The Making of Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace
An Imperial Star Destroyer plus a doughnut equals a Neimoidian battleship. So revealsPhantom Menacedesign director Doug Chiang, as he's discussing how the previousStar Warsfilms influenced the conceptual planning ofEpisode I. Fans ofStar Wars, of course, love to get this kind of skinny, andThe Making of Episode Idoesn't disappoint. In this comprehensive account ofPhantom Menace's origins, packed with page after page of behind-the-scenes sketches and set photos, you also learn about the many hairdos of the Jedi, how Huttese is based on the Incan language Catua, and what a huge influenceYoung Indiana Joneshad onEpisode I's seat-of-the-pants, guerrilla-style production.All the films in theStar Warssaga share unusual origins, butPhantom Menacemay take the prize with its ground-breaking technology, nonlinear digital production process, strenuous casting demands, and, of course, the idiosyncratic style of Lucas himself, with his focus on editing and collaboration with actors and designers. The veterans of quite a few "making of" books and documentaries, Laurent Bouzereau (Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays) and Jody Duncan (Cinefexmagazine) don't miss a trick, combining exclusive Lucas interviews with blow-by-blow recountings of every stage in the process, from initial script development and casting to storyboarding, costume design, and set-building through to shooting, editing, and scoring.--Paul Hughes--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.