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FREE THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: THE DEFINITIVE STORY PDF J W Rinzler,Ridley Scott | 361 pages | 07 Sep 2011 | LUCAS BOOKS | 9780345509611 | English | New York, NY, United States The Making of The Empire Strikes Back by J.W. Rinzler Goodreads helps you The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Rinzler Goodreads Author. Ridley Scott Foreword. Rinzler draws back the curtain to reveal the intense drama and magnificent wizardry behind the hit movie—arguably the fan favorite of the Star Wars Saga. Following his The Making of Star Wars, the author has once again made use of his unlimited access to the Lucasfilm Archives and its hidden treasures of previously unpublished interviews, photos, artwork, and production mementos. The result is a comprehensive behind-the-scenes, up- close-and-personal look at the trials and triumphs, risks and close calls, inspiration, perspiration, and imagination that went into every facet of this cinematic masterpiece. Punctuating the epic account is a bounty of drawings, storyboards, and paintings by Ralph McQuarrie, Joe Johnston, and Ivor Beddoes, along with classic and rare production photos. An added bonus is a Foreword by acclaimed director Ridley Scott. Search your feelings, you know it to be true. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. Published October 12th by Del Rey first published October 1st More Details Original Title. Star Wars: The Making of 2. Other Editions 6. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Shelves: filmmaking-ofnostalgia. As with the Jedi book, the research is thorough and extensive, which even extends to captioning pictures and identifying people way in the background. A thick paperback, it was the official making of there was also a magazine too and Rinzler quotes from it extensively, whilst also drawing on other interviews Mr Arnold made at the time but which have previously been unpublished. By the end ofGeorge Lucas was already at work on the sequel and brought in Leigh Brackett to shape the screenplay. As it was, Brackett died before she could work on the second draft and virtually none of what she wrote was used, though Lucas ensured she retained a screen credit. As well as the pre-production of the film, the book also follows the formation of several Lucasfilm entities, including Black Falcon the licensing arm, which I only discovered the existence of in the Jedi bookhow the various divisions were structured and the plans for Skywalker ranch. Best of all though is the information about the ranch - the plans, the daytrips, the fourth of July picnics - and Rinzler paints a wonderful picture of the era, the atmosphere remembered fondly by all those involved in it, a tight and small close-knit group that felt like a family. But even as the production wore on and the dealings with the banks got more intense and Lucas was pushed into an executive role with his companies Lucasfilm funded the whole projectthings were changing. As it is, this seems as troubling to Lucas as anyone else. Production began The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story the main unit at Finse in Norway and it seems to have been a disaster from the beginning. Weather delayed shooting, Kershner took his time and things got away from Kurtz, leading to his eventual estrangement from the Lucasfilm group, with Howard Kazanjian who would go on to produce Jedi getting more involved. As his pace upset the schedule and pushed the film over budget, issues with cashflow and the banks kicked in, adding further to the stresses that Lucas was trying to hide from his director. For his part, Kershner comes across well, imbuing the material with depth and emotion and working hard with his cast and crew to make things are good as they possibly can be. Working in the moment, having already planned thoroughly, he liked to leave enough room for conversations and discussions with his actors the Carbon freezing sequence, as mentioned above, shows this brilliantly that clearly benefit the film. Of the actors, Mark Hamill comes across very well, though he does comment he and Carrie Fisher clashed a few times. In fact, with the production keen to film her scenes and release her, it appears her well-documented foray into addiction was already taking hold. Ford, for his part, comes across as occasionally stroppy but always keen to do a good job. I got nostalgic for the grand old days on the Death Star, when Harrison, Carrie, Chewie and I were all together in the trash compactor. Production complete, the action moves back to California. In between designing shots far more than the original film and creating new worlds and ships and creatures, the team also had to design and build new equipment and the schedule very quickly becomes constrictive. Rinzler, as with every other aspect of the production, is exhaustive in The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story approach to the ILM work, with shots often mapped out by the frame so that they fit into the already fine-edited final cut of the film which Lucas would add a few The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story too, between the initial limited-run 70mm release and the wide 35mm one. Ladd set the film up at his new Ladd Company and Lucas was sponsor on the film, with the proviso that if it went over budget, the funds should come from his fee. Rinzler examines contemporary interviews and one, from Time magazine inseems particularly pertinent. The Phantom Menace was released in Rinzler also details how perceptive Lucas was with future technology and how it would assist the film-making process, especially with digital images. Sprocket Systems later renamed Skywalker Sound had a Computer Research and Development Division set up within it, headed by Ed Catmull, to develop computer aided visual and sounding editing equipment. They also developed the Pixar system, which would later become the Pixar Division and be sold off to Steve Jobs. The post-production part ends with a section on the matte paintings which Harrison Ellenshaw, Ralph McQuarrie and Michael Pangrazio created. Showing them in progress and often against the final frames, these are gloriously reproduced and a real sight to behold. Candid, thorough and superbly researched, this is painstakingly extensive and never less than readable and filled with beautifully reproduced photographs. I thought the Jedi book would be the benchmark but I think Rinzler has excelled himself here. Very highly recommended. Nov 28, William Johnson rated it really liked it Shelves: since-joining-goodreadssilver-screen, wars. This book is not just a loo inside the making of a movie You imagine what it takes to make a movie and it is depicted here. But it goes even beyond THAT, believe it or not, as the beginning of the sequel to the massive hit Star Wars was also the beginning of Lucasfilm as we knew it until most recently, when it was bought by Disney. So The Making of Empire serves as a making of a movie as well as a making of a business. With full access to the Lucas archives, this book provides birth-to-death details, with The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story, video and audio, of the making of more than just a simple movie. I love acting, I The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story on-set revelations, I love directing, I love film scores and I love set design. I like screenwriting and I like editing. I can take or leave conceptual design like drawings and The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story. I don't much care for visual effects design, sound editing and mixing, matte painting design or breaking down budgets. So yes, there are patches I found entirely stimulating and others I found rather dull hence the one star off. I enjoyed the historical context and seeing the birth of the most successful independent film studio in history was a delight. But I also loved the character study of George Lucas, whether intentional or not. I think many people assume Empire is the best because Lucas didn't have any say over the directing and he didn't 'write' the script It gives a glass-half-empty Lucas viewer a bit of a different side to see. It made me feel for director Irvin Kershner who had to fight for his vision the visual effects side didn't even recognize him as director as Lucas directed all the visual effects; the crew keep calling it George's film in the book but it also made me realize how persuasive and innovative Lucas is on many fronts, not just the technical. Hell, it almost makes me appreciate his take on the prequels The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story seeing him portrayed in this book So, outside the black and white behind the scene stuff, you get a fascinating character study on a man much maligned by recent cinematic offerings. So it takes it up a notch over standard behind the scenes fare. Overall, a The Making of the Empire Strikes Back: The Definitive Story and bold work that I loved, for the most part, to read.

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