Via Starwars.com:
ON DECEMBER 16, YOU CAN REBEL…WITH STICKERS! EDITOR SAMANTHA HOLLAND TAKES STARWARS.COM BEHIND THE SCENES OF DK PUBLISHING’S UPCOMING BOOK.
We love Star Wars sticker books. We love Star Wars encyclopedias. It may have once been thought that combining the two would be impossible… But finally, we have the technology. Unlearn what you have learned and get ready for Star Wars: Rogue One: Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia, coming December 16 from DK Publishing, and available now for pre-order in both the US and UK.
It is truly the best of both worlds: a book filled with insightful character bios, weaponry details, and vehicle info, along with Awesome Stickers. (And you can never have enough Bistan or Pao stickers.) StarWars.com has a special preview of two spreads from Star Wars: Rogue One: Ultimate Sticker Encyclopedia, and caught up with editor Samantha Holland over e-mail to find out how the guide was created.
StarWars.com: From start to finish, what was the process for making the book? I’d imagine that balancing copy with images that need to be removable can be tricky.
Samantha Holland: It was tricky, but a lot of fun. This sticker book is very different from ones we’ve done in the past. We had to take into account the content of the film to make sure that it matched the film, was age-appropriate, and really cool! The design is advanced and gritty. It matches the tone of the film really well.
More goes into these books than people realize. The process began with the folks at DK coming to Lucasfilm for an overview of the new movie. From there we began picking images and creating a layout for what we wanted the book to look like. The great thing about this book is that it is more encyclopedic in nature so the stickers balance really well with the informational text. It’ll be a great companion piece to the film.
After layouts and image selections were approved, Owen Bennett at DK began designing the book and creating these wonderful spreads you see. Then Emma Grange and Shari Last, the DK editors and authors of the book, filled in the details on the different characters, weapons, and vehicles throughout the film. Once all that was completed, the stickers had to be cut out (which is incredibly time-consuming) and then the book was sent off to print after all approvals were complete.
Click below to read the full article.
