Star Wars author celebrates unseen force of Star Wars |

New York Times best-selling author and Lucasfilm Executive Editor J.W. Rinzler (author of The Making of Star Wars) will discuss his latest book at New York Comic-Con 2011. The book, Star Wars: The Blueprints, celebrates the unsung heroes of the Star Wars movies: the production designers, set dressers, and the draftsmen in UK art departments. Rinzler will show how they designed the iconic sets of the original trilogy and show exclusive photos from Star Wars: The Blueprints. Les Dilley, the Academy Award winning art director of Star Wars, will be a special guest during the panel discussion.

Date: Friday, October 14
Time: 10:45 am – 11:45 am
Location: Jacob Javits Center, Room 1A03

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More about Star Wars: The Blueprints

Star Wars: The Blueprints brings together, for the first time, the original blueprints created for the filming of the Star Wars Saga. Drawn from deep within the Lucasfilm Archives and combined with exhaustive and insightful commentary from best-selling author J. W. Rinzler, the collection maps in precise, vivid, and intricate detail the very genesis of the most enduring and beloved story ever to appear onscreen. Star Wars: The Blueprints gives voice to the groundbreaking and brilliant engineers, designers, and artists that have, in film after film, created the most imaginative and iconic locales in the history of cinema. Melding science and art, these drawings giving birth to fantastic new worlds, ships, and creatures.

Most importantly, Blueprints shows how in bringing this extraordinary epic to life, the world of special effects as we know it was born. For the first time, here you will see the initial concepts behind such iconic Star Wars scenes as the Rebel blockade runner hallways, the bridge of General Grievous s flagship, the interior of the fastest hunk of junk in the Galaxy, and Jabba the Hutt’s palace. Never before seen craftsmanship and artistry is evident whether floating on the Death Star, escaping on a speeder bike, or exploring the Tatooine Homestead.

Star Wars: The Blueprints is a limited edition. Only 5,000 hand-numbered English language copies will be available.