New book about Jedi

[JediKai]

www.amazon.com/Jedi-vs-Sith-Essential-Guide/dp/0345493346/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197702302&sr=1-2

This comprehensive one-of-a-kind overview chronicles the known history of the Force and its wielders down through the ages, from the founding tenets of Jedi and Sith teachings to the landmark events and legendary figures who have shaped the struggle between the light and dark sides. In first-hand accounts by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, Darth Bane, Darth Vader, Count Dooku, Emperor Palpatine, and a host of other Jedi Masters, Sith Lords, scholars, and sages, Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force spans the breadth of available knowledge

[Starkindler (The Naked Jedi)]

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yup.
First spare after holidays]/i] cash will go to this book.

[JediKai]

It arrived from Amazon yesterday. It has an awful lot of EU, which does not appeal to me. I'm still debating returning it.

[Cara Drume]

Ooh...now that's something to look into. Maybe in a while I can see if my library has it.

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

I got my copy today from amazon. The art is pretty which is scattered throughout the book. Some is very good, but most is average. I do like the layout and the format. It is a combination of historical narrative and first person narratives from the various characters. Most of them are EU characters or movie characters in the post-ROTJ times though there are a few movie character narratives from the Saga-times. And no Qui-Gon narratives! Only a few Dooku and Obi-Wan. And I didn't see any Yoda narratives, which is surprising. Bummer. I suppose this is because there are very few Qui-Gon centered novels/comics.

It is full of EU Jedi stuff, which is fine with me since I can catch up on what people are saying about the EU without actually READING the books. I'll use it for reference for fanfiction. I'll probably ignore a lot of it, but I do like knowing the background.

The bad: the binding is bad!!! I've just got it and was looking through it and a page came out of the index. Ugh! If I were to return it, then that would be the reason.

EDIT: And in general I think that the writing style and quality is good and entertaining, even if it has a lot of EU in it.

[Jan-Qui Coran]

Maybe I'll get it since I've read or am reading EU books.

But not having any Qui-Gon or Yoda--kind of upsets the applecart, so to speak. Reading about the Sith is a bit unsettling but I realize they're there .
Seeing lightsaber moves in the book will be interesting.
I just may wait till I can purchase a used copy on Amazon.

What is the current price for this possibly interesting book?

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

I got it for $17.13 on amazon. It's a medium sized paper-cover book.

While I did not see any first person narratives from either Yoda or Qui-Gon, it does have information about them and some artwork, too. And it does have some nice narratives from Luke, Leia and Obi-Wan along with other Jedi Masters. It gives a nice timeline of the Jedi Order from the beginning up through the death of Mara Jade.

The first part of the book, little more than half, is about the Jedi. A little less than half is about the dark side, the Sith and other Force-users (not necessarily dark ones) and their relationship to the Jedi.

I think it will be a handy reference - like I said, I'm not that interested in the EU books / comics / games, which this book is based on along with the movies. But I would like to get the information from the. And this book is indexed, which is helpful.

However, I don't know about getting it used. I mean if a page comes out of a new copy, then I don't know about what condition a used copy would be in.

[Leda EmBorr]

Quite a few pages came out of my copy of Dressing a Galaxy... The deluxe edition! I'm afraid to turn the pages! The glue job is not very good.


That Force looks like like a good book for reference, but I'm not such a fan of EU either.

[JediKai]

I actually sent it back.

[Ani-Chay Pinn]

I decided to keep mine, loose pages and all. There are enjoyable parts of it and I like being able to look up what people are referring to with the EU without getting any of the books.

I'm glad didn't have any loose pages on the 'Dressing A Galaxy' book!

[ysrossko]

My wife got this for me as a Christmas present. I haven't had much of chance to look at it, but it looks pretty cool.

[jedirunya]

I think the best thing about the book is the art work. I love Trevas work. But I am afraid to use it much as my pages are loose as well.