i would like to know before buying the book i don't need another expensive picture book or another lucas aplogists work, what i want and have wanted for a long time is the actual story of how the film was made and came to be.
i like once upon a galaxy a journal of the making of the empire strikes back and the making of return of the jedi because they cut quick to the chase so to speak to the real meat of the making, warts and all approach including feuding on the set.
the best book up til now on the making of the first film was skywalking, plus there was the starlog and rolling stone interviews as well as the more technical aspects in american cinematographer. cinefex was not around yet the first film on star wars they covered was empire, unless you count the retrospective they did in the early nineties.
i want the hardcover of making of star wars and the star wars chronicles book just need to find a fair price.
on top of buying children of hurin deluxe edition i shall be very broke indeed, lol
never mind me wanting to buy the making of spiderman 3.
Charles Lippincott or "charlie" as he's known to his fans and friends is one of the nicest and most honest and approachable people on the making of the first star wars. someone who i would personally like to meet someday and thank and shake his hand, same with Mr Gary Kurtz.
Charlies love of the great movie serials Flash Gordon from the thirties and forties starring the late great Buster Crabbe. made him a natural to document and oversee the first advertisements and marketing of the film. Like getting the deal made for the 1976 paperback novel and the marvel comic.
I was not alive at the time so i could not go to the world science fiction convention, i am envious of anyone who was there and bought the chaykin poster, and saw the early 35mm promotional slides and got to meet Mark Hamill.