 |
| Ready to discover the secrets of the Prequel Trilogy? The latest Star Wars Archives book gets a new hardback release. Image: Taschen. |
There had been online rumours that it's expected publication wasn't going to happen, but to the delight of Star Wars Prequel fans everywhere worldwide, Taschen books 2021 lavishly produced The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I- III 1999 -2005, written and compiled by respected media favourite and long-time Taschen favourite British author Paul Duncan, has finally made its way into a brand-new compact and gorgeous smaller-sized edition, where it will no doubt sell very well indeed this Christmas, and especially following a positive time this year when the Prequel era set likes of Disney+ TV series Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor have helped cement and heighten fan respectability to George Lucas's brave-in-the-telling pre- A New Hope era that started over twenty years ago.
As with his previous acclaimed must-have tome covering the Original Trilogy, Duncan's expansive and enlightening interview with film legend George Lucas continues, and is once more fascinating and compelling to read- the writer/director, always thinking outside the box, revealing the impetus and struggles to get the Prequel saga out of his imagination and onto both celluloid and digital, and how he fought the marketeers and critics (as well as some of his own company members and friend/colleagues) in telling the stories he ultimately wanted to tell, during an incredible and controversial time when a filmmaking revolution had been ushered in with the pioneering dawn of CGI, and how these new technique's increased use and development would enhance and increase Lucas's sensibilities and play tool box for generating epic visual storytelling, adding to the overall legacy of the Star Wars saga and its already encompassing pop culture legacy and mythology.
Alongside all those remarkable insights and revelations (there's definitely some all-new surprises in here!), feast your eyes on a wealth of superb stills and on set photography (especially from The Phantom Menace, which had the most practical sets and locations for filming across the Prequels), gorgeous concept art (from the likes of veteran art talents Doug Chiang, Ryan Church and Eric Tiemens) beautifully re-scanned and printed to show incredibly rich detail, and rare behind the scenes information/script pages that haven't been made available anywhere else culled from months of exhaustive research work deep in the hallowed and mysterious halls of the Lucasfilm Archive by the dedicated author. Hey, it's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it for our benefit!
Complete your Star Wars Archives collection with this wonderful chronicle of three bold, colourful films that are deservedly becoming re-evaluated (slowly but surely) with their legacy, and whose spirited, evolving conceptual history proves both an intriguing read and a veritable visual goldmine of storytelling beauty and innovation. The titles are a worthy and formidable continuance/compliment to those previously acclaimed Making of books crafted for the George Lucas side of the Star Wars filmmaking universe, compiled with equal care and dedication, by the late, much-missed J.W. Rinzler.
Find out more about the book, and purchase it here:
The Star Wars Archives. 1999–2005. 40th Ed. - TASCHEN Books
No comments:
Post a Comment