Star Wars: Millennium Falcon: Owners' Workshop Manual (Haynes Manual)
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Review "A guide that feels as authentic as if it just popped out of the Falcon’s glove box and landed in your lap" Source: StarWars.com"If you are a fan of the Falcon, it's a must have." Source: Gizmodo"The book is gorgeous, informative, and such a fun read. If you're an owner of a YT-1300, it will save your ass again and again." Source: GeekCulture.Com"A must-read for anyone with even a passing interest in the remarkable YT-1300 Corellian freighter....wonderfully informative illustrations throughout." Source: Coffee With Kenobi"This book is a great reference for Star Wars fans who like having more details the world around the characters....Author Ryder Windham put serious effort into the substance of the text....The technical drawings and diagrams are much more detailed than an average person would expect, and even have something to offer car nerds." Source: The Geekiary"I don't think I've ever read my car's owner's manual from start to finish, but I did devour this 124-page volume in one sitting." Source: - KDFM (Salt Lake City) / Star Wars Gift Guide"It's incredible.... it's absolutely gorgeous and laid out beautifully... a spectacular book. A must have." Source: Coffee With Kenobi Podcast Read more About the Author Ryder Windham is the author and co-author of many Star WarsTM books. His previous collaborations with artists Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas include the YT-1300 Millennium Falcon Owners’ Workshop Manual and Death Star Owner’s Workshop Manual.Chris Trevas has been creating Star Wars art for over two decades, illustrating books, games, toy packaging, art prints, and an array of products from t-shirts to table tops.Chris Reiff is an illustrator and product designer who has been working on Star Wars for more than 20 years. Among his other recent projects are product development for Anovos and Disney as well as Star Wars product packaging. Read more
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This book is an update to the 2011 Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual. The update reflects the new additions and changes to the Star Wars Canon reflected by the purchase of Lucasfilm by Disney in 2012 and the subsequent films to feature the Falcon particularly The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. The three authors/illustrators from the original 2011 book returned to write and illustrate this refresh. In particular, the version of the Millennium Falcon from Solo with its streamlined cladding and blue paint flown by Lando is on the cover of the book itself.I do not own the 2011 version, so I cannot give an exact comparison to what has been added, retained and omitted between the two versions. Fortunately the text that made it into this book is a treasure trove of Star Wars references, from the XS freighter of the Old Republic, to the YT variants first described in the early Star Wars RPG games, and even a reference to a few Kenner toys. Page 20's depiction of a YT-1300 in freight pushing service with a long train of cargo containers in front of it is wonderfully geeky. The description of the different technical specifications of the Falcon across its appearances starting with its cameo in Revenge of the Sith up to The Last Jedi are all well explained and thought out. The tone of the book reminds me of the now defunct 'Essential Guide' series of books that explained aspects of the Star Wars: Legends lore and I hope to see more books like it now that the new canon is being more fully fleshed out.Sadly the publishing date of this book does mean that the changes to the ship seen in the theme park attractions at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and any information to its upcoming appearances in Rise of the Skywalker are not included. This is unfortunate, as I think the Smuggler's Run ride at Galaxy's Edge would have offered great content for this book in particular explaining the brief history of the Falcon in use by Hondo Onahka following the events of The Last Jedi.Unfortunately the reason I give this book four stars instead of a perfect five star review is due to some spelling and grammar errors that should have been caught by the editorial staff. Page 42 for example includes a grammar error that was meant to compare and contrast Han Solo and Lando's views on the Falcon "Like Lando... Unlike Lando..." but the word "Unlike" was used in place of the 'Like' creating a strange double negative. The next page (45) has a similar factual error stating the Falcon lost its sensor dish in "The Battle of Yavin" when in fact the text should have stated "The Battle of Endor." Fortunately these are small errors to fix, and hopefully any reprints of this book take the time and effort to fix these mistakes. But they are keeping this book from receiving the true five star rating it deserves.Despite those fact and grammar errors, I still recommend this book to Star Wars fans who want to imagine a world were they can pick up a YT-1300 of their own at the used spaceship dealer!
