What’s Star Wars without the aliens? Hard to imagine!
With memorable characters like Jabba the Hutt, Yoda, Jar Jar Binks
and Maz Kanata, Star Wars has always shown a wide variety of lifeforms that
populate the galaxy far, far away. Some aliens are terrifying like Darth Maul and
others are huggable like Chewbacca, but they sure are all a big part of what makes Star Wars so great!
In Star Wars: Aliens of the Galaxy
frequent Star Wars author Jason Fry (Weapon of a Jedi, Star Wars in 100 Scenes and many more!) describes the
interesting traits of numerous alien species. The book is 42 pages full of
photos and images spanning all 7 “Episode” movies (no Rogue One sneak peeks here). One nice feature is the
large fold-out section at the back that really
highlights the different aliens of The
Force Awakens in a big way!
There are other great guidebooks to the characters of Star Wars but they usually focus only on the movies OR the TV shows – rarely both. Thankfully
not here!
In Aliens of the Galaxy you
usually see a variety of images for each kind of alien including how they
appeared on TV. Along the way there are many nuggets of information to “Increase
your galactic IQ” as well.
For younglings wanting to learn more about the non-human characters
of Star Wars, particularly those in The
Force Awakens, Aliens of the Galaxy
is a fun, informative read with plenty of detailed visuals.
Publisher's Recommendation: Ages 6 - 9
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