Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

This official behind-the-scenes companion to Star Wars: The Last Jedi (the sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens) offers fans exclusive access to the Lucasfilm art department's creative process

Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper , The Brothers Bloom , Brick) and production designed by Rick Heinrichs (Fargo , The Big Lebowski , The Nightmare Before Christmas , Captain America: The First Avenger) , Star Wars: The Last Jedi , like every chapter before it, owes its visual language and fully imagined cinematic landscape to an incomparable art department: the Lucasfilm "visualists." The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi explores their vision and illuminates their creative process in stunning detail. Featuring concept art, costume sketches, and storyboards, this book takes fans on a deep dive into the development of the fantastic worlds, characters, and creatures-both old and new-of The Last Jedi . Exclusive interviews with the filmmakers and with the Lucasfilm visualists provides a running commentary on this unforgettable art, and reveals the inspirations behind moviemaking magic at its finest.

Through 300 gorgeous illustrations, Phil Szostak takes you through the Lucasfilm storyboards, character profiles, and concept art that became Rian Johnson's triumphant The Last Jedi.

Autorentext

Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Szostak has worked in conjunction with Star Wars art departments since 2008. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Szostak ran the JAK Films Art Department at Skywalker Ranch for more than three years before joining the narrative design team on LucasArts’ Star Wars: 1313. He is also the author of The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Abrams, 2015), The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Abrams, 2017), The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Abrams, 2020), and The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season One) (Abrams, 2020). He lives in San Francisco.

Klappentext

"Explores [the Lucasfilm art department's] vision and illuminates [its] creative process ... Featuring concept art, costume sketches, and storyboards, this book takes fans on a deep dive into the development of the fantastic worlds, characters, and creatures--both old and new--of The Last Jedi. Exclusive interviews with the filmmakers and with the Lucasfilm visualists [provide] a running commentary on this ... art, and [reveal] the inspirations behind [their process]"--Amazon.com.

Zusammenfassung
Featuring unforgettable art and exclusive interviews with the filmmakers, this visual archive highlights moviemaking magic at its finest.