-set interviews, and
present-day commentary, "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the
Jedi "chronicles "how George Lucas and his crew of extroverted
artists, misfits, and expert craftspeople roused themselves to
great heights for a third time" to create the next unforgettable
chapter in one of the most beloved sagas of all time. Get up close
to the action and feel like a studio insider as
- creator George Lucas, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Lawrence
Kasdan, and director Richard Marquand huddle in a script conference
to debate the destinies of iconic "Star Wars" characters, as well
as plot twists and turns for the epic final showdown between the
Rebel Alliance and the Empire
- artists and craftspeople at the groundbreaking Industrial Light
& Magic facility top their own revolutionary
innovations--despite the infamous Black Friday--with
boundary-pushing new "analog "visual effects
- a crack team of sculptors, puppeteers, actors, and
"monster-makers" bring Jabba the Hutt and his cohorts to startling,
slobbering life from the inside out
- a "Who's Who" of heavyweight directors--from such films as
"Superman, Gremlins, Halloween, Dune, Scanners, "and" Time
Bandits"--are considered for the coveted job of bringing a new
"Star Wars" adventure to the silver screen
- actors and crew race to the finish line at Elstree Studios, in a
fiery desert, and beneath the trees of a dense redwood
forest--before money runs out--to answer the questions that
audiences had waited three years to find out: Is Darth Vader really
Luke's father, who is the "other"--and who or what is the Emperor?
"Star Wars"' stars from both sides of the camera--including Mark
Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter
Mayhew, David Prowse, Alec Guinness, director Richard Marquand,
producer Howard Kazanjian, Ralph McQuarrie, Joe Johnston, Dennis
Muren, Phil Tippett, and mastermind George Lucas--weigh in with
candid insights on everything from technical challenges, character
design, Ewoks, the Empire's galactic city planet, and the ultimate
challenge of bringing the phenomenal space fantasy to a dramatic
close. "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" gives a
spectacular subject its just due, with more than five hundred
images and many, many new interviews.
Praise for "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi"
"Just like Rinzler's 2010 volume about "Empire Strikes Back, The
Making of Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi" is an indispensible
volume that will add tons of insight to your appreciation of George
Lucas' Original Trilogy. Rinzler has gone through masses of
production documents at Lucasfilm and interviewed tons of people,
and come up with a portrait of Lucas struggling to find a fitting
ending to his ambitious, heroic saga."--"io9"
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