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Laserschwert
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Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
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Date created
26-Apr-2007, 4:36 AM
Originally posted by: Fang Zei
Well that's nice to know but I'd appreciate a source. Also, I heard they already did "Making of" books for the other five films to coincide with their respective releases.

HERE'S your source:

With the 300-plus page tome now completed and readying for release, Rinzler already has designs on several other "making of" books fans can look forward to, including upgraded versions of the original Making of Empire and Jedi books printed in the early '80s. "If we're able to do it, the basic idea would be to take the existing texts and add text to fill in the gaps," says Rinzler. "Then we'd throw in tons of the photos and documents that have never been seen before. Those would be fun to do."

First, however, Rinzler is busy researching a second set of books chronicling the making of another famous trilogy -- or rather quartet -- of films. "That's the number one priority for the moment," he says.