Star Wars: Complete Locations Hardcover – September 27, 2016

Just an outstanding picture book full of "Complete Locations" from all the SW movies with cross sections, maps, beautiful drawings, fold outs and details about each.Where to start? My daughter, age 12, will be Rey for Halloween. We've made a decent replica of her outfit and staff. I saw the cover of the DK(we've used DK for travel many times to give you a look at what you'll see) showing Rey's AT-AT home. It lays it out on 2 pages( and the book is a large book with ~200 pages, everything in color) all the many details about her home with trap doors, living space, 'garage' for her speeder, Y-wing salvaged computer and flight simulator, etc; including short write-ups about the details, e.g., she wove her sleeping hammock as a child. Also, on the Episode 7 chapter, there's a neat map of Jakku, that lays out the land and where Rey travels, Maz's castle, Resistance base, First Order Military, and Starkiller Base. The kiddoes are hoping for a Rey sequel soon.The colorful book starts with a forward by SW production designer Doug Chiang. There's an intro about the Republic and Empire showing their galaxy and giving interesting planet profiles(I know so much now). Episode One includes: Naboo, Otah Gunga(think Jar Jar), Droid ship, Mos Epsa on several pages including a pull-out, Watto's Junkshop, Anakin's hovel, several battle fields and cities.Episode 2 goes into detail about those prolonged speeder chases, Outlander club, Jedi temple, romantic Naboo retreats, Kamino, Tipoca city, Tatooine and space ports, Geonosis(the ringed planet), droid factory and many more talking about the different battles and forces involved. Actually, flipping through this volume has clarified many things about these movies which I found more complicated than the earlier ones(Episodes 4-6).Episode 3: Coruscant Battle(quite detailed), Jedi temple complex, Palatine's office, Utapau, Pau city, Kashyyyk(Think Wookies. It's making my head spin with all these names!), a Wookiee tree(kids like it), more battle fronts, Mustafar and the famous, and, I think, over drawn out, as far as the movie, (Episode 3 is not my favorite) duel scene, Polis Massa, and a medcenter.Episode 4(my favorite episode): Tatooine map in detail, Lars homestead, Ben's house(neat place!), Mos Eisley(of course) and the Cantina(I can hear the music), Death Star cross section, and the Great Temple seen near the end off the movie(Hmm, never thought much about that).Episode 5: a really nice expansive fold-out of Battle of Hoth and Echo base, Dagobah and Yoda's house, Cloud City.Episode 6: Jabba's Palace(No Pizza Hut!) and throne room, Battle of Endor, Ewok village(again, a kid's favorite), Death Star- numero 2, Emperor's lair, and Executor Command Tower.Finally, there's a table of context and index, but just browsing will keep you and your children fascinated for hours. Just a brilliant work with creative, incredible drawings- food for the mind, fun for the heart.P.S. Sorry about any misspellings. My Spell Checker was going crazy!

The media could not be loaded. This is like one of those intricate cross section cutaway artbooks that Star Wars have been publishing over the years.Some of the content in this book may have been featured in other books but it's no big deal because this is now the definitive book on all Star Wars locations now.The content is arranged from Episode I to the latest VII. It starts off with brief information to the galaxy and the planets, of which you can find more information in the other book Star Wars: The Essential Atlas.The bulk of the book features the beautiful detailed illustrations of key locations and places featured in the films. The artists who contributed these amazing cutaway artworks are Hans Jenssen, Richard Chasemore and Kemp Remillard. It's a good thing that this 192-page hardcover is large enough to show all those wonderful little details in the art.It's really cool to be able to look at the cross sections and be reminded of where you have seen the characters on screen. There are lots of moments where I went "Hey, that's the place where they stood!" While the film can only show a glimpse of the environment, with the drawings in this book, you can spend your time looking closely at the details, layout of buildings, bases, rooms, cities and aerial views.In addition to the art, there are a good amount of film stills. All the visuals are heavily annotated. There are labels pointing to interesting spots in the drawings, captions that give background and movie recap. The thing that always leaves me puzzled is where are the toilets. I mean, where to all those people go to relieve themselves?Since the last movie is Episode VII, there are new drawings included, such as for Jakku, Rey's Home, Maz's Castle, Resistance Base, Starkiller Base.All in all, it's a really beautiful and informative book that all Star Wars fans should have.(See more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

I love DK cross sections, and this book is no exception. From Star Wars novice to the biggest nerd, this book is sure to be a favorite for anyone who wants to geek out over maps and facts from just about every location in Star Wars that you could think of.

I've purchased several books in the "complete" series by this same publisher, and Star Wars Complete Locations has impressed me the most. The reason is because it not only are there all the little details and callouts I've come to love, but it presents them in a context that makes them more meaningful. For example, there are several large battle and city spreads, where it has all the usual detail (this house, this event, this creature, that character) but then it *also* shows you timelines, action sequences, and linked events... you can re-live how a scene unfolded from a new perspective. There's the path the speeder chase took through Coruscant, a dissection of the battle of the Gungans vs. the Trade Federation, and more. It's fantastic... buy this book!

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This text is teeming with information throughout the s Galaxy! As a diehard SW fan from the original trilogy to EU to Disney+, I'm delighted to see locations in new ways and learn even more details about every place our favorite characters visit over time.The diagrams and captions offer a glimpse at so much more, and the explanations bridge the gaps between so many stories, from films to print to cartoon series.I am still digesting this SW Bible, while I wait for each CW-S7 episode to be released weekly.If you know a big fan, this would make an awesome gift!

Great gift for my Star Wars fanatic son. Got it at a great price too. Very giftable.