The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, a 256-page book penned by Amy Ratcliffe and featuring a foreword by Scott Trowbridge, delves into the making of the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge themed lands. This volume is a compilation of numerous concept art illustrations. Abrams Books released it as a hardcover on April 27, 2021.
The Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge lands, found at both Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort, transform visitors into active participants rather than mere observers. Guests become stars in their own Star Wars stories. These lands, the product of ingenious imagination, design, and planning by Walt Disney Imagineering and the Lucasfilm creative team, invite exploration of Black Spire Outpost. This outpost is situated on Batuu, a remote Outer Rim planet, serving as a bustling spaceport filled with First Order and Resistance activity, along with droids, creatures, and beloved characters such as Chewbacca and the pirate Hondo Ohnaka.
Within The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, fans are treated to a rare peek into Disney Imagineering's creative workings through a wealth of full-color concept artworks, sketches, blueprints, and photographs. The book recounts the behind-the-scenes narrative of the challenges the team faced in realizing a creation that could exist in our world while simultaneously transporting fans to a galaxy far, far away….
Alongside insights from the key creative minds responsible for the parks' design, author Amy Ratcliffe chronicles the journey of envisioning and then constructing a life-sized Star Wars adventure. This adventure includes a fully operational cantina, a lively marketplace, engaging characters, and two pioneering attractions: Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run, which puts guests at the controls of the galaxy's fastest hunk of junk; and Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, where guests are caught in the middle of an intense conflict between the Resistance and the First Order.
Furthermore, The Art of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge provides an exclusive look at the forthcoming Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience, an unprecedented immersive two-night adventure.
- ISBN 9781419750120 ; April 27 , 2021 ; Abrams Books ; US hardcover [1]