Secret of StarWars：一部星战创作过程的编年史
这是一本由一位名叫Michael Kaminski的国外星战迷创作的电子书，叙述了星球大战这部史诗级的电影系列是怎么从最初的14页收稿中逐渐在这40年的时间里成形的。这本500多页的星战创作编年史的资料来源超过400个，里面揭露了许多市面上销售的同类型书籍里面没有的细节，同时还提出了许多有意思的问题，例如：星战系列电影到底一共有多少部？6部、9部还是12部？卢卡斯本人一直都说只有6部，其他数字都是媒体杜撰的，但是没有一些事实作为依托，媒体又怎么会做出这些猜测呢？书里面没有直接了当地回答这个问题，它只是列举出不少的事实，其余的东西就由读者自己去揣摩。
这本电子书目前已经出到了第三版，并且可以供任何人免费下载。附上这本书的目录：
Introduction
Chapter I: The Beginning — examines how George Lucas grew up inundated with comic books, pulp fiction and b-movies and stumbled into the film industry at a seminal point in American film history, creating a duo of films which led into the creation of a space adventure movie
Chapter II: The Star Wars — examines how Lucas attempted to adapt Flash Gordon, then remade Akira Kurosawa’s Hidden Fotress, and finally invented his own “superhero in space” adventure film, first as a complicated and convoluted comic book action film
Chapter III: Enter Luke Starkiller — traces how Lucas took his convoluted first draft and struggled for years before he finally arrived at the simplified coming of age odyssey of protagonist Luke Starkiller.
Chaoter IV: Purgatory and Beyond — examines Lucas’ earliest franchise plans, the tumultuous production, final release and the successful aftermath, where Star Wars became a series.
Chapter V: Revelations — shows how Lucas took his simple space adventure and transformed it into a saga, first comprising of 12 and then 9 films, and how the fusion of Luke Skywalker’s father and Darth Vader in early 1978 changed the course of the franchise forever
Chapter VI: The Wreckage — examines how the production of Lucas’ first sequel fell apart and how it impacted the future of the franchise
Chapter VII: Demons and Angels — traces how Lucas redeemed Darth Vader and transformed him into a sympathetic character, and how the nine-episode plan was cut short
Chapter VIII: Endings — examines the closure of the Star Wars trilogy and the collapse of Lucas’ personal life
Chapter IX: The Beginning…Again — examines how Lucas returned to the series and re-invented it with his decision to make his prequel trilogy
Chapter X: Returning Home — Takes a look at the scripting of Episode I and the evolving plans for the trilogy.
Chapter XI: The Madness — looks at the reaction of The Phantom Menace and Star Wars fandom
Chapter XII: Stitches — examines how Lucas continued to shape the prequel story for the second episode
Chapter XIII: The Circle is Complete — examines how Lucas altered his plans for Episode III multiple times and consolidated the trilogy as the personal story of Anakin Skywalker and solidified the new series he had been building
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Great Mystery of the Journal of the Whills — finally de-mystifies this infamous document
Appendix B: Of Heroines, Wookies and Little People — looks at some interesting draft variations of Star Wars
Appendix C: The Dark Father — examines the validity of claims of Lucas developing “Father Vader” before 1978
Appendix D: The Legend of the Sequel Trilogy — traces how the concept of sequels to Star Wars were formed and what happened to the infamous third trilogy that followed the original three films
Appendix E: Tales of Gary Kurtz — examines some interesting comments made by the producer of Star Wars
Appendix F: Tales of Dale Pollock — examines some interesting comments made by Lucas’ only biographer
Appendix G: Tales of Jonathan Rinzler — addresses common misconceptions found in Rinzler’s book.
Appendix H: Script and Writing Sources — lays out and tracks all of the scripts, treatments and materials Lucas created, from 1973 to 2005, in an easy-to-read reference timeline
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