From the authors of The Fifty-Year Mission and So Say We All, comes the first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise. For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this blockbuster franchise from the very beginning in a single exhaustive volume. Featuring the commentaries of hundreds of actors and filmmakers involved with and impacted by Star Wars, as well as writers, commentators, critics, executives, authors, film historians, toy experts and many more, Secrets of the Force, will reveal all in Altman and Gross's critically acclaimed oral history format from the birth of the original film through the latest sequels and the new televisions series.

DATALOG1. A NEW HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL by Mark A. Altman"You don't need to see his identification."2. A GREAT DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE by Edward Gross"Rebellions are built on hope." Part One A STAR (WARS) IS BORN3. LAUNCH BAY '77"You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought"4. BY GEORGE: I AM YOUR FATHER"I find your lack of faith disturbing."Part Two THE ORIGINAL TRILOGY 1977 - 19835. HOPE & GLORY: STAR WARS"Never tell me the odds"6. LIGHT & MAGIC: THE VISUAL EFFECTS "That's no moon, it's a space station"7. EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: SELLING STAR WARS"It's the story of boy, a girl and a universe..."8. TO BEA OR NOT TO BEA: THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL"We have to get Chewie home for Life Day"9. ICE, ICE, BABY: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK"Do. Or do not. There is no try." 10. CELEBRATE THE LOVE: RETURN OF THE JEDI "I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me." 11. ISN'T THAT SPECIAL? WARS AFTER JEDI"Prince Xizor. Who knew?"Part Three THE PREQUELS 1999 - 200512. DUEL OF THE FATES: THE PHANTOM MENACE"And you, Young Skywalker, we will watch your career with great interest"13. SEND IN THE CLONES: ATTACK OF THE CLONES"Begun, The Clone Wars have..."14: SITH HAPPENS: REVENGE OF THE SITH"I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend. At last, the Jedi are no more." Part Four THE SEQUELS (A.G. - AFTER GEORGE) 2012 - 15. FORCE FED: THE FORCE AWAKENS"There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?"16. REY OF HOPE: THE LAST JEDI"This is not going to go the way you think." 17. THE SKYWALKER'S THE LIMIT: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER"I have died before. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural."18. THIS IS THE WAY: STAR WARS ON TELEVISION"I will help you. I have spoken."ACKNOWLGEMENTSABOUT THE AUTHORS