Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #417486 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Synopsis
A who's who of the popular series provides profiles of the most important characters from the Star Wars movies, books, comics, TV specials, and games, and spotlights individuals from the films of episodes I and II.

Customer Reviews

Excellent summation of the characters of Star Wars
I was sceptical when buying this book, but did so anyway out of excitement with the approaching addition to the prequel film trilogy, Attack of the Clones. I am an EU (Expanded Universe) fan, and have read almot all of the books right up to the latest additions to the NJO series. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the EU, and the NJO in partiular, are featured even more heavily in this latest addition of the Essential Guide to Characters. Many plot-holes and contradictions have been tied up too, what with the release of AOTC messing with the established EU history (the Boba Fett/Jango Fett/Jaster Mareel issue is cleared up here, which I was thrilled to see). The Guide goes right up to Star By Star in the NJO series, and even mentions the Vong invasion in other non-NJO character's biographies. Many characters omitted from the first edition are in here (Kyle Katarn - though his bio does not include Jedi Knight II - Dash Rendar, Corran Horn..). The illustrations are for the most part fantastic, the likenesses of on-screen characters being almost perfect. Several EU characters have been well-portrayed as well, and all the illustrations are in full colour. In particular, Jacen, Jaina and Anakin Solo all look very believable for once. There is a short section at the back with a few illustrations for characters that do not have enough history to fill whole pages (though Ric Olie manages to get a page to himself somehow), and then a list of all the featured characters and which books/games/films etc they appear in. A very nice touch. All in all, this book is well worth the money, despite the inevitable new edition that will follow it after Episode III's conclusion. One last point - Palpatine and Darth Sidious have separate entries, but Anakin/Vader has a single one. Evidence for the possibility that these two aren't one and the same perhaps? But I digress - buy this book, especially if you are a fan of the NJO and the EU.