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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Dec 15, 2007 0:02:54 GMT -5
Ok I just got this book by Ryder Windham. Got to tell you, I love this book. Not only does it shed so much light on everything about the Jedi and Sith from all eras not only does it have stunning artwork by both artists(even though I favor Trevas' work). But it has a great bunch of entries on Lightsaber forms and how Characters Like Dooku and Palpatine came to where they were. Also some great stuff on the NJO era and as well some of the best summuries of Jedi and Sith training techniques. Not only is it an enjoyable read but you could almost see watching these images and hearing these cahracters talk if it were ina Holocron format. I recomend you pick it up.
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Post by Starkindler (The Naked Jedi) on Dec 15, 2007 1:48:09 GMT -5
looks great!
I hadn't seen this before....my kids would love it too.
first free cash after the holidays goes to this.
Thanks.
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Post by Solinbeb Newau on Dec 15, 2007 19:04:31 GMT -5
It'd be cool if they had references to people's websites in it.
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Post by Jauhzmynn Enz on Dec 24, 2007 9:46:25 GMT -5
I have it, and like the way it reads. It's a differant format than I'd expected. Even if it's Expanded Universe, it's still fascinaiting. fascinating to the point I've been reading late into the night on my days off. (like studying a holocron. Too bad there's no interactive AI avatar. I like Tioone's honesty, she pulls to punches when it comes to saying what messed up the Order in the first place. Many of the ancheint were warning about the same stuff the Order was doing just before the purge.  |
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Post by Ani-Chay Pinn on Dec 26, 2007 22:16:26 GMT -5
I've skimmed most of the book, but not read in depth. I like the way it's written with the personal accounts mixed in with the histories. And it's indexed! That's great if you want to look something or someone up.
I don't read much EU, so I can't tell, but is any of the text taken quoted from any of the books?
But a page came out of the back the first time I was looking at it, so I'm not impressed with the binding.
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Post by Larwi B'nu on Dec 29, 2007 14:30:02 GMT -5
I'm suitably intrigued for obvious reasons. Anything that sheds light on both sides - to understand the Jedi, one has to also understand the Sith, yes? - is a very valuable tools. I'm going to look for it now!
May the Force be with you.
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Dec 30, 2007 16:58:27 GMT -5
Some text is taken from novels and some was made up for the book, I like that it's get's into Palpatine and Tyranus a little bit more from their perspective. It's also great that it plays both the positives of Vader and the negatives.
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Post by Hendel D'bu on Mar 7, 2008 12:47:41 GMT -5
I just splurged and bought this book at my local Borders... it's the first time I've seen it there (and I check their SW section frequently, to be sure). As I started paging through it, I knew I just had to have it. The artwork is fabulous and I love how it's written as a history from Tionne... it's just great.
feeling a little guilty for buying it new, but very glad I did,
~hendel :-)
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Post by Ky-Wan Zann on Mar 13, 2008 12:05:41 GMT -5
I love Trevas' stuff I have a poster from c3 he did, but edwards stuff seems a bit too abstract for my personal taste, I like people to look real in art.
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