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“It was said you would
destroy the Sith, not join them!”
Insider revisits Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.









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Launchpad Dicing with Destiny Sith Unseen: A Retrospective

From Fan Awards to personal tness, Celebrating the ongoing appeal How novels, comics, and even video
plus the latest Star Wars books, of Star Wars board games, and the games expanded the Revenge of the
comics, and merchandise. meteoric rise of tabletop gaming. Sith story beyond the big screen.


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The Power of Love The Galactic Archivist By Royal Decree

The Skywalker saga takes its darkest Insider interviews Paul Duncan, Tom Spina of Regal Robot tells
turn, as we follow Anakin’s fall to the author who journeyed into Insider how his childhood obsession with
the dark side in Star Wars: the Lucas lm vaults to uncover Star Wars led to a career restoring

Revenge of the Sith. The Star Wars Archives: 1977-1983. the saga’s props and costumes.


26 50 74


Matthew Wood Interview Surviving Celebration The Long Game
The Skywalker Sound recording genius Our guide to making the most of Exploring the evil machinations of

reveals how he became the voice of the biggest event in the Star Wars Darth Sidious and his long-term game
cybernetic villain General Grievous. calendar: Celebration 2019! plan to rule the galaxy.






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Win! Jedi Master’s Quiz Worldwide Image Archive
The Best of Star Wars Insider : Test your secret Sith knowledge Enfys Nest, crustacean keepsakes, Anakin Skywalker looks less than
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Everyone’s a Winner







The Star Wars Fan Awards 2018


hat do the following of Star Wars toys that have a helpful celebrated in an ultimate showdown of
W Star Wars stories have in mission (and minds) of their own; fan creativity, as hosted by Lucasfi lm
common? The true(ish) tale
Answer: They were all esteemed
and StarWars.com. The results were
of the time the Millennium winners in the inaugural Star Wars announced in December 2018, and the
Falcon’s holochess pieces went rogue; Fan Awards. winners were as varied as a gaggle of
an alternate scene not from Return of Over the summer of 2018, thousands patrons in a cantina far, far away.
the Jedi (1983), where Luke Skywalker of impressive fans submitted ambitious Proscuttio-based Nien Nunb food

asks his mentor to explain the real short films, pithy 15 second clips, and art (“After shooting, I ate everything,”
reasons why Darth Vader is “more stunning photography and visual art, admitted food photography winner
machine than man,” and a collection vying for their passion projects to be Atsuko W.) was awarded a top prize,






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01 A (Tiny) New Hope, recreating a classic movie
poster with action figures by Trevor W.
02 Nien Nunb rendered in a Proscuttio salad by
photo category finalist Atsuko W.

03 Balance by Madison T.
04 Forgotten AT-AT by Mirko M.
05 Darth Maul drawing by Justin M.



alongside an incredibly accurate cosplay worked on,” artist Madison T. told tapping into what he felt was the core
costume of Cloud-Riders swoop gang StarWars.com, “but it is also one of of his own longtime love of the saga.
leader, Enfys Nest (see this issue’s the most rewarding.” “Growing up, I loved collecting and

Worldwide section for more details on Budding filmmakers submitted short playing with the toys available at the
that winning item). Intimate family videos that varied from revealing why time,” Jason revealed. “I really wanted
photos also captured the judge’s Willrow Hood was carrying an ice cream to capture the essence of my love and
attention, as did a painstaking maker as he fled Cloud City, and poking appreciation for Star Wars.”

recreation of Star Wars poster art fun at Vader’s oft-misquoted line from Others expanded their ideas in fi lms
fashioned from action fi gures—and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back of up to five minutes, exploring visual

an adorable pup posing as a porg! (1980) by positing that even Vader storytelling with fan-made movies that
A striking, stained glass-inspired would need help remembering his lines. tested the canonical limits of the Kessel
artwork depicting Rey, Kylo Ren, and Jason Y.’s retro toy commercial took Run, and created all-new characters and
the balance between light and dark was its cues from the original Kenner action stories to pay homage to the saga.
another winner. “This is defi nitely one figure TV advertisments from the 1970s, In “More Machine Than Man,”


of the more difficult pieces I’ve ever capturing the spirit of fandom by which was awarded the Best Comedy




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Long Video

06 Rex and Baby Rey Family Portrait, by Isaiah T. Filmmaker Select & Best Comedy
06 07 “Misquoted” short video, by Jared H. More Machine Than Man, by Mark G.
08 Film Select winner and Best Comedy “More Audience Choice
Machine Than Man,” by Mark G. Like My Father Before Me: A Star Wars
09 Funniest Photo: You Think This is Weird...
Wait Till You See the Egg, by Aaron A. Story, by Jack C.
Best Animation
The Kessel Run, by Brian W.
Best Choreography &
Best Visual Effects
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Exile: A Star Wars Fan Film,
by Noel B.
Spirit of Fandom & Best Stop Motion
Star Wars: The Toys Awaken,
by Raymond M.


Short Video
Filmmaker Select, Best Comedy,
& Best Stop Motion
Ice Cream to Go, by Jordan & Cody G.
Audience Choice
08 Vader Misquoted, by Jared H.
Best Animation & Best Choreography
Grievous Versus Praetorians, by
Brian W.
Spirit of Fandom
Simple Tricks & Nonsense, by Jason Y.
Best Visual Effects
A Close Call, by Jared P.

Visual Art

Best in Show & Best Poster Art
A (Tiny) New Hope, by Trevor W.
Audience Choice & Best Digital Art
Balance, by Madison T.
09
Best Custom Costume
Enfys Nest Costume, by Michaela M.
Best Custom Diorama
Forgotten AT-AT, by Mirko M.
Best Custom Figure
Krayt Dragon Action Figure, by Brad H.
Best Physical Art
Kirie: Black and White Joined in Battle,
by Yukiko K.
Best Traditional Art
Darth Maul Drawing, by Justin M.

Photo

Best in Show & Best Family Portrait
Rey, BB-8, & Chewbacca on Jakku,
by Brianna E.
Audience Choice
Rex and Baby Rey Family Portrait,
by Isaiah T.
by a panel of Lucasfi lm judges—and became Darth Vader.’ He left out the key
Funniest
snagged the Filmmaker Select gong, as detail, ‘I cut off his arms and legs, let
You Think This is Weird…Wait Till You

chosen by Dave Filoni—one fan put his him catch fire, and left him for dead!’” See the Egg, by Aaron A.
own spin on the conversation between One thing all the winners share is an
Best Original Concept &
Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in appreciation for the Star Wars galaxy, Best Star Wars Food Presentation
Return of the Jedi. “I thought about and an enduring love for its characters Nien Nunb Prosciutto Salad,
what Obi-Wan would have had to admit and themes that sparked such uniquely by Atsuko W.

if Luke had pressed him for just a little creative entries. You can find out more Best Pet Photo
A Dog Hope, by Kazuya O
more information,” said winner Mark about the Star Wars Fan Awards 2018,
G. “I mean, seriously! All he said was and see all the winning entries, at Best Scene-Inspired
Scavenger, by Carlo V.
‘He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and starwars.com/news.
Best Throwback
Vintage Joy: In Between
Star Wars and Disney, by Adam M.

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show is only getting better and better.
Definitely tune in, everyone!”

Team Fireball and the First Order line up for a rematch Sean, appearing at this year’s Star
Wars Celebration with co-star Suzie
he adventures of Resistance at least one additional major villain McGrath (Tam Ryvora), will be joined
T spy Kazuda Xiono and from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the Dave Filoni-created show by
(2015) putting in an appearance in the
co-stars Scott Lawrence (Jarek Yeager),
his fellow racers on the
Colossus are set to continue second half of the season, it’s certain Myrna Velasco (Torra Doza), Josh
in a second season of hit Lucasfilm that things will be hotting up for the Brener (Neeku Vozo), and Donald
animation series Star Wars Resistance, Hosnian pilot, played by Christopher Faison (Hype Fazon). Returning
Disney XD confirmed in early January. Sean. The actor shared his enthusiasm behind the scenes are executive
With season one seeing the First for the announcement via Instagram, producers Athena Portillo, Justin
Order become an increasing threat, and saying “So excited to announce we Ridge, and Brandon Auman.





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Timeline


Important dates
BeeBoopPop! in Star Wars
history.


Pop some corn with R2-D2

1914
here’s nothing like watching Apr 2: Original Obi-Wan Kenobi
T a Star Wars movie with a bowl actor Sir Alec Guinness is born.

of fresh popcorn by your side,
and now you can pop your own 1971
with the R2-D2 Mini Stir Popcorn Popper Mar 31: Ewan McGregor, the
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With a simple press of a button, this
handy item of astromech-styled homeware 1976
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on Star Wars: A New Hope (1977).
popcorn in just a few minutes. Scoops to
measure exact amounts of kernels and
1981
oil are included, and the lid even fl ips
Apr 19: Hayden Christensen
to become the idea bowl. Yet another (Anakin Skywalker) is born.
surprising function of your favorite R2
unit—available via online retailers now! 1992
Apr 10: Daisy Ridley (Rey) is born.


1996
Mar 26: Dark Horse Comics
published Star Wars: Tales
from Mos Eisley .

1997
Mar 31: Barbara Hambley’s novel
Star Wars: Planet of Twilight is
published by Bantam Spectra.


2000
Mar 22: Star Wars: Force
Commander video game is
released for PC by LucasArts.

2009
Mar 20: Season one of Star Wars:
The Clone Wars concludes with
the episode “Hostage Crisis.”




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When I fi rst saw Star Wars in 1977,
I loved the Millennium Falcon, but
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has designed a brand new set of pins Paris had already collaborated in the Wars is just phenomenal, and basing
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been lucky to have worked with the Joe’s design of Han Solo’s iconic ship.
Star Wars brand for more than 20 years
(Girod was the first editor of Lucasfi lm Can you tell us more about each

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Wars magazine), my relationship with I had a flash of inspiration for one
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I also worked on several Star Wars characters sitting in the ship. One of

exhibitions and official books, most the pins features dice, which of course
recently with my longtime writing is an homage to Han’s lucky dice
partner Arnaud Grunberg, on the that we saw in Solo : A Star Wars Story
art book Star Wars: Objets du Mythe. (2018). That one, I really like a lot. On
Since 2015, I have collaborated with the “spinner” pin, you can spin the dial
Disneyland Paris on a number of Star behind the Millennium Falcon to show
Wars events, so all of that experience the lightspeed effect, and fi nally we
led the team there to contact me to have the “Jumbo,” a huge, out-of-this-
develop this new collection of pins world chrome pin. It’s breathtaking.
for 2019. The box is wonderful, with a blueprint






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Patrice Gerod
(above) and with
Robert Watts at
Disneyland Paris
(below)


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Book Club






Prequel era adventures and a journey through alien

archives in the latest Star Wars book releases.













On sale
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His


Master’s



Voice




The bond between Qui-Gon

Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi is
stretched in Claudia Gray’s
latest Star Wars novel.


Author Claudia Gray’s previous Star
Wars novels have seen her explore
both sides of the confl ict between
the Empire and the Rebel Alliance,
from 2015’s Lost Stars, to the details
of Leia’s tribulations forming the
Resistance in The Force Awakens
prequel Bloodline (2016), to the
young royal’s early adventures in
Leia: Princess of Alderaan (2017).
This time, Gray excels as she applies
her storytelling talents to the prequel
era, turning her attention to the
relationship between maverick Jedi
Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his fresh- Kenobi, as the two Jedi navigate violent disaster in their future. Years
faced Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, in their way across a dangerous planet before Qui-Gon first meets Anakin

the much-anticipated new novel, and face an uncertain future. Skywalker on Tatooine, this iconic

Star Wars: Master & Apprentice. Meanwhile, as Qui-Gon struggles Jedi duo must find a way to balance
Debuting on April 16 from Del Rey, to pass on his knowledge of the the differences in their sometimes-
Master & Apprentice centers on an Force to an apprentice that doesn’t clashing personalities in order to
unexpected offer that threatens the always understand his methods, the defend the Republic’s ideals and
bond between Qui-Gon and young elder Jedi is haunted by visions of execute the will of the Jedi Council.






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Star Wars Jedi Academy: Star Wars: Star Wars Choose Your
Revenge of the Sis Alien Archive Destiny: An Obi-Wan
The bestselling Jedi Academy series From strong-willed Wookiees
continues on March 26 with an to sharp-toothed wampas, the & Anakin Adventure
all-new story in Revenge of the Sis, Star Wars galaxy is fi lled with If you were a Jedi, how would you
by co-writers Amy Ignatow and her alien specimens both heroic and fare in the face of danger? And what
writing partner, National Book Award horrifying. In Star Wars: Alien path would you choose to solve a
finalist Jarret Krosockza, who also Archive: A Guide to the Species of mystery? On March 19 you’ll be able


provides the illustrations. the Galaxy, you’ll learn everything to find out in the latest Choose Your
After several books featuring her you need to know about these Destiny book, which uses interactive
brother Victor, Christina Starspeeder strange galactic denizens, as told page-flipping to put you in charge

takes center stage in her fi rst story, via an old traveler’s journal that of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin
inviting readers to experience an details more than 200 creatures Skywalker on a vital mission to
all-new adventure at a previously he encountered while journeying rescue captured Jedi Master Yoda. .
unseen academy campus. Even to locations like the Mos Eisley Think like a Jedi as you work through
though the surroundings might be cantina, Maz’s Castle, and the holy this adventure written by Cavan
different, the series’ warm moments city of Jedha, Jedha. This book is Scott and featuring illustrations by
and light-hearted tone remain. filled with stats on alien cultures Elsa Charretier, and guide the heroes

Longtime fans of Jedi Academy and and famous specimens. Written by to one of 20 possible outcomes
new readers alike will love reading Katrina Pallant and Nicole Clubb, while steering clear of battle droids
Christina’s autobiographical take on and illustrated by Tim McDonagh, and masked marauders. And once

school-age frustrations, as fi ltered Alien Archive hits U.S. shelves on you’ve finished, just start again along
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Gain new perspectives on the heroes and villains

of Star Wars in this month’s new comics.



Visions of Vader





Uncover legends of the Sith Lord in
Star Wars: Vader–Dark Visions


Who is Darth Vader? The former Anakin
Skywalker has been both a Jedi hero and the
agent of the Order’s destruction. With the
exception of Emperor Palpatine, no one casts a
longer shadow across the the Empire.
That outsized reputation is reframed through
new points of view in Star Wars: Vader–Dark
Visions, a 5-issue Marvel series by writer Dennis
Hopeless (Cloak and Dagger). In this far-ranging
collection of tales, those who have met Vader
(and survived the encounter) offer up their takes
on the black-armored Force-wielder, and not all
of them think he’s a bad guy!
Greg Smallwood’s cover on issue #1 provides
a visual introduction to the strange world of Dark
Visions. Looking like something from the Dark
Age of Camelot, Vader sits astride an alien mount,
holding a shield emblazoned with the symbol of
the Empire and holding his lightsaber aloft. Is it
possible that in the most desperate corners of the
galaxy, even a Sith Lord might be a savior?
Paolo Villanelli (Lando: Double or Nothing)
handles the art duties for issue #1, with Brian
Level (Thanos Legacy) taking over on issue #2.

Look for the first installment in stores on March 6.





Age of Republic:
General Grievous and Padmé Amidala

Marvel Comics continues its Age of Separatist trap? And by rejecting
Republic series in March with two the help of the Jedi, has Padmé
new one-shot issues set during the made a deadly error of judgement?
chaos of the Clone Wars. Writer Age of Republic: Padmé Amidala is
Jody Houser pens both adventures, available from March 6, with Age of

depicting the conflict from opposite Republic: General Grievous in stores
sides as the galaxy threatens to split the following week. In this one-shot,
apart at the seams. Houser and artist Luke Ross turn the
In Age of Republic: Padmé spotlight on the notorious Separatist
Amidala, Houser teams with artist cyborg, as Grievous stumbles across
Cory Smith to chronicle Senator an unimaginable power. But what
Amidala’s mission to bring a neutral secrets will he find inside a lost Jedi

world into the Republic’s fold. But is temple? Find out when the issue hits
this a genuine offer, or just another stores on March 13.






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Star Wars Adventures #20
Out this month from IDW Comics—and
the fan-favorite team of writer Cavan
Scott and artist Derek Charm—comes
an all-new tale set during the high-
stakes conflict of the Clone Wars.

Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and
diminiutive Jedi Master Yoda must
undertake an urgent mission, but
Anakin’s rebellious nature threatens
to spell trouble for the Republic!

This final installment in a three-issue
run exploring the prequel era timeframe
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characters from the original trilogy.
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THE
SKYWALKER
SAGA




THE POWER



OF LOVE




Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith


Why does Anakin Skywalker’s need to recreate the parental
connection he lost as a child overshadow the bonds created by
love in his adult life? And if absolute power corrupts absolutely,
how dangerous can the power of love become? Insider
considers these and other philosophical, political, and moral
dilemmas posed by Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith...


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“A story more Shakespearean


than Arthurian.”


Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader












FACTS & whole month Politics of War
FIGURES before the movie’s Episode III is the culmination of

Title / Star Wars: Revenge A release, fans who visionary George Lucas’ prequel
of the Sith attended the trilogy, and like all his work was

Episode / Three centerpiece Star influenced by the real-life events
Poster Tagline / The saga Wars: Revenge of that shaped his worldview. Born in
is complete. the Sith panel at 2005’s Star Wars 1944, Lucas grew up in an era that
Theatrical Release / May Celebration III in Indianapolis had was heavily impacted by World
19, 2005
the treat of watching the opening War II, and the iconography of
Run time / 140 mins
scene of the film, in which Anakin this global conflict is pervasive


MPAA / “Rated PG13 for
sci-fi action/violence” Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi throughout Star Wars. In the
Budget / $113 million run the gauntlet of Separatist original trilogy, the Empire overtly
Domestic Opening ships in their Jedi starfi ghters. evokes the fascist dictatorship
Weekend / $108,435,841 With the booming pulse of war of the Nazis, for example. The
Domestic Box Offi ce / drums and a sweeping shot that parable of Episodes I through III
$380,270,577
follows the starfi ghters through more broadly, however, refl ect
Worldwide Box Offi ce /
$848,754,768 the massive space battle above the political climate of the 1990s,
Coruscant, the movie establishes the time period when the story
Awards / Saturn Award for
Best Science Fiction Film that the Clone War—which began of Anakin Skywalker’s fall was
in the Outer Rim at the conclusion germinating in Lucas’ mind.
of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones The concluding years of the
(2002)—has reached the very heart Cold War in the late 80s mirrored
of the galaxy. After screening the the events of the original trilogy:
high-octane footage, host Rick evil dictators and oppressive
McCallum, the movie’s producer, regimes fell, ushering in a new era
asked the audience if they wanted of optimism for democracy across
to hear him talk about the movie Eastern Europe. Yet despite the
or to watch the scene again. The success of America’s philosophical
audience chose wisely: arm wrestling with the Soviet
a second viewing. Union, Lucas’ generation had
























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grown up in a time of huge social This distrust in the industry of 02
upheaval domestically. They still war plays out on an epic scale in
harbored suspicions of the U.S. Revenge of the Sith. The Republic’s
government, which had raised a adversary is named a Confederacy
banner for equality and justice of Independent Systems, but
elsewhere but resisted the claims of their actions are controlled by
civil rights and anti-war protestors a conglomeration of corporate
within its own borders. entities: the Trade Federation, the
In the absence of the Russian- Techno Union, the Retail Caucus,
U.S. stalemate, political uncertainty the InterGalactic Banking Clan,
opened the door to smaller despots the Commerce Guild, and the
to make their power grabs, such Corporate Alliance.
as Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
whose invasion of Kuwait in 1990 rallied the U.S. into World War II,
threatened America’s interests, even though the Hawaiian Islands
particularly in oil. President George are more than 2,000 miles from
H.W. Bush rallied a worldwide the continental United States. The
coalition of forces to drive Hussein 1990s saw a series of major terrorist 03
out of Kuwait. While some would attacks on U.S. soil, including the
view the military operation as World Trade Center in New York
a necessity, others believed that City (1993), the federal building
the enormous military industrial in Oklahoma City (1995), the
complex (which had grown during Olympics in Atlanta (1996), and—
the Cold War) was influencing as Lucas was completing Episode
political motivations for profit. II—the September 11 attacks in
2001. Public agencies used these
incidents to expand methods
Distrust in the to surveil and track suspected
terrorists, sparking a public outcry
industry of war against invasions of civil liberties

plays out on an and politicians overstepping
their mandated boundaries that
epic scale in continues to this day.

What with the Whitewater
Revenge of the Sith. scandal and Monica Lewinsky






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04






As much as his love

for Padmé Amidala


blinds Skywalker, so

too does his desire

for a parental figure

obscure his ability to

recognize Palpatine’s

true intentions.





affair, President Bill Clinton’s Jedi Master acknowledges after
behavior brought a new level of their fateful duel that they were
distrust of people in power as brothers. This parallels iconic
Congress became bogged down mythic struggles between siblings
in impeachment proceedings. from Cain and Abel in the Bible
His successor, George W. Bush, and Quran to William Shakespeare’s
pivoted the retaliatory anti-terrorist Hamlet, and in modern times from
military action in Afghanistan John Steinbeck’s East of Eden to
in 2002 into a second invasion classic TV series Dallas’ Bobby and
of Iraq in early 2003, projecting J.R. Ewing.
the U.S. into a much broader But it’s not Kenobi who has
role in the region than originally become the steadfast confi dant
contemplated. Although the and trusted ear of Skywalker; the
Separatists are the Republic’s avuncular Palpatine is the parental
battlefield opponent in Revenge figure who accepts the brooding


of the Sith, the movie pulls back young man for who he is, rather
the curtain on the enemy within: than trying to change him into
Darth Sidious. The Sith Lord, in who the Jedi think he should be.
his role as Sheev Palpatine, uses In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
corruption within the democratic (1999), Anakin’s mother played

01 The Battle system to rise to the position of a crucial role in Skywalker being
of Coruscant. Chancellor and then exploits a happy and good person despite
the war, political machinations, his circumstances. Shmi wants a
02 Anakin kills
Count Dooku and corporate greed to gradually better life for her son and offers
at Palpatine’s consolidate power. him reassurance as he walks out
behest.
of her life and embarks on a new,
03 Brothers-in- A Father Figure hopeful adventure. Deep down in
arms Obi-Wan As the movie opens, the Separatist Anakin’s psyche exists the little boy
Kenobi (Ewan
McGregor) Fleet has breached the Core and whose mother told him to never
and Anakin their leader, General Grievous, look back and sent him on his way
Skywalker holds Chancellor Palpatine captive with a promise of a better future.
(Hayden

Christensen). on his flagship, where Skywalker As an adult, Anakin still craves that
and Kenobi race to save him. trusted guiding hand.
04 Senator Although Anakin sometimes After Kenobi is knocked
Palpatine (Ian
McDiarmid). calls Obi-Wan a father fi gure, the unconscious in their duel with





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Count Dooku, Skywalker bests like he did years ago when he took Revenge of the Sith
the Sith, dismembering both his those fateful steps away from his
perfectly threads the
hands. Encouraged by the captive loving mother.
Palpatine, Skywalker decapitates
Dooku, then immediately regrets Brothers at War needle in Obi-Wan
it because it’s not the Jedi way. The bonds forged by men who Kenobi’s characterization,

Amid his persuasive reassurance fight side-by-side in wars are
that Dooku was “too dangerous central to Hollywood’s rise to balancing his portrayal as
to be kept alive,” the Chancellor prominence in storytelling a heroic yet flawed man.
reveals to the audience that after the close of World War II.
Skywalker had confided in him Revenge of the Sith plays to the

about the slaughter of the Tusken audience’s cinematic and mythic
Raiders after his mother’s death. understanding of how war forges invasion in their starfi ghters.
It is from this non-judgmental fraternal bonds where they haven’t Visually, Skywalker, in his yellow

position of surrogate father fi gure existed previously. In the tragedy starfighter, is set apart from Kenobi
that Sidious suggests to his future of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan in his maroon starfi ghter, which
apprentice that sometimes revenge Kenobi, we observe the sundering matches the color of the rest of
is acceptable. of a brotherhood between two the Republic fleet. Yellow is ripe

In this moment, Skywalker is men, built through a decade of with conflicting meaning. It

embarking on a new adventure; conjoined service as Jedi Knights can represent optimism, energy,
it is not as stark as the scene and strengthened over the course and loyalty, but it is sometimes
where Shmi bids him farewell, of long years of war. associated with cowardice and
but the Jedi Knight’s descent into Episode III begins as that war deceit, all of which Skywalker
moral decline, and ultimately to ends, the two Jedi swooping embodies over the course of
becoming a Sith Lord, has begun. through the chaos of a full-scale the movie.
As much as his love for Padmé
Amidala blinds Skywalker, so too
05 Anakin’s vision 05
does his desire for a parental fi gure
of Padmé
obscure his ability to recognize (Natalie
Portman) dying
Palpatine’s true intentions.
in childbirth.
Compounding the
manipulation, Palpatine offers 06 Young Anakin
(Jake Lloyd)
Skywalker truths throughout
takes leave
the movie. The Jedi are afraid of of his mother
Anakin’s power. The Council is Shmi (Pernilla
August).
planning to betray him. During
a key scene when they are 07 Obi-Wan
Kenobi and
attending the opera, Palpatine
Yoda make a
insidiously preys upon Skywalker’s shattering
greatest fear: that he could lose discovery.
the person he loves and the Jedi
08 His choice
will do nothing to stop it. While made, Anakin
the movie doesn’t explicitly say embraces the
dark side.
Palpatine knows about Anakin’s
secret marriage to Padmé, the
implication is that this too is
something confided between the 06

pair. As Palpatine plants the notion
that the Jedi and Sith aren’t so
different in Anakin’s mind, he
offers the seeds of hope that there
is a power to keep loved ones
from dying. This isn’t a power
that a Jedi would seek; their code
forbids attachments, after all. In
this moment, Anakin Skywalker’s
bridge to becoming Darth Vader
has been built. Now all the young
Jedi must do is walk across it, just






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08

The film’s beginning showcases Revenge of the Sith perfectly
why the Jedi duo have become threads the needle in Kenobi’s
standouts in the war. They are bold characterization, balancing his
and fearsome fi ghters, slipping portrayal as a heroic yet fl awed
through a minimal opening onto man, one who often sees the

Grievous’ flagship and dispatching moral quagmire he is standing in
droid troops in the hanger with but can’t quite overcome decades
relative ease. The scene ends with of ingrained Jedi dogma. He
them in a back-to-back pose that rightfully doesn’t trust Palpatine,
will later be echoed by Rey and but is also troubled with tasking
Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Last his apprentice to spy on a person
Jedi’s (2017) throne room battle. he knows he admires. Even the
Throughout this opening act, way Kenobi asks Padmé about the
Kenobi and Skywalker’s bond is paternity of her unborn twins, a
brought to the fore: during the rhetorical question, suggests that
space battle, Anakin wants to go he has understood the complex
back and help his clone wingmen, duality of his brother-in-arms. Yet
but heeds Obi-Wan’s command to his love for Skywalker prevents him
stay on mission; fearing his fi ghter from accepting the true extent of
is lost to buzz droids, Kenobi the deeds of which he is capable—
implores his apprentice to press until the holovid of his former
on alone, but Skywalker refuses to Padawan killing younglings makes
let his master perish in space. His it undeniable. Most of us can relate
first attempt at saving his master is to knowing something troubling

both rash and unhelpful, but once about a person close to us, but
it is apparent Skywalker isn’t going overlooking it for the sake of love
to give up on his friend, Kenobi or friendship.
doesn’t try to press him on the
matter, signaling that he is aware A Love Lost
of his former Padawan’s emotional That same dynamic, too, underlies
limitations as a Jedi. the tragic love story of Anakin






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09






















09 For doomed
lovers Anakin
and Padmé,
their fate is
already sealed.
10 Medical droids
tend to all
that remains
of Anakin
Skywalker.






and Padmé. If not for the prospect
of death and war, their love might
have simmered and remained
unrequited. War leads to tragic
endings for many romances, not
just those at the centerpiece of an
epic monomyth.
The brotherhood of Skywalker
and Kenobi is at the heart of the
movie’s laser sharp focus on the
story surrounding Anakin’s fall to
the dark side, pushing the Padmé
relationship into a secondary role.
Perhaps her death was deemed
inevitable in the eyes of George
Lucas, with all roads leading to the
showdown on the volcanic world
as foretold in the original trilogy.
Several deleted scenes flesh out
Senator Amidala’s participation 10
in seeking a diplomatic solution
to civil war, but were omitted own destiny, tragic or otherwise. stop Master Mace Windu from
in trying to preserve the core One beautiful moment permits the killing his father figure, Palpatine,
story of Skywalker’s fall, which is character some room to breathe despite knowing that the man is a
motivated by fear of her demise though, accompanied by John Sith Lord intent on destroying the
not her politics. Amidala is more Williams’ heart-wrenching piece Republic that his wife and Kenobi
a plot device than an agent of her entitled ‘Padmé’s Ruminations.’ hold so dear. It is an allegiance that
Nothing is said, but her hopes, costs Skywalker everything: his
dreams, and worries are expressed family, his best friend, his body,
War leads to tragic endings through her eyes, juxtaposed and his soul.

He ends the movie isolated from
for many romances, not just against Skywalker’s expression, the galaxy inside a life-sustaining
displaying the fears of a young
those at the centerpiece of man pained by his many losses. armored suit, with his new master

In that intense scene, Skywalker and the dark side of the Force as
an epic monomyth. chooses selfishly and rushes to his only companions.






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THE I t’s fall 2002.

George Lucas,
producer Rick
McCallum,
concept artists,
GRIEVOUS production members are meeting
and other key

each Friday to review the latest
designs for Star Wars: Revenge
of the Sith (2005). On November
22, Lucas tells the assembly that
GROWL the Episode III villain could be a

Separatist droid general. “I won’t
limit it at this point to a droid. It
could be an alien of some kind.
I’m not sure if I want him to be
human. It’s the Darth Maul. It’s
the Jango Fett. Darth Vader...”
Matthew Wood reveals his incredible double life he’s recorded explaining in The
as supervising sound editor and sound designer at Making of Return of the Sith. He
Skywalker Sound—and the Separatist droid army’s tells the artists the villain is not
a Sith, that it has to be able to do
fi endish cyborg leader with a hacking cough. dialogue scenes, and that it has

to be iconic.
W ORDS: AMY R AT CLIFFE And so General Grievous,
the Supreme Commander of the
Separatist droid army, was born.
Two weeks after Lucas’ instruction
to design the foe, concept artist
Warren Fu presented illustrations
for the character that caught the
director’s eye. Fellow concept artist
Ian McCaig had advised them to
think of their worst nightmares, and
Fu imagined a scary masked enemy.
His designs became the foundation
for the fearsome cyborg who would
stalk across the big screen in the
fi nal Star Wars prequel.

Bela Lugosi
A combination of robotic
technology with an organic base,
General Grievous’ voice is grating
and loud, part mechanical and part
biological. That voice is provided
by Matthew Wood, supervising
sound editor and sound designer at
Skywalker Sound, and it came to be
rather late in the process. “My






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first look at what fully rendered visiting a friend in Prague, so 01 The fearsome
Grievous was going to look like it was fresh in my mind, and Grievous, as 01
voiced by
was actually in Star Wars Insider,” that’s what I went with: yelling Matthew
Wood tells us. “It was on the cover, in a classic villain voice with Wood.
and I remember thinking, ‘Whoa, an Eastern European accent.
02 Wood again
that’s cool. Who’s gonna voice As that hit the processor, I played the
that?’ Because the character has could hear there was this nice general in
Star Wars:
no mouth, we could wait a certain gravelly quality. Then I got the
The Clone
amount of time before Industrial surprising call that George had Wars (2008).
Light & Magic (ILM) needed our picked my audition.”
03 Grievous
fi nal voice-overs.” Wood’s performance of played a big
Busy working on audio effects General Grievous’ biting part in The
Clone Wars
for Revenge of the Sith, Wood metallic voice cuts through the
animated
knew that Lucas wanted the voice Battle of Coruscant in Episode series.
to sound as if it was synthesized III’s opening scenes, as Anakin
04 General
through the circuitry of a voice Skywalker (Hayden Christensen)
Grievous in
box, with computerized, cybernetic and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan Revenge of
qualities, and he and co-sound McGregor) confront the metal the Sith.
editor Christopher Scarabosio general after his kidnapping 05 Matthew
developed a distinctive resonance of Chancellor Palpatine, but Wood in a
recording
for Grievous. “We ran it through McGregor never knew who
booth at
some processing, including voiced Grievous until some Skywalker
ring modulation, to give it that years after the movie’s release. Sound.
synthesized timbre. We put every Grievous battled with Kenobi
06 Grievous
audition we got through that same more than once in Revenge of versus
process, as an egalitarian method the Sith, and during fi lming Obi-Wan.
for every actor’s performance. I McGregor was most often
would play those for George to get sparring with stunt double Kyle
03
his feedback on what things he did Rowling, who stood in for the CG
or didn’t like. And I had the ability cyborg, with Grievous’ lines being
to sit in on all those auditions and read in from off-camera. “I worked
also process them,” Wood explains. with Ewan in my sound capacity
Having that perspective put on all the prequels,” Wood says.
Wood in a very unique position. “I’d record him all the time for the
McCallum was getting nervous post-production dialogue recording
because they needed to cast the role we had to do. It wasn’t until I
of Grievous and time was running worked with him years later, when
out, so Scarabosio encouraged I brought him in to do a whispery
Wood to audition. Wood, a trained voice for The Force Awakens, that
actor, had performed voices for Star I actually got to tell him, ‘Hey,
Wars before, so he anonymously did you know what ended up

submitted his file to Lucas with the happening with that voice? It was
other auditions. He approached me.’ And he was like, ‘No way!’”
Grievous with a gruff, harsh voice,
something to convey the character’s Catching Breath
militaristic sense. And he also added After Dooku’s death, Grievous took
05
a little old-school villain style, in over his position and moved the
the vein of 1930s horror movie Separatist Council from Utapau to
actor Bela Lugosi. Wood recalls, Mustafar at Darth Sidious’ behest.

“I’d coincidentally come back from The over-confident cyborg engaged
with Kenobi for what would be

the final time, as the duel ended
“I remember with Grievous’ demise. To his last,
thinking, ‘Whoa, Grievous barked out orders and
taunts punctuated by a phlegmy
that’s cool. cough. Lucas wanted Grievous to

Who’s gonna have breathing troubles because
he was essentially a testing ground
voice that?’” for the technology that would






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GRIEVOUS







02







































“We captured a

lot of George’s
really bad coughs

from the day, and

ended up rolling
some of them

into Grievous’

performance.”




start coughing. We captured a lot of
George’s really bad coughs from the
day, and ended up rolling some of
them into Grievous’ performance.”
Wood thinks of Grievous’
voice as comprising of two-parts:
04
the dramatic element and the
processing layer. “I pitch him down
about a semi-tone to give him that
eventually create Darth Vader. By lower pitch register, and in a way
06
luck, both Wood and Lucas were that his voice has an artifacting
in a state to provide the required quality to it where it doesn’t sound
rattles and hacks. perfect,” he explains. “I’m going for
“For a lot of those lines, you imperfection, so when he’s yelling,
really have to use the diaphragm I want to make it almost like he’s
big time and yell this guttural so angry that his vocal processor is
performance,” Wood recalls. “I unable to translate his emotion into
would run out of breath and cough, voice perfectly.”
and George himself had a really Wood had to perform with a
bad cough that day. I remember hyper-enunciated yell in order to
telling Chris Scarabosio to keep the get Grievous’ words and emotion
tape rolling, because George would across through the gravelly, scratchy
come up to direct me and he would qualities in his voice. The delay






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GRIEVOUS






and ring-modulation Wood applied into battle with an intimidating
is not unlike the standard procedure lumber, while attempting to
he uses for droid processing, but pair his excellent planning with
Grievous got a little something commanding an army of inept
extra. “It’s a mix and match of battle droids.
a few different things, because “My main performance goals
George wanted to communicate were frustration,” Wood says. “I
that Grievous had a biological think the guy was always frustrated.
component to illustrate that he had He was trying to be something
a weakness,” says Wood. “The cough more than he was, and making
was to illustrate that, too. It’s such a name for himself by going up
an odd and creepy character. It’s a against the Jedi is the ultimate
part I’ve really loved and respected thing he could do. Feeling like
all these years.” he technically knew the ways of
the Force and knew how to wield
The Grievous Gig the lightsaber was just enough for

Wood had the opportunity to him to try and take on the Jedi. Of
reprise the role in Star Wars: course, it wasn’t. Ultimately, the
The Clone Wars. Set in the years combination of his cowardice and
between Star Wars: Attack of going up against the Force is never
the Clones (2002) and Revenge going to work. And then his battle
of the Sith, the animated series droids really are quite dumb, and
takes an on-the-ground look at their processors are not very high-
the galactic conflict between the end because the factory stamps out

Republic and the Separatists, with thousands of these things.”
Grievous and his droid army So this clever, nearly
at the center of numerous key indestructible, and bold-yet-craven
struggles. The Art of Star Wars: leader was stuck with commanding
The Clone Wars explains how an endless supply of incompetent
they adjusted General Grievous’ soldiers. Grievous found a
grim countenance to match the way to work with the battle 07 Grievous’ sharp
golden eyes
style of the show. Designer Atsushi droids, even if it meant using are some of his
Takeuchi used simpler shapes them as fodder while seeking few remaining 08
organic parts.
for Grievous’ complex head and a Jedi to fight, or taking a
limbs to maintain the look of the risky move, such as abducting 08 Woods reprised
character, while exaggerating the Senator Amidala in the episode, his Grievous role
for the video
chest and shoulders to make him “Destroy Malevolence.”
game Star Wars:
more menacing. Grievous strode Dooku found Grievous to be Battlefront II.




07
GENERAL
GRIEVOUS

A sharp military strategist and
dangerous fi ghter trained by
Count Dooku in the ways of
Jedi combat, Grievous is all the
more formidable because of
his cybernetic enhancements.
He’s not Force-sensitive, but
with his multiple claw-like limbs
and graceful articulation, he’s
more than agile enough to wield
lightsabers with precision. A
Kaleesh warrior who was critically
wounded, Grievous voluntarily
gave himself over to mechanical
modifi cations; his brain, heart,
lungs, spinal cord, and haunting
golden eyes are the only organic
remnants of his body.








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“I try to look for the Wars galaxy. Notably, he appeared that keeps Wood coming back
in Dark Horse Comics’ Darth Maul: to the role? “I like his struggle,”
empathy in the character Son of Dathomir (in which he killed he answers. “It’s nice to have a

that way, and perform Mother Talzin), and two Marvel character as a juxtaposition to
Comics series, Jedi of the Republic: the heroes. Grievous is somebody
him as a lesson as to what
Mace Windu and Kanan. Most in whom you can see all his bad
you don’t want to be.” recently, Wood voiced the villain points. He’s cowardly, and he
again in downloadable content doesn’t really have many friends—
for the video game Star Wars: in The Clone Wars we went to his
a successful leader because the Battlefront II. He had to break his lair, and there’s a droid that’s his
cyborg looked at the big picture; recording sessions up over multiple bickering friend, but it’s pretty stark.
the general executed high-handed days so that he didn’t destroy his He lives alone, he’s always boastful
plans like using hidden listening voice. “You can’t really be subtle. about all the things he’s going to
posts to ambush Republic fl eets Grievous having a fireside chat with do to you or how he’s going to rule
and attempting to invade Kamino somebody is not something we’ve you, and it’s obvious his ego gets
to stop clone production. As Wood seen before or are likely to,” Wood the best of him. So, I try to look for
said, he was always trying to make jokes. “Most of his lines have to be the empathy in the character that
a name for himself and his every super-projected. In order to hit the way, and perform him as a lesson as
appearance during The Clone Wars plug-in processor that I use, the way to what you don’t want to be. That’s
certainly emphasizes that. that I want it to, the voice definitely how it is for me, showcasing that
has to be pushed.” you can’t have light without dark;
The Allure of Grievous In performing a character my performance in this dark world

General Grievous has also gone that presents such physical and exists to give the light something
on to appear elsewhere in the Star technical obstacles, what is it to shine on.”






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DESTINY















































































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h boy—I reached children and rather forgettable. 01 The box art for Fantasy Flight’s 2016
original trilogy game, Rebellion, by
the Millennium
These days, things couldn’t
O Falcon!” trills a be more different. The board artist Darren Tan.
mop-haired child
gaming industry has radically
as he moves his changed and expanded, undergoing but primary among them is a
Han-and-Chewie token across an astonishing, designer-led widespread desire to disconnect
a colorful game board. “The renaissance: games have become from digital environments.
Force is with you!” says the more engaging to people of all ages, “You’re seeing people
dungarees-wearing girl sitting exploring countless different themes socializing more in real life and
across the table from him. Then in a variety of innovative ways, moving away from their phones
a stentorian narrator announces and often boasting impressively or playing video games over the
over an incongruous, jazzy high production values. internet,” says Matt Jarvis, editor
soundtrack, “You too can play Unsurprisingly, Star Wars board of the U.K.’s Tabletop Gaming
the space fantasy Star Wars game games have evolved, too. Whether magazine, “as well as a revival in
Escape From Death Star…” you want a quick card game, a physical items, which has also
This cheesy 1977 television furious, sprawling tabletop battle, seen vinyl records come back into
commercial was most people’s or an absorbing, epic strategy popularity, for example. It all feeds
first-ever glimpse of a Star Wars game, then there has never been into this appeal of just sitting

board game. With a spinner to a better time for you to get into around a table with friends.”
determine moves and a deck of Star Wars board gaming—even if Frank Brooks, designer of the
cards that could help or hinder all you want to know is who would recently released second edition of
players’ attempts to get their heroes win in a dogfight between Wedge Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars:

from ‘the garbage dump’ to the Antilles and Hera Syndulla. X-Wing agrees. “Games are a really
safety of Yavin 4, Kenner’s Escape great way for people to interact
From Death Star wasn’t exactly The Big Bang with each other in a physical
the most sophisticated of tabletop The current tabletop resurgence space, doing something fun as a
gaming experiences; it was strictly for is the result of numerous factors, group,” he says. This is especially






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DICING WITH DESTINY






true now that most board games
are meticulously calibrated to
maximize engagement (posterior-
numbing play times are much
rarer now), and come with
attractive, often geek culture-
inspired themes.
“Geeks are cool now,” says
Alex Green, commercial director
of Asmodee U.K., Britain’s biggest
board game distributor. He points
at programs like The Big Bang
Theory, the sitcom which helped
bring many niche obsessions such

as science fiction, comic books,
and gaming into the mainstream.
And then there’s the ever-growing
popularity of Star Wars. “It’s a great
story and a great backdrop, so you
have a lot of people wanting to live
out the stories themselves,” he adds.


Getting Rolling
As Escape From Death Star proved
a long time ago, the journey
towards fully realizing the Star
Wars galaxy in tabletop form took
many years.
“We didn’t know a lot about
game design back in the day,” says
Brooks, “so a lot of games were just
roll-and-move. There was no skill
involved, no decision points, zero
agency. You just resolved the game.”
With early titles like Adventures
of R2-D2 (1977), Hoth Ice Planet
Adventure (1980), or Yoda the Jedi
Master (1981), the Star Wars theme 02
was front-and-center, but the game
mechanisms didn’t engage beyond like, ‘well the property market on
someone eventually, randomly Alderaan’s really gone downhill—
managing to win. Then there there’s nothing left!’ But I like Star
were (and still are) the Star Wars Wars, so I’d prefer a version that
versions of existing, classic board reflects my personal taste.”
games: the mystery-solving Clue, Away from such branded tie-
the territory-dominating Risk, the ins, pure Star Wars gaming took a
fog-of-war weaving Battleship and, leap forward in sophistication and
naturally, the property-trading complexity with West End Games’
mainstay that is Monopoly. Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game
“The idea of buying property (1987). Published to coincide with
around the galaxy is a bit odd,” Star Wars: A New Hope’s (1977)
laughs Jarvis. “Especially as it’s one 10th anniversary, it was a major
where planets get blown up. It’s milestone. As with Dungeons &
Dragons, it enabled players to create
their own heroes and undertake
02 Alex Kim’s powerful box art for the their own quests, but in George
Star Wars: Legion game. Lucas’ galaxy rather than a fantasy
world of treasure and magic. It
03 A group of gamers roll several dice

to discover their Star Wars: Destiny. proved hugely popular—and not 03




34 / STAR WARS INSIDER

only because it was fun to play.
“Its source book became this ACROSS
“People might bible of Star Wars lore before there

grow up, but we was anything else like it,” explains THE BOARD
retain our creative Jarvis. “Even if you didn’t play role-
imagination. playing games, you still wanted to Insider’s pick of the most
Tabletop games pick up the source book because it memorable Star Wars games.
gave you all this information you
let you express it.”
couldn’t find elsewhere.” Vintage Victor
BROOK S F L UGA UR - LE A V IT T Naturally, when the prequel DESTROY DEATH STAR (1977)
Developer, Fantasy Flight Games trilogy arrived, fresh games came One of the best of the fi rst Kenner games, this
with it, including one that was wasn’t just a straightforward spin-the-spinner-
and-move affair, it required each player to lead
almost too ambitious: The Queen’s
a squadron of three X-wings along the Death
Gambit (2000). Based on the climax Star’s trench and blow it up before it can turn
to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Yavin 4 into
(1999), it re-enacted the four battles asteroids. Just
to complicate
on Naboo, spreading its action
matters, the
across three different boards and a board’s Death
central three-tier representation of Star rotated,
meaning you
the Theed Royal Palace, with 155
had to time
miniatures representing Gungans, those trench
Trade Federation droids, star runs
just right.

fighters and more.
“It goes for unbelievable money
now,” says Jarvis. “People love it.” Mastering the Lore
However, despite the success of STAR W ARS :
THE ROLE-PLAYING GAME (1987)
Decipher Inc’s popular Star Wars:
Customizable Card Game, which The fi rst ever Star Wars role-playing game
(RPG), allowing players to create their own
allowed deck-collecting players
heroes in a galaxy far, far away and go off on
to play out light-versus-dark-side adventures devised by the Games Master. Using
battles between 1995 and 2001, the same system as
the Ghostbusters
both Jarvis and Green agree that
RPG, it was beloved
modern Star Wars board gaming by fans for being such
didn’t truly come into its own until a valuable source of
Star Wars information
Minnesota-based publisher, Fantasy
in the pre-internet
Flight Games, acquired the Star age. A special
Wars license in 2012 and released limited-in-number
the Star Wars: X-Wing miniatures 30th anniversary
edition was released
game. “They’ve really pushed the
in 2018 by Fantasy
envelope in terms of what they’ve Flight Games.
been able to do with the Star Wars
universe,” says Green. The Lost Classic
STAR W ARS :
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2000)
Attention To Detail
Still praised by many gaming die-hards,
It’s hard to think of any other this monster of a game recreated all four
cinematic franchise that feels so theaters of the Battle of Naboo on a table-
swamping arrangement of boards, cardboard
thematically ripe for the modern
constructions, and plastic miniature fi gures.
tabletop experience. Not only is One of the designers, Rob Daviau, went on to
the Star Wars galaxy huge, but it become one of today’s most celebrated and
also compels you to explore its innovative game designers.
every Naboo nook or Corellian
cranny. “I watch the cantina scene
in A New Hope, and I’m thinking,
‘Who are all these people?’” says
Fantasy Flight Games’ Frank
Brooks. “It’s this very rich, detailed
world that makes you want to try
living in it and playing in it.”
“Star Wars has captured the






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imagination of so many people,”
ACROSS THE BOARD adds Brooks Flugaur-Leavitt,
CONTINUED... who works as a developer in
Fantasy Flight Games’ miniatures
A Miniature Marvel department. “As kids, we’d play
STAR W ARS : X-WING with action figures, and at some

MINIATURES GAME (2012)
point we’d need to resolve the
What fi rst strikes you about Fantasy Flight
Games’ Star Wars-branded debut is the debate of, ‘I shot you!’ ‘No you
sheer quality and detail of its huge array of didn’t!’ So then you have dice,
pre-painted miniatures, which scream to be or cards, or you roll marbles at
collected even if you don’t want to play with
them (the second edition’s X-wing even comes things. Those systems got more
with S-foils and more developed until it’s still
that open and the thing you loved to imagine,
close). But but now you have a game system
the game also
has fantastic, built out of it.”
quick-to-learn, Brooks believes Fantasy Flight
and intuitive Games is the ideal home for Star
gameplay,
which keeps Wars because “we’re very much

the table-based theme-first.” He cites Rebellion
dogfi ghting fast (2016), which encapsulates the
and furious.
story of the entire original trilogy
into a two-to-four hour tabletop 04
Risk Re-skinned experience. “Everything you do in
STAR W ARS RISK (2015) the game feels like something that’s
Compared favorably with The Queen’s Gambit, advancing the story,” he says. Or, as End Game
Star Wars Risk plays out Star Wars: Return Flugaur-Leavitt puts it, “Your choices Fantasy Flight Games’ attention
of the Jedi’s three-way fi nal confl ict—but to
look at it, you wouldn’t think it was Risk at in Rebellion affect how the original to detail and profound respect for
all. Appealingly structured to resemble a TIE trilogy plays out. You can create an the source material is obvious in all
fi ghter, it makes so many changes to the way entirely different trilogy of movies their titles.
Risk plays it’s almost a completely different
game. If you’re looking for a tactical but casual through each and every interaction “What they do goes far beyond
entry-point into Star Wars board games, then with your opponent in that game.” just having Obi-Wan Kenobi or
look no further. “We’ve treated Star Wars Luke Skywalker as playing pieces

with such respect,” on a board,” says
says Brooks. “And “Games are Tabletop Gaming

Lucasfilm really trusts a really great magazine’s Matt
us to do the setting way for people Jarvis. “In their
justice.” to interact with games you are able
“We’re all fans each other to actually tie those
in slightly different people together in
ways,” adds Flugaur- in a physical a way that makes
Leavitt. “I read the space, doing them feel like the
novels very heavily. something fun characters are coming
Frank has read more as a group.” alive. You have all
of the comics. And these neat thematic
The Big One we both love the BROOK S flavors where it
STAR W ARS : REBELLION (2016) movies and play the FL U G A U R- L E A V I T T could be that you’re
Designed by Corey Konieczka, this beautiful- video games.” Developer, essentially creating
looking Fantasy Flight Games’ offering Brooks and Fantasy Flight Games battles that you
compresses the events of the original Star Wars
trilogy into a single, two-player (or two-team) Flugaur-Leavitt’s passion for Star didn’t see on screen, or you’re
game. It takes a while to get your head around Wars is undeniable, whether they even making mini storylines of
the game’s are beaming with pride at the fact your own.”
asymmetric
set-up, but the that the Raider-class corvette they In the miniature-based
effort is worth invented for Fantasy Flight’s X-Wing wargame Legion (2018), for
it as the Empire game later appeared in the Star Wars example, you could re-enact the
player and rebel Battlefront video game, or talking in Battle of Endor on your kitchen
player each
have different great detail about the joys of making table. With the smaller-scale
objectives, the gun turret of a Star Wars Rebels skirmish game Imperial Assault,
tactics, and Season Two Lancer-class cruiser work you could send a small team to
routes to
success. within the X-Wing system. rescue Leia from the Death Star.





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04 Imperial Assault is a head-to-head
game of rebels versus the Empire.

05 Collectible dice-and-card-game
Star Wars: Destiny pitches players
into “What if” battles.
06 Miniature vehicles, starships, and
characters play a big part in the
appeal of tabletop games.
06

just want to hang out in hives of been able to add Clone Wars-era
scum and villainy. starfighters to X-Wing, and has

Fantasy Flight Games also cracked how to incorporate the Force
offers two different flavors of into their second edition system.
miniature spaceship combat: “So you’ll basically be able to play
05
the “white-knuckle” dogfighting the entire timeline,” he beams. “You
X-Wing, or the slower-paced, more want to know if Darth Vader could
long-term strategic Armada. “It’s beat Kylo Ren in a dogfi ght? Well,
The new dice-and-card collecting really cool to be able to experience now you can try it out.”
game Destiny (2017), meanwhile, the Star Wars setting in all these As a keen Star Wars gamer,
enables you to play out duels different ways, with different Jarvis says he’d like to see a big
between different characters. games emphasizing different parts Rebellion-style game that takes
Just as Star Wars itself was a of the experience,” says Brooks. in the entirety of the new trilogy
heady mash-up of different movie once Episode IX is released, but
genres, so the new wave of games Flights Of Fancy until then there’s plenty of life
it’s inspired fall into a variety of When it comes to Star Wars, Fantasy left in Star Wars’ gaming galaxy,
game genres. The new role-playing Flight Games always has its eye through the way it’s experienced,
game system even comes in on the future. As new movies are adapted, enjoyed, and played out
three strands: Force And Destiny, released and new characters or by thousands of gamers worldwide.
for those who want to wield starships revealed, its games can be “Our games allow you to justify
lightsabers as Jedi and Sith; Age Of adapted and expanded to encompass playing with toys and telling stories
Rebellion, for those who want to them. “Destiny, X-Wing and Legion with them,” asserts Flugaur-Levitt.
get on the frontlines of the battle are the kind of games which can be “People might grow up, but we
against the Empire; and Edge Of evolved over time,” says Jarvis. retain our creative imagination.
The Empire, for scoundrels who Brooks is very happy he’s fi nally Tabletop games let you express it.”






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01 Mark Hamill, George Lucas,
Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford
on the set of Star Wars: The
Empire Strikes Back (1980)

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n March 22, 1976 in the desert I have no idea what I’m doing here, and I can’t PAUL
O of Djerba, an island just off get out. I’m trapped in these archives!’” DUNCAN’S
With years of experience writing, editing,
the coast of Tunisia, George
Lucas called “Action!” for the
and publishing books and magazines on popular
first time on his new fi lm: Star culture, in recent years Duncan has brought STAR WARS

STORY
Wars. To the cast and crew his wealth of knowledge to the German-based
“I’d just turned 13 in
toiling in the dusty North African heat, nobody publisher Taschen, creating high-end books on 1977,” Paul Duncan
could have anticipated that alongside shooting subjects as wide-ranging as James Bond, Charlie recalls, casting his
a movie, they were making cultural history. Chaplin, and the films of Pedro Almodovar. mind back to his

fi rst encounter with
The events surrounding the development and “Taschen had already been working with Disney
Star Wars. “I was
production of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) on some projects,” Duncan says, explaining having a cup of tea,
and its subsequent sequels have been discussed, the gestation behind The Star Wars Archives. and the news was
on. At the end they
dissected, debated, and written about in “When the question came up, ‘do you want to
had this feature on a
numerous books over the course of the last fi ve do something with Lucasfilm?’ it all seemed to new fi lm full of these

decades. It’s perhaps a story many of us feel happen very naturally.” geometrically shaped
we already know. However, a lavish new book While other adventurers might have packed spaceships chasing
each other, robots,
published by Taschen—The Star Wars Archives: a bullwhip and fedora to embark on a round-
and laser explosions.
1977-1983— seeks to cast new light on the the-world research voyage, Duncan grabbed I thought, ‘Wow! I’ve

production of the original Star Wars trilogy. his laptop and made the first of many trips got to see that.’ It’s
still clear as day.
between his home in the U.K. and the archives “Throughout
Finding the Story held by Lucasfilm Ltd. across various locations the summer of 1977



“I was very excited but also terrified, because I in California. His first port of call was Skywalker and into the winter,
I hunted every scrap
had no idea how I was going to find a story that Ranch in Marin County. “What’s always diffi cult

of information that I
hadn’t been told before,” admits is getting people to trust you, could fi nd about Star
writer Paul Duncan, an editor and to allow an outsider to come in Wars,” he continues.
film historian who spent two years “I never know, going and look at these very precious “It opened in in my


combing the Lucasfilm archives to in, what the story materials,” says Duncan. The home town on the
29th of January.  It
research the new volume. “I spent welcome he received upon his was cold, and it was


my first year going through the is. I have to find it in arrival at Lucasfilm could not raining, and I stood
in line because I’d
archives thinking, ‘How am I going the archives, and have been more open. “At the fi rst seen on the news
to do this? I’ve got a deadline, meeting to start off the project, millions of people
that’s where the lining up to see Star
story makes itself 02 Wars in America. I
got there four hours
apparent.” beforehand and
nobody else was
there! It was the fi rst
movie I went to see
on my own.”
Was it as life-
changing as he was
expecting? “I read
‘A long time ago in
galaxy far, far away,’
and BANG! I was
in. Just completely
in. That was the
effect, and I wanted
to fi nd out exactly
how they did it,
so started reading
Starlog magazine,
and then a magazine
called Starburst came
out in the U.K. Star
Wars kickstarted
me into the life
and career I have
now. I’m interested
in all fi lm, art, and
literature, but Star
Wars set me off on
the path to become
the person that I
am today.”









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myself and art director 02 The book features 03
Josh Baker walked into many rare photos ,
including this shot of
the Ranch through the George Lucas and
main communal area, Frank Oz on set.
where there are comfy
03 Carrie Fisher
couches and most (Princess Leia) poses
things are Star Wars in her Endor costume.
related. We were very
04 Anthony Daniels
excited. Laela French, as C-3PO in this
who runs the Lucas behind-the-scenes
shot from A New Hope.
Museum of Narrative
Art, took me to all the
archive sites to introduce me, and that was it.”
“I never know, going in, what the story is,”
Duncan continues. “I have to find it in the
archives, and that’s where the story makes itself
apparent. I do not have an opinion or a voice in
how I tell that story within the book. It’s in the
facts, and in the people who were actually there
to tell the story. I shape it, and edit it in the sense
that, as in documentary filmmaking, the editor
is the ‘writer.’ It was the same way with me on
this book.”

Out of This World

With those fi rst introductions made, it was time
for Duncan to stand on the threshold and take

his first tentative steps into the long-distant
history of Star Wars, and the archives made
available to him.
“At the Presidio, Lucasfilm’s San Francisco
headquarters, I looked at the photography,”
Duncan explains. “I was basically in a locked
room with Gamorrean Guards looking over me—
there are actually pictures of Gamorrean Guards
on the wall—and you can’t get in unless you’re
allowed in. So that space was me, locked inside
with the assets, the original photography—the
original black and white negatives, the original
color slides, everything they have.
“Skywalker Ranch is all about the props and
artwork—probably what people have in their
minds when they think of an ‘archive.’ It sounds 04
like a cliché, but it is out of this world. What
you’ve got there are the original lightsabers, the
destroyed Death Star from Return of the Jedi,
Han Solo in carbonite. You’ve even got an Ark of
the Covenant in there. You’ve got costumes, and
all the artwork.
“It’s low light because they don’t want to
damage anything,” Duncan continues. “It’s air
conditioned, and I had to wear gloves because
everything has to be protected. I open a drawer
and it’s full of original Ralph McQuarrie concept
paintings. I take them out one by one. I unwrap
each piece, I look at it. I think, ‘That’s nice.’
Typical Brit, underplaying it!” Duncan laughs at
his understated display of reverence at holding
something so important to the development of






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Star Wars in his hands. “And when I look on the 05
back, there’s information telling you how many
days it took McQuarrie to create this piece. That’s
what you’re always looking for—information
about a who, what, where, and when.”


That Other Archaeologist
Not to further draw comparisons with another
famous George Lucas creation, but would it be
fair to call Duncan a cultural archaeologist? “I’ll
take that!” he smiles. “This is basically what
Indiana Jones does between movies. Before he

goes out to actually find the Ark, he has to do all
this research in archives to find the way he has to

go. That’s basically me. Indiana Jones. Obviously,
I’m too old, and balding, and fat…” Duncan adds
with healthy self-deprecation, “but this is what
I dream of!”

There were further Lucasfilm archive areas
that Duncan had the opportunity to explore,
each presenting its own challenges and rewards.
“There’s another place at the Ranch where they
have all the original negatives for the Lucasfi lm
movies,” he says. “They’ve got off-cuts and
b-roll. They have a record of all the original
negatives—when they were taken and what the
reference numbers are for every single shot, every
single take. But it’s in cold storage, so there I
am in California where it’s 80 to 90 degrees in 06
the shade, and I’m walking along in my T-shirt,
then I have to go into this cold storage and I’m
suddenly wearing four layers, a really thick coat,
a hat over my ears to keep to me warm, and
gloves in order to handle all these shelves of
production documents!
“The final area is the Lucas Research Library

in the main house of the Ranch. It’s a beautiful
library, run by Miki Bulos. It’s just to die for—two
stories full of books; I could literally live there,”
Duncan smiles. “Just outside, in the solarium,
there’s an archive of clippings for all the movies.
Through all of this I have to record and digitize
whatever materials I need in order to make the
book, so there’s a lot of processing work to do.”


Experiencing History
“It’s overwhelming when you step into an
archive,” Duncan says, “because you don’t the production documents, but I had no idea 05 Duncan found new
know what you’re going to find. At the Ranch what the jargon all meant. On each fi lm they information while

viewing artist Ralph
there’s a giant wall of folders and archival invented their own logging system with these McQuarrie’s original
boxes with jargon on the front, containing all codes, and I had to decode them. Sometimes it concept art.
feels like trying to decode the Enigma Machine.
06 The development of
But the longer you spend with it, the more you the original trilogy is
“It’s overwhelming when you step understand how people were thinking. exhaustively explored
in The Star Wars
“The initial feeling was just being completely
into an archive,” Duncan says, perplexed,” Duncan describes his early days Archive, covering early
designs such as this
“because you don’t know what installed deep within the Lucasfi lm Archives, tauntaun maquette.
“but I was having a great time, and getting some
you’re going to find.” fabulous stuff. I came across the daily continuity






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SHARING
THE LOVE

“It’s always been
about enthusiasm
for a subject, and
wanting to share
that feeling with
people,” Duncan
explains when asked
about his route into
being a writer and
editor. “It started
with Star Wars, and
becoming interested
in watching other
science-fi ction
movies. I was very
enthusiastic about it,
and I wanted to write
about it.”
Only 15 years old,
and still at school, the
young Duncan wasn’t
sure how to go about
this until some friends
introduced him to
early Doctor Who
fanzines (fan-made
magazines) from the
1970s. They decided
“What would it be like to look over George Lucas’ shoulder as he walks to produce a fanzine
of their own. “We put
onto the set of Star Wars in Tunisia? What’s going through his mind? What’s together a magazine
called Arken Sword,”
going wrong, and what is he compromising? That became my mantra for recalls Duncan. “It
was a mixture of
everything in the book.” Doctor Who, science-
fi ction, and comics.
All the things I was
interested in. I did
that magazine for
sheets for A New Hope when they were in to actually write them? Then from the writing,
10 years, during
Tunisia. They include the slate number on the the vision he had to get them made! That was which time it went

very first day; exactly who was in it, what was what interested me, and that became my focus. from 100 copies to
selling 5000-plus
happening, what the lenses were, what was said, What would it be like to look over George Lucas’
copies, worldwide.”
how many takes they took. You think, ‘Wow, shoulder as he walks onto the set of Star Wars in In 1995, Duncan
that’s it! That’s what I want: to feel as though Tunisia? What’s going through his mind? What’s created the crime
I’m actually there, experiencing it in the present going wrong, and what is he compromising? and mystery fi ction
magazine Crime Time
tense. And these documents are my gateway That became my mantra for everything in the
before founding the
to that experience. But they’re so completely book. What is George doing and why?” Pocket Essentials
functional, they have no personality, they just tell This key realization led to Duncan venturing series of pop culture
guidebooks in 1999.
you what happened. They are part of history, but out of the low light and cold of the Archives to
That led to major
history is about people. It dawned on me that the conduct a once-in-a-lifetime, three-day interview editing and writing
person I was most interested in was George Lucas.” with George Lucas. “That was extraordinary,” assignments for
Taschen. “It’s about
This was the moment during those initial Duncan recalls. “The reason for meeting George
what excites me,
archival expeditions—which Duncan describes as was because the who, what, where, and when is what interests me,
“the most fun you can ever have in your working very easy to uncover from documents, but the what perplexes
life,”—when The Star Wars Archives crystalized in why of something is impossible unless you can me,” adds Duncan.
“Then trying to
the writer’s mind. address it directly. I didn’t want to ask the same
communicate that to
questions that other people had asked, but what an audience, to tell
Meeting the Maker interested me was why he wanted to make Star them a story about
my experience, or
“I realized that there have been a lot of Wars in the fi rst place.
the experience of
biographies of George Lucas, but there hadn’t “In talking with George, it became very the people that I’m
really been a book about his creative process,” clear that his own life experiences and interests writing about.”
he explains. “What was it like for him to make fuelled Star Wars,” says Duncan. “His discovery
these movies, to get people interested, for him of anthropology in college, the origins of

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mythology, all these things he was able to pack 07
into the story of Star Wars as it developed. The
way the book edited together is that we have
elements of George talking about his background,
his philosophy on Star Wars, and then you have
an element about the making of it, then another
element that explains the philosophy, so that
it’s all interwoven and you understand why this
particular element is important. But it’s not to
say that it’s dry and po-faced. George is a funny
man, with a very understated sense of humor. I
thought it was important to show that, and I left
some of that material in the book so that people
understand he’s a real guy.”

Pure Idea

Following months of research trips, long-haul
flights, and armed with three days’ worth of
interview material from Star Wars’ creator, the
hard work was only just beginning for Duncan.
“When you’re turning research into a book, “When you’re
that’s when it becomes much more difficult,” turning research
he says with a voice born from experience of
writing more than 200 books. “That’s when into a book, that’s
when it becomes

08 much more difficult.”


you start hitting walls, 07 Sir Alec Guinness
because you’ve got rehearses his fight
scene for A New Hope,
a limited number of with director George
pages—604 in this Lucas watching.
case. You’ve got 1200
08 The storyboard that
images, and you’ve got opened a saga.
a limited number of
09 A design sketch
words, around 150,000.
working out how actor
Everything that you Kenny Baker might fit
have and everything inside the R2-D2 prop.
you want to say, you’ve
got to condense down
into the very essence of that project.”
The result of two years of research, collating,
processing, and contextualising film history, is

a beautifully packaged volume that places the
09 original Star Wars trilogy in a very specifi c space
and time, viewed from a modern perspective.
“Revisiting Star Wars in such detail has made
me appreciate much more the humanity that
went into the project and the ideas behind it,”
Duncan says, summing up the experience of
working on The Star Wars Archives. “I tell people
I’m working on a Star Wars book, and their faces
light up because it holds a positive message about
how we live our lives. It’s only now that I can
truly understand that, and I’ve tried to bring that
understanding to others whose lives have been
brightened by Star Wars. I found it to be very
moving that such a pure idea has endured for so
many decades, and remains pure to this day.”






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Surviving








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Star Wars Celebration lands in Chicago on April
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Show LIVE! host Andi Gutierrez, this is Insider’s

guide to getting the best out of the ve-day event.


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