Extraordinary Droids by Simon Beecroft
Extraordinary Droids by Simon Beecroft
This reference book for the younger ones includes droids from ALL the movies as well as "The Clone Wars," "Rebels," and "Resistance." It was so great seeing all the droids I know and love across media accounted for. I wouldn't recommend this for the youngest of fans because of the way the book is set up: each droid has a two-page spread with a photo on one side and a large print paragraph on the other side with a smaller diagram of the droid above the paragraph and a bold couple of "need-to-know" sentences below the paragraph. It's just not super engaging in a visual sense and there are lots of words. But it is still a fascinating read!! I would definitely recommend this for those in 3rd grade and up.
There are 54 different droids covered!! There really is a great breadth from Republic to Separatist to Imperial to Rebel to First Order to Resistance. The good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between are all covered here. In fact, with the accompanying picture for each droid, this makes a great and quick resource for studying up on matching names to "faces." And besides being purely reference material in regards to the schematics of each droid, there's also a bit of narrative here and there to flesh out their characterizations. It's all written quite well and is truly an enjoyable read. There's even some details included that may have escaped adult fans' notice so don't put this one aside as just for the kids!! That would be a mistake.
In addition to the 54 droid breakdowns, there's also a chart (see below) in the back that lays all 54 droids out from smallest (Buzz Droid at 10") to largest (Hailfire Droid at 22' 4"). And of course there's a glossary for all the more difficult and Star Wars-centric words.
Trivia:
-The droid that delivered the kouhuns to Padme's apartment was an ASN Courier Droid.
-GA-97 is the green and red droid who is part of the Resistance's droid spy network and is stationed at Maz's castle.
-Obi-Wan's droid (at least for part of the Prequel-era) is R4-P17.
-Gonk droids are actually EG-series power droids.
-I always get this mixed up so I wanted to clarify here: 4-LOM (NOT IG-88) used to be a servant droid on a luxury cruise liner. The species that made him and the other servant droids on that ship were insect-like and so made their droids to fit in well with them. His programming went bad thus leading him to be the bounty hunter we are familiar with today.
-The tall, multi-armed medical droids that surround Anakin after his defeat on Mustafar are FX-series medical assistant droids.
-Flo, the droid waitress from Dexter's Diner, is a WA-7 droid.
-The black and gold waiter droids from Canto Bight are SE8 waiter droids (see below).
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If you're interested in something similar, a reference book for younger readers replete with good information, you should check out my review of this book: The Big Golden Book of Starships, Speeders, and Space Stations adapted by Christopher Nicolas.
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Overall this was a worthy read and I definitely recommend it if you love droids or just want to pack a little more Star Wars trivia in your brain ;-)...and of course if you have a young one who loves the Saga!
There are 54 different droids covered!! There really is a great breadth from Republic to Separatist to Imperial to Rebel to First Order to Resistance. The good, the bad, the ugly, and everything in between are all covered here. In fact, with the accompanying picture for each droid, this makes a great and quick resource for studying up on matching names to "faces." And besides being purely reference material in regards to the schematics of each droid, there's also a bit of narrative here and there to flesh out their characterizations. It's all written quite well and is truly an enjoyable read. There's even some details included that may have escaped adult fans' notice so don't put this one aside as just for the kids!! That would be a mistake.
In addition to the 54 droid breakdowns, there's also a chart (see below) in the back that lays all 54 droids out from smallest (Buzz Droid at 10") to largest (Hailfire Droid at 22' 4"). And of course there's a glossary for all the more difficult and Star Wars-centric words.
Trivia:
-The droid that delivered the kouhuns to Padme's apartment was an ASN Courier Droid.
-GA-97 is the green and red droid who is part of the Resistance's droid spy network and is stationed at Maz's castle.
-Obi-Wan's droid (at least for part of the Prequel-era) is R4-P17.
-Gonk droids are actually EG-series power droids.
-I always get this mixed up so I wanted to clarify here: 4-LOM (NOT IG-88) used to be a servant droid on a luxury cruise liner. The species that made him and the other servant droids on that ship were insect-like and so made their droids to fit in well with them. His programming went bad thus leading him to be the bounty hunter we are familiar with today.
-The tall, multi-armed medical droids that surround Anakin after his defeat on Mustafar are FX-series medical assistant droids.
-Flo, the droid waitress from Dexter's Diner, is a WA-7 droid.
-The black and gold waiter droids from Canto Bight are SE8 waiter droids (see below).
If you're interested in something similar, a reference book for younger readers replete with good information, you should check out my review of this book: The Big Golden Book of Starships, Speeders, and Space Stations adapted by Christopher Nicolas.
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Overall this was a worthy read and I definitely recommend it if you love droids or just want to pack a little more Star Wars trivia in your brain ;-)...and of course if you have a young one who loves the Saga!
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