#Star wars guide to the galaxy movie#

Some of the artwork and engineering are so detailed, you canвЂ™t imagine how they were created. And as you open the final spread, the halves of Darth VaderвЂ™s black helmet - here, eight inches tall - close slowly, like a clamshell, until you can no longer see the bloodshot, wrinkly, tragic face inside. The gruesome-looking rancor beast jumps forward, whipping its claws, and chomps its nasty jaws in your face as you flex the bookвЂ™s spine. They actually move as they open.ДЇor example, as you open the book, a robed figure first whips her weapon out at you, then lifts her hood to reveal sheвЂ™s Princess Leia. He adds a fourth dimension to many of these 3-D sculptures by animating them. ThatвЂ™s not the only way the author (engineer? sculptor? contractor?) pushes the envelope, either. In all, there are 36 increasingly stunning pop-up displays. In fact, in this three-inch-thick volume, the author introduces sub-sub-pages: mini-spreads that open from within the mini-spreads. These smaller doors open to reveal even more pop-up sculptures.

(The book was authorized by Lucasfilm to help commemorate the first movieвЂ™s 30th anniversary.)Д«ut as in ReinhartвЂ™s popular collaborations with Robert Sabuda (like the shark- and dinosaur-infested вЂњPrehistoricaвЂќ trilogy), the four corners of each spread contain sub-pages.

#Star wars guide to the galaxy movie#

Yes, the book has only six two-page spreads, each presenting a gigantic iconic character, creature, spaceship or location from the original вЂњStar WarsвЂќ movie trilogy. Second, the publisher doesnвЂ™t list a page count for вЂњStar Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy,вЂќ as though counting them were impossible. He engineers enormous, elaborate tagboard sculptures with hundreds of parts that precisely interact as they rise from the book. He fills them upward and outward in three-dimensional space. Reinhart doesnвЂ™t fill pages from left to right like a normal author. There are a couple of problems with the publisherвЂ™s description of Matthew ReinhartвЂ™s latest book.ДЇirst, calling this sophisticated piece of engineering a вЂњpop-up bookвЂќ is like calling the Great Wall of China a partition.