{"product_id":"the-art-of-star-wars-andor-the-complete-series-art-of-star-wars","title":"The Art of Star Wars: Andor (the Complete Series) (Art of Star Wars)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLucasfilm creative art manager \n\u003cb\u003ePhil Szostak\u003c\/b\u003e has worked in conjunction \n\u003ci\u003ewith Star Wars\u003c\/i\u003e art departments since 2008. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Szostak ran the JAK Films Art Department on Skywalker Ranch for more than three years before joining the narrative design team on LucasArts's \n\u003ci\u003eStar Wars: 1313\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season Two)\u003c\/i\u003e (Abrams, 2022), \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season One)\u003c\/i\u003e (Abrams, 2020), \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker\u003c\/i\u003e (Abrams, 2019), and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u003c\/i\u003e (Abrams, 2017). \n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTony Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e is a critically acclaimed, award-winning director, writer, and producer. Most recently, Gilroy served as the creator of Lucasfilm's critically acclaimed, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series \n\u003ci\u003eAndor\u003c\/i\u003e. Gilroy directed, wrote, and produced the upcoming film \n\u003ci\u003eBehemoth! \u003c\/i\u003estarring Pedro Pascal, Olivia Wilde, Will Arnett, and Eva Victor. The film is currently in post-production and will be released by Searchlight Pictures. A veteran screenwriter whose credits include \n\u003ci\u003eDolores Claiborne\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Devil's Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Bourne trilogy, Gilroy made his directorial debut with \n\u003ci\u003eMichael Clayton\u003c\/i\u003e, which earned seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. He also wrote and directed \n\u003ci\u003eDuplicity\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Legacy \u003c\/i\u003eand served as a major creative force on \n\u003ci\u003eRogue One\u003c\/i\u003e. Raised in upstate New York, Gilroy is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and filmmaker Frank D. Gilroy and works frequently with his brothers, Dan and John Gilroy. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDan Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and producer. His feature directing debut, \n\u003ci\u003eNightcrawler\u003c\/i\u003e, won Best Screenplay at the 30th Independent Spirit Awards and was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 87th Academy Awards. His other screenwriting credits include \n\u003ci\u003eThe Bourne Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eKong: Skull Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \n\u003ci\u003eReal Steel\u003c\/i\u003e. Gilroy was nominated in both Best Drama Series and Best New Series at the 2023 WGA Awards for his work on \n\u003ci\u003eAndor\u003c\/i\u003e on Disney+ and won the 2025 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for his writing on \n\u003ci\u003eAndor\u003c\/i\u003e's Season Two episode \"Welcomed to the Rebellion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe official behind-the-scenes companion to the Emmy, WGA, SAG, Golden Globe, and BAFTA-Award nominated Disney+ series\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Star Wars: Andor (The Complete Series) \u003c\/i\u003egives readers an exclusive inside look at the production art, visual development, concept art, creature designs and FX, graphics, props, and more that went into creating the Tony Gilroy helmed Disney+ series. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough extensive interviews with Gilroy, star Diego Luna, and the talented Lucasfilm visualists, author Phil Szostak documents every step of \n\u003ci\u003eAndor\u003c\/i\u003e's production from discussions following the initial release of \n\u003ci\u003eRogue One: A Star Wars Story\u003c\/i\u003e up through post-production on the final episodes of season two. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith deep dives into the locations that defined the series, including Kenari, Ferrix, Aldhani, Narkina 5, Mina-Rau, Ghorman, and Yavin 4, among many others, this essential volume celebrates the legacy of all twenty-four critically acclaimed episodes and the hurdles the filmmakers, cast, and crew had to overcome to bring their vision to life. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery facet and detail of the Rebellion and Empire's inner workings and the day-to-day existence within the world of \n\u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e that \n\u003ci\u003eAndor\u003c\/i\u003e lovingly depicted are explored in great detail along with reflections on the series overall and its espionage roots and political relevance. The lived-in, battered costumes, ships, and locales that are so crucial to the DNA of \n\u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e are on full display in this volume alongside the elegant formalism of the Galactic Senate and Coruscant. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery piece of concept art--from ISB uniforms to Ferrix workwear to sleek speeders to the sterile prison cells of Narkina 5--has a tactility that leaps off the page. Cassian Andor's journey from thief to spy to rebel to martyr, and the stories of his allies, uneasy partnerships, Imperial schemes, and galactic revolution took audiences on an emotionally resonant adventure and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Star Wars: Andor\u003c\/i\u003e spotlights the exceptional work that made it all possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Harry N. 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