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The Star Wars Universe covers vast amounts
of space filled with countless stars, planets and their moons.
Of course, this all started with the first movie released in
1977. Since then, two other movies were filmed, radio shows were
performed, multitudes of books have been written, and many a
comic book series have been drawn. What this guide does is takes
all of the information from these different sources on planets
and moons and sorts them out, so you don’t have to.
The main section of this guide
lists 100 different planets and moons in alphabetical order.
Each planetary body contains illustrations of the planet or moon,
important points of interests (like spaceports, cities, terrain,
etc.), inhabitants, and usually some kind of creature native
to the planet or moon. A description of the planet or moon is
included which may talk about the actual physical globe, but
usually talks about the where the government stands with the
Empire or the Alliance. Also included in the text is a brief
synopsis of when specific events took place on the planet or
moon (referring to either the movies, radio shows, books or comic
book series).
Lastly, what I found to be the
most important part of the guide, is the Bibliography. It is
divided into two different sections. The first section lists
all of the movies, radio shows, books and comic book series,
the author, the publisher, and the year it was released. Also,
each item is abbreviated for easy reference in the second part
of the Bibliography. For example, Return of the Jedi is abbreviated
as “RJ”. The second part of the Bibliography lists
the planets and moons in alphabetical order and then lists the
abbreviated names of the movies, radio shows, books, and comic
book series after them. That way, if you read about Hoth, you
could reference the abbreviations and see that Hoth appeared
in the following items: The Empire Strike Back, The Empire Strikes
Back National Public Radio dramatizations, The Illustrated Star
Wars Universe, Classic Star Wars, and Darksaber.
This book does a good job of
informing the reader which planets or moons the movies, radio
shows, books and comic book series take place on. As for the
information given in the main section, I wanted more about the
planets and moons themselves, and not so much of the stories
that took place on them. I wanted more about the makeup of these
planetary bodies and the native creatures or peoples that inhabit
them. But, maybe that is just me. You may want something different
then I, and if that is so, this guide may just be perfect for
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