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Every year LEGO is kicking off its year at the NY TOY FAIR - probably THE most important toy and games tradeshow wordwide. And every year they have some very exclusive neat LEGO STAR WARS giveaways for their key partners / retailers. Last year (2010) they had the WHITE BOBA FETT LEGO minifigure (nicccccccee!) and a very cool booklet with LEGO Darth Vader on the cover. Though this combination went up on ebay for as much as 500 US$ (not kidding!), I was finally able to get one for less than 50 bucks.
The book is really very nice and I guess that is what LEGO thought as well - because they decided to REPUBLISH the book again - as a regular promotion item for the masses! Well, at least for the UK where you would be able to snatch one of those awesome Vader booklets with a purchase of 
one regular LEGO STAR WARS set.
Though there is a catch: These books a not exactly the same! As you can clearly see, the left one has some bolts (the Toyfair one) on its left side and also features 2 more pages featuring the now famous (and most wanted) WHITE LEGO BOBA FETT.
Well, after finally holding this book in my hands (again and again), I´m not able to recommend it even more - J.W. Rinzler´s THE MAKING OF TESB is a triumph!
Awesome behind the scenes pictures of all actors, sets and promotions - simply wonderful! Have I thanked you for this books already J.W. ? Probably a thousand times... never mind ;-)
I love anniversaries! Coming to our Galaxy right now is this new book from J.W. Rinzler telling the amazing backstory of Georgs little movie handmade in 1976/1977. This is certainly not the first book covering the production of our all time favourite movie, but the background stories, details and rare pictures (after all these years) alone are well worth a close look. The reviews are awesome, so what are you waiting for?
The Making of Star Wars:
The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film (Star Wars) (Hardcover)
by J.W. Rinzler (Author)
starwars.com has just posted a very interesting feature of a book covering the ONE AND ONLY RALPH McQUARRIE !Finally the man behind all the those classic STAR WARS artworks gets a book covering and honoring all of his outstanding work! And best of all you can get a signed copy from the man himself! Gee, I´m a lucky guy! Remember Ralph was the one who painted the very first STAR WARS images (after discussions with George) as well as most of the production paintings for Episode IV, V and VI!Limited to a total print run of 2000 copies, most of these will be a clothbound edition with dust jacket and printed slipcase that will retail for $125. A few ( 250 copies ) will include an additional illustrated page signed by McQuarrie, prequel concept designer Doug Chiang, and ILM's Ken Ralston, and will be fitted into a special cloth slipcase.Finally there is a high end deluxe edition for $ 750 - well, I´m totally happy with the signed version - can´t wait until the release date in April!To order visit the official website from Ralph McQuarrie itself... worth a visit!
(c) all images Lucasfilm, dreams & Visions press and R. Mcquarrie
one regular LEGO STAR WARS set.
