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J.W. Rinzler

by: SithScribe

date posted: Jul 13, 2006 5:55 PM | updated: Jul 14, 2006 10:40 AM

On the Way to Comic-Con

Hello One and All,
Next week I'll be going down to San Diego to participate in the craziness (and looking for some comic books from the 1970s). Lorne Peterson will be there--and I have to say his book, Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop is looking fantastic. It's been fun to edit. We're pretty much done with the interior design, the writing is approved, the cover is done--George Lucas, Rick McCallum and Phil Tippett have done their pieces...and Lorne has done some incredible sculpts--just for this book! I can't say exactly what they are, but the deluxe edition will be at least as sumptuous as Dressing a Galaxy. Now we're working on the booklets that will go inside the deluxe edition, which comes out this November.

Let's see...what else is happening. I've finished the first draft of the Making of Star Wars book--this is for the original 1977 film. George Lucas read the rough draft, made some corrections, filled in some blanks, and signed off on that. So now the captions are done for the chosen images--many, many never seen before--and we're just starting the design for the book, which comes out in April 2007. So we're in fairly good shape.

We're really happy with the response to the four Sith covers for latest Star Wars Insider--thanks to Aaron McBride and Christian Alzmann of ILM! I think it was one of the highlights of 2006 for publishing. The New Essential Guide to Droids is either in or on its way to bookstores and it has some really great work in it by illustrator Ian Fullwood and author Dan Wallace. We're also finishing up the New Essential Guide to Alien Species--and it too has dozens of great new paintings.

And... there are more things in the works that shall remain nameless for now. But stay tuned to starwars.com...

thanks all,
Jonathan Rinzler
Executive Editor
Lucasfilm

http://blogs.starwars.com/jwrinzler/4

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	Oocleenee KViKJNJJ
date Posted: Jul 13, 2006 6:08 PM Hey that's neat! Must be fun to do that stuff. i wish i could go to the con. i live in Maine though and it would be a trip not to mention the $$$. Hopefully there will be one on the eastcoast in New England somewhere in the future. Thanks for the info in the post here.

	rj_peters Memos from the Imperial Finance Department
date Posted: Jul 13, 2006 6:12 PM The New Essential Guide to Droids is either in or on its way to bookstores and it has some really great work in it by illustrator Ian Fullwood and author Dan Wallace. It's definitely out there. And it's great. Kudos to all involved!

	bonniegrrl Droids Just Wanna Have Fun
date Posted: Jul 13, 2006 8:02 PM thanks so much for the update, Jonathan! I made this the Blog of the Day so more fans can check out your annoucement! See ya at Comic-Con!

	MissPadme Miss Padme's Naboo Love Nest
date Posted: Jul 13, 2006 8:44 PM Sweet! I look forward to Modeling A Galaxy and The Making of Star Wars .

	The Stooge Star Wars Joke-A-Day
date Posted: Jul 14, 2006 9:05 AM I loved Dressing a Galaxy -- can't wait to see the new one!

	nob01 Oil Bath Bubbles
date Posted: Jul 14, 2006 9:41 AM The New Essential Guide to Droids is a great book and nicely put together - hats off to all involved. The Making of Star Wars is going to be a must next year, as we are are all swept up in the celebration of 30 years (30YEARS?!!) of Star Wars. Good luck with all the new publications - and have a great time at ComicCon.

lovelucas

date Posted: Jul 14, 2006 1:37 PM

so.....The Making of the Making of Star Wars, 30 years later. Hope memory retention is a prerequiste for Lucasfilm employment. - so far everything you've been attached to has been stellar.....so this will be my New Hope. and also that this bodes well = authors and BTS folks will be attending CIV (another NEW HOPE!)

Good luck on scouting out and finding those comics you're seeking.
and I never did discover access to that shot from RotS I was seeking - Anakin on the verandah at night looking out at the Coruscant skyline - I believe Dusso was the matte artist. I contacted him but he said Lucasfilm now owns the artwork {sigh}.

ewanandhaydenfan5
I Have You Now!

date Posted: Jul 14, 2006 4:42 PM

Great to hear from you, J.W. (May I call you that?)

I own Making of Revenge of the Sith...what a great look behind the scenes.

Making of Star Wars sounds exciting, I can't wait to get it!

We're really happy with the response to the four Sith covers for latest Star Wars InsiderI received the Vader cover, and I loved it...very menacing. All of the covers were fantastic, especially the Emporer cover - it gave me the chills.

Wish I could make it to Comic-Con, but mileage and funds are prohibitive. Have a good time!

	SithScribe J.W. Rinzler
date Posted: Jul 14, 2006 5:09 PM Thanks for all the positive feedback on past, present and future titles. One item: The making of Star Wars book will be based on archival interviews almost exclusively. So no need for memories to function (cos they usually don't)--there are actually many old interviews from back then that were never published. Should make for interesting reading, I hope...

	janlomona Smugglers Rants
date Posted: Jul 16, 2006 9:17 AM Jonathan, I found your blog again. Many thanks for the interview last week, finished annotating it and read it back -there's some very neat stuff in there. Hope to cross paths again in the future, and enjoy comic-con. Cheers mate,

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