The Star Wars Poster Book |
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Author:
| Sansweet, Stephen Vilmur, Peter |
ISBN: | 978-0-8118-4883-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2005 |
Publisher: | Chronicle Books LLC
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionOne 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.