Star Wars Complete Cross-Sections: The Spacecraft and Vehicles of the Entire Star Wars Saga

This is both a book and a work of art. Awesome for artists, technical freaks, Star Wars fans or those who just like a good book to pick up and appreciate. The dust cover, front/back hardcover and pages are all high quality. The binding is questionable but holds its own , definitely not worth losing a star- it's hard to bind a book so large anyways. Grew up reading and looking at these books and now have all of them in between the same two hardcovers!

The books is great and any star wars fan will love the intricate designs and detail on the ships. It covers most of the ships and is a great purchase. The texts are informative and tell some secrets about the ships and races that pilot them. It has some very detailed info on the ships and its purposes. Its one of the Best Star Wars books ever. Wait till you get to the middle of the book and you'll see what I'm talking about. Some images span completely through 4 pages making it a viewers delight. Cool book and the cover looks fantastic too.

As a die hard fan of Star Wars (not a weird one, trust me) this is a great book. My favorite aspect of the SW universe is the vehicles. I just love the imagination and this book brings all the inner workings to life. it peels back the outer coverings of the most iconic vehicles and shows you what might be under the "hood" if such a vehicle ever really existed. Well, maybe I shouldn't get ahead of myself here, it did happen a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, so maybe the author...well I won't speculate. If you like SW vehicles and you like books, then this is a book for you or the SW collector you might know.

While no longer officially canon as far as I know, the book gives minute details about the most obtuse things in craft from the movies. It doesn't cover the Clone Wars tv series vehicles. I did find it odd how they went into gross details about the speeder car Anakin drove during his chase of Zam Wesell (as well as a detailed breakdown of her vehicle), but glosses over the Imperial 1 Class Star Destroyer and omits the Super Star Destroyer, Executor completely. Great book though with loads of nerd facts and minutia. Loved the double page love they gave to the B-Wing and the open gatefolds they gave some of the larger vessels. I highly recommend to any Star Wars fan. The only reason I didn't give it a 5 star review was for its uneven detailing from vehicle to vehicle.

The absolutely byzantine level of detail in these illustrations is remarkable to view in such a large format. Just like how Lucas wanted his vehicles to look "used" and "worn out" for his first 3 films these drawings have plenty of that "lived in" look that draw your eyes over all the little doodads behind the metal skins. As an engineer I love technical drawings and I really get a kick out of seeing how these fictional craft can have their internals look so "purposeful". The real life technical illustration field is tough enough when working from real objects and so I am impressed by the amount of creativity required to invert so much "how and why" detail. You can see how the form and function were intertwined to give these designs plausible suspension of disbelief. For example, even though there are no shields in our real world, the way the emitters are located and shaped in these drawings causes you to envision how they "work" in an intuitive way. You can see the power conduits feeding them and see how they outline the profile of the ships. The section at the end of the book where the illustrators show how the drawings go from pencil sketch to painting is fascinating and awe inspiring in this age of overwhelming CGI. I only had one of the previous cross section books so for me the value of this title was a no-brainer. If you already own the others then it boils down to having them in a single volume and if that is worth it for you. My only gripe is on the fold out illustrations. They are really almost too wide to allow easy use. I'd rather see the folds be vertical where the two open pages are joined across the top and fold upwards into more of a square. There have been a few books on NASA and spaceflight done this way and the result was better in my opinion because the folded out section supported itself. This landscape style foldout, while allowing a very wide image make the pages flop around more than I'd like for such thin paper.

I have loved these cross-section books since even before these came out (seen a cool Star Trek OS cutout of the Enterprise). What you are getting with this volume is every entry in the previous four cross-section books as well as some extras. That's right. Even if you have all four original books you are still not getting everything. This book adds cross-section entries for the TIE Bomber, TIE Advanced (something only touched on in the original trilogy cross-section), A-Wing Fighter, B-Wing Fighter, and the Imperial Shuttle. That's roughly half the vehicles you would find on a regular cross-section book added to this volume. On top of that you get a forward by both artists/writers talking about the fun they had making the books. So what does that mean? Well if you have never gotten a Star Wars Incredible Cross-Sections book this is the one to get. You get ALL of the vehicles fromt he previous books plus another 1/2 book's worth of exclusive material. If you don't quite have all of the previous books then I say get this one at the price of a regular book (shouldn't be hard at all). If you don't have the original trilogy book that makes the purchase that much more sweet as that's where the new material is. If you have the complete collection then you have to make a choice. Do you buy the book, thus get the extra ships and more shelf space? Do you complain to Lucas for the double dipping? Personally I am one of those people with the complete set and figured I didn't need the new book, however I really, really love the B-Wing and relished the idea of having a view of its innards so I got it. I'm pretty pleased with the purchase, and besides I was able to sell my old books to recoup some of what I spent.

These DK Star Wars Incredible CrossSection books never dissapoint and this one is the same high standards of illustration as the rest of these series of large format illustration artworks. A must for any die-hard Star Wars or mainstream Sci-Fi fan to collect and marvel at! The artists and art of these books is just amazing and a really high level of technical illustrative/industrial artistry. For the technical and technique style artist, these books are "Blow Away!"

A favorite with my Sons.

perfect conditions, very fast shipping, delivery almost immediate. Specifically, for the item in question, I think it is a fundamental object for those who love and loved the Star Wars saga. It helps even more you to lose yourself in the beautiful galaxy created by Lucas and his collaborators. And whot a collaborators! Phenomenal drawings and excellent afterword on the realization of the drawings, absent in the individual volumes of the same work.

Lot's of great comments from visitors, I mainly use as a coffee table book. Good conversation piece and it brings back the nostalgia of the old cross-section books!

In diesem Band sind alle erschienenen Incredible Cross-Section Bücher zusammengefasst, plus einige Zeichnungen die es vorher noch nie zu sehen gab. Beginnend mit der Prequel-Trilogie werden alle wichtigen Fahrzeuge - und auch einige die man im Film gar nicht richtig zu sehen bekommt - abgebildet. Die Droidenfahrzeuge und Raumschiffe der Handelsföderation (doppelseitig: Das Droidenkontrollschiff!) sind ebenso vorhanden wie Anakins Podracer und Darth Mauls Sith Infiltrator. Der Jedi Starfighter, Jangos Slave 1 und das Gunship der Klontruppen sind zu sehen, bis hin zu der vielfältigen Kriegmaschinerie der Republik und der Separatisten aus Episode III. Gebauso reichhaltig ist die alte Trilogie vertreten: Von den verschiedenen TIE Fighter- Modellen und Raumjägern der Rebellen (neu hierbei der B-Wing) über den Millennium Falcon, Sternzerstörer, und den Todesstern bis hin zu Jabbas Segelbarke ist alles da! Und das sind nur einige wenige Beispiele. Sogar mein absolutes Lieblingsschiff, das Shuttle Tydirium, ist exklusiv in diesem Band detailliert abgebildet. Zusätzlich bekommt man zu jedem Fahrzeug ausführliche Hintergrundinformationen zu lesen, ebenso eine grundlegende Einführung in die Technologie des Star Wars Universums. Alles in allem das ultimative (und offizielle) Nachschlagewerk zu den Fahrzeugen aus Star Wars von zwei begnadeten Künstlern, das sein Geld absolut wert ist.

This is probably one of my favourite books, if not the one favourite. As a huge fan of Star Wars vehicular and technological lore, I am awe struck every time I open this book and see just how incredibly detailed the images, annotations, and background segments are. This book is a true treasure trove of a publication. Honestly, the amount of work that has gone into this book, and the amount of information inside, I would be happy to pay even twice it's asking price. The diagrams are just so extensive and they truly immerse you in a sense of suspension of disbelief. I don't have a favourite cross-section diagram in this book as they're all just so dang good! If you're on the fence about buying a Star Wars book, buy it, for sure. For the price it's a true bargain. Whether you're just a casual fan of George Lucas' universe, a die-hard anorak like I am, or just someone with a fascination in technical things and precise diagrams, you will enjoy this book. Perfect present for any guy (or even girl) really.

Franchement excellent achat pour le passionné que je suis. C'est un cadeau de Noël (bon d'accord, reçu + tard !), mais génial. Cela regroupe des plans de vaisseaux et engins des Episodes 1/2/3 & 4/5/6, soit l'équivalent de 6 livres, en grand format. Livre en anglais, bien sûr, mais plans universels ! Merci.