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Darth Vader's Meditation Chamber, Super Star Destroyer "Executor"
Source: Complete Locations (Dorling Kindersley, 2005)
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Darth Vader's Meditation Chamber, Super Star Destroyer "Executor"
Source: Complete Locations (Dorling Kindersley, 2005)
Carbonite Storage Repulsor Sled
Source: Complete Locations (Dorling Kindersley, 2005)
Senatorial Repulsorpod Platform, Galactic Senate Building
Source: Complete Locations (Dorling Kindersley, 2005)
Capo de Tutti Capo
Something I never noticed before, all the Locations books (2025, 2016, and 2005) label Jabba the Hutt with capo de tutti capo (although the correct Italian should be capo dei capi), which translates to “boss of all bosses”. I think this might be the only instance of Italian wording in the English translations, that I know of.
Maybe in the next book, they’ll label him daimyo de tutti daimyo.
Star Wars "Complete Locations" Review.
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Star Wars "Complete Locations" Review.
It has been a wild couple of weeks here at the Post with parcels showing up nearly every day with new merchandise. From Sphero’s new Force Band to the new Ralph McQuarrie Art books, there are loads to dive into and review. I am going to approach all this new merchandise like General Armitage Hux on a bender. There will be order I say! With that Star Wars “Complete Locations” is up to bat.
Early last week my postman arrived and delivered a surprise book from D.K. Publishing that I had thought I wouldn’t be getting. The review copies for Star Wars Complete Locations had just finished it’s run, and I just missed getting myself a copy. However with the gracious awesome people at D.K. they were still incredibly kind in sending a copy to me as soon as they could. Reaching for the padded super big yellow envelope, I was handed a hardcover book that thankfully felt normal. Especially after the incredible heft and weight of the Star Wars “Year by Year” book and the behemoth that is Ralph McQuarrie’s Art Book from Abrams Publishing. So with the tearing of the envelope, I was presented with one of the greatest covers of a Star Wars book. One that is sure to turn heads at the local bookstores. There, laying on the hot sands of Jakku is a toppled over AT-AT “Hellhound II” that is Rey’s home. A cut-out image that makes this real world Engineer just drool on my Battle Desk.
When it comes to cut out illustrations, you are really in one of two buckets. You either adore them or you think they are bland. For me, I am firmly cemented into the first bucket. Like a guy who owes money to a mob boss poised to be tossed overboard into the East River. Page after page I am sunk deep dived to the point where my brain hull is creaking and my smile widening. I have read a whole lot of Star Wars literature these last two years, and by far this one has me over the moon. The first layered images of locations in Star Wars: “The Phantom Menace” have me in awe of the fictional engineer putting his talents to artistic schematics and layers of complex Star Wars goodness. Page after page I am not only recognizing my favorites places in a new way, I am getting to peel back the onion layers to get a grip on where all our favorite moments happen. From the stunning artistic work to the depth and creativity of the guts that make these places unique. There is one more significant gift this book gives, information. New data about the Galaxy we love and tidbits that should grab our attention.
For example, did you know that Maz’s Castle is a sprawling working complex and not just the Reagle Beagle of the Star Wars Galaxy? That she has a pimp hangar at the top of this ancient castle that houses her personal space ship the “The Epoch Swift”? There is more, so much more in this two-page illustration that just grabs you. From her own museum in the tower to the catacombs beneath, there is so much to absorb. There there is Rey’s home in the busted, topped over AT-AT formerly named the “Hellhound II” and a fantastic map of Jakku. Within it we see the routes of our heroes during the events in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. These illustrated colored paths showing “The Pilgrim’s Road” and the “Graveyard of Ships.” I am a huge fan of maps and seeing where everything is, top down. Not just from the feature films but also from the novels and comics. “Rey’s Survival Guide” goes into Lightspeed in my head as I pour over the important landmarks and routes that our story barreled through. Then there in the descriptions, we get more clues to the story about The Battle Of Jakku.
“A forlorn World on the edge of settled space, Jakku is a bleak desert globe notable as the site of the Empire’s last stand a year after its defeat at Endor. With the battle going against them, Imperial warships used tractor beams to lock onto New Republic foes, dragging them to the surface. A generation later, these wrecks form The Grave Yard Of Ships, picked over by scavengers searching for technology to salvage. Besides scavengers, Jakku is home to religious orders craving solitude, conspiracy theorists peddling wild tales about lost Imperial secrets, and desperate being seeking to start new lives or escape past misdeeds”.
This entry alone confirms elements we have read in the past about how Imperial ships looked to crash on Jakku because of incomparable damage, yet the New Republic ships looked to be dragged from the sky. In this two-page wonder map we see the final resting place of the Imperial SSD “Ravager” and the Star Destroyer “The Inflictor”, both ships that take center stage in the novels Star Wars “Aftermath” and Star Wars “Lost Stars”. The sitting area of the mysterious religious figure in “Rey’s Survival Guide” and more.
From sites in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s all here. Planets, ships and even Darth Vader’s Meditation Chamber to Yoda’s warm home in Degobah.
It’s art, coupled with creative engineering, wrapped in nuggets of valuable information. Star Wars Complete Locations is a must have. Not for your Star Wars book shelf but right next to you at your Battle Desk. It’s my new favorite artistic companion, and for $26.50 on Amazon, it’s a steal.
Special thanks to the incredible folks at DK Publishing for the review copy. You guys rock as always.
Coming out in this September! I am so excited for it since we’ll get too see Kylo Ren’s private headquarters(right??)
Also, Rey actually has dolls! That’s so sweet.