Star Wars: The Blueprints brings together, for the first time, the original blueprints created for the filming of the Star Wars Saga. Drawn from deep within the Lucasfilm Archives and combined with exhaustive and insightful commentary from best-selling author J. W. Rinzler, the collection maps in precise, vivid, and intricate detail the very genesis of the most enduring and beloved sets ever to appear onscreen.
Star Wars: The Blueprints showcases more than 250 of the original and unpublished technical drawings created for all six films of the Star Wars Saga. In this massive, oversized volume, all-new photographs of the blueprints are matched with supporting images of concept design, production models, film stills and new interviews with many of the films' original production designers, draftspeople, and set decorators. This revelatory look at the Star Wars universe was created in partnership with Lucasfilm, and authored by Lucasfilm executive editor, J. W. Rinzler.
The book includes the original drawings of the most iconic ships and locales seen in Star Wars, detailing their changes from concept to production to film, as well as one or two sets that were never included in the final films, providing Star Wars enthusiasts new insight into the creative development of the Saga.
Star Wars: The Blueprints will be published in Fall 2011 as a single, limited edition of 5,000 hand-numbered copies, the first 125 of which will be signed by the three surviving Academy-Award® winners for Best Art Direction (Star Wars, 1978): art director Norman Reynolds; art director Les Dilley; and set dresser Roger Christian.
A custom-made cloth case holds the massive book of technical drawings within. Featuring 10 gatefolds that open to just shy of four feet in length, Star Wars: The Blueprints captures the original materials in breathtaking detail. Each book is hand-numbered. With an exclusive, limited run of only 5,000 English language copies, the incredible story told will appeal to the most passionate fans and collectors.
Like an archeologist, author J. W. Rinzler reveals the incredible story behind each blueprint. Each seminal design was handpicked by Rinzler and his expert panel of three Academy Award®-winning artists: Dennis Muren, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) visual effects supervisor on the original Star Wars trilogy; John Knoll, ILM visual effects supervisor for the Star Wars prequel trilogy films; and Lorne Peterson, ILM model shop supervisor for all six Star Wars films.
Rinzler, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Making of Star Wars, includes new insights from discussions with Norman Reynolds, the Academy Award winning production designer and art director for the original Star Wars trilogy, and Gavin Bocquet, the production designer of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, well as many others from the Star Wars production departments. These interviews reveal previously unexplored details behind the creation of Star Wars.
Check out the sample spreads and sneak peek trailer below, and head on over to www.theblueprintsbook.com to pre-order your copy today!
Sample spreads:
Specifications:
Star Wars: The Blueprints
- Oversize folio, 15" x 18", 336 pages, 35 pounds
- Clothbound volume housed in cloth-lined clamshell case
- More than 500 photographs and illustrations
- Ten 45" x 18" gatefolds
- Each copy individually numbered
- The English-language edition of this epic collector's volume will be limited to 5,000 numbered copies
- Certificate of authenticity
- On-sale November, 2011
- Price: $500.00
- Foreign rights have already been sold to the United Kingdom, France, and Japan.
Some design highlights include:
- The Millennium Falcon
- Droids, including R2-D2
- The Y-wing and the X-wing starfighters
- The Rebel Blockade Runner
- The Cantina
- The Death Star
- The Ewok forest, the battle of Hoth and much more!
Sneak Peek Trailer
