Description: Bestselling pop-up artist and engineer Reinhart has designed a 30th anniversary commemorative edition that comes packed with a variety of novelty features--pop-ups, working light sabers, pull tabs, and other interactive looks at the exciting and popular movies.

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Children's Literature Review: This book is a real treat for Star Wars fans like me! It brought back memories of the films that I found so enthralling. Although the basic stories were simple, the complex personalities and the creative creatures and machines that populated the galaxy were just marvelous. I loved our hero Hans Solo because he was a rogue and watched with pleasure as Luke Skywalker grew and became the true hero. I cheered for Princess Leia--a woman with spunk, a quick retort and dedication to the cause of freedom. Now, this trio of heroes is reprised, as are many places, beasts, machines and the like, in a total of thirty-five fabulous pop-ups. Each spread had its own pop-up--AT-ATs, Rancor, the predator, the Millenium Falcon, Mos Eisley, R2-D2, C-3PO, and of course Darth Vader. The smaller pop-ups behind the text on these spreads introduce other related characters, incidents and more. To fully enjoy this book, you do need to be familiar with the movies. While it can stand on its own as a real marvel o...

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