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Title: The Essential Chronology (Star Wars) by Kevin J. Anderson, Daniel Wallace, Bill Hughes ISBN: 0-345-43439-0 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (25 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: This really is an 'Essential'book for Star Wars Fans.
Comment: I was really anticipating the release of the Essential Chronology, as I was looking forward to an official effort to define the flow of the often cumbersome Star Wars Universe. I was not disapointed. This book fits all the puzzle pieces together, from KJA's Sith comic books to Episode 1 to Shadows of the Empire and beyond. One of the really helpful aspects to me, is it 'finishes' a lot of stories. The authors were allowed to fill in the gaps, and so we now know what happend AFTER The Truce at Bakura, and just where those awful young adult novels involving Tricolus fit in. As other people have mentioned, the book is very brief in its descriptions, and really leaves out a lot of detail that would be nice to have. This is not to say that the authors skipped massive parts of the expanded universe, just that there are small bits missing. As one reviewer noted, little to nothing of the Rogue Squadron comics were included, while Kevin J Andersons own Tales of the Jedi have entire chapters devoted to them. More than making up for these gripes is the effort put into getting as much major information in as possible. For example, readers of the now defunct Star Wars Adventure Journal may remember the Pentastar Alignment, but how did it form, and what happend to it? Now we have the answers. Also corrected are the discrepencies between the Sith as presented in the Tales of the Jedi, and in Episode 1, and the explination is very interesting, as it also ties in elements from the game Dark Forces II Jedi Knight.While the text can get a bit oppresive if you try to read it through, it works great as a refrence, just look up the period you want to know more about. All in all, I have to say this is a great book, all that is keeping it from the full four stars is the lack of details in some parts, and the attempt to include the young adult books at all, they should have been dropped along with the Ewok movies. Other than that, I would reccomend the purchase of the book, it is quite worth. 4/5.
Rating: 5
Summary: An extremely well-crafted account of Star Wars history
Comment: To say the least, this book was excellent. It told the intire story of Star Wars, straight up to the the New Jedi Order, and encompassing all the way back to 2500 b.b.y., (before battle of Yavin), in an interesting, comprehensive fashion. Though I wish it had included more details of specific events, otherwise it was a fun read, and one that I didn't at all mind reading cover to cover. I wouldn't, however, recommend this to someone who hasn't already read most of the material, since I had read very few of the adult novels, and now I know everything that happens from this book. Oh well, at least now I know Luke doesn't stay with that Callista forever. (thank the Force! I was never so happy when I found that out! especially since the one he eventually does marry happens to be one of my favorite characters) This is actually a very good book to have if you happen to want to skip over some of the books or comics or whatever, and still basically get the whole story, though I still intend to read them all eventually. Another good thing was that this book included the Junior/Young Jedi Knights books, which for a while were my favorites and I hoped they would be included in the official chronology. Also included at the end is a timeline of all Star Wars material, (a bit difficult to follow at first, but better than nothing) and a map of the Star Wars galaxy, which was awesome! I would recommend this book to a Star Wars fan of any age, since the writing style is easy to comprehend, and doesn't gear towards any particular age range, and of course, to anyone interested in seeing what happened before, during, and after the movies.
Rating: 5
Summary: The absolute best Essential Guide!!!!!
Comment: I am a die hard Star Wars fan, my room is like a shrine to it. I got the Chronology for Christmas a few years ago, and it's my favorite out of all of the essential guides. It goes into detail about the pre-Republic days, Xim the Despot, and The Hyperspace and Sith Wars. It also goes beyond the fall of the Empire, and the beginning of the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. I really loved the early Republic days and how it nearly fell to the collaboration of Exar Kun and the fallen Jedi, Ulic-Qel Droma. My favorite section of the whole guide is the Rise of Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn was the only alien Grand Admiral, (Chiss was his species) and the last to nearly topple the New Republic.
There is a lot more in the Guide, but you will just have to read it.
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Title: The New Essential Guide to Characters (Star Wars) by Daniel Wallace, Michael Sutfin ISBN: 0345449002 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 23 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Essential Guide to Alien Species (Star Wars) by Ann Margaret Lewis, R. K. Post ISBN: 0345442202 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 03 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Essential Guide to Planets and Moons (Star Wars) by Daniel Wallace, Brandon McKinney, Scott Kolins ISBN: 0345420683 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 21 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels (Star Wars) by W. HADEN BLACKMAN ISBN: 0345449029 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology (Star Wars) by Bill Smith, David Nakabayashi, Troy Vigil ISBN: 0345414136 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 04 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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