This article is from the first edition of The Video Game Librarian website I published between 2008 and 2010. It was originally written on August 21, 2008.

LucasArts is pulling out all the stops for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. In addition to the video game, their cross-format media event will feature a tie-in novel, a graphic novel, and an art book (The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed) detailing the making of the game.

Joystiq got a first look at the book and posted a bunch of excerpts on their site. The 224-page tome, which was written by Brett Rector and The Force Unleashed project leader Haden Blackman, definitely looks to raise the bar for game art books everywhere. The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be available in stores this week.

And for more Star Wars fun, the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo will be added to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace tomorrow.