About the Author

Senior editor at Lucasfilm Ltd, J. W. RINZLER has overseen dozens of "Star Wars" books, including "Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Attack of the Clones, The Visual Dictionary: Attack of the Clones, "and "The Cinema of George Lucas." Rinzler attended Parsons School of Design and New York University s Graduate School of Arts and Science. He settled for a while in Paris, where he taught art history and cinema for many years at private and public universities. As the associate producer for a video game developer, he wrote the scripts for a number of educational titles. Rinzler returned to the States to become managing editor of "GamePro" magazine, and published a number of articles on the industry. He is the author of The Art of Star Wars" "Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Rinzler lives in Petaluma, California."