Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Star Wars Book Of Sith, Lightsabers and Scenes



I’ve seen a lot of books about Star Wars in my time but even I have to admit that Becker & Mayer!’s Star Wars books are cut above the rest.

From the Star Wars Legends series comes Star Wars Book Of Sith Secrets Of The Dark Side.

Wow!  Double wow!  It is amazing!

A large black box decorated with red and silver text looms both mysteriously and dangerously on my table.

Precariously and delicately I open the box and withdraw a large black pyramid with red panels from its stygian interior.

A small sheet of instructions dares me to follow them.  I do and with the push of a button the pyramid opens amidst wailing and spooky sounds.


The pyramid’s red panels pulse and throb to an unearthly noise as a single shelf slides out from its depths revealing a blood red book emblazoned with the embossed text: Book Of Sith.

Hidden behind the book are two objects believed to have benn collected by the Sith Master: Darth Sidious.

A strange blood red crystal that spins freely in its recessed alcove and a silver and blue locket in its niche opens to reveal strange Sith markings. 

Opening the book I am shocked as to its context.

Inside are the secret hidden Dark Force secrets of Sith detailing the history of the Sith, the Dark Side, weapons, attire, armor, how to manipulate the Force and other arcane inserts.

They include ancient text on cloth, blueprints, hidden mystical symbols and much more.

With hands trembling I return the book and objects back into their places, push the button and watch as the pyramid slowly closes and once more hides the secret text and objects gathered by Darth Sidious.

What and amazing collection, both cleverly designed and assembled.  Any Star Wars fan would be proud to add the Book of Sith to their collection.

Both the Jedi Knights and the Sith have a preferred weapon of choice: the Lightsaber.

This powerful laser-emitting sword is considered an elegant weapon long held in great esteem by those of the Light and Dark Sides.

Although fashioned after a traditional saber the Lightsaber is a powerful weapon capable of cutting through the toughest materials when used properly.

Star Wars Lightsabers offers a complete history of the Lightsaber, its inner workings, how it is used, famous skirmishes and battles Lightsabers have been in and most importantly what Lightsaber is used by whom.

A complete rundown on key Jedi and Sith who use Lightsabers is chronicled accompanied by full-color photos, complete notes on the various versions of Lightsabers and even on how to build one.

Also included is a double-sided poster with Rey from The Force Awakens on one side and a gallery of Lightsabers on its reverse side.

Every Star Wars fan has their favorite scenes from the movies.

By far the most iconic scenes are: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader’s duel, Luke Skywalker’s trench run on the Death Star and Kylo Ren and Ray’s Lightsaber fight on the Star Killer Base.

All three key scenes can be faithfully recreated in 3D with Master Models Star Wars Scenes.

Readers can recreate and relive each scene using the included pre-cut and folded light boxes, flat scenes and spacecraft, environments and figures.

All are cut to shape, punch out of their respective sheets easily and before you know it—presto! You have Star Wars in full 3D!

Fourteen die-cut pieces with specialty printing (in an envelope), a Behind The Scenes and Build-A-Scene Instruction Book and a push button light module for the Mustafar scene are all included.

The heavy paper stock, flip open-lid book has separate areas for storing the sheets and book (envelopes and a set-in niche).

What a great way to relive the excitement of Star Wars!

All three collections are sure to be a big hit with Star Wars fans.  I love them and so will you!