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4 Books to Continue the Adventure of The Force Awakens
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is almost here. And sure, you could head to the theater, politely applaud at the end, go home, and be done with it. That would be a perfectly reasonable thing to do. But Star Wars doesn’t breed a reasonable kind of love. If the new movie is even half as good as it looks, and if you’re anything like me, you are not going to want that buzz to fade, and by your sixth trip to the theatre, you won’t be able to look at another piece of popcorn, and your Chewbacca costume is going to start to smell like actual wookiee. What to do? Consider this assortment of forthcoming books that take a deeper dive into the world of the movie, timed to drop out of hyperspace just in the nick of time.
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The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, by Phil Szostak
Star Wars fans are very familiar with the work of the late, great, artist Ralph McQuarrie, who did much of the production design work for the original films. Those drawings and paintings provided a breathtaking view into that far away galaxy: early versions of ideas that were ultimately realized onscreen alongside concepts that never made it, sometimes because they couldn’t be translated from the page. Veteran Doug Chiang has played much the same role in the lead-up to The Force Awakens, heading the team of artists and designers who are shaping that world now and into the future. Unless you’re sitting in on the planning sessions for the new movies (in which case, please call me), this is as close as you can get to experiencing the evolution of the next generation of Star Wars.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross Sections, by Jason Fry
For gearheads, techies, engineers, and anyone who just likes gadgets and ships, a big part of the fun of Star Wars is the tech. We’ve been talking about speeders, star destroyers, blasters, and light sabers since A New Hope, and the new movie is sure to offer a wide assortment of new weapons and spacecraft, alongside updated versions of old favorites. This book will explain it all in detailed text and cutaway graphics. If you or your favorite Star Was fan has ever dreamed of building an X-Wing from scratch (and you have a few million galactic credits lying around), this is the book to start with.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, by Pablo Hidalgo
Dictionaries are cool, absolutely, though typically they contain few pictures and shockingly limited references to Star Wars. This reference book remedies those deficiencies, offering a complete guide to pretty much everything The Force Awakens, with entries on all of the important characters, aliens, and ships, with a level of detail beyond what you’ll see in the movie. There are new images and cutaway models as well, so you’ll be able to impress friends with your deeper knowledge of BB-8, Rey’s landspeeder, and that delightfully impractical lightsaber hilt.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, by Alan Dean Foster
Let it not be said that the movie novelization is a lost art. True, the accessibility of digital media means you no longer have to wait for months or years to watch a movie in your living room. Still, there’s nothing quite like reading a favorite film. A good novelization can expend upon the experience like nothing else, and Alan Dean Foster is the master of the form. He’s a science fiction writer in his own right, and has been with Star Wars from the very beginning: he wrote the adaption of the original Star Wars in 1977, as well as Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, which was at one time considered as a possible low-budget sequel to the film, had it not become the phenomenon it did. He’s the perfect choice to reintroduce us to this story, nearly 40 years later.
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