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{{Infobox CVG
| title = Star Wars: Behind the Magic
| image = Star Wars Behind the Magic video game cover.jpeg
| developer = [[LucasArts]]
| publisher = LucasArts
| series = 
| producer = 
| designer =
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| released = September 1998<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="release"/>
| genre = [[Multimedia]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
| platforms = [[Windows]]
|alt = 
}}'''''Star Wars: Behind the Magic''''' is a 1998 [[multimedia]] [[CD-ROM]] from [[LucasArts]].<ref name="release">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="HC">{{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}}</ref>

==Summary==
Behind the Magic is spread over two [[Compact Disc|discs]] and includes video clips of the making of ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace]]''.<ref name="release"/> 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.<ref name="HC"/>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
|rev1=''PC Gaming''
|rev1Score=92/100<ref name="review">{{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}}</ref>
}}

''[[Daily Chronicle (Illinois)|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"<ref>{{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 (Illinois)|Daily Chronicle]]|page=7|archivedate=May 6, 2025|date=October 17, 1998|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-status=live}}</ref>

Romanian magazine ''PC Gaming'' gave it a score of 92 out of 100<ref name="review"/>

''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked it as the best CD-ROM of 1998.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20001118015800/http://lucasarts.com/products/btm/default.htm}} (archived)

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