A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Cover art by John Harris. (C) 2007 Del Rey/Lucas Books and Lucasfilm Ltd. (LFL) This station is now the ultimate power in the Universe! I suggest we use it.  - Admiral Motti. One of the most important locales in George Lucas'  Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope  is the Galactic Empire's gigantic battle station code-named "Death Star." Essentially an armored sphere the size of a small moon (its diameter is stated as being 160 kilometers) and powered by something called a "hypermatter reactor," the Death Star carries nearly 1,000,000 crewers, stormtroopers, TIE fighter pilots, med techs and doctors, political prisoners, bureaucrats, Fleet and Army personnel, and even civilians who have been enticed to open stores and other businesses aboard. At the heart of the Death Star is its Prime Weapon, a planet-killing superlaser which takes time to charge up and requires top-notch gunnery experts to run. These "facts," of course, are well-known to

One of the nicest things about Sony Classical's soundtrack album from  Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith  is the bonus DVD that comes with the CD. Titled  Star Wars: A Musical Journey , this is a magnificent collection of 16 music videos that span the entire six-Episode saga. The Prequels' four major themes ( Duel of the Fates, Anakin's Theme, Across the Stars [Love Theme from Attack of the Clones),  and  Battle of the Heroes ) underscore beautifully edited montages from the 1999-2005 trilogy, while action/setting cues and major themes from the Classic Trilogy feature scenes from all six  Star Wars  films to follow the Skywalker family's pivotal role in the rise and fall of the Galactic Empire.  Of all the film series that feature classical-styled scores, George Lucas's  Star Wars  saga (which he personally calls  The Tragedy of Darth Vader ) is certainly a prime candidate for music videos. Indeed, Lucasfilm produced three MTV-styled vignettes ( Duel of t