The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

[Darth Waller]

Looks like there's an ESB hardback coming out in July similar to the one they released for ANH.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Very cool! Put it on my Amazon wish list! Thanks, Darth Waller!

 

[LOTRFan]

This will be a must-have, the ANH volume is full of so much information and rare photos; and Ridley Scott eh - cool.

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

Is $54 a good price for the ANH Hardcover ?

 

[Jaycepticon]

thanks for the heads up, I love books like these. I just added this to my cart and bought the RotS and ANH books

 

[Atilla the Professor]

This is a must buy. Written by the same guy who did The Making of for Star Wars and Indiana Jones, right?
Empire is the best anyways =D

 

[Darth Waller]

Is $54 a good price for the ANH Hardcover ?

I think that's a pretty good price - 37% off. The paperpack is also 37% off and cheaper, but you got to love hardbacks.

 

[The ill Jedi]

Thanks for posting this Waller, I have the ANH book and I love it. I'll be getting this for sure.

 

[Darth Waller]

Thanks for posting this Waller, I have the ANH book and I love it. I'll be getting this for sure.

You better or you're not my friend.

 

[shockwave]

I'm looking forward to it too. I will wait till Black Friday which is near my B-Day.

I hope I can wait till then.....

 

[Ultimate Weapon]

Thanks for the heads-up. I heard this was coming so I'm glad to see it's finally nearing a release date. The first book was exceptional - probably one of the best publications on the OT next to the original SW Chronicles.

Can't wait to flip through this book.

 

[fantasymaker]

Yes, a great notice , i have ANH version it's a beautiful book .

 

[MANDO]

Sweeeeeeeet!

 

[Darth Madden]

I love the ANH one... this will be cool.

 

[IrishJedi]

They announced this at SDCC last year, but it was delayed several months because Lucas read the draft and asked for some content edits. I don't like the sound of that at all considering his history with the EMPIRE production... he probably asked for some punches to be pulled so he doesn't look like as much of a ____head.

Still, it will be a must-own. The JEDI edition is already in the works.

 

[Deak Starkiller]

"You're ruining my movie." I can't wait. I still think the Star Wars book made him inadvertently look like a controlling *********. In hindsight it seems as if the original trilogy was awesome only out of necessity not out of desire. I think he secretly hates the fact everyone loves Empire, you can see it in interviews. I'll definitely preorder.

 

[OSCORP]

George Lucas: Empire Was the Worst Star Wars Film!

by Ryan Stewart Feb 10th 2007 // 9:01PM
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Scripts, George Lucas, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

On Wednesday of this week, entertainment blogger David Poland threw up a rather perfunctory account of the Publicist's Guild luncheon: "I kinda like this particular high-school event. There is no pressure on me to report. I am comfortable knowing that this is a group that will never nominate me for their journalistic award." But pressure or no, he did report one item of interest, two days late. Yesterday afternoon, Poland tossed in an update on the lunch that he forgot to dole out originally: "George Lucas, giving the award to Sid Ganis, who was the in-house publicist on Star Wars: Episode Five - The Empire Strikes Back, said, 'Sid is the reason why The Empire Strikes Back is always written about as the best of the films, when it actually was the worst one.'"

Wow. Is there anyone besides Lucas who actually believes this? I think that even if you have a personal animosity against the Yoda character or you think the original film should have spun its sequels in a completely different direction, you have to accept that Empire has superior writing and plotting, not only in comparison to those damn prequels, but probably in comparison to New Hope and Jeditoo.​

 

[Jaycepticon]

'Sid is the reason why The Empire Strikes Back is always written about as the best of the films, when it actually was the worst one.'"
Is there anyone besides Lucas who actually believes this?

me....



....when I was 6

 

[tomandshell]

Well, I'm definitely going to get this when it comes out.

 

[dharper]

George Lucas: Empire Was the Worst Star Wars Film!

by Ryan Stewart Feb 10th 2007 // 9:01PM
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Fandom, Scripts, George Lucas, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

On Wednesday of this week, entertainment blogger David Poland threw up a rather perfunctory account of the Publicist's Guild luncheon: "I kinda like this particular high-school event. There is no pressure on me to report. I am comfortable knowing that this is a group that will never nominate me for their journalistic award." But pressure or no, he did report one item of interest, two days late. Yesterday afternoon, Poland tossed in an update on the lunch that he forgot to dole out originally: "George Lucas, giving the award to Sid Ganis, who was the in-house publicist on Star Wars: Episode Five - The Empire Strikes Back, said, 'Sid is the reason why The Empire Strikes Back is always written about as the best of the films, when it actually was the worst one.'"

Wow. Is there anyone besides Lucas who actually believes this? I think that even if you have a personal animosity against the Yoda character or you think the original film should have spun its sequels in a completely different direction, you have to accept that Empire has superior writing and plotting, not only in comparison to those damn prequels, but probably in comparison to New Hope and Jeditoo.​

I think this is a quote taken out of context. When he said that Empire was the worst, he meant it was the worst one to make because of the success of the original and the expense of making the film.