The Essential Reader's Companion (Star Wars) (Star Wars: Essential Guides)
Pablo Hidalgois the brand communications manager at Lucasfilm, a residentStar Warsauthority who helps ensure consistency across a wide array ofStar Warsprojects. He lives with his wife in San Francisco, California. Jeff Carlisleis a freelance illustrator and concept designer who has spent a good portion of the last decade in a Galaxy Far, Far Away. He has designed or illustrated for variousStar Warsprojects, such as books, magazines, web comics, role-playing and miniatures games, trading cards, posters, art prints, sketch cards, and even paper airplanes. Joe Corroneyhas been professionally creatingStar Warsartwork for books, games, trading cards, comic books, posters, and magazines since 1997. Currently, in addition toStar Wars,he’s illustrating for IDW’sTrue BloodandStar Trekongoing comic book series. Joe runs a full-time illustration studio where he’s also developing his creator-owned comic book series. Brian Roodis a freelance illustrator who spends most of his time creating new artwork for theStar Warsgalaxy. His work can be found on numerous licensedStar Warsproducts, including toy packaging, Blu-ray packaging, trading cards, and a large assortment ofStar Warsfine art reproductions with ACME Archives Direct. He lives in Southeast Michigan with his wife and two awesome children. Chris Scalfgrew up in Michigan, the middle child of a single mother. He didn’t have much so he thrived on his imagination. He began drawing his favorite moments from the science fiction and monster shows he loved watching on TV. Eventually a high school crush led to marriage and Chris’s desire to provide for his new family by making a living as an artist. In 2006 Chris was hired to paint his firstStar Warsproject, the R2-D2 mailboxes for the USPS. Today, Chris spreads his work between commercial art and advertising and the genre art he loved so much as a kid. He still lives in Michigan with his wife and daughter. Darren Tanwas born and raised in Malaysia where he grew up drawing spaceships, dinosaurs, and the stuff of his imagination, which was fueled by movies and computer games. Inspired by these, he went on to study animation and later graduated as a computer animator from Sheridan College, Canada. After a brief stint in 3-D animation, he decided to trade in polygons for a Wacom tablet. Now he works as a digital concept artist at Imaginary Friends Studios and is enjoying getting paid for his hobby. Apart from his passion for art andStar Wars,he is also a big fan of The Lord of the Rings and enjoys delving into medieval and church history. He now lives with his beautiful wife in sunny Singapore. Chris Trevasis a freelance illustrator forStar Warsbooks, games, trading cards, packaging, and many other products. His book credits include fourStar Wars: Essential Guides for Del Rey as well as severalStar Warstechnical guides and blueprints.