George Lucas: The Creative Impulse

by Charles Champlin, Francis Ford Coppola (Foreword by), Steven Spielberg (Foreword by)

This revised and updated edition of Charles Champlin's insightful study of George Lucas includes 85 new illustrations and brings the story of this remarkable man and his innovative empire up to the present. 290 illustrations, 130 in full color.

Genres: Star Wars, Film, Nonfiction, Biography

232 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1992

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'll be honest I've not finished this yet. It's my coffee table book and I'm reading it a bit at a time but I am loving every part of it and feel like freeing up my TBR list for something I plan on giving a proper review too.

Awesome for Star Wars fans, full of technical innovations that absolutely changed the way films are made and a very thorough exploration of one of the great film makers.

[John Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is a great coffee table overview George Lucas his films and his contributions to the filmmaking community in all aspects of Film Production. my only fault with the book is that it is now 20 years old.

[Sam Vadasy · Rating 5 out of 5]

the five stars should be self explanatory as George Lucas is the main inspiration for my interest in Film. If it weren't for him who knows when we would have gotten the ground breaking technology used today adding on he is such an inspiring storyteller.

[paulbjensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part biography, part filmography, this traces George Lucas’s films (where he’s both directly and indirectly involved) from his earliest USC shorts up to 1992 (when the book was published), whilst also giving details on the various companies within Lucasfilm. Written in an easy style, each film has a review and background information (some considerably shorter than others), along with plenty of decent pictures. A good read, though obviously not designed to be a definitive statement - if you want to know about Lucas, get hold of “Skywalking” by Dale Pollock.

[Billy Maise · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting look into Lucas's moviemaking career.