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The Star Wars Universe covers vast amounts
of space filled with a multitude of droids. Of course, this all started
with the first movie (Episode IV) released in 1977. Since then, three
other movies were filmed Episodes V, VI and I), radio shows were
performed, multitudes of books have been written, computer games have
been designed, and many a comic book series have been drawn. All of the
information on droids from all of these sources have been combined into
a comprehensive source that will give any Star Wars enthusiast hours of
fun reading.
Before the listing for all
the droids is a Guide to Major Manufacturers. This section list 30
manufactures, gives a brief description of each, and lists all of the
droids they manufacture. There is also a small ditty on Historical
Droids, Inventors and Miscellaneous Alien Species.
The main section of this guide
lists 100 different droids organized by the Type of droid they
are. This could be anything from an Astromech to Protocol to
Military droid. Each droid is covered on two pages and has a thorough description
of the droid, its functions, where is it used in the Star Wars Universe,
an illustration of the droid, schematics, and a comparison to C-3PO or
R2-D2 for size.
This book does a great job
of informing the user everything they want to know about the Star Wars
droids. The schematics are great and descriptions are very informative.
I found that I enjoyed this book a lot more than The
Essential Guide to Planets and Moons, which I though focused too
much on what happened ont he planet or moon, rather than the body
itself. If you love Star Wars and the droids in the films, books,
comics, etc. interest you, this is the book for you. |
