Incredible Cross-Sections slideshow
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Star Wars Episode I: Incredible Cross-Sections David
West Reynolds, ISBN: 078943962X1 DK Publishing $19.95 32pp |
One of the most remarkable book spin-offs from Episode I of Star Wars, is The Incredible Cross-Sections, a large-format (14in x 11in), 32-page volume of brilliant illustrations of the hardware which makes George Lucas' new blockbuster so impressive.
All of the vehicles and space craft found in Star Wars: Episode I are explored in precise detail, with cutaways of armaments, defence capabilities, propulsion systems and all other key technological aspects of vehicles like the Maul's Infiltrator, whose cloak field generator has an "experimental" ion engine that will later put the I-E in TIE fighters, the Sith Infiltrator, the Droid Control Ship, the Naboo Queen Amidala's Starship, and the Droid Starfighter, among many others.
Pictures from the book in the slideshow at right show (after Star Wars TPM logo):
- Part of double-spread devoted to the Sith Infiltrator
- Naboo N-1 Starfighter
- Closeup of Naboo Starfighter showing pilot cabin
- Gungan Submersible
- MTT Large Transport, with capacity for 112 battle droids
- Republic Cruiser
- Droid Starfighter (in walk mode), and
- Section of back cover, showing Nabo Queen's Royal Starship.
If you get any Star Wars TPM books, this is definitely the one you should get, because it is almost as dazzling as the movie.