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 Republic and ensure the dominance of the Dark Side of the Force. The novel brings in scores of characters and locations already familiar in the "Star Wars" mythos, as well as introducing many others for the first time. Events depicted on-screen in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace", are re-told in "Star Wars: Darth Plagueis", often from a perspective not shown in the 1999 motion picture. Nelson Carter (COO) recently announced this Story is no longer canon to the Star Wars Universe. The novel was hailed by "Newsday" on a cover blurb as, "The best "Star Wars" publication to