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Summary: Star Wars Episoce II: Attack of the Clones -- The Visual Dic
Review: Actually my son loved the book but it fell apart as did all the similar Star Wars books. (He is not hard on books, our pop-up books all survived his early years intact.) I bought a copy for the library at my son's elementary school and that one fell apart too. These books are to expensive to have the binding be so shoddy.
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Summary: Star Wars Episoce II: Attack of the Clones -- The Visual Dic
Review: Actually my son loved the book but it fell apart as did all the similar Star Wars books. (He is not hard on books, our pop-up books all survived his early years intact.) I bought a copy for the library at my son's elementary school and that one fell apart too. These books are to expensive to have the binding be so shoddy.
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Summary: Is too much detail a good thing?
Review: First, this is a great book, like all other Star Wars books by DK. Sometimes you wonder if too much detail, too much backstory, is a good thing. I went through this book and its companion book (the cross-section one) before I saw the movie and also after seeing it. Afterwards, I noticed that there were things missing from the book, i.e., what were those grazing tick-like beasts seen in the Naboo waterfalls scene?, and where's the representative of then techno guild?, and some other things that never appeared in the final film, i.e., the miners, and the dwellers of lower Coruscant. I suppose there were late additions and deletions from the final movie, but the "Art of..." book contains these missing items. Also, some of the details are a bit silly and nonsensical, and of couse, characters that appear for only 1.5 seconds have complete entries, but hey, that's to be expected. In any case, buy this book. It will make an excellent addition to your Star Wars book collection. Now, if they only had a "making of" book too, my collection would be complete...!
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Summary: Indispensable
Review: For a Star Wars Fan, it is a must. However, as I described in the other books of this series, it has missing the starships pictures, but is is not a major problem, since the book depicts all hardware and aliens that appear in the film.
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Summary: A worthy addition to your Star Wars bookshelf
Review: I'm not sure I would call this a dictionary myself- it is short on any specifics. But it does contain some really great pictures to gawk at, and tantalizing source material- some of which was apparently cut out of Episode II. You get a look at a bunch of different Jedi and their fighting styles, Mandalorian armor, and the lowdown on what R2-D2 is packing in that little metallic barrel body of his.You also get some neat insight into the SW universe. For example, I didn't really catch the similarities between Jango Fett's armor and Clone Trooper armor before, but this book describes how clone armor was modeled on Mandalorian armor. You get some tidbits on who the Mandalorians were and Jango's origin, who the secessionists are, and a look into the several different types of battle droids. However, when I say tidbits, I mean just that- no more than a sentence or two. But it's still kinda cool ;) I'd recommend this book to anyone that enjoyed Episode II, and I think it'd make a great sourcebook for any RPGers out there.
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Summary: A worthy addition to your Star Wars bookshelf
Review: I'm not sure I would call this a dictionary myself- it is short on any specifics. But it does contain some really great pictures to gawk at, and tantalizing source material- some of which was apparently cut out of Episode II. You get a look at a bunch of different Jedi and their fighting styles, Mandalorian armor, and the lowdown on what R2-D2 is packing in that little metallic barrel body of his. You also get some neat insight into the SW universe. For example, I didn't really catch the similarities between Jango Fett's armor and Clone Trooper armor before, but this book describes how clone armor was modeled on Mandalorian armor. You get some tidbits on who the Mandalorians were and Jango's origin, who the secessionists are, and a look into the several different types of battle droids. However, when I say tidbits, I mean just that- no more than a sentence or two. But it's still kinda cool ;) I'd recommend this book to anyone that enjoyed Episode II, and I think it'd make a great sourcebook for any RPGers out there.
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Summary: A comprehensive guide to Attack of the Clones
Review: Like the Visual Dictionary for The Phantom Menace, this comprehensive collection of all the main characters, vechicles, droids and creatures is another fascinating book for Star Wars fans. Starting out with a summary of the plot for Ep.2, this book includes character profiles of Padme Amidala, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Count Dooku, Jango Fett, Mace Windu, Yoda, Zam Wesell and many others. One of my favourite Star Wars companion books
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Summary: Another great Star Wars book!
Review: The Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones Visual Dictionary is a fascinating diversion for all the fans waiting to see the film again. loaded with stats on Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Count Dooku, Yoda and tons more characters, endlessly informative trivia and an assortment of great photos from the film. With so much detailed info it's almost overwhelming. Regardless, Star Wars fans (myself included) love this stuff, and it's a must-have for anyone who loves the films set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
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Summary: My Padmae, Haven't You Grown.
Review: The Visual Dictionary of Ep2 once again gives us a more detailed review of the charcters from Ep1 and the arrival of new stars such as Jango Fett and his young cloned son, Boba. However the best parts of this book is the development of Obi wan, Annikan, and of course the accidental [physcial] symbol of the new Star Wars generation, Padmae Amidala, executed in purfect form by Natalie Hershlag-Portman. Her now famous white combat suit is complemented by her other eyepopping outfits...Very nice. A must for those who are keeping a library on this epic tail.
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Summary: Great Book for photo references
Review: This book gives anyone who loves to draw the Star Wars characters invalulable poses and views of all of the hardware and characters. I have been using these books to create my own Star Wars posters and you can't get better detailed photos anywhere else.
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