DON'T CROSS
THIS OFF...
...your shopping list just
because the content seems familiar.
The book is Incredible.
Review by Lee Brown
Star Wars:
Incredible Cross-Sections
Written by Dr. David West Reynolds Illustrated
by Hans Jennsen & Richard Chasemore
Published by DK Publishing, Inc.
Publication Date: October 1, 1998
You're going to ask yourself right up the front: Do I need to have another book like this? Star Wars Incredible Cross-Sections basically gives detailed information about vehicles and spacecraft in the galaxy far, far away. But don't The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, The Star Wars Encyclopedia, a Starlog blueprint magazine or two, and assorted editions of West End Games RPG sourcebooks all do that in one form or another?
Oh, yes. But not like this.
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X-RAY VISION
The review copy I received revealed truly
"incredible," intricate drawings like in no
other Star Wars book to date. Illustrators
Jennsen and Chasemore (who do this type of work for jet
aircraft, military vehicles and other real world
machinary) put more detail into these drawings than a
scanner can adequately show you.
What they've done is rip away parts of the exterior and
interior of various vehicles and spacecraft to show you,
from a 3/4 view, the hallways, hangers, machinary and
other inner systems and components both familiar and
newly-created. For example, you'll get to see the
hallway from the Millennium Falcon cockpit lead
to the interior where Chewbacca threatened arm-rippage
and Ben patiently opened a new world for farmboy Luke
Skywalker - and you can see those characters in position!
Author David West Reynolds (who also wrote Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary)
has obviously spent long hours researching his
topic. In these drawings, you'll find the hallway
on the Tantive IV where Vader choked Captain
Antilles, as well as the passageway where Princess Leia
sent Artoo Detoo on his mission to find Obi-Wan
Kenobi. You'll also discover an exquisite gatefold
unlocking the interior mysteries of the first Death Star
- including hanger bays and tractor beam stations.
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From the systems of Boba Fett's Slave I to the workings and troop/storage capacity of the Imperial's All Terrain Transports, this book gives the Star Wars fan a true visual feel of how these machines would be put together.
It's almost a shame that so many of the other books I mentioned previously have already been released - many fans may feel put off buying a book of a topic that seems more than adequately covered previously. But if they don't, they'll be missing a real treat.