Book Review: 'The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
Front cover art: Production painting of K-2SO by Doug Chiang. © 2016 Abrams Books and Lucasfilm Ltd/ (LFL) On December 16, 2016, New York-based Abrams Books published The Art of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a 256-page hardcover book of concept art created during the making of director Gareth Edwards' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first of Lucasfilm's standalone "Anthology" films set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Written by Josh Kushins ( The Art of John Carter: A Visual Journey ), the book features concept paintings, set designs, sketches of new spaceships, weapons, and other props, as well as art depicting Rogue One' s cast of Rebels and Imperials. This book is a visual chronicle of the Lucasfilm art department’s creation of new worlds, unforgettable characters, and newly imagined droids, vehicles, and weapons for the first movie in the Star Wars Story series— Rogue One: A Star Wars Story . In the same format and style as Abrams’...