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Author: J. W. Rinzler
ISBN : 1611097967
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Star Wars: The Blueprints brings together the original technical drawings from deep within the Lucasfilm Archives. Combined with insightful commentary from best-selling author J. W. Rinzler, the collection maps in precise, vivid, and intricate detail the very genesis of one of the most enduring and beloved stories to appear onscreen.

The meticulously researched text gives voice to the groundbreaking and brilliant engineers, designers, and artists that have, in film after film, created the most imaginative and iconic locales. Blueprints shows how in bringing this extraordinary epic to life, early concepts were translated into iconic sets—the rebel blockade runner, the Millennium Falcon, the bridge of General Grievous’s flagship, Jabba the Hutt’s throne room, and many others—thanks to the exquisite craftsmanship and artistry of successive art departments.

Special Features:
     •More than 250 blueprints
     •More than 500 photographs and illustrations
     •Ten gatefolds

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• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: 47North (April 2, 2013)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1611097967
• ISBN-13: 978-1611097962
• Product Dimensions: 14.6 x 12.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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If you can afford this book, buy it.

Since STARS WARS first came out, it's produced an avalanche of licensed product taller than Jabba the Hut, including sumptuous art books. But this book, in size, towers above them all. A first-class example of book production, from its gorgeous tray case to the oversized book amply illustrated with blueprints and supportive text and photographs, this is the kind of book you'll show off to your friends and neighbors, and leaf through with a look of amazement.

In every possible way -- the oversized format, the printing on coated paper stock, the sturdy sewn signatures, the flawless reproduction, and the handsome tray case that protects the book -- this is a work of art, and for the author, a labor of love.

Limited to 5000 copies, mine was numbered in the 2000's, so based on that, the book is half sold out. (It may be that other vendors got copies with higher numbers, which suggests that readers with Jedi-like wisdom should buy sooner than later.)

At $500, it's admittedly a luxury. You can live without this, but why would your want to? At a time when trade publishers are cheapening books in every possible way, with crappy printing, glue binding, tiny type, printed on paper with the consistently of toilet paper, this book is its own best argument: Books can be, in themselves, works of art.

You don't have to be a STAR WARS fan to appreciative this massive tome. I imagine every mechanical engineer with a taste for fantasy and science fiction will find this book compulsively readable and viewable.

I should add that it comes boxed with an ingenious buffer-like cardboard insert that protects the fragile corners of the tray case from damage.

The good:
- Blueprints you haven't seen yet.
- Many of them big. The book is big.

The so-so:
- Some of them are on two pages, so something is lost in the fold.
- The blueprints haven't been photoshopily enhanced. They are original, yes, vintage... but they are also yellow. They aren't dirty or creased however.

The bad:
- It's incomplete! Yes it is. And without reason. For such a big book that calls itself THE blueprints, I expected completeness. But for example it doesn't have all of the 1977 "star wars blueprints" book blueprints. But it has most. So why have some been left away?
- Many important blueprints (mainly of Star Wars) were lost. This is sad and can't be changed. However I can find a lot of original blueprints in the web (e.g. of the ATST), which are not lost. They were only lost by Rinzler when he made the book.
- There is very few material of Ep. II and III. They say it's because everything is CG. I understand that: No props means no drawings for the propmakers. However many props must have been made (like Lightsabers) but have no blueprints? "they have been lost" doesn't count here, because if everything was done with CAD, they could simply have saved it forever on cheap, but durable, USB sticks.
- It's expensive. OK, this is not the 10-times more expensive limited Edition, but in my eyes it's still too expensive.

Conclusion:
I feel a little bit fooled. I expected so much more and I am dissapointed that this is, like so often, not THE final, THE complete, THE ultimate thing.
On the other hand, I'm happy that I bought it. For me as a hobby 3D modeler it is really a useful book.
For everybody who is 'just' a Star Wars fan, this book will not give you much. It doesn't feature all the sets and vehicles.