Star Wars Vault

[lazypadawan]

My 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!

Comments

[ladyaeryn.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Might just have to add it to my Christmas list.

And... an actual clip of the Holiday Special in an official publication? I thought George wanted any and all records of that thing burned. ;)

[darth-kittius.livejournal.com]

I just scored it for $24 (THANK YOU B&N coupons).... anyway, I bought it as a gift but might have a hard time not tearing into it myself!

[celosia.livejournal.com]

I saw it yesterday at B&N They wanted $85. Yikes! I also saw the new book DeathStar. It looked like a good read.

I hope my copy of the Vault will be shipped soon. I also bought it through Amazon, I better go an check on the order.

[nic]

Have you had a chance to read the written content? Any thoughts on that?

[jawajames.livejournal.com]

we saw this today at Costco for $50 and leafed through their demo copy. even whitney was impressed with it.