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Summary: A MUST FOR STAR WARS FANS
Review: Awesome Illustrations and enjoyable narratives to go along with them. Lots of fun.
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Summary: it was good
Review: it was exsiting and inter esting
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Summary: terrible
Review: Out of all the Star Wars books i've read this was the worst one. The only reason i gave it 2 stars is becase of the art work. I you really want a book on the universe check out The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons.
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Summary: My Idol
Review: Ralph is one of the Best Illustrators that i know.His work is very inspirating for me.If you are true fan of Star Wars you just need this book.Excellent printing on high quality paper.Don't wait and buy this piece of art.
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Summary: Entertaining travel guide to the Star Wars galaxy.....
Review: Take the artistic talents of acclaimed production artist Ralph McQuarrie and the writing skills of prolific author Kevin J. Anderson (The Jedi Academy Trilogy) and you get The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, a coffee table book that gives readers a glimpse of the various planets showcased in George Lucas' original Star Wars Trilogy (1977-83).Using McQuarrie's production sketches and paintings for A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and other Lucasfilm projects (including the Endor-based television specials of the mid-1980s plus preliminary sketches for the 1997 Special Edition updates), Anderson takes readers on a grand tour of the most important planets seen in the Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader half of the Star Wars Saga. Starting with Tatooine, the desert world that is the home world to both Anakin Skywalker and his son Luke and ending with Alderaan, the planet where Princess Leia was hidden from her father and was doomed to be destroyed by the Death Star, eight planets are described in individual chapters, each told not by one omniscient narrator but by eight different observers, each with his or her point of view and/or political agenda. For instance, while the chapter on Tatooine is an anthropologist's dispassionate and scientific report on the desert planet's hostile environment and its hardy inhabitants (ranging from the nomadic and hostile Tusken Raiders and scavenging Jawas to the resilient human moisture farmers and their homesteads), the description of Coruscant, the massive city-planet which was once the seat of power of the Old Republic and is the capital of Emperor Palpatine's Galactic Empire, is a pro-Imperial propaganda article authored by Pollus Hax, the Emperor's chief public relations expert and "spin doctor." Although much of the artwork featured in The Illustrated Star Wars Universe has been published elsewhere (either in the various Art of Star Wars books relating to the Classic Trilogy or in McQuarrie's Star Wars Portfolios), this combination of production paintings and Anderson's vivid and imaginative text works wonderfully and adds detail and background to both the movies and the post-Episode VI Expanded Universe novels, including Anderson's own JedI Academy trilogy and Darksaber.
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Summary: This book is good...and here's why (Read On!)
Review: The Illustrated Star Wars Universe is unlike other Star Wars books because its purpose is not to entertain by way of action or plot and not to inform like a reference book. Its purpose is to show the various places in the universe that were and might not have been shown in the movies. The illustrations were excellent, and it was especially good to see some of the earlier versions of some places we got to know in the movies. I ask that you understand this before buying so that you don't buy it and think it was bad because you thought it is something other than what it is, a collection of depicting artwork.
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Summary: This book is good...and here's why (Read On!)
Review: The Illustrated Star Wars Universe is unlike other Star Wars books because its purpose is not to entertain by way of action or plot and not to inform like a reference book. Its purpose is to show the various places in the universe that were and might not have been shown in the movies. The illustrations were excellent, and it was especially good to see some of the earlier versions of some places we got to know in the movies. I ask that you understand this before buying so that you don't buy it and think it was bad because you thought it is something other than what it is, a collection of depicting artwork.
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Summary: I'm a big fan of Star Wars Books but this is unique!
Review: The story being wrapped together with Ralph and Kevin working in concert is spectacular I love both of there work and I would to tell you that is is a great thing to see the works of two men and other to collaborate together to put this book out. I commend them for there work! I can't wait to see what is store for us in the future. I have 45 novels,books,guides of Star Wars. This book is a great addition to my collection.
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Summary: A book every STAR WARS fans should have
Review: This book fleshes out all of the worlds featured in the STAR WARS TRILOGY, Episodes 4-6, from Dagobah and Tatooine to Coruscant and Alderaan! Each world has its own chapter, which has a splendid and detailed narrative. To illustrate the narratives a wealth of Ralph McQuarrie's exquisite paintings (created for the production of the Trilogy) are featured. A well-done book and a must-have for any STAR WARS fan or sci-fi art buff.
--RK
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Summary: Magnificent Art!
Review: This book has some of the best art there is on the planets that are in the Star Wars Universe. Not heavy on fact, though, this book makes tales that recount the information about Tatooine, Coruscant, Dagobah, Alderaan, Hoth, Yavin, the forest moon of Endor, and Bespin, using pictures and first person narrative. A good addition to any Star Wars fan's book collection.
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