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We all know the big guys; Darth Vader, the Emperor, Jabba the Hutt, Exar Kun, Grand Admiral Thrawn, and so on. But what about the others, the ones who might have only been in one book, the ones few know or think about? I’d like to take a moment of your time to discuss just a few lesser known (yet just as devastating) evil, low-down, no good bad guys.
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One of my favorite things about Star Wars are the ships and vehicles, so its no surprise that Star Wars: Incredible Cross-Sections has become one of my favorite books. The book is only 32 pages long, with each ship or vehicle taking up 2 pages, but it covers the more famous ones. A few included are the Millennium Falcon, Sandcrawler, AT-AT, and a few of the fighters. The details in the art are absolutely amazing, giving the reader an inside look at the design and function of the vehicles and ships.
Each page also includes detailed descriptions of each mode of transportation (or destruction). It was interesting to learn that TIE fighters were built without landing gear, designed to reduce mass for maximum maneuverability, and also so that they can only land in a Star Destroyer’s hangar, to teach the pilots complete dependence on the authority of the Empire.
Full of interesting information and beautifully intricate drawings of some of the coolest ships and vehicles in Star Wars, this book is perfect for any fan looking to build their own X-Wing, get an inside look, or expand their collection.
[Editor’s note: Previously, we had reviewed Episode I: Incredible Cross-Sections from the same series. Also, this is the first post on GalaxyFarAway.com by our newest contributor, Darth Rand!]
Read More | Leave A Comment »This section has been neglected for a little while, but as part of the current redesign, I am bringing it back in to the fold. Here is a list of all the reviews available here at GalaxyFarAway.com Books. Except where noted, all reviews are by our former Star Wars Book Chick Karen. Also, we have a useful timeline to figure out the order in which the books occur in the Star Wars universe.
Read More | Leave A Comment »Recently a journalist named Jeff Salamon contacted me about to get a feel for what I though about Aaron Allston’s books; I never heard back from him but I recently googled him and found this article in the Austin American-Statesman newspaper. Nice to know he did get his piece out there. This is what I sent him earlier in May:
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The expanded universe (or everything other than the films) is very similar to a religious mythology. There are many interesting story arcs, all intersecting at various places but not necessarily consistent among themselves. The books have always answered the fan’s eternal question of ‘I wonder what happened to that guy’; taking their cue from the films to develop an entire supporting mythology.
All of this was true until the New Jedi Order series. When it became clear that Lucas was never going to pursue a post-Return of the Jedi trilogy, the New Jedi Order was commissioned as an independent series of books.Aaron Allston
Aaron Allston was given control of the X-Wing series after Michael Stackpole gotten it off to a flying start. This was a difficult task because he was handed the reins of an already successful series. On the other hand, Allston had a much more interesting job than a lot of other Expanded Universe writers. The components of the series were almost entirely parallel to the films and came with very little baggage associated with characters and story arcs from the films. He had to fit in with Stackpole’s voice and imagery; not necessarily that of Lucas.
My favorite book of his is X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar where he has mastered the quick banter between the pilots which makes it unique and still fits in to the ‘Han Solo mode’ of the original Star Wars trilogy. It is also a clever and fast moving plot; it is almost as though Allston got the hang of things by the end of the series. In fact, his books have consistently improved through the series; each one better than the one before.
This trademark humor of his is evident even in his subsequent New Jedi Order ‘Enemy Lines’ books. His NJO books, in fact, brought that series closer to the films in many respects; his handling of Leia’s character, the humor and bringing the dark side back in to the picture.
Overall, Aaron Allston has grown as a writer as his career with Star Wars has progressed.Let me know if you want clarification, expansion or anything else!
Devanshu
StarWarsShop.com has a lot of merchandise from the Celebration; the afghan rug and the water bottle are classics! Check out more here. (more…)
TheForce.net has interviewed Del Rey editor Shelly Shaprio. Here’s an excerpt. Read it all at TheForce.net’s Jedi Council.
What is the process for choosing an author to write a Star Wars novel?Read More | Leave A Comment »
Generally, I propose authors I feel would work well, and Lucasfilm reads them and approves or disapproves. The basic rules of thumb are that the author must have a track record in publishing, and must be a Star Wars fan—at least enough that he or she is really going to be excited about working in the Star Wars universe.On average, how long does it take to edit a novel?
That’s hard to answer, as each book is an individual case. Generally speaking, each Star Wars novel is read several times at different stages: for development, for approval, for line-editing. Any way you slice it, it’s time consuming.Which book has been the most enjoyable to work on?
I can’t answer that. It’s like asking a parent to choose her favorite child! Each book has had its up sides and some have had some down sides. They’ve all been a challenge and, largely, fun to work on.What has Del Rey / Lucasfilm got upcoming for fans?
Can’t say much about that. Of course we’ve got the NJO to finish, and the era of the “prequel” movies to explore. There’s lots of fodder for books now and in the future!
Terry Bison writes the second novel in the Boba Fett series, telling the young bounty hunter’s stories during the Clone Wars. The novel is scheduled for a November release by Scholastic Inc. This summary is from the official site.
Boba Fett is alone—orphaned by the actions of the Jedi. Continuing his father’s legacy, Fett steels his resolve to survive and follow in his father’s footsteps.Read More | Leave A Comment »
Bounty hunter Aurra Sing delivers young Fett to Count Dooku, the mysterious benefactor who hired Jango. Young Fett assumes that Dooku will help him, but the renegade Jedi has his own dark agenda. What Boba discovers on that war-torn world known as Raxus Prime will change his life.The Clone Wars continue to spread across the galaxy, and Fett is caught in their crossfire . His adventures will lead him from the refuse heaps of the galaxy to firefights among the clouds.
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Episode One Journal – Darth Maul is exactly that: the “diary” of Darth Maul, dealing mostly with the events of “Star Wars – Episode One: The Phantom Menace”. Darth Maul records his take on all of the happenings in TPM, and along the way, we also get a little bit of background on Maul, and a little bit of information on his relationship with Darth Sidious, and on Maul’s Sith training. There are also a couple of incidents not included in TPM that are recounted by Maul in his chronicle, that in addition to providing a few extra action sequences, give some explanation for the seemingly perplexing lag-time between the Sith Lords becoming aware of Queen Amidala’s escape from Naboo, the point at which Maul lands on Tatooine, and the point at which Maul meets up with Qui-Gon and Anakin. The concluding entry in the journal is scribed by Darth Sidious…for reasons fairly obvious to anyone who has seen TPM.
MY WORDS OF WISDOM
Episode One Journal – Darth Maul is a quick, fun read. Just as with the other “journal” books (there are several from the classic trilogy, and also others from TPM), it is really nifty to see the familiar plot elements of the films re-envisioned through one character’s perspective. It deepens the story, enriches our appreciation of the whole. It is especially gratifying to see TPM specifically through Darth Maul’s eyes. Firstly, since he is a Sith-of-so-very-little-words in the movie, this puts more flesh on his immensely intriguing bones. It’s nice to see him as more than merely Darth Sidious’ mute puppet. And secondarily, Maul’s outlook is understandably different from the story as told by the Jedi and their allies. As the ghost of Obi-Wan once opined, it all does depend entirely on your point of view! While the tale that is TPM unfolds in Maul’s diary, we also get a sense of the philosophy of the Sith, and of what being raised to be an agent of the Darkside entails. (In a nutshell, the darkside appears to flow through and be honed by a rather abusive childhood. Cool!)
The interludes in this book not explored in TPM allow for some surprises, but mostly, if you’ve seen the movie, you know the plot of this journal. The pleasure of this little tome comes in hearing Darth Maul’s voice, and with the unexpected dark humor mined from evil and its service. And as with the Jedi Apprentice books where we learn more about the bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi and thus feel the pain of Qui-Gon’s death in TPM all the more, reading of Darth Maul’s sense of his encounter with Qui-Gon on Tatooine, seeing Qui-Gon as Maul sees him and knowing what is to come in their final meeting, that last duel now has the resonance of a confrontation of true enemies, not simply a clash of chance combatants. And the coup de grace of the novelette is the marvelous, creepy, chilling epilogue by Darth Sidious.
Each one of these smaller books adds a layer to the saga. If you enjoy the foreshadowing and the connectivity of the Star Wars mythos, these various journals and young adult novellas are not to be missed.
Read More | 5 Comments »The Yuuzhan Vong’s conquest of Coruscant has plunged the New Republic into chaos, but its brightest heroes refuse to surrender to the might of the alien invaders. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, their family and their allies lead the charge of resistance, and rays of hope begin to coalesce for the New Republic.
On the TheForce.net forum some people got their hands on a copy of the Episode II novel. Note some interesting facts (SPOILER ALERT):
The first chapter is a vision anakin has. 2-3 are about shimi and padme. 4 is what we will see in movie corde dies. on kamino sifo dyas was a real master! killed almost ten years ago according to obi.
sifo dyas being real and dead is a biggie. plo koon said two lines in palpatine’s office. i never read about those. the chase after zam was really descriptive.
Okay Yes the padme’s family is in the book. In chapter 2 padme is talking with sola and watching her nieces play tag.then at her office panaka stops buy to discuss her security when she returns to the senate. she says it is months away.they are given news that the trade federation seceded. chapter 1 is shimi outside thinking about anakin. today was his b day. owen comes out and talks with her. in chap 2 shimi is captured.in 3 cliegg and owen and farmers go after her. cliegg loses his leg. owen and cliegg only survive.
Read More | Leave A Comment »Rukh here, after a LONG time.
Doris Kindersley, the book publisher, got burnt so bad on the Episode I series of books that they actually went bankrupt and got sold to Pearson.
Still, they are persisting with the Episode II series- hopefully with much more restraint. Lets hope Pepsi can do the same!
TheForce.net, the site we love to hate and hate to love, has images from the upcoming DK Visual Dictionary and Cross Sections books, which are interestingly written by Curtis Saxton. Now, I’ve been in touch with Curtis in the past over his excellent Technical Commentaries over at TFn.
TFn also has a lot of other significant (and insignificant) details about the book- all interesting to read. Head on over.
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For the Star Wars Universe, he is the author of the Black Fleet Crisis series. You can read more about this series here.
His other works include Emprise, which was nominated for the Phillip K. Dick Award, The Quiet Pools which was a 1991 Hugo Award Nominee among others.
His newest book, ‘The Trigger‘, which he has written in collaboration with Arthur C Clarke, has a very interesting premise and is an engrossing book.
DJ: Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. I see the Michigan won last night! Congratulations!
MKM: Yes, Michigan State will return to the Final Four to take care of unfinished business. I’m very happy. The NCAA tournament is pretty much my favorite sporting event.
DJ: On to the interview then. How did you get involved with Star Wars? Why do you think you were asked to write these books?
MKM: The short answer to that is that Tom Dupree, who was my editor at Bantam, thought I’d bring something worthwhile to the STAR WARS universe, and proposed me to Lucasfilm. It’s something of an audition process—Lucasfilm wants to see what you’ve written on your own…
...so they can make a judgment about the kind of stories you’re comfortable with and how well you tell them. In my case, we sent them my novels EMPRISE and THE QUIET POOLS. They were looking for someone with science fiction (even hard SF) chops who was at ease with big galaxy-spanning stories, and that fit some of what I’d been writing on my own quite well.
DJ: Did you pick the slot in the timeline, or was that assigned to you by Lucasfilm?
MKM: I picked the spot in the timeline. The way it worked is this:
First, the “audition,” and then approvals from Lucasfilm. Then the contracts. Then Lucasfilm drops a couple of big boxes of background material on your doorstep, and Bantam drops a big box of previously published SW novels right beside it. And the contract specifically calls on the writer to add to and extend the story of these characters—so you dive into what’s already there and start looking for pieces of the story that haven’t been told.
DJ: How much of the Expanded Universe literature were you familiar with? How much “homework” did you have to do? Have you read all the rest, or just become aware of the timeline/history as it relates to your trilogy?
MKM: It’s kind of like being a historian of biographer. You have to be aware of as much of the both the big picture and as many of the details as you can possibly absorb. I made very heavy use of the unpublished master timeline from Lucasfilm and some of the published references. I only read a couple of the other novels before writing THE BLACK FLEET CRISIS. Even though I was bound to Lucasfilm, I felt that by reading them I didn’t want to be overly influenced in either toward or away from by another “biographer’s” and his or her take on the characters.
DJ: How did you get the “voices” accurately for the film characters? Was there anything specific you did to maintain continuity with who they are in the films (and other books, for that matter)?
MKM: Immediately before starting to write, I used the original films as my touchstone. The material from Lucasfilm included a boxed set of the film trilogy, which I watched both at the beginning and the of my research (to refresh my memory) and right before starting to write, after the outline had been approved (to get the try to get the characters in my ear).
DJ: As far as that goes, how much guidance in general did Lucasfilm give you?
MKM: The contract says, “The manuscripts shall form a trilogy which will expand on the universe and characters presented in the Underlying Work, and introduce new characters and explore new worlds.”
That’s about 90% of the guidance, right there. This is one of the reasons I was interested in writing in the STAR WARS universe, but had never pursued writing in the STAR TREK universe. I wasn’t brought in to write a piece of a story someone else had already devised—I was getting an opportunity to write part of that story myself.
DJ: So you were pretty much on your own. You created a lot of new species. Were you given guidelines on species creation? Any restrictions? Were you asked to include any specific species that were other authors’ creations? What, in your own background, sparked the details for any given species? (Especially, where did the concept for the Yevetha come from?)
MKM: I did run afoul of the Continuity Demon on one point in my original outline-I wanted to give Chewie a polygamous marriage, with several wives. Lucasfilm advised me that Chewie already had a family, as established by the (much-despised) Holiday Special and the children’s Storybook which was derived from it. One of the parts of the BLACK FLEET trilogy that I’m most proud of is the reinterpretation of the Storybook which takes place near the beginning of TYRANT’S TEST.
Moving on to your last question—I haven’t written about alien species very often in my other novels, which mostly deal with the human prospect just around the next blind curve. It was a lot of fun, therefore, to get a chance to do so in the Black Fleet books. My background is as a science teacher, and I have always had a special interest in biology, particularly evolution and natural history. There are so many “alien monsters” in Earth’s own natural history, so many variations on how to reproduce and survive, that there’s plenty of inspiration there for a hundred novels.
I enjoyed creating the Yevetha in particular. They were distinctively alien, but in their own context, perfectly reasonable.
DJ: As it turns out, there are now some fairly significant timeline discrepancies that have arisen since The Phantom Menace has arrived on the scene; Did Lucasfilm outline anything for you as far as the timeline goes in the pre-A New Hope era? (For example, you have Yoda on Dagobah for 100 years, and according to the new Young Obi-Wan novels, and from the first prequel, we assume that can’t be).
MKM: Lucasfilm simply drew the blinds across the pre-ANH years; we were not to write about or make inferences about that period, and they were not about to answer any questions or give us a peek at the roughs for the prequels.
But frankly, since Lucas didn’t even maintain continuity with the earlier (later) films, I don’t think the novelists have anything to apologize for in terms of contradictions. No two histories of the world tell exactly the same story. No two biographies portray exactly the same person. Sometimes what you see depends on where you’re standing. I think the prequels can be viewed as “archaeological finds” which may lead us to correct some previous errors and reinterpret some prior conclusions about people and events.
DJ: Very well said said. How was it to work with Lucasfilm? Some authors writing for previously established franchises have disdained the process as not “real” writing. Did you find this to be less creative than playing in your own “sandbox”? Compare this experience to writing in a universe completely of your own creation.
MKM: There were more hoops to jump through at the beginning, and more “inspectors” to satisfy at the end, but the part in the middle was not very different from working on EMPRISE or ALTERNITIES or EXILE. Primarily I think that’s because it really was my own story, even if it wasn’t my universe. I wrote the outline myself, and though it went through three rewrites and three levels of approval (Bantam, Lucasfilm, and George Lucas personally) before I could start writing, the final version was very close to what I’d started with. Apart from the business about Chewie’s family (I was going to have the Falcon crewed completely by Chewie’s wives during the rescue), there were really no significant changes.
I want to mention a couple of other resources which were very helpful to me, btw—One was Dan Wallace’s guide to planets, which at that point existed only as a fannish effort published on the Internet. I was delighted when Del Rey and Lucasfilm tabbed Dan to create an official version.
The other is Craig Robert Carey’s “Wookiee Sourcebook,” which apparently never will be published in the form originally envisioned by West End Games, but which was a great help with the Kashyyyk portions.
DJ: Back to the Yevetha for a moment.. they are wonderful bad-guys. Really 3-dimensional enough to care about, and potent enough to pose a genuinely scary threat to our heroes. How did you develop them? Did you get any negative input from regarding how violent the Yevetha are? (Relative to most of the EU, the Yevetha dispatch their victims especially graphically).
MKM: Thank you for the kind words. I can’t really tell you very much about where they came from—it’s just something that happens in my head when the characters I’m writing about become real to me. When you get to the point where you see them clearly, all of their history and psychology and biology are there to be explored, each piece fitting with the rest in a synthesis of logical necessity—we see them in a moment in time, but they’re the product of a long history just as we are.
You end up knowing much more about them than ever makes it into the story. I was never asked to tone them down (and I would have fought over it if I had)—I think I made clear pretty early that I was writing for the older portion of the STAR WARS audience.
I don’t think everything in the STAR WARS universe needs to be accessible to and acceptable for six-year-olds.
Or even sixteen-year-olds.
DJ: Let’s leave the Star Wars galaxy for a second. Your newest novel is called “The Trigger”, and you wrote it in collaboration with the scifi literary legend Arthur C. Clarke. How did this collaboration come about?
MKM: Well, to be honest, it still kind of seems to me like having one of the gods reach down from Olympus and select a mortal to join him on a quest.
I said yes before I even asked what the book was—Clarke has been one of my very favorites in the field since I was in my early teens. I remember getting a copy of 2001 as a present from my sister Susan on my 14th birthday.
My agent is also Sir Arthur’s agent; he explained he wanted to be sure I’d be interested (since it would mean deferring work on my novel VECTORS for another couple of years) before he proposed me to Sir Arthur. I was on tenterhooks for the next day and a half.
I can’t tell you why me—I can only tell you that when I finally read Sir Arthur’s outline for THE TRIGGER, it read like something I might have written myself. I felt an immediate affinity for the material. And I can tell you that Sir Arthur has been wonderful throughout—a gentleman in every way, who never once made me feel like anything other than a peer and a full partner. The fan in me, the fellow who got Clarke’s autograph on a copy of CHILDHOOD’S END in 1973, though, still can’t quite believe it.
DJ: I can understand (I’m a HUGE fan of his myself!) How did you stay in touch?
MKM: Because of the time difference between Michigan and Sri Lanka, it was mostly done through e-mail, though we’ve also talked on the phone any number of times. Much of the research was done on the Net as well, and 99% of our contact with both the American and British publishers was over the Net. The very model of a modern novel.
DJ: There have been a lot of such collaborations lately in the Sci Fi world. What do you think has brought about this trend? Also, as an author, how is it different from writing the book on your own?
MKM: These so-called junior-senior collaborations happen for a variety of reasons. Some are, frankly, just a way for the senior writer to “franchise” a fictional universe or a bankable name. Some are sincere efforts by the senior writer to “pay forward” by helping young writers establish themselves. In the case of both THE TRIGGER and Clarke’s collaboration with Stephen Baxter, the reasons mostly have to do with Sir Arthur’s health—he has a serious case of post-polio syndrome.
Both of these projects were important enough to him that he wanted to see them written even if he couldn’t write every word. He was involved with both novels from beginning to end, and I consider them both true collaborations which arose out of the “right” reasons.
By comparison, when I wrote “Isaac Asimov’s Robot City” in 1985—the first of the so-called “sharecrop” or borrowed-universe novels…—I never spoke with Asimov, never corresponded with him. It was strictly a hired-pen situation, a work for hire. I don’t think Asimov even wrote the outline for the ROBOT CITY series. I think you can often get a clue as to the kind of “collaboration” you’re holding by looking at the copyright.
DJ: The Trigger takes a stand on many social/political issues (which is a little new for the Sci Fi genre) such as disarmament and gun-control. How much of this is your own views?
MKM: I don’t think THE TRIGGER is a didactic novel—one that tells you what should be done, what you should believe. It’s a speculation on what might happen if we found ourselves with a weapon against firearms. The prime movers in the story are meliorists—they think that the world can be made better through human effort, and they find themselves with a tool that they can use in that effort. But the characters are speaking for themselves, not for the authors. I think the last couple of pages of the book underline that. Nevertheless, I think it’s fair to say that Sir Arthur and I both see the gun culture in which so much of the world is immersed as tragically destructive.
Sir Arthur has been witness to two decades of terrorism and guerilla warfare by the Tamil Tigers against the government of Sri Lanka, and here in America I’ve had to watch what seems like an ever-increasing parade of empathy-dead children, disgruntled employees, and disaffected “patriots” make their way to the headlines and the evening news. I think if you’re paying attention at all, it has to have an effect on how you react to the idea of unrestricted ‘gun rights’.
And maybe that’s a good way to think about THE TRIGGER, too. It doesn’t take a stand on guns and violence, but it does take a hard look at them, and at how the issue divides us, and at the price we pay for the choices we’ve made. THE TRIGGER is about the idea that if we had other choices, those who live in hope of something better would try to lead us there. Or drag us there.
In a way, it’s Sir Arthur’s and my answer to the question, “Can you imagine a world without guns?” How you envision that world says a lot about how you see human nature and human society—whether peaceful cooperation or bloody competition dominates your worldview. Those who take the latter view would envision something closer to post-Holocaust anarchy. Our view is rather more hopeful, though hardly utopian or idealistic. “We can do better” is an idea that both Sir Arthur and I can embrace.
DJ: And finally, any advice for would be SciFi/Fantasy writers?
MKM: I grew up reading science fiction that was hopeful about the future, that implicitly accepted the idea that we can do better. I still prefer that flavor in the storytelling mix.
Advice for new writers?
So write what you love, if you’re writing for love. And if some measure of commercial success comes out of that, count your blessings. I’ve worked like a dog, and I’ve also been very lucky. And I count my blessings every day I’m able to continue doing this for a living.
DJ: Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with GalaxyFarAway.com and we wish you all the best for your work in the future.
MKM: You’re welcome.
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The Official Site has updated it’s section on the Women of Star Wars. The feature includes Adi Gallia, Amidala, Oola, Mon Mothma, Toryn Farr and Sy Snootles.
There is also a report on the Dark Trooper and Space Trooper from the Expanded Universe collections. You can preorder the action figures of these also at Shop.Starwars.com.
The Snapshot for the day features Anakin with Shmi Skywalker.
In Book news, The New Jedi Order Vector Prime by R A Salvatore is at #11 in the New York Times bestseller list.
Also, Star Wars Masterpiece Edition C-3PO: Tales of the Golden Droid is now available in stores everywhere. Following the sensational success of Anakin Skywalker: The Story of Darth Vader, the C-3PO Masterpiece Edition showcases everyone’s favorite golden droid. At last, Threepio gets the tribute he deserves in this exclusive, limited edition illustrated hardcover book and exclusive large collector figure. It should cost between $50 and $55.
After a bit of a hectic week with the release in India, things are sort of back to normal. The Books Section is redone; which was long overdue. The design on many of the pages have been changed; as you can notice, no right side-bar! Expect to see the Games Section redone soon.
Also, GalaxyFarAway.com is proud to host the Interstellar Federation of the SWCombine. (Why? Because both Jedirob and I, DevanJedi are members of it!). The section is not complete, but worth a look. And if you haven’t checked out SWCombine yet, what are you waiting for? It’s the coolest online Star Wars game around.
Expect no more updates till later today. This is because we are switching our banners to our new sponsors; Brian’s Toys, a complete Star Wars toys dealers. They have everything from vintage to Episode I. Check them out; and let them know we sent you!
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What I expected -
A Complete Star Wars reference. With info on every aspect of the films. And only the films. No expanded universe; no comics. Just the original films. With details on little gadgets and characters that had small but significant screen time; and new insights into the aspects we knew well. I wanted good pictures of the little things, schematics, and in general a complete source of information for the first three films.
What I got -
At first I was a bit skeptical over it’s size. It was too thin. I wondered what they got into that small a book that was of any significance. At first look, I was bit disappointed. It didn’t have the detail I had expected, neither did it have the vastness. But the problem was in my expectations, not in the book itself. This is a Visual Dictionary. And it does it’s job well. It comments, and only comments, on most aspects of the Classic Trilogy. Take the ‘Thermal Detonator’ for instance. How much of it did we see in the original trilogy. Other than the little threat by Leia to Jabba in Return of the Jedi (“Because he is holding a Thermal Detonator!!”), there was no mention or appearance of significance of this device. Until the visual dictionary. In this book, you will find a labeled diagram with a paragraph of text regarding the device, not detailed, but sufficient for the curious. The cool things are the diagrams of the gear, gadgets and attire of the characters. There are labeled diagrams for everything. Like Vader’s chestplate, or his belt, or Boba Fett’s helmet. It’s in here.
Ups :
Great info
Cool diagrams
Cool feature called ‘Data File’ for each major item which has some unique info on that aspect of Star Wars
Downs :
A lot of stuff we already know
Not much detail
And so…
Great buy. Worth every penny spent, only because it’s something you will treasure, even if it might not be what you expect. Not for the non-fan, not at all. You will bore yourself to tears. But then, if you are not a fan, why are you reading this review?
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