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Illustrations by the acclaimed concept artist for the star wars filmsincluding two dozen specially commissioned paintingsand text by the author of several star. Find books like the illustrated star wars universe from the worlds largest community of readers. In addition to mcquarries art, the book also includes the work of other concept artists, including michael butkus, harrison ellenshaw, chris evans, nilo rodisjamero. For his new book, mcdonagh tried to imagining how an artist might approach sketching the denizens of the galaxy he encountered on his travels among the stars.
The illustrated star wars universe book by kevin j. The artwork is primarily composed of reused and repurposed concept art from the making of the original trilogy. Dk publishes a huge catalog of nonfiction titles in their star wars series books that catalog the minutiae of george lucass universe, like star wars. Beautifully illustrated, this unique treasury of inworld space tales takes readers to the far reaches of the star wars universeincluding to the remote outer rim world of batuu from galaxys edge.
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