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A Great Book To Have! | The New Essential Guide to Characters (Star Wars) | Daniel Wallace, Michael Sutfin

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	• The New Essential Guide to Characters (Star Wars) Daniel Wallace, Michael Sutfin Del Rey, 2002 - 250 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Not comprehensive enough

The most obvious flaw of this book is that it doesn't include Revenge of the Sith material. So critical things like Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, Padme and Count Dooku's deaths, General Greivous entirely, are all casually left out.

The more annoying flaw though, is the lack of coverage. A good amount of characters are covered, but too many are just left out entirely. Nearly all the members of Rogue Squadron simply aren't mentioned, just as one example. It's hard to expect them to fit in every character ever, but there are far too many missing for this resource to be able to be considered comprehensive.

Their main mistake was restricting themselves by format. Every character received at least one whole page of information, plus a full, detailed, color illustration. At the end, a few dozen other characters got a short blurb, and some got a facial portrait. They should have gone for a more encyclopedic approach, allotting as much space as was necessary for each character, and not restricting themselves to a page by page format. Then they could have included a lot more people and amde the book a lot more satisfying.

This book does very nicely in what it has done, I'll certainly give it that.
But as it stands, a few years after it's release, it is in need of a serious update and a total revamp of included characters.

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The New Essential Guide to Characters (Star Wars)

The book has a lot of good information and is up to date.

A Great Book To Have!

I really like this book. Seldom do you get the opportunity to read about Star Wars characters, all compiled into a single volume. Every page in this book is fun to read. Character illustrations are pretty good and the descriptions on each characters are quite detailed and well-constructed.

However, there are some typo errors in the book and I was left wondering why did the publisher (Del Rey) decide to revise this book before Episode 3 was released. Some of the key characters missing from this book include General Grevious and many other important figures in Episode 3. In my opinion, this book should have been revised after Episode 3.

Nevertheless, its still a great book to read. I recommend it book to both fans of Star Wars and RPG gamers. A job well done to the author of this book - Mr. Daniel Wallace.

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The Star Wars universe is expanding faster than ever before, and Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters has received an exciting new face-lift?with completely updated text and more than a hundred brand new, full-color illustrations by extraordinary new artist Michael Sutfin.

This all-new Essential Guide features detailed profiles of more than one hundred and thirty characters from across the Star Wars galaxy, including all of your favorites?such as Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and Mara Jade?as well as, from Episode II:

? Jango Fett ? Count Dooku ? Anakin Skywalker ? Zam Wesell

And the key players from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace:

? Queen Amidala ? Qui-Gon Jinn ? Mace Windu ? Darth Maul

Here is complete, updated coverage of the novels from the incredible New Jedi Order and all of the classic movies, books, comics, TV specials, games, and the rest of the Star Wars universe.

This must-have book describes the essential history and personal data for each character?with vital statistics, homeworlds, and political affiliations.

More characters, more information, brilliant artwork?the Essential Guides are hotter than ever!

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