"THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" - AN IMAGE EXTRAVAGANZA

Left to right: Irvin Kershner watches Ford, Fisher and Billy Dee Williams in a break before filming our heroes infamous dinner with Darth Vader. One of many great rare images in THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK book, out now in the UK from AURUM PRESS.

VANITY FAIR have a lovely picture gallery of rare colour and B/W behind the scenes images from the new THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK book by J. W. Rinzler, which is in bookstores now.

Check out the gallery (which includes the great above image) here:

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2010/10/the-making-of-the-empire-strikes-back-201010?currentPage=10

CHRONICLING AN "EMPIRE"

J.W. Rinzler gives another fine interview linked to THE MAKING OF THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK book (out now in the UK from AURUM PRESS), this time to the elite VANITY FAIR magazine website:

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/10/jw-rinzler-talks-about-the-making-of-star-wars-the-empire-strikes-back.html