Star Wars: Behind the Magic

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Star Wars: Behind the Magic
Star Wars Behind the Magic video game cover.jpeg
Developer(s) LucasArts
Publisher(s) LucasArts
Platform(s) Windows
ReleaseSeptember 1998 [1] [2]
Genre(s) Multimedia
Mode(s) Single-player

Star Wars: Behind the Magic is a 1998 multimedia CD-ROM from LucasArts. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Summary

Behind the Magic is spread over two discs and includes video clips of the making of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace . [2] A wealth of imagery is presented through more than 2,500 photos, 600 pieces of production art, 30 models, 40 minutes of digitized video, 20 minutes of audio, and 30 ship schematics, plus a searchable database with more than 700 glossary terms. [4]

Reception

Romanian magazine PC Gaming gave the game a score of 92 out of 100 [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "New CD-ROM offers more Star Wars magic". Courier-Post . September 23, 1998. p. 78. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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