Last week the family of J.W. Rinzler announced he had lost his battle with pancreatic cancer on July 28th at the age of 58.

In a tribute to him on the StarWars.com website, George Lucas said the following.

"With his kind and contemplative nature, you could see a glint in his eye, the wheels turning when he had a new idea and a quiet fervor with which he sought out ever more detail for the books he wrote and edited. The works he left behind are touchstones to times and places we can each remember and appreciate in our own way.”

I’m rereleasing the episode I recorded with him and Juhi Khemani last summer today in his memory. I want to send my condolences to his family, who request that remembrances to him be made by donating to the Pancreatic Cancer Network.

I know his memory and his work will live on for a long, long time to come.