Not many books on Ewoks out there
933158
So this was a welcome find.  Not as good value as the Star Wars "Droids and Ewoks" compendium but the graphic art is better here.  5 star rating purely on the topic.  You'll either like it or you won't.  We did.
1452719
My six year old son reads this book so much that it is falling apart.  It is page after page of great information on many characters, along with awesome pictures.  It lists the character, how the are correctly pronounced, their weapon or special abilities, and a great little story on each one! Every page has about 3-4 pictures, so if you don't know a lot about Star Wars, this helps you to get to see the characters and weapons.
1479238
This is a great book however, not every Jedi costume is covered. I find the photography great, but the book could use more text as to how the designer arrived at the costume choices. I also think the book would be better if it had more concept design sketches.
2127966
Being interested in the life of Clara Bow and recently finishing reading a great book on her life, l found that she was once a WAMPAS Baby and was curious to wonder what they were.  After surfing the net, on which there wasn't much information at all, l checked out my old fried Amazon.com.
Lo and behold there was a book on the subject that l was interested in.
While this book has a wealth of information in it there was a bad lack of photographs that drags the book down. Maybe the author couldn't find a lot more but surfing E-Bay for a couple of hours, l found a photo for at least half the 130 girls that held this title.
If you have heard of the WAMPAS name before and want to know more, this is the book to get for information ONLY and not just for photos, then this is the book for you.
1462399
I have been a member of the community since 2002, and you will hardly EVER hear my endorse a -published- book that can be used to teach the Jedi Philosophy. There are exactly TWO. This one and one written about the history of the community by our resident historian (Opie MacLeod). Jared took a different set of Jedi boards than I did, so this book was my first encounter with him.

Sure, there are a thing or two that I disagree with him on (mostly the physical fitness portion ;) ), but his views are very much in line with the direction we are trying to move the Jedi Path today. :)
4330955
I have to concur with the other reviews - this book is really encyclopedic! It's a massive book and is packed with information and pictures. It's be great for anybody who wants to play the MMO, but also for fans of Star Wars who just want to learn more about this era.

The one area in which the book could use some improvement is in the organization. I personally would have preferred if the book had been organized by subjects, so all ships in one chapter, all classes in one chapter, all characters in one chapter, and so on. Instead, there are huge sections devoted to everything about the Republic, Sith, Mandalorians, and so on. It's not a big deal, but just makes it harder to browse through if you just want to see all of the ships. If on the other hand you want to learn everything about the Sith the organization works well.

Easily 5 stars!
3438587
A good guide to uniforms and vehicles used by Polish soldiers 1939- 45 but like most early Osprey publications very sparse on history.
Having been an avid reader of Osprey books for years, I was expecting that when I ordered this book.
72744
I have been a lifetime fan of Star Trek and I have enjoyed all their various different series, including Deep Space Nine.  For those who do not know the Ferengi race in Star Trek, they are known to be ruthless in their business dealings.  This little book, which only has about 70 rules, is an example of their philosophy when dealing with people in business situations.  This is not meant to be taken seriously, unless you happen to be a Ferengi?

In conclusion, yes, this little book is expensive for the amount of information it contains; however, a lot of these rule are humorous, some are interesting, and a few are actually helpful.  Just laugh and enjoy this little book. It is, however, just a fair book little book for Star Trek fans.

Rating: 3 Stars.  Joseph J. Truncale (Author:  Martial Art Myths)
3205236
When you're watching a popular series like "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (TCW), it's really hard to resist buying the various "episode guides" or "character encyclopedias" the publisher tries to ply while the show is still running. The trick is to wait until the series is over and a "complete" guide/encyclopedia is assembled before you finally fork over the cash.

When TCW "ended" after its fifth season and Jason Fry's "Episode Guide" was announced "With All 108 Episodes of Seasons 1-5," I was excited to lay my hands on a copy. As other reviewers have said, the best thing about this guide is that it presents the episodes (and the TCW movie) in proper chronological order. Now, finally, you can watch everything and avoid the confusion that Cartoon Network viewers encountered on numerous occasions during the series' initial run.

The first thing I did after buying this book was to rewatch the whole show, and after each episode, I'd read the corresponding write-up in Jason Fry's book. The thing I like most is that each write-up contains one or two "colored circles," which contain brief bits of interesting trivia from the episode that hearken back to previous episodes, or to the Original Trilogy or Prequel Trilogy movies.

If I had one complaint, it is that each episode write-up is restricted to two pages. That means some pertinent information is often omitted. The problem is the book's size: It's a small 9.5 inches x 7.25 inches, compared with Fry's various Star Wars "Visual Guides," which are 11.25 inches square. If this "Episode Guide" was bumped up to the size of the "Visual Guides," there would be more space to add omitted episode information.

And speaking of omissions, as of 2014, the "Episode Guide" unfortunately became "incomplete" with the release of TCW Season 6, "The Lost Missions," comprising 13 new episodes (17 if you include the "Crystal Crisis on Utapau," an arc composed of four unfinished episodes released on DVD/Blu-ray as completed animatics).

Jason Fry's book is just too good to go unfinished at this point. I sincerely hope that the publisher, DK, gives him a green light to write up the Season 6 episodes, and that they upsize the book so he can include more information in Seasons 1-5. If they're going to do it, they may as well do a thorough job  or not do it at all.
3146544
The case for the book is amazing, along with all the accessories that come with it; However, the book itself, was average. "The Jedi Path" book was far better. Sadly, this is the only "Sith" alternative to The Jedi Path. I did enjoy reading journal entries of Darth Malgus, Plagueis, Sidious, and Sion and others. As for showing history and "rituals/traditions" as The Jedi Path did, the Book of Sith barely did this, sadly. None-the-less, it's a good book and worth the read if you like any of the Dark Lords previously mentioned.
252225
I think the book is very well written.  It has also captured extremely well the spirit of a Jedi-oriented Star Wars book.  We finally have a Jedi doing Jedi's work - dealing with grand scale issues (not winning a particular battle, although that is in there too).  And the author has a way of delivering the scale of events and of Jacen's contributions to the reader.  Jacen should not be measured by the number of Vong he kills or by the number of coraskippers he shoots down.  That's the military's work.  The work of a Jedi is different - understanding and finding a solution.
While the book has a high psychological component, the author managed not to make it borying.  In fact, the author just put as much action in the story as in many other SW books - it just happens quicker.
The book is short (300 pages) but one is unlikely to regret the 4-5 hours it would takes to read it.
4235480
This book is a short overview of the Star Wars films.  It is short enough to read quickly, but detailed enough to get a pretty good grasp on each of the films.  There is a good characters section, but it is located after the movie synopses.  I would rather read the character list first, but I may be alone in this.  It also would have been helpful to have pictures of each character next to their descriptions.  I really enjoyed this book, and I think that it would be particularly helpful to people who haven't seen Star Wars or those who haven't seen it recently and want a refresher.  Overall, there are very few flaws, and the book is very well-written and well-organized.  It would be interesting to see a few more appendices, but this is still a really great buy.
4582472
OK so the planet that pretty much all of the people in the Star Wars universe have been searching for has been found.  The trouble is that any of you that were hear for the last book already know that.
The most interesting part of the book has to be the part concerning Wedge.  These battle sceans are why I gave the book the 4th star they are wonderful.  We also have the internation between Nom Anor "The Prophet" and the rest of Vong to keep us interested.  This book tries its best to keep us entertained but fails on many levels.  Simply because much of the information that was "discovered" we as readers already knew about or had at least suspected.  Still this shouldn't diter you from buying the book I have the feeling that the series is building up to something big and that this book has an important role to play in it.
Overall-You should only get this book if you REALLY have been keeping up with the series from book one.  You knew guys coming in will not understand all that is going on so don't try.  Once again battle sceans and the interaction were great it just appears to be the length of the series that's the problem here.  In many respects this book suffers from a lot of the drawbacks of a large serise taking 3 books to explian what could easily have been said in 2.
850810
This book is mostly about behavior in parrots.  There is a lot of good information on that subject but not enough on the clicker training which is the reason I bought the book.  Still, there's enough to give you the idea of how and why it works to make it worthwhile reading.  What I would rather have seen is a book that concentrated on just the clicker training aspect.

I think for a new bird owner this would be a good book to read.  If you've had birds for a long time, like I have, you've probably read or you've learned by trial and error most of the behavior stuff already.  The clicker training part was new to me and I have enough information to get started but I still have a lot of questions.  I wish I could recommend another book on the subject, but I'm still looking and reading reviews here to find one.  There are a lot of books about clicker training for dogs and cats but not so many for parrots.  While the basic idea may be the same, parrots have their own type of personality and just the fact that they have wings, only 2 feet and a beak make it different.  This book left a lot of questions still unanswered for me on clicker training.
3243735
This book about the Shadow Chronicles, the latest Robotech Saga, has a lot more than just pretty pictures.  The book is divided in to 6 major sections and one minor section.  Section I summarizes the Robotech story and timeline.  It starts in 1999 when the SDF-1 crashes on Earth, to the battle between the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) and the Invid at Reflex Point in 2044.  It also mentions the ill-fated Robotech 3000 series. (If you never saw Robotech 3000, don't waste your time.)  Section II talks about the world in 2044.  It focuses on Earth, the Invid, and the REF.  It includes descriptions and drawings of major installations such as the Invid hive complex at Reflex Point, Space Station Liberty, and Moon Base ALUCE.  Section III has drawings, biographical information, and motivations of all of the characters mentioned in the Shadow Chronicles.  This list includes Scott Bernard, Marcus Rush, Marlene Rush, Ariel, The Regess, Maia Sterling, Vince Grant, Jean Grant, Max Romero, Doug Taylor, Gunther Reinhardt, Rick Hunter, Lisa Hunter, Louis Nichols, Janice M2, Sparks, the Haydonites, and "generic" REF shipboard personnel.  Section IV presents drawings and descriptions of all the mecha from the series, and a few that were not shown in the movie.  These mecha include REF veritechs, cyclones, and body armor, and Invid and Haydonite mecha.  Some of the mecha have been seen in print before, but some have not.  It is not surprising that after the mecha, Section V shows drawings and descriptions of the ships.  This was my favorite section.  There are excellent color and black and white drawings of the SDF-3, SDF-4 and all of the REF capital ships including the Ikazuchi, Shimakaze, Horizon, Tokugawa, and Ark Angel classes.  This section also has the Invid and Haydonite capital ships.  Some of the more familiar REF ships such as the Garfish, Ikazuchi, and Horizon have been nicely redraw with better explanations of their roles and capabilities.  Section VI focuses on the production aspects of the movie.  It tells the who, what, and how the Shadow chronicles came to be.  The last, small section (VII), has 3 pages of reference material.  Page 1 is a mecha data page.  It has the vital statistics of the various mecha and ships.  This information can easily be adapted to roleplaying stats.  Page 2 has a glossary of terms that are bounced around the Robotech universe.  It quickly defines terms such as veritech, flower of life, etc.  The last page is an index.  I am a huge Robotech fan that has all of the episodes and movies and play the roleplaying game.  This book has a wealth of information and a little bit for everyone - nice pictures, nice descriptions, good background info, and production information.  If you like Robotech, I think that you'll like this book.
597436
Here's a hidden gem that I just got in the mail that sheds all kinds of light on what the new movies may be like as well as what the existing movies might have been (and how they evolved in the first place). Check out the book "The Secret History of Star Wars" by Michael Kaminaski. At just over 600 pages it is the most comprehensive book on Star Wars movie lore that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It was first published in 2008 and it covers all six movies, detailing the many incarnations of the movie scripts and stories starting with George Lucas' original outline from 1973. The information is well researched and the book reveals many many things about each draft of each script that are fascinating and often totally unexpected! Anyone who is a fan of the craft of quality storytelling as well as curious Star Wars fans with long unresolved questions about all kinds of plot points and storylines will speed through this exciting and revealing examination of the greatest saga in movie history.
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I have not purchased the original one-volume Kagero Monograph (#41), so I can't comment on what was repeated from that in this publication. In the 110 pages, only 25 are text on the operational use of the plane. These pages are very well illustrated with photos, many of which are completely new to me. (And I've been a modeler since the mid-60's.) The majority of this volume (as opposed to&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/HEINKEL-HE-219-UHU-VOL-I-Monographs-3d-Edition/dp/836287841X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">HEINKEL HE 219 UHU VOL. I (Monographs, 3d Edition)</a>) is dedicated to 3D CAD model illustrations of just about every aspect of the 219 inside and out. These are of photographic realism, and achieve a sense of the construction, armament, landing gear and crewstation design that simply could NOT be done in any other way. You really have to see these to appreciate the realism. Also included is a large (approximately 32" x 23") two-sided sheet of 1/32 scale plan and side views with details of the cockpit, Revi 16B gunsight, and DB 603A engine.  There are no color profiles in this volume.

<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/HEINKEL-HE-219-UHU-VOL-I/dp/836287841X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">HEINKEL HE 219 UHU VOL. I</a>&nbsp;of the series has 94 pages with 29 of them also being similar 3D models of exclusively the main elements of the crewstation, ejection seats, armored glass and main instrument panel. Volume 1 also has 13 pages of photos of the restored Smithsonian bird and both 1/72 and 1/48 line drawings.

The two volumes together present the most comprehensive reference I've ever seen on the He-219, and if I were going to build the Revell or ESPECIALLY the Zoukei-Mura model, I would consider both volumes an absolute necessity.

I give it only 4 stars because there isn't a word on the evolution of the camouflage of the 219 in either volume. The value of the two volumes is excellent, but without ANY treatment of the assorted versions of camouflage this ground-breaking aircraft wore, I was left just a bit disappointed.