The Empire Strikes Back Sketchbook

On this May the fourth I’m sharing a book that has traveled from childhood home and across many moves around Ohio (plus Northern Kentucky). It currently lives on the shelf in my studio and I regard it as a treasure. The pages yellowed, cover creased and spine worn from many years of poring over the sketches and technical illustrations by Joe Johnston and Nilo Rodis-Jamero that informed production for the second Star Wars movie. You can flip through the entire sketchbook thanks to the Internet Archive. —