This author delves into the realms of history and collecting, with a particular focus on popular culture. Their work often explores the fascination with objects and the significance they hold for collectors. Through their writing, they offer insights into the world of collecting and the motivations behind this passion. Their own collections have even been featured on television, highlighting their expertise and appeal in this niche.
Updated for the first time in a decade, a deluxe, three-volume encyclopedia covers the entire Star Wars universe, including everything having to do with the six films, radio dramas, books, comics, video games, and more, with information on the characters, production, special effects, chronology, and the like, all enhanced with full-color illustrations.
One of the very first Star Wars posters had no images at alljust enormous block letters that announced, "Coming to Your Galaxy This Summer: Star Wars." The rest is history. Now, 28 years later, the 350 most amazing Star Wars movie posters are collected for the first time. This compilation spans the surreal to ultra realistic, the campy to darkly serious: Darth Vader's head exploding in a shower of camera parts; Anakin Skywalker casting an ominous Sith shadow; C-3PO and R2-D2 selling Star Wars shoes; Luke and Vader in mortal battle aboard the Death Star. Classic posters are joined with text by the world's foremost Star Wars collector, Stephen Sansweet, and poster collector Peter Vilmur, behind-the-scenes stories from artists and designers, a scarcity guide to over 2,000 posters, and a bootleg identification guide. Exploding with color, The Star Wars Poster Book illuminates an unexplored corner of Star Wars history. 2005 by Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
TWENTY YEARS AGO, IN A THEATER RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER . . .Movie audiences fell in love with the rogue, the farmboy, the princess, the villain cloaked in black. Each had his or her place in the universe, and each possessed a unique style."I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.""Let the Wookiee win.""Do. Or do not. There is no try."No series of movies--before or since--has yielded so many memorable moments as the Star Wars trilogy. Those moments are captured here, for everyone to carry and enjoy so that, now and forever . . .The Force will be with you . . . always.