Authored by Rob Bredow and featuring a foreword penned by Ron Howard, Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story chronicles the making of the 2018 motion picture Solo: A Star Wars Story. Specifically, the book provides a timeline of the visual effects work crafted by Industrial Light & Magic for the film. Abrams Books released Making Solo to the public on April 16, 2019.
From the perspective of Rob Bredow, the film's visual effects supervisor and coproducer, Industrial Light & Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story offers a firsthand look at the movie's creation. Readers are given an exclusive, in-depth exploration of Solo's progression, from the initial stages of pre-production through the filming process and into post-production, meticulously documenting the process of bringing the film to theaters.
Making Solo presents a chronological examination of how this visual effects company, renowned for its Academy Award wins, conceived and realized new environments, extraterrestrial beings, droids, and spacecraft for the Star Wars universe. This includes detailed accounts of how key sequences, such as the train robbery on Vandor, the character of L3-37, the infamous Kessel Run, and the redesigned Millennium Falcon, were visually realized. This officially sanctioned, comprehensive book is essential for Star Wars enthusiasts and will serve as a vital resource for film aficionados and those captivated by popular culture.
- ISBN 9781419737534 ; Published on April 16 , 2019 ; Published by Abrams Books ; US hardcover edition [1]