Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Szostakhas worked in conjunction with Star Wars art departments since 2008. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, Szostak ran the JAK Films Art Department on Skywalker Ranch for more than three years before joining the narrative design team on LucasArts's Star Wars: 1313. He is also the author of The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian season 1(Abrams, 2020) and The Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Abrams, 2020).