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mvhs40's review against another edition
3.0
good info just shouldn't have to read just to understand the movie
neilrcoulter's review against another edition
4.0
Yes, a good bit of this book is Pablo Hidalgo trying frantically to bring some sense of logic and order to the sequel trilogy. But...he's really good at it, and the book is a surprisingly nice summary of not just The Rise of Skywalker but the whole trilogy. My favorite parts are the actual story details; Hidalgo fills in some of the gaps in the trilogy story in ways that satisfied me. I'm much less interested in the technical details of machines that are, I believe, fictional.
An odd part of this book is how often Beaumont Kin shows up. In the movie, he's a bland side character who says a couple of dopey lines. But in this book, he's everywhere. Strange.
A book like this makes me eager to have the movie on blu-ray so that I can pause it at various scenes and look for all the details
An odd part of this book is how often Beaumont Kin shows up. In the movie, he's a bland side character who says a couple of dopey lines. But in this book, he's everywhere. Strange.
A book like this makes me eager to have the movie on blu-ray so that I can pause it at various scenes and look for all the details
delladahlia's review against another edition
3.0
Not THAT great as far as these SW Visual Dictionaries have been in the past
nzoeller's review against another edition
4.0
Detailed and lovely to look at, but I laughed out loud at the author’s valiant attempts to explain some of the gaping plotholes in the movie. I appreciated the effort. I would’ve liked to see how he explained Ben Solo’s TIE fighter getting to Exegol, since TIE fighters don’t have hyperdrives (forgetting how the heck it was in flyable condition to begin with).
billyjepma's review
4.0
As always, the newest Star Wars “Visual Dictionary” is a treat.
The images are crisp and stunning; the deep-cut lore references a lot of fun; and the added bits of exposition cool to learn. While some of these should’ve been in the movie itself—I promised myself this review wouldn’t be a rant on the movie and dammit I’m gonna keep that promise—but Hidalgo’s writing is great and it’s always tremendous fun to see him play around and invent backstories for random background characters (secret lovers? possible OT character back from the dead? callouts to characters and events from SW comics and books? sneaky reference to KOTOR? all present and accounted for).
I wish there was more info on the film’s climax, as the potential for additional lore seems like a wasted opportunity. Still, I always love reading these, and that hasn’t changed here. This one isn’t as strong or even as thorough as some of the previous ones, but there’s still plenty of good to be found.
The images are crisp and stunning; the deep-cut lore references a lot of fun; and the added bits of exposition cool to learn. While some of these should’ve been in the movie itself—I promised myself this review wouldn’t be a rant on the movie and dammit I’m gonna keep that promise—but Hidalgo’s writing is great and it’s always tremendous fun to see him play around and invent backstories for random background characters (secret lovers? possible OT character back from the dead? callouts to characters and events from SW comics and books? sneaky reference to KOTOR? all present and accounted for).
I wish there was more info on the film’s climax, as the potential for additional lore seems like a wasted opportunity. Still, I always love reading these, and that hasn’t changed here. This one isn’t as strong or even as thorough as some of the previous ones, but there’s still plenty of good to be found.
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