Star Wars: Chewbacca (Star Wars) [Import] [Paperback]

Brent Anderson, Dave Gibbons Darko Macan (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840232749
• ISBN-13: 978-1840232745
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,500,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Dave Gibbons passionately roams in three different global playgrounds: The first park is THE AWAKEN GROUP (THEAWAKENGROUP.COM), a consulting firm specializing in creativity, culture and innovation; the second park is a movement of churches not bound by geography that he calls "home" (NEWSONG.NET), throughout Southeast Asia, China, India, Korea, Mexico City, London, and North America. And lastly there is a crazy bunch of people in an organization called XEALOT that focuses on transforming marginalized communities through strategic leadership development and ideation ventures. Dave has written a book on culture and leadership based on an eastern parable called The Monkey and the Fish.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good graphic novel, March 11, 2005

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Wars: Chewbacca (Paperback)

After the death of Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 set out to collect stories about the Wookie hero. This book is a collection of ten graphic short-stories about Chewbacca, told by old friends, and old enemies. Included here are stories of what Chewie did, how he thought, and what he meant to those around him.

Now, even though the stories in this graphic novel are all written by Darko Macan, they are illustrated by a number of different artists, which means that there is quite some difference between the stories. In most of them, the illustration work is quite excellent, but in some it leaves something to be desired. But, having said that, I must say that I did enjoy these stories. My eleven-year-old son read the book up to the fourth story, where a young female bounty hunter is horribly burned and left for dead, at which point he abandoned the book.

So, overall, I would say that this is a very good graphic novel, with a collection of interesting stories, some of them quite intense. I highly recommend it, but not for younger or more sensitive readers.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chewbacca still lives..., November 10, 2001

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'killer' weasel (MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: Chewbacca (Paperback)

This is a must have for any Chewbacca fan. We all read about his death, and I know other people out there would like a look at his past, things that happened between the movies, even before the movies. Done by a number of different artists, this book has great tales and the pictures are fantastic.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars At last we have the mighty Chewbacca, February 18, 2001

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Nathan (Wilmington, DE United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: Chewbacca (Paperback)

`Chewbacca' is a collection of the four issue miniseries put out by Dark Horse Comics, and it is an excellent addition to the library of any Star Wars fan. Basically, this book is a collection of short stories about previously unseen chapters in Chewie's life. A different artist does each chapter, although Darko Macan writes the whole thing, usually very well. The art tends to be very good, although obviously with nine different artists there will be some you like and some you don't.

This book obviously takes place after Chewbacca's death in the novel `Vector Prime.' The premise is that C-3PO and R2-D2 are putting together some sort of memorial for Chewbacca. For one aspect of this, they are touring the galaxy, seeking out the family, friends, and others who knew Chewbacca and collecting stories and anecdotes about the Wookiee. Some of the stories take us back to his pre-slavery days on Kashyyyk, and are related by family members. Some stories are told by familiar faces such as Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, and Wedge. And a couple are told by bounty hunters and slavers who have had...encounters with Chewbacca. In this book, we see Chewbacca's first meeting with Han, as well as their last encounter on Sernpidal, and plenty of other events.

Some of the stories are humorous, some sad, and some fun. Together, the stories in this book fill in gaps in Chewbacca's life and flesh out the big furball's character. This is one of the few literary occasions we've had to actually see Chewbacca `speaking' and interacting with various others. There was only one story which didn't really fit and wasn't necessary - the story of Mala Mala, the diminutive creature first introduced in Macan's `Vader's Quest' comic. While the story did have Chewbacca in it, it felt out of place in that it was more of a backstory for this minor character than a tribute to the mighty Chewbacca.

In addition, this collected edition has an introduction by Peter Mayhew, the guy who played Chewbacca in the films. Overall, this book is a fitting tribute to the fallen Wookiee, a must buy for any Star Wars fan. Highly Recommended.