Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary brings DK's world acclaimed visual style to the Star Wars universe. High-quality annotated photographs supported by stills from the films explain every important feature of the characters creatures costumes droids and equipment found in the Star Wars trilogy the most popular films of all time. Author David West Reynolds was given unrestricted access to the famed Lucasfilm archives at Skywalker Ranch in California. Key objects from the films have been re-photographed and even re-created by expert consultants from Industrial Light and Magic a division of Lucas Digital Ltd. and George Lucas's award-winning special-effects production company. The result is a unique and fascinating reference work that reveals the characters and creatures of the Star Wars films as they have never been seen before! (c) 1998 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under Authorisation. www.starwars.com