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| The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide | 
| Authors: Terryl Whitlatch, Bob Carrau
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 95685
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 12 x 10.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0811828697
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.4375
EAN: 9780811828697
ASIN: 0811828697
Publication Date: September 1, 2001
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Product Description
Designed as a naturalist's sketch book (with a genuine dewback hide cover) and featuring the meticulous illustrations of Star Wars' artist Terryl Whitlatch, The Wildlife of Star Wars is truly the definitive guide to the creatures of George Lucas's mega creation. With simple pen and ink, the artist captures the unusual anatomy, the extraordinary behavior, and the rainbow hues of the most interesting wildlife on Naboo, Hoth, Endor, and the other planets of Star Wars. Detailed field notes scrawled in the margins describe the mysterious graveyard of the banthas, the mating patterns of the prolific female shaaks, the skittish nature of the rontos, and how the eopies spit stomach contents when irritated. Thorough, precise, and totally entertaining, The Wildlife of Star Wars is the reference book to the nonsentient inhabitants of this galaxy. While the reader can't hear the booming thunder of the bantha stampede or smell the rancid breath of the bellowing falumpaset, he or she can observe these creatures as they exist in their strange and wonderful homes, in a galaxy far, far away.
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 Science Fiction with Style October 24, 2007
The Wildlife of Star Wars is a whimsical look at some of the creatures that inhabit the Star Wars universe. This bestiary is beautifully drawn and colored and presented as a coffee table style book. There is just enough information in the captions to hold your interest but not draw your attention away from the wonderful artwork.
 Really great book October 11, 2007
I love this book. It's particular combination of pretty art and extraodinary imagination make this a book a great colectionist article for every Star Wars fan.
great book for all ages May 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although this is another starwars art book, it is a great book in and of itself. The artwork is amazing as well as well thought out and researched. I have shared the book with many including children who are fascinated and inspired by the animals and environments within. This book is a great buy for artists looking for inspirational work.
 Good, but... May 15, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an awesome book for Star Wars movie lovers, but I'm a completely engrossed Star Wars fan who looks on Wookieepedia, and I expected a bit more than this. It's got all the things movie-goers would love, but I just wish it had more on wildlife from other planets than what's provided. I'd have liked some Yuuzhan Vong wildlife, some Ithorian creatures, and maybe an article on tarentatek or vornskrs, fascinating as they are. It just needs a little more outside the movies.
Great book! Interesting and Inventive January 4, 2007
I bought this book over 5 years ago when it first came out. I saw it at a local bookstore and had to have it! If you enjoy speculative zoology -- Dougal Dixon, Wayne Barlowe, "The World of Kong" (2005)-- then you will definitely want this volume. Even those who aren't Star Wars fans will appreciate the creative artwork and thought given to creating these fantastic alien environments and creatures.
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