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Summary: The best "art of Star Wars" book
Review: Ok, I'm right now too short on words, but I have to say something... the Art of Attack of the Clones book is the best one in the series... probably the best designed one and the most comprehensive, containing images and descriptions, AND in the other section the full movie script. This hasn't been done before, adding several points to the book. The other books in the series only had or the descriptions or the script.
Great, diverse artwork. I just hope that Art from Revenge would be as nice as this one.
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Summary: Another great Star Wars book!
Review: One of the best of the AOTC companion books, The Art of Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones (written by Mark Cotta Vaz) is a fascinating book, including many different faecets of production design and artwork. These boks give an interesting insight to the huge effort that goes into Star Wars films, with many visualisations that never made it to the screen, and poster art by Star Wars veteran Drew Struzan. The best part is, you get the entire screenplay, including all the deleted scenes and dialouge. The provided info on the entire evolution of production artwork, to models to visual design and then to film is endlessly fascinating, with a wealth of amazing sketches and design artwork.
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Summary: Attack of the Clones Art Book Strikes Chords
Review: One of the saddest things about seeing the Star Wars prequels taking such a drubbing from critics and fans is knowing how hard the artists and designers work to make these movies go from concept to the finished film. I admit it; I am one of those rare fans who apparently enjoyed Episodes I and II, and I owned this book several weeks before Attack of the Clones was released in May 2002.The book is beautifully designed and Mark Cotta Vaz's accompanying text to the conceptual art is authoritative yet accesible even to younger readers. The many designs -- even those not used in the movie -- evoke memories of the earlier trilogy's Art of...series, and one can see the "evolution" of the many ship and costume designs to what fans call Classic Star Wars. (To me, the most interesting "fact" is that Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter's lines will be echoed in the evil Empire's Imperial Star Destroyer.) The screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales (who also wrote the story for The Scorpion King) is included. It is the complete "before edits were made to the film" draft, which allows readers to catch glimpses of Padme Amidala's family and other scenes that were filmed but later deleted. (Those scenes are included on the extra features disc of the Episode II DVD set, but some fans may only have the VHS version instead.) For Star Wars fans and film art aficionados, this book is definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Una gran compilación
Review: Para todos los amantes de Star Wars en latinoamérica, este es un libro que se debe tener. No sólo te fascina con sus imagenes y todas las posibilidades que son y que pudieron ser es esta segunda entrega de la saga de la Guerra de las Galaxias. Además, el guión entrega una mayor visión de lo que ocurre en la vida de Anakin Skywalker, en su paso hacia el lado oscuro.
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Summary: Star wars the Maximum!
Review: Read the book STAR WARS attack of the clones there is a bounty hunter trying to kill the senator of naboo and there is a big fight against the sith on the planet of genosis. I will not stop liking star wars.
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Summary: An example of the best
Review: Star Wars, the world within our own, has been an escape and a fantasy for people around the world for 25 years. With the new prequels, a new breed of genius has taken the visual cues from Episode 1 and have developed an evolving world that leads into the dismal grey world of the original trilogy. Lead Art Director Doug Chiang, Ian McCaig, Jay Shuster, Ed Natividad, Ryan Church, Eric Tiemens and others bring together visual assault and appropriate culture cues to develop a wide array of designs and illustrations for Episode 2. If you are an artist, or are interested in the production level of film artistry, then this is a must have book. From the magnificent simplicity of the vehicle designs, to the flowing, organic genius of the character designs, this culmination of artwork is a glimpse into the world we continue to love and grow with.
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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: The beautiful, lush presentation and care and love to the art of film-making is evident on every page of this tome. For the rabid fan or film historian, each page is sure to delight and prove just how intricate the world of George Lucas' STAR WARS truly is! A must have!
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Summary: Great Book, Wrong Script!
Review: The book and art are beautiful! There is, however, one problem. The script printed in the book differs from the one put on the screen. Several entire scenes are cut for the actual film, and more than just a few lines of dialogue are striken in the film--and, in just about every case, very judiciously so! The scipt that was put out for Episode I also differed from the actual film. I don't remember this problem with the original trilogy. I wonder what the problem is. Maybe Lucasfilm should delay issuing the scripts/art until after they know what their finished product actually is. But I digress; I'm really into having an accurate version of the script of each film. The book is fabulous otherwise!
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Summary: A great book for Star Wars fans
Review: This book is very well done, especially when you consider the amount of material the editor had to work with to make the book comprehensive, yet manageable. The pictures and sketches in the book are very clear and colorful and the text is concise and complementary to the art. This is a great book for Star Wars fans.
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Summary: Why doesn't the movie look as inspired as the book?!
Review: This book should be absolutely a must for art students, directors (especially art directors), illustrators, designers, fantasy and science fiction readers, writers (current and future) and visualists of all genres and mediums.While the movie looks pretty good these ideas in sketches and designs and character studies-as well as full production scenes-are more inspired and potentially more appealing than the film ('potentially' because most artists and art students will get this more than most people who just watch the movies).Some of the technical work while well designed is a bit flat. Even that is a small nitpick. This book is a well researched view into the behind the scenes ideas that make the visual essence of the film. I don't think a person even needs to like the Star Wars stories to enjoy this book on a visual level.This hardback edition is a beautiful addition to unique coffee table books. It's a blast to browse through all these artists' heads as the ideas of forms, lines and color spill out onto the paper, boards, canvas and digital screens.The compositions contained within these pages are wonderfully inspired, strange and mythic.
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