Star Wars the Complete Visual Dictionary by Ryder Windham, James Luceno, Alex Ivanov (Photographer)

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The subtitle of this Star Wars reference guide from DK Publishing, "The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga," says it all. Bringing together all four titles from the Visual Dictionary series (Episode I-III and the Trilogy) in one gigantic volume, this resource contains every tidbit of information that any Star Wars fan will ever want to know about the six motion pictures -- from the color of Chewbacca's eyes to the eating habits of Jar Jar Binks! Pick any Star Wars character, creature, weapon, or vehicle, and chances are good that there's detailed information about it here. How many fingers does Tatooine parts shop owner Watto have? What was the name of Jabba the Hutt's annoying court jester? How big can a Duracrete Slug get? How does a Sarlacc's digestive tract work?

In the introduction, Rob Coleman -- the animation director for all three Star Wars prequels -- talks about how seeing the first Star Wars film at the age of 13 supercharged his imagination and changed his life forever. DK's massive Complete Visual Dictionary -- at a whopping 270 full-color pages! -- will transport any Star Wars fan back to that magical time when they first experienced the spectacular sights and sounds of a galaxy far, far away. Regardless of age, any would-be Jedi Knight or Sith Lord who picks up this guide will experience that same awe-inspiring, childlike sense of wonder Coleman talked about. It's almost guaranteed that readers will find themselves unintentionally saying, "Cool!" at some point during their perusal of this book. Paul Goat Allen

From the Publisher

Star Wars Complete Visual Dictionary brings together all four best-selling titles from The Visual Dictionary series (Episode I-III and the Trilogy) in one volume The text has been fully updated and revised to ensure continuity between all six episodes of the movie saga. This book is the only comprehensive visual guide to every character, weapon, starship, droid, creature and alien in the Star Wars universe. It includes: - An all new "look inside" R2-D2 original model by Don Bies (one of the ILM model-makers who actually operates R2) which is being rendered for us by Mike Verta (CG and Visual Effects artist who has worked on Star Wars and lots of other great stuff see www. mikeverta.com) - An all new cut-away of the Sarlacc from Return of the Jedi, by Robert Barnes who works in the Art dept at the Lucasfilm Ranch, creating the actual Star Wars creatures. This will fill a portrait double page spread and will show for, example, the inside of the stomach (as it takes 100 years for the Salacc's digestive tract to work!) - There will also be new spreads from Classic Star Wars, which fans will love, including a spread on the rebels, Imperial leaders and Cloud City. - New Revenge of the Sith material, including a spread on Clone Tanks, the planet Mustafar, Order 66 as well as the battle of Utapau. - Finally, we have a foreword by Robert Coleman, the Animation Director at Lucasfilm who created the digital Yoda for the new trilogy films, and is a fitting choice given our cover image of Yoda.

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