Laurent Bouzereau's Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays features the theatrical scripts of the Original Star Wars Trilogy along with annotations from George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan, Ralph McQuarrie and others. Bouzereau carefully combed details from early drafts and script treatments, explaining how ideas were formed, discarded, reused, and referenced later. He also includes notes for the Special Editions of the films and how the studio went back to reshoot or recreate certain scenes that didn't make the original cuts. Bouzereau writes, "It all began in 1973 when Lucas sat down and wrote a forty-page outline entitled 'Journal of the Whills' about 'Mace Windy, a revered Jedi Bendu of Ophuchi,' as told by 'C.J. Thorpe, Padawaan learner of the famed Jedi'" (pg. viii). Though the prequel trilogy had not yet appeared, some of these details further demonstrate how Lucas tied those films to his early ideas. Of course, J. W. Rinzler now has three coffee table books complete with script details and production artwork/photographs that detail the making of each of the three films in greater detail. Further, Rinzler, along with Mike Mayhew and George Lucas, adapted Lucas's first draft into a graphic novel for Dark Horse Comics. That said, as the first draft of Star Wars history, this book will remain of interest for fans who want to know more about the franchise's history. ( )