Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition is a Star Wars reference book by Pablo Hidalgo and Kristin Baver. It was published by Dorling Kindersley in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2021. The title is a follow-up to Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition.
Publisher's summary[]
Discover everything you've ever wanted to know about Star Wars in this complete history of the most famous franchise in movie history.
Painstakingly researched and superbly illustrated, Star Wars™ Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition presents a unique Star Wars timeline-the full history of the amazing Star Wars phenomenon as you've never seen it before.
This stunning visual journey features trivia and cultural cornerstones from director George Lucas' early life through to the iconic movie stills, comic books, novels, toys, video games, and theme parks that have spawned from five decades of seminal film making.
Fully updated and expanded, this edition encompasses all nine episodes of the original, prequel, and sequel trilogies, along with the standalone movies Rogue One and Solo, and the acclaimed television series, The Mandalorian.
Produced in full collaboration with Lucasfilm and written by renowned Star Wars experts, Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual History, New Edition is ideal for Star Wars fanatics and newbies alike.[1]
Contents[]
Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition is the forth edition of Star Wars Year By Year, with the first edition being released in 2010, followed by a second edition in 2012, and third in 2016. Like its predecessors,[3][4][5] this book expand on the previous editions, adding 42 new pages, but it is also the first to remove content, with a 26 pages cut.[6]
The section covering 1984 to 1996, previously titled "Between the Trilogies", was renamed "Expanding Star Wars, while the section starting from 2013, titled "Star Wars: A New Era", was renamed into "The Sequel Trilogy". The 2016 chapter, the last chapter in the previous edition, was expanded from two to ten pages, with all previous segments from the previous edition kept, although with some descriptions and illustrations changes. Five new chapters, covering years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 were also added to this section. The new addition were written by Kristin Baver.[5][6]
The 26 pages removed from the previous edition are as follow:[6]
Chapter | Page(s) (previous edition) |
Content |
---|---|---|
Author's Note | 8-9 | By Ryder Windham[5] |
1976 | 46 | Costume sketch for Ben Kenobi by John Mollo[5] |
1976 | 47 | Costume sketches for "Rebel rangers" by John Mollo[5] |
1977 | 62-63 | Cover and two pages excerpt from Star Wars 7[5] |
1979 | 76-77 | Still photography of Harrison Ford as Han Solo on one of the Hoth set of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back[5] |
1980 | 90-91 | Single comic strip by Russ Manning from the Princess Leia, Imperial Servant arc[5] |
1982 | 102 | Klaatu mask by Phil Tippett[5] |
1982 | 103 | Mon Calamari (Ackbar) mask by Phil Tippett[5] |
1997 | 184-185 | Two pages excerpt from "Perfect Evil", meant to illustrate the foray of Star Wars into manga[5] |
2005 | 254-255 | Single panel from General Grievous 1, meant to illustrate the numerous multimedia depiction of Grievous[5] |
2008 | 288-289 | Display of several LEGO minifigurines[5] |
2008 | 294-295 | "Player Bonus Costume/Father's Robes/Kashyyyk" concept art by Chin Ko for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed[5] |
2009 | 298-299 | Lawquane's Farm concept art by Jackson Sze for Star Wars: The Clone Wars[5] |
2010 | 310-311 | Obi-Wan Kenobi and Satine Kryze side by side concept art by Matt Gaser for Star Wars: The Clone Wars[5] |
2015 | 350-351 | Disney Infinity display, including assortiment of collectibles figures, a power disc booster and three screenshots[5] |
Media[]
Editions[]
- ISBN 9780744028645; November 2, 2021; Dorling Kindersley; US hardcover[1]
- ISBN 9780744064292; November 22, 2022; Dorling Kindersley; US hardcover; Spanish-language edition[7]
Cover gallery[]
Appearances[]
People | Locations | Organizations | Media | Miscellanea |
People
Organizations
Media
Miscellanea
Characters | Organisms | Droid models | Events | Locations |
Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7
Star Wars Year by Year New Edition on Penguin Random House's official website (backup link)
- ↑
Star Wars Year By Year on Dorling Kindersley's official United Kingdom website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle
- ↑ Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle, Updated Edition
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
- ↑
Star Wars La historia visual (Star Wars Year by Year) on the official Edelweiss website (backup link)