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Bezig met laden... Star Wars: Rebel Starfighters: Owners' Workshop Manual (editie 2019)door Ryder Windham (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkStar Wars: Rebel Starfighters: Owners' Workshop Manual door Ryder Windham
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Just as the Rebel Alliance used various starfighters in its battle against the expansion of Imperial control across the galaxy, the subsequent Resistance used even more technologically advanced ships in its fight against the rise of the First Order. Rebel starfighters have proved to be more-than-capable opponents for notoriously lethal Imperial and First Order TIE Fighters, with the X-Wing providing the core of the Rebel starfighter forces. The Rebel Starfighters Owners' Workshop Manual presents a thorough history of Rebel starfighters, including A-Wing, B-Wing, U-Wing, X-Wing and Y-Wing variants. The history of Rebel starfighters is fully illustrated with numerous photographs from the Lucasfilm archives, in addition to schematics, exploded diagrams, and computer-generated artwork by Star WarsTM vehicle experts Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas. Text is by Ryder Windham, author and co-author of more than 70 Star Wars books. This Manual is the most thorough technical guide to Rebel starfighters available, and is fully authorized and approved by Lucasfilm. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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At 125 pages, this is one of the thinnest volumes I normally read and the thinnest that I have reviewed. I bought this book for the express purpose of detailing the two Rebel Alliance ships currently in my modeling stash, an X-Wing and a Y-Wing. There's not much text here as its pages are dominated by drawings, movie screenshots, and graphic artwork. Not having read anything outside standard Star Wars canon, it is difficult to validate the textual information you get. Given the brevity of each of the ship entries, the authors couldn't put in too many details anyway.
Most of the book concentrates on five specific starfighter types that appeared in Episodes IV to VI (and Rogue One) with another chapter devoted to Resistance starfighters appearing in Episodes VII to IX. The length of chapter (and amount of details) depend solely on the amount of "air time" each type received in their cinematic appearances.
As is to be expected the T-65B X-Wing gets the lion's share of attention both in the first trilogy and the sequel trilogy. Sadly, just as Star Wars fandom has mandated, the ships seen in the prequel trilogy get short shrift, mere mentions in the developmental stories of the other ships. The Y-Wing in both the Rebel Alliance and the Resistance versions is next in coverage, followed by the relatively recent U-Wing seen only in Rogue One. The technically interesting A-Wing is next, and the small and fast A-Wing has minimal coverage as befitting its fairly brief appearance in Episode VI.
While the textual content may be thin, the illustrations are the reason to buy this book. If you are interested in Star Wars modeling, this book should be in your library to detail up those Bandai and Revell kits in your stash. I was prepared to be critical about the price point on this volume ($24.99 US), but I've seen much higher prices on soft cover modeling reference books with less content. (