Star Wars Epic Yarns is a series of children's board books featuring a non-canon look at the Star Wars films with the characters and situations presented as yarn or felt. Each features twelve scenes from one of the films, summarized by a single word. The initial books, released on April 14, 2015, feature the original trilogy: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. They are authored and illustrated by Jack Wang and Holman Wang.[1][2][3]
Development[]
The series was created when Chronicle Books asked the Wang brothers what they would like to do next and they decided to "shoot for the moon and go for what we were the biggest fans of when we were kids, and that was Star Wars." The titles were developed with the aid of Leland Chee, who explained such things as that "cold" would not be appropriate word choice for the Han Solo carbon-freezing scene, as the carbon-freezing is actually a hot process. The scenes in the books were shot in locations such as the Mt. Seymour Forest and the Lynn Valley Headwaters. Digital techniques were used only to create the lightsabers and Darth Sidious's Force lightning.[4]
Cover gallery[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars Epic Yarns Behind the Scenes on StarWars.com (backup link)
- SDCC 2015: Star Wars Publishing Panel Liveblog on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Continue Your Training: Kids Star Wars Summer Reading List on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Star Wars Epic Yarns: A New Hope on the official Hachette Book Group Business Portal website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back on the official Hachette Book Group Business Portal website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return Of The Jedi on the official Hachette Book Group Business Portal website (content now obsolete; backup link)
- ↑ Vancouver's Wang twins make epic Star Wars story simply felt — literally by Gee, Dana on The Province (April 10, 2015) (archived from the original on April 14, 2015)
External links[]
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: A New Hope on Chronicle Books' official website (backup link)
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back on Chronicle Books' official website (backup link)
- Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi on Chronicle Books' official website (backup link)
- Cozy Classics - A Visit to Chronicles Books in San Fran (backup link)