Secrets of the force : the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history of Star Wars / Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250236876 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xvii, 554 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | A new hope springs eternal / Mark A. Altman -- A great disturbance in the force / Edward Gross -- Launch bay '77 -- Hope & glory : Star wars -- Light & magic : the visual effects -- Early bird special : selling Star wars -- Toy story : merchandising Star wars -- To Bea or not to Bea : the Star wars holiday special -- Ice, ice, baby : The empire strikes back -- Celebrate the love : Return of the Jedi -- Isn't that special? : wars after Jedi -- Duel of the fates : The phantom menace -- Send in the clones : Attack of the clones -- Sith happens : Revenge of the Sith -- Force fed : The force awakens -- Rey of hope : The last Jedi -- The Skywalker's the limit : The rise of Skywalker -- This is the way : Star wars on television. |
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| Subject: | Star wars (Motion picture) Star Wars films > History and criticism. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 791.4375 StarW-G | 31681010243061 | NONFIC | Available | - |
EDWARD GROSS has an extensive history covering film and television as a member of the editorial staff of a wide variety of magazines, including Cinescape, Starlog, Cinefantastique, SFX, Movie Magic, Sci-Fi Now and Geek. He has written or co-written over three dozen non-fiction books.
MARK A. ALTMAN is a television showrunner and motion picture writer/producer who is executive producer of the hit sci-fi series, Pandora. Previously he served as Co- Executive Producer of The Librarians, Agent X, Castle and Necessary Roughness among others. His first motion picture was the award winning, Free Enterprise, starring William Shatner and Eric McCormack, which he wrote and produced and for which he won the WGA Award for Best New Writer.
In 2019, Altman launched the Electric Surge video podcast network with producer Dean Devlin (Independence Day, Stargate) which produces numerous podcasts spotlighting pop culture topics with notable experts in their field. The video podcasts which include The 4:30 Movie and Inglorious Treksperts, which he co-hosts, along with Best Movies Never Made as well as several others is also available on the streaming OTT platform, Electric Now, as well as through traditional podcast providers.
His bestselling two-volume book series with Edward Gross, The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete Uncensored, Oral History of Star Trek, was released by St. Martinâs Press in 2016 in hardcover to unanimous critical acclaim including raves in The Wall Street Journal, Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Their oral history of the James Bond films, Nobody Does It Better, was released in 2020.