Star wars biography books
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Brian Jay Jones talks Star Wars, George Lucas and the art of the biography
You might have noticed that the world has gone a little bit Star Wars crazy these last couple of months. There’s been novels, movies – just released – memoirs by stars, and now a biography of the creator, the man behind it all – George Lucas.
George Lucas: A Life is the new biography from the New York Times bestselling author Brian Jay Jones, who also wrote the acclaimed biography of Lucas collaborator Jim Henson. Following the release of the new book we had a chat with Jones about all things George Lucas and Star Wars. Not to mention how you set about writing and researching a biography in the first place.
Why George Lucas? What was it that first drew you to him as the subject of a biography?
It’s an interesting situation; I’m a pop culture junkie, there’s no hiding that. So, writing a biography of the creator of Star Wars – arguably THE biggest thing in pop culture to my genera
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One of the highest grossing film franchises of all time, Star Wars isn’t your average saga. Over the years, it has amassed millions of fans with a growing range of content that includes films, television series (both animated and live action), novels, comic books, film games, toys, and more. It’s no exaggeration to say that Star Wars is one of the biggest cultural juggernauts we’ve ever seen, a series that continues to utöka and appeal to generation after generation. But it all started a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away—that is, 1977 in the great state of California.
When Star Wars creator George Lucas first dreamt up what would become the most epic space musikdrama of all time, he pulled inspiration from the heroics of sci-fi serials like Flash Gordon, svärd and sorcery fantasy, spaghetti westerns, and Akira Kurosawa’s samurai films, melding these eclectic muses with a vision all his own. With only two feature films—THX 1138 and American Graffiti—on his resume, the young
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List of Star Wars books
Comprehensive list of Star Wars prose fiction
This article is about prose novels and anthologies and other books. For graphic novels and comics, see List of Star Wars comic books. For reference books, see List of Star Wars reference books.
Star Wars is an American epicspace-operamedia franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas that includes Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983). The series depicts the adventures of various characters "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away". Many derivative Star Wars works have been produced in conjunction with, between, and after the original trilogy of films, and later installments. This body of work was collectively known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe for decades.
In October 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.06 billion.[1][2][3] In April 2014, Lucasfilm rebranded the Expanded Unive