Includes index

Foreword / Doug Chiang -- Introduction / Phil Szostak -- Who's who -- Return of the last Jedi -- The costume department. The light side ; The dark side -- The props department -- The creature and droid effects department -- Aliens from a thousand worlds -- The art, set decoration, and computer graphics departments. An adventure unlike anything on your planet ; The story of a boy, a girl, and a universe -- Industrial Light & Magic and post-production. A spectacle light-years ahead of its time

The official behind-the-scenes book of concept, production, and post-production art for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Go inside the creative process behind the most anticipated film of the century. The latest trilogy in the Star Wars film series brings the Skywalker Saga to a close and The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will take readers into the creative process behind visualizing the epic worlds, creatures, characters, costumes, weapons, and vehicles of the landmark conclusion more than 40 years in the making