Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition [Hardcover]

DK Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of The Empire Strikes Back with detailed plans of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition! See how the super high-tech vehicles, weapons, armor, and droids of the Rebel Alliance are designed and built with five fantastic, single-sided, full-color poster-sized blueprints! Placed inside a 32-page book, the posters contain technical drawings, history, movie tidbits, and more. This book-poster combo is an absolute must-have for every Star Wars fan.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Ryder Windham, Author

Ryder Windham is the author of over sixty Star Wars titles, including Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate
Collection and the New York Times-bestseller Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide. He has
written junior novelizations of Star Wars and Indiana Jones movies and scripted numerous comics. An occasional
freelance cartoonist and storyboard artist, he is an instructor and Certificate Program Advisor for Comics and
Sequential Art at Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education.



Chris Trevas, Illustrator

Chris Trevas has been an official Star Wars artist since 1995 when he started on the original roleplaying game by
West End Games. Trevas has illustrated two children's books, Star Wars: Meltdown on Hoth<,i> and Star
Wars Episode I: Anakin to the Rescue. He has also been a writer and illustrator for Star Wars Insider magazine.
Trevas has illustrated three books for the Star Wars Essential Guide series from Del Rey (The New
Essential Guide to Alien Species, Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, and The Essential
Atlas). Trevas and fellow artist Chris Reiff are the illustrators behind Star Wars Blueprints: The Ultimate
Collection and the follow up Rebel Edition from DK Publishing.
Illustrator



Chris Reiff, Illustrator

With a degree in graphic design and painting from Miami University, Chris Reiff has spent the past fifteen years
working as a toy designer bringing a variety of licensed products to market. While staying busy with projects at both
the design and toy invention companies he founded in Cincinnati, Chris continues to maintain a steady involvement
in the Star Wars universe. He has worked on Star Wars products including scaled replica helmets, action figures,
gaming miniatures, and prop replicas. In addition, he has been illustrating projects like Star Wars Blueprints: The
Ultimate Collection and the follow-up Rebel Edition from DK, Star Wars The Essential Atlas from
Random House, and Millennium Falcon: A 3-D Owner's Guide from Scholastic.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: DK Publishing; Har/Pstr edition (July 19, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756652030
• ISBN-13: 978-0756652036
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #682,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ryder Windham is the author of more than fifty Star Wars and Indiana Jones books. A former graphic designer and comic book editor, he is also an instructor and Certificate Advisor for the Comic and Sequential Art Certificate Program at Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the previous set, August 19, 2010

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E. M. HAMILTON ".: Just Folks" (Smoky Mountains, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition (Hardcover)

Five schematic/blueprints. The previous set had 5 TWO-sided. NOT worth the money unless you are an avid collector.