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The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awak­ens by Author (ISBN: ) -Step inside the Lucas­film art depart­ments for the cre­ation of fan­tas­ti­cal worlds, unfor­get­table char­ac­ters, and unimag­in­able crea­tures. The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awak­ens will take you there, from the ear­li­est gath­er­ing of artists and pro­duc­tion design­ers at Lucas­film head­quar­ters in San Fran­cis­co to the fever pitch of pro­duc­tion at Pinewood Stu­dios to the con­clu­sion of post-pro­duc­tion at Indus­tri­al Light & Magic—all with unprece­dent­ed access. Exclu­sive inter­views with the entire cre­ative team impart fas­ci­nat­ing insights in bring­ing direc­tor J. J. Abrams’s vision to life; unused “blue sky” con­cept art offers glimpses into roads not trav­eled.

Burst­ing with hun­dreds of stun­ning works of art, includ­ing pro­duc­tion paint­ings, con­cept sketch­es, sto­ry­boards, blue­prints, and mat­te paint­ings, this visu­al feast will delight Star Wars fans and cineast­es for decades to come. The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awak­ens is the defin­i­tive expres­sion of how the lat­est chap­ter in the Star Wars saga was dreamed into being.