Star Wars: Behind the Magic

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| title = Star Wars: Behind the Magic

| image = Star Wars Behind the Magic video game cover.jpeg

| developer = LucasArts

| publisher = LucasArts

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| released = September 1998{{cite web|url=http://www.lucasarts.com/20th/history_3.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060626090047/http://www.lucasarts.com/20th/history_3.htm|title=LucasArts History|website=LucasArts|archivedate=June 26, 2006|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}

| genre = Multimedia

| modes = Single-player

| platforms = Windows

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}}Star Wars: Behind the Magic is a 1998 multimedia CD-ROM from LucasArts.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post/140063375/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202005247/https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post/140063375/|title=New CD-ROM offers more Star Wars magic|newspaper=Courier-Post|page=78|archivedate=February 2, 2024|date=September 23, 1998|accessdate=February 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-030-1998-11/page/n107/mode/2up|title=Star Wars: Behind the Magic|magazine=PC PowerPlay|page=108|date=November 1998|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}{{cite web|first=Roy|last=Bassave|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/140064431/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202010816/https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/140064431/|title=Star Wars: Behind the Magic|newspaper=Hartford Courant|page=64|archivedate=February 2, 2024|date=October 22, 1998|accessdate=February 2, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}

Summary

Behind the Magic is spread over two discs and includes video clips of the making of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. 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.

Reception

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|rev1Score=92/100{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/pc-gaming-nr-12/page/n55/mode/2up|title=Star Wars: Behind the Magic|magazine=PC Gaming|language=ro|page=57|date=1998|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}

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The Daily Chronicle said "More than anything, Behind the Magic is the kind of CD-ROM you can get completely lost in, not just because of the content but because of the proverbial bells and whistles"{{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Costello|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-chronicle/160447900/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506062613/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-chronicle/160447900/|title=Review - Star Wars: Behind the Magic|newspaper=Daily Chronicle|page=7|archivedate=May 6, 2025|date=October 17, 1998|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}

Romanian magazine PC Gaming gave it a score of 92 out of 100

Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the best CD-ROM of 1998.{{cite web|first=Gary|last=Walk|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/12/25/multimedia-best-and-worst-1998/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128174328/https://ew.com/article/1998/12/25/multimedia-best-and-worst-1998/|title=Multimedia: The best and worst of 1998|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archivedate=November 28, 2022|date=December 25, 1998|accessdate=December 19, 2024}}

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