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I have been a fan of Star Wars for a few years now, although I had watched the original three films many, many years ago. The creatures/animals in the many films have fascinated me for a while, when I learned about the existence of this book from other books I have by Terryl Whitlatch (the very talented author who wrote and illustrated it), and had to read it. I was not disappointed! Her art if beautiful, and at the same time based on biology, ecology and other realities of the life of any creature she creates. The creatures/animals in this book could really have lived, and walked on planets similar to the ones in Star Wars, on which they live inside the SW universe. Looking at the beautiful drawings, and reading the detailed descriptions makes me feel as though I really am on those planets, meeting the fascinating animals in person, and experiencing their habitats as they know them. I also love the how time was taken to figure out the biology, and habits, of each animal, and how they live their live on their respective planets, and why. As both a student of biology, prehistory and palaeontology and a SW fan, this book is riveting, enjoyable and fascinating all at once. It is an indispensable companion for any SW fan, as well as anyone with an interest in sci-fi/fantasy creature/alien art and design, and biology. I highly Recommend it!

 This hardcover is actually texture-pressed with scale patterns from a creature I can’t identify. It has a nice touch.

This is a field guide to the wildlife from the Star Wars planets. It’s organised by planets and the included ones are Tatooine, Hoth, Dagobah, Naboo, Bespin, Endor, Yavin 4 and Coruscant. There’s a short introduction describing each ecosystem — fiery, freezing, vaporous, etc.

The illustrations are sketches drawn with pencils and colour markers, supposedly by a zoologist in the field, but is actually none other than Terryl Whitlatch. They are all wonderfully detailed showing the creatures in their natural habitat, be it hunting, caring for their young, chilling out, or even on sale at some market on Coruscant. The attention to skin textures is very nice. You can almost get a feel just by looking. Beautiful colours also.

Besides the paintings are field notes filling in on information like feeding patterns, mating habits, herding instincts and defensive mechanisms of these fascinating beings.

I didn’t know that the giant space slug is really that huge at 900 metres until I looked up the size of a blue whale for comparison, which is 33 metres. The space slugs gets nutrients from asteroids and you can see how the intestines work. Some of the designs you’ll see are inspired by Earth animals. The Opee Sea Killer has characteristics from lobster (shell), frog (long sticky tongue), anglerfish (that glowing forehead tip) and the arowana (breeding little babies in the mouth).

Some of the designs might look a bit far fetch but hey, this is Star Wars, this is science fiction. I guess anything goes but many are believable for the most part, in art and concept.

This is a very good book for all fans of Star Wars and animal art.

(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

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It is older, and I wish some of the newer animals of Star Wars books took a page from this. The newer ones are all outlined into neat little boxes, which is good for condensing as much into one book as possible but it misses out a little on the fantastical element. That’s where this book really shines. The layout of this book is like a Zoologist’s journal and the artwork is beautiful.

This is an amazing book for star wars collectors, it’s a shame it is so hard to find. It seems to cover animals from episodes one, four, five, and six, plus a bunch of extras we’ve never seen before. It’s awesome to get full body designs for things like the Sarlacc and the Krayt Dragon.

I got a used one through Amazon that was listed as «good» condition but was covered in stickers and tape and has several ripped out pages. I’d say it was in poor condition. Just be aware that depending on who you buy from you may not get the listed quality.

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I love this book! I’m not a huge Star Wars fan, but I love the art of Terryl Whitlatch and this was an example of her work which I didn’t already own. I was very excited to get the book and study her drawings and display it to show friends and family. It was ordered with another art book from amazon so I was eligible for the super saver shipping) and they arrived in the same box. It is unfortunate that apparently when you don’t pay for shipping, they don’t take care of the items sent or care about the condition of what is sent to you. The book itself was ripped and torn on the cover and a few other pages toward the front of the book. The box was small enough that the book had no room to move around and there was nothing that could have damaged the book while in transit. It was put in the box by someone that knew it was damaged and just didn’t care. Sad for a constant customer of amazon to see that all they want is your money and they don’t really care about what they give you in return.

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My son loves this book. We actually saw it at Hollywood Studios at Disney World this year when we went but I was able to find it here on Amazon at less than half the cost of the Disney gift shop it was in (near the newer Star Wars meet and greet area). I’m glad I waited and got him this one. The information inside is pretty detailed and a little violent (creatures eating/slicing open other creatures) in some of the hand drawn photos but isn’t too bad since its just a drawing. My son loves to read about the creatures and then try to draw them himself.

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My Son cannot put this book down and that is coming from a kid who generally doesn’t like animals. I think pictures and diagrams read more like schematics to a robotic lab than a field guide which explains why he likes it. There is very technical and creative language which for the interested youth reader will help expand their vocabulary. I highly recommend the hard cover since the book gets used so much and spends much of its life in his backpack. Btw he is 11 years old.

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