Product Description: THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE GUIDE TO A SPACE FANTASY PHENOMENON
The Star Wars universe, much like our own, is constantly expanding. In the ten years since the publication of the Star Wars Encyclopedia, a lot has happened in that galaxy far, far away: four new feature films, a host of official original novels, comics, video games, and more. Now, thirty years of information on all things Star Wars–ranging from science and technology to history and geography, culture and biography to ecology and cosmology–has been supplemented with an entire decade’s worth of all-new material. Abundantly illustrated with full-color artwork and photos, and now in a new three-volume edition to accommodate its wealth of detailed entries, the Star Wars Encyclopedia encompasses the full measure of George Lucas’s creation.
Here’s just a sampling of what’s inside: • character portraits of both the renowned (Luke Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Darth Vader) and the obscure (Tnun Bdu, Tycho Celchu, Bib Fortuna) • the natives and customs of planets as diverse as Tatooine and Hoth, Dagobah and Kashyyyk • the rituals, secrets, and traditions of Jedi Knights and Sith Lords • a timeline of major events in Star Wars history, from the Clone Wars and the inception of the Empire to the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker and the invasion of the monstrous Yuuzhan Vong
Scrupulously researched and written by leading authorities Stephen J. Sansweet, Pablo Hidalgo, Bob Vitas, and Daniel Wallace, this landmark work is the must-have centerpiece of every Star Wars library.
Amazon.com Review: Amazon Best of the Month, December 2008: Updated for the first time in 10 years, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia is the closest fans will come to having access to the great Holocron from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Housed in a sturdy slipcase, the illustrated, three-volume hardcover set holds an A-Z overview of all things Star Wars--from the original trilogy and the prequels to the expanded universe of novels, comics, cartoons, and video games. Most entries on the three-column pages garner a few sentences while core characters and fan favorites like the family Fett spill over to multiple pages of data. As fans know, nearly everyone who appeared onscreen in the films has gone on to receive an entire backstory, but even die-hard fans will delight in the discoveries found on every page. Random, Magic 8 Ball-style browsing brought up head-scratchers like Malarian Alliance, Traest Kre'fey, Rybet, Lieutenant Colf, Guun Han Saresh, bruise-leech crawler, and Ion Alley. And did you know that the bug-eyed alien "dog" in Jabba's palace on Tatooine had a name--"Bubo"--and was in fact a spy and an assassin? According to Yoda, "size matters not," but this 10-pound box set will make a welcome addition to the serious Star Wars fan's bookshelf. --Brad Thomas Parsons
ITEM UNRECEIVED I am worried because I have not received the books I bought yet, and it has been a month now since I bought it
A WEALTH OF INFORMATION This encyclopedia set contains a wealth of information. Literally almost anything you could want to know about is in here. It makes a great read and an excellent addition to your Star Wars literature collection.
Not what I tough at first time This "Encyclopaedia" of Star Wars is not what I though I was buying at first time. Even when is a compendium of information, it could be categorized as "Dictionary of terms". Inside the three volumes, there is a lot of information without chronological order as a normal encyclopaedia is organized (e.g. Start with Roman culture and finished with Industrial Revolution); instead, there is a bunch of names ordered alphabetically of, dear I said this, characters that I never hear before.
I purchase this encyclopaedia after I visited the "Star Wars Exhibition" in Santiago, Chile, and I realized that there is not available information for such a great film.
If you are looking for a compendium of well-organized information starting from Episode I (Tattooine, Gungans and so on) until Episode 6 (Ewoks, Endor, etc.) but you have no interest about defected senators, dark sith lords, renegades, etc., this encyclopaedia is NOT what you want.
On the contrary, If you are looking for definitions of parallel characters, Jedis, Sith's, Gungans, etc., this book is for you.
Grateful Person Excellent compilation of the Star Wars World. Even items I could not remember or even seen before are in the three volume set. Thanks!
Very good The encyclopedia is thoroughly entertaining, especially as it covers all 6 movies (which along with the Zahn books are all I care about. How many 2000yrs in the future Skywalker generation stories can we stomach?)
My only gripe is that, unlike the Star Trek encyclopedia, there are no source references. For instance, I have no idea what the Yuuzhan Vong are, but it seems important, yet I have no idea how to find some stories or books with them in them because of this omission. You still have to use the Internet to google where these character come from.
But, it's all fiction, and it's endless hours of entertainment. I'll never have to buy another edition!
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