The Art of Star Wars artwork of Doug Chiang features heavily in these books. Extracts from the "Episode I" book were published in a 48-page booklet accompanying a US "collectors' edition" videotape of "The Phantom Menace" in 2000. "The Art of Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", published in 2005, features a foreword by director George Lucas, and presents the early concept art for significant scenes in "Episode III", in particular the final lightsaber duel of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker on the hellish lava planet of Mustafar, and the medical chamber where Darth Vader is dressed in his trademark armour. Following
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis date." Star Wars: Darth Plagueis Star Wars: Darth Plagueis is a novel that is part of the "Star Wars" expanded universe. It was written by James Luceno, and released on January 10, 2012. The novel covers the later life and machinations of Sith lord Darth Plagueis, over a roughly fifty-year period pre-dating "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace". The novel details Plagueis' overthrow of his own master Darth Tenebrous, his work as head of a powerful banking consortium on the Muun homeworld, his discovery, recruitment and training of the teenaged Palpatine of Naboo, and the efforts of Plagueis to undermine the