Droidmaker

Droidmaker

George Lucas and the Digital Revolution

by Michael Rubin

2005
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This book ventures in territory never explored, as Rubin-a former member of the Lucasfilm Computer Division-reconstructs the events in Hollywood, in Silicon Valley, and at Lucas' private realm in Marin County, California, to track the genesis of modern media. With unprecedented access to images and key participants from Lucasfilm, Pixar and Zoetrope-from George Lucas and the executives who ran his company, to the small team of scientists who made the technological leaps, Rubin weaves a tale of friendships, a love of movies, and the incessant forward movement of technology.

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    How does George Lucas’s original vision for Lucasfilm as a holistic, independent creative ecosystem compare to the way modern entertainment and tech conglomerates operate today?

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    Michael Rubin highlights the tension between artistic storytelling and relentless technological advancement; in your own field or creative pursuits, have you found that new tools enhance or overshadow the core human work?

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    The book explores the brilliant, often eccentric minds who populated the Lucasfilm Computer Division; what qualities make a team effective when they are tasked with achieving something that has literally never been done before?

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