A new deluxe coffee table book authored by Blocks magazine Editor Graham E. Hancock celebrates 25 years of LEGO Star Wars
If ever there was a dream project to announce, it’s this one – I have authored a new book to mark 25 years of LEGO Star Wars. LEGO Star Wars: The Force of Creativity is a coffee table book for LEGO fans and Star Wars fans, written specifically for adults in the same way that Blocks magazine is.
This coffee table book, presented in a beautiful box with an exclusive Time Capsule, will be exclusively available at LEGO.com. You can pre-order a copy from May 1 and it will be published in July. It is priced at £129.99 / €149.99 / $149.99.
Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams, provides the foreword for LEGO Star Wars: The Force of Creativity and Star Wars design legend Doug Chiang joins LEGO Star Wars Design Director Jens Kronvold Frederiksen in conversation for the prologue.
There are then nine themed chapters that go deep into what makes LEGO Star Wars something special. The first chapter covers how the collaboration between the LEGO Group and Lucasfilm came about, before the book delves deep into how models and minifigures are designed. Specific chapters focus on Ultimate Collector Series sets and the unusual innovative sets that have cropped up over the years.
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LEGO Star Wars is way more than another product theme though, so there is also a chapter on the video games that gave the brand a huge boost, with the creatives behind the first title recalling how they started an entire new gaming franchise. There’s also a chapter on the animated content that has brought LEGO Star Wars to life and the amazing big builds that wow fans at events.
To wrap it all up there’s a gallery of incredible of fan creations and an appendix listing every Star Wars set ever released. It’s 312 packed pages, beautifully designed and with some fantastic never-before-seen pictures.
The Time Capsule contains a selection of extra special items from the past 25 years, starting with a replica of the Toy Fair invitation box that was sent out to buyers ahead of Toy Fair 1999. It’s just the cardboard box aspect, ready for you to build your own scene and pop it inside. There’s also an unproduced script for a LEGO Star Wars talk show, official instructions for the Lucasfilm Yoda Fountain employee gift, element concept sketches and more.
I hope that everyone loves the book and enjoys reading about LEGO Star Wars – but July’s a long time away, so there’s also a celebratory issue of Blocks coming on April 26, containing exclusive LEGO Star Wars interviews, reviews, build instructions and much more.