John's Reviews > Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy

As a lifelong Star Wars nerd, I was overwhelmed to receive this book as a joint birthday/Christmas gift from a friend last December. Even though I'm obviously sucked in by the subject matter, the sheer craftsmanship that went into making this book is astounding! It makes me wish I got to do this for a living. For Star Wars fans, you won't unlock any new knowledge about the universe, but a surprising amount of esoteric detail went into the content and construction of this thing, even adding in features on minor characters like Mon Mothma, Wedge, most of the Mos Eisely denzins...it's no encyclopedia, but it's not some 'Skywalker-come-lately', either. There are enough surprises (mostly extra fold/pop-out features) in this thing that I literally found something new (and awesome!) the first five or six times I opened it up.

What a great gift idea for Star Wars fans, of any age! I honestly think that I appreciate this book much more at twenty-three than I would have at ten years old, but if I was a kid, this book would definitely warrant some bragging rights on the playground. If I ever have kids, this will be the first book they get to expose them to the cool minutiae from the movies. Just take a look inside--the fearsome Rancor made out of paper? Awesome. The pop-ups have pop-ups on them? Check. The freaking lightsabers ILLUMINATE on the last page, for crying out loud! Thank the maker for this book, it's really a piece of art.