The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Star Wars) [Paperback]

Bill Smith (Author), Doug Chiang (Author), Troy Vigil (Author)

Book Description

Series: Star Wars: Essential Guides | Publication Date: March 19, 1996

"THAT'S NO MOON! IT'S A SPACE STATION."
But it wasn't just any space station--it was the most famous battle station in movie history, the Death Star, just one of the dozens of high-tech marvels that are found in the movies, the books, the comics, the games, and everywhere the Star Wars epic continues.
STAR WARS(c): THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO VEHICLES AND VESSELS
* Features detailed data on the most important spaceships, vehicles, and
battle machines in the Star Wars universe.
* Describes the development and historical importance of each vehicle.
* Includes detailed illustrations with each entry for instant visual reference.
* Brings you up-to-date on the latest starcraft technology used by the New
Republic, its allies, and its enemies.
THESE ARE THE SHIPS USED TO TRAVEL, EXPLORE, AND CONQUER THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE STAR WARS GALAXY.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Every Star Wars fan knows that Slave I is Boba Fett's tricked-out bounty-hunting ride. But how many know about its short-lived successor, Slave II? And what average fan has ever laid eyes on an Imperial MT-AT walker? (Imagine a huge, arachnid AT-AT.) Heck, most SW buffs will even try to tell you that Vader's Super Star Destroyer is the biggest bad-boy this side of the Battle of Endor. Not likely: Emperor Palpatine's probably got bigger shuttlecraft on his 17.5-kilometer-long Eclipse-class ship.

Bill Smith's illustrated Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels--a veritable blue book for the Star Wars universe--lets you kick the tires on all these ships and more. Researching not just the movies, but also Star Wars novels, comics, computer games, et al., Smith tirelessly details 100 different ways to get around--and dish out destruction--in the land of sandcrawlers and speeders. Descriptions of familiar vehicles ("That's no moon... it's a space station!") blend seamlessly with the more obscure (can you name six kinds of TIE fighters?). This is one showroom-floor tour you won't want to miss out on. --Paul Hughes

From the Inside Flap

"THAT'S NO MOON! IT'S A SPACE STATION."
But it wasn't just any space station--it was the most famous battle station in movie history, the Death Star, just one of the dozens of high-tech marvels that are found in the movies, the books, the comics, the games, and everywhere the Star Wars epic continues.
STAR WARS(c): THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO VEHICLES AND VESSELS
* Features detailed data on the most important spaceships, vehicles, and
battle machines in the Star Wars universe.
* Describes the development and historical importance of each vehicle.
* Includes detailed illustrations with each entry for instant visual reference.
* Brings you up-to-date on the latest starcraft technology used by the New
Republic, its allies, and its enemies.
THESE ARE THE SHIPS USED TO TRAVEL, EXPLORE, AND CONQUER THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE STAR WARS GALAXY.

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey; 1st edition (March 19, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 034539299X
• ISBN-13: 978-0345392992
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awsome!, March 27, 2000

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jacke chen (Arcadia, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Star Wars) (Paperback)

This book is awsome! It tells you when it's made, which company made it and its functions. At the front, it even tells you all the companies in Star Wars! Everybody should have this!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have for Anyone Who's Anyone in Star Wars, March 29, 2000

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Mike - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Star Wars) (Paperback)

This is the best of the essential guides. The text is reasonably thorough and compelling, the subject is interesting, and the drawings are magnificent. This is the perfect Star Wars reference book, that walks the fine line between believability and staying faithful to the Star Wars Galaxy. While you don't get a novel, you get a good, solid, text bookish read that should be present in a reference book. You also get great data, and drawings of your favorite ships from Star Wars.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Handy-Shpandy little book of Handy-Shpandy Star Wars info, March 23, 2000

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"sillyspam" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Star Wars) (Paperback)

This was cool! I enjoyed reading about all of the ships inthis. I'll bet not very many people know what an MT-AT is, but Iknow. Most people probably don't know who it was that destroyed Executor, but I know. In other words, if you didn't know those, you need to brush up on your Star Wars facts, so I reccommend that you buy this.