Star Wars Vault
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lazypadawanMy copy of "Star Wars Vault," a massive book by Steve Sansweet and Pete Vilmur, arrived today from Amazon.com. Obviously, I haven't had time to sit down and read the whole thing, but I've flipped through it to see what it had.
You have to buy this. Seriously.
I know it's expensive (I got the bargain price of $53), but if you're going to buy only one SW book this year, buy this one. Do whatever it takes. Sell your bodily fluids if you have to. If you're any kind of SW fan at all, this is a must-have. It has two CDs of radio ads, rare interviews, and Princess Leia warbling away during the Holiday Special. It has reproductions of all kinds of cool stuff you can pull out to look at, including ads, invitations to various events, George Lucas's handscribbled notes, John Williams's handwritten music sheets, stickers, advertisements, newsletters, postcards, stickers, filmstrips, etc.. A lot of it is stuff I'd never seen before, such as a Queen Amidala tarot card used as an invitation to a Lucasfilm function or rare photos from the set of ANH.
I can't wait to dig through it all!
You have to buy this. Seriously.
I know it's expensive (I got the bargain price of $53), but if you're going to buy only one SW book this year, buy this one. Do whatever it takes. Sell your bodily fluids if you have to. If you're any kind of SW fan at all, this is a must-have. It has two CDs of radio ads, rare interviews, and Princess Leia warbling away during the Holiday Special. It has reproductions of all kinds of cool stuff you can pull out to look at, including ads, invitations to various events, George Lucas's handscribbled notes, John Williams's handwritten music sheets, stickers, advertisements, newsletters, postcards, stickers, filmstrips, etc.. A lot of it is stuff I'd never seen before, such as a Queen Amidala tarot card used as an invitation to a Lucasfilm function or rare photos from the set of ANH.
I can't wait to dig through it all!
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Date: 2007-11-03 03:39 pm (UTC)I'm reading Death Star now. Lots of good Vader scenes.
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Date: 2007-11-03 11:39 pm (UTC)I think I am going to wait until it is out on paperback before I buy it. I have been slacking on reading offical SW fiction lately.
Have you seen or heard anything about the 2008 calendars yet? Theme? When they will be released? I have been looking online and around the local bookstores. Nobody seems to have any.
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Date: 2007-11-04 06:44 am (UTC)There's some of that in Vader's scenes :D.
There are five 2008 calendars that I know of. One is exclusive to Wal Mart. The others include one SW saga calendar with a clone trooper on the cover, a mini calendar, a desk calendar, and an art calendar that comes with a DVD. I have the Wal Mart and the clone trooper cover one. I bought the latter at Suncoast. I haven't seen any of the others in the stores yet although friends in other states have found them. Amazon.com sells all but the Wal Mart one.