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Thats actually a real job.
His latest book isStar Wars: Rogue One The Ultimate Visual Guide.
Credit: Lucasfilm
We spoke with him forBehind the Scenes on EW Radio, Sirius XM 105 (Wednesdays, 6 p.m.
ET, 3 p.m. PT) about his life as the galactic Dr. Jones.
Heres an edited version of that conversation:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Where did you start?
Lucasfilm
So I had had this background of writing for and in the universe.
How does the partnership between you and the creature shop work?
Can you give me an example fromRogue One?Well, heres an example fromRogue.
Lucasfilm
Its like, Yeah, this character is missing a head.
Why is he missing a head?
You even have photos of them.
Lucasfilm
That was all that was really established.
Some of them are benevolent, and some of them not so much.
Was Saw Gerrera and his detective work on Geonosis one of those threads?
YourRogue One Ultimate Visual Guideis about twice the length ofThe Force Awakens Visual Dictionary.
What accounts for that?This is DK looking to experiment with a new format, essentially.
How much are you pulling from real life to make the details of these machines sound believable?Absolutely.
Joe toys, that would tell you all the technical details.
I ate that stuff up.
Just trying to extrapolate what a child would name these things was a lot of fun.
I imagine Galen maybe made that for her, and she asks, Well, what is it?
Another surprise in your book.
Darth Vader is only 41 inRogue One!
How did I get to be the same age as Darth Vader?
Time passes, doesnt it?
That is a deep cut.
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