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Publisher: B.T. Batsford Author: Howard Maxford Cover Artist: Cover Price: £15.99 Media: Softcover ISBN: 0-7134-8425-X - 1st SYNOPSIS The George Lucas Companion is the essential guide to the work of this outstanding American film-maker. Howard Maxford covers all of Lucas's work as a director (American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace), films as producer (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and as screenwriter (the Star Wars trilogy). The first of the Star Wars 'prequels', The Phantom Menace, was released in May 1999 amid colossal excitement from fans and public, and indifference bordering on disdain from the critics. The George Lucas Companion charts Lucas's rise to the loftiest heights of Hollywood's elite, his relationships with actors, producers and other film-makers, his technical innovations and the astute way he has played the Hollywood power game as an executive producer. Maxford also includes all available information on the yet-to-be filmed Star Wars prequels 2 and 3. Besides the Star Wars series, the book covers all Lucas's film and television work, including THX-1138, Willow, the Indiana Jones movies and their spin-off TV series. Lucas's company, Lucasfilm, has become a powerful independent force in Hollywood. Its special effects arm alone, Industrial Light and Magic is universally recognized as a world leader. All aspects of the Lucasfilm organization are covered in detail—as are the leading contributions to the Lucasfilm legacy, such as Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Sir Alec Guinness, Lawrence Kasdan and Gary Kurtz. | ||
