Attack of the Clones Books

I was expecting something like "Star Wars: The Magic of Myth" for Attack of the Clones. It's nothing like that. There's no explination behind the story, mostly it just tells how the movie was made. There's tons of pictures but it is poorly organized and every page sings the praises of digital 'magic'. No depth to it at all.

I really enjoyed this book. I tried Border's out of print service but the copy the dilvered was more expensive, in mutilated condition, and didn't even have the dustjacket. Needless to say, Amazon will be getting all my future out of print business.

I enjoy books about how movies are made and Mythmaking: Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones is very satisfying. It tells roughly day by day the story of how George Lucas and his merry bad of special effects wizards made the movie. It also breaks out into detailed sections on particular days. You get to see how 2 year old Jedi's are trained, how the actress playing Naboo's queen was cast and how the actor playing Jango Fett was discovered.

This is a very entertaining book and if you're a Star Wars fan that wants to know how it was all done you'll want this for your collection.

lots of cool behind the scene pics and graphics(especially the one of Slave1)

Star Wars Mythmaking really doesn't live up to it's name with its contents. It alludes to similar content as in seen and read in Star Wars: Mafic of the Myth. However, this book is about the filming process of Attack of the Clones.

Fans who loved Attack of the Clones and are in dire need of lesser known facts will rejoice in knowing this book covers them. Filimg dates, cut scenes, costumes, props and other facts are all covered.

The book is similar to the TPM Behind the scenes but with less details and more photos.

This book has some especially cool movie stills. I especially love the cover. However, I think they should have included more of the movie in the book.

I love postcard books. I don't think that many people realize that these are available for many films. I started collecting them with POCAHONTAS. They are a great way to get colorful stills from your favorite films. This set is exceptionally colorful.

Based on the movie "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones", this postcard book has 16 punchout postcards. The photos are great, most of them my favorite movie stills! Definitely the postcards shouldn't be sent out to friends and family, but kept to collect. Better yet, you shouldn't even punch the cards out! For those who don't know the story of "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones", here's a brief summary.

From the last 10 years since "The Phantom Menace", a war is brewing between the Republic and a group of Separatists who are threatening to leave the Republic. The Senate is in chaos, arguing whether they should create an army of their own since there aren't enough Jedis. When Padme Amidala, now the Senator of Naboo, is targeted by an assassin, the Jedi send two Jedis to protect them: Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, now Master and Apprentice. Anakin is already having enough trouble by being rebellious, irresponsible, and having no self-control. But when he meets Padme again, he finds himself uncontrollably falling in love with her and she for him. While this is going on, Obi-Wan must find out the mystery behind the Separatists movement, a huge clone army, and a strange and cunning bounty hunter.

And here's a list of the cards in the book, including the size in inches:
*1* (3.5" x 6") Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala on a romantic place in Naboo.
*2* (3.5" x 7.25") Obi-Wan Kenobi deflects a blaster bolt from Jango Fett on Kamino.
*3* (4" x 5.5") Character photo of Padme Amidala.
*4* (4" x 5.5") Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker on a speeder chase on Coruscant.
*5* (4" x 5.5") Mace Windu is thinking with Yoda, Padme, Jar-jar and others in the background.
*6* (4" x 5.5") Character photo of Zam Wessil.
*7* (4" x 5.5") A fight scene between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jango Fett on Kamino.
*8* (4" x 5.5") Obi-Wan Kenobi in his starfighter with R4-P.
*9* (5.5" x 8.5") Yoda with the caption, "Do their duty, the Jedi will."
*10* (4.25" x 9.25") Coruscant with the caption, "Coruscant - Wish you were here!"
*11* (4.25" x 9.25") A picture of the Jedi Temple's Archives Library.
*12* (4" x 5.5") Supreme Chancellor Palpatine.
*13* (4" x 5.5") An advertisement on "Attack of the Clones" Hasbro toys.
*14* (5.5" x 8.5") Obi-Wan Kenobi with the Kaminoans Taun We and Prime Minister Lama Su.
*15* (3.5" x 6") Obi-Wan Kenobi fighting a lightsaber duel with Count Dooku.

*16* (3.5" x 6") Jango Fett flying with his jet pack on Kamino.

I also recommend "Attack of the Clones Scrapbook", "Attack of the Clones" by R.A. Salvatore, and "Attack of the Clones Movie Storybook".

This comic is one of the best examples of the kind of work Darkhorse is now doing. I think that Jan Duursema is the A team penciler - artist they have. I like the fact that Jan draws in a near photo graphic way. It is very annoying to be reading a comic and you know what the characters look like, but you can't recognize them because of some creative license the artist took. I starting buying star wars comics because I could sit and read them with my small children. With one exception, star wars comics are always family friendly books. The artwork reinforcing the visual part of the story and I add creative license to help them enjoy the story. For that purpose, this comic works beautifully.

This is a graphic novel of the movie THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES. That pretty much sums everything up. However, being a graphic novel there are two major elements the book can be judged upon, art and story.

The art is very photorealistic and cinematic. There is a lot of detail and color. I must admit, I like the artistic style of the Marvel comics of the original trilogy much better than the photorealistic style of this book. However, for the style it is illustrated in, it is done quite well.

Story wise, the book stays pretty faithful to the movie. There are a few omissions from the film here, but there are also a few added scenes here that are not in the movie. A lot of the dialogue is taken directly from the film's script and though cheesy, reminds one of the language of the original trilogy.

This is something that most Star Wars fans will enjoy having and reading and works well as a memento to someone who hasn't seen ATTACK OF THE CLONES to perhaps get them excited enough to do so.

Do you want ot read a great series book that was so good that it was made into a movie? Then pick up the book Starwars 2: Attack of the Clones. Every chapter there is something going on, even in the first chapter. It has loads of mysteries and fighting. The Jedis have to find an assassin. Even if you have seen the movie it is still an exciting book to read. if you want a few more details than the movie had, you better definitely read this book. It is not hard to read and is fun to read also. The book is Sci-fi and is very creative. It takes you away to a far away land, in a different galaxy. There are wars, guns, and robots. If you like all of these things, be sure to pick up this book!

I realize that comic adapters have a lot of handicaps when doing comic books based on a movie that is not quite finished yet. And of course, the artists and writers do their best to catch the spirit, if not the letter, of a movie. This is hard to accomplish, yet Henry Gilroy and his crew manage to catch Episode II's spirit very well, if imperfectly. I subtracted one star for minor gripes here and there.....but otherwise, worth having in one's Star Wars library.

This comic book nowadays called graphic novels, is quite similar to the movie, maybe too much. While it leaves out key spoiler scenes it does recreate the feel and sequences of the movie quite well. The dialogs are of course adapted to the medium and the drawings are quite simple and straightforward, yet beautiful. One of the flaws of this graphic novel is that it does not add much to the plot or the pciture itself, while it could have been used to tell the unseen part of the movie, it just recreates it the most faithfully and accurately possible. I think it's more a souvenir or collectible than a real comic book. Worth getting if you collect SW stuff.

Once again, George Lucas's costume designers have outdone themselves! If you thought the ensembles of Episode One were beautiful, wait until you see these!
The drawings are lovely, the colors bright, and I cannot wait to see these in the film. The only problem is that some of the dresses do not include the proper headdress, so Padme's hair looks quite plain.

Other than that, great job!

I think that the drawings in this book are very good and the fact that you don't have to cut the edges makes it more comfortable but it's incomplete because it lacks some costumes (including the beautiful pastelled "first kiss" one on Naboo and the silver one in Coruscant).

This is a good sheet music book. The songs that I wanted to be able to play are there, it is easy to follow, and I'm very happy with my purchase. I've only noticed a couple of downsides that keep this from being worth 5 stars. One is that on some of the songs, parts that you may have heard on the soundtrack have not been included in the sheet music. This is a fairly common issue with songs so long, but I mention it because a few of my favorite parts (particularly on Duel of the Fates) were excluded. Secondly, make sure before buying this music that you can handle very large chords. I've found myself needing to modify some chords because they are simply too wide for me. Aside from those two small issues, this is a great book. The music is absolutely beautiful, and my small issues with the book have definitely not kept me from using it constantly.

These Photo comics are great. They are the truest form of story telling in this format and for these epic movies, I wish they had doubled or even tripled the size to add more images, not necessarily to make the book bigger, but to make it thicker.

A must for any Star Wars fan!

This book is not meant to be a complete account of the story. It is an abbreviated version meant for a quick read to get a gist of the storyline. Taking that into perspective, it is a good book to get if you are a Star Wars fan. However, if you expect a complete chronicle of the story, then you will be sorely dissapointed, like the last reviewer was. It is meant to be a collectible to be put on a shelf with the other abbreviated version of the other movies.

I'm not sure what I expected, but this wasn't it. The story is clear enough, but the writing style is very bland. An attempt is made at Yoda's style of speaking, but without much success. The illustrations are not quite right. There's no excitement here, either in prose or pictures.

Though it's a book for kids (my guess, ages 8-12), it seems to me the small size would put off most children.

I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone except a Star Wars completist.

Though the instructions are bad and construction is hard, they turn out to be pretty cool. My fav is the Republic Gunship.

I purchased this book for my five year old son, knowing I would have to help him somewhat in assembling the ships. I soon realized that this was no easy job - for a kid or an adult! My husband made one ship, and I made another, and we both were very frustrated at the difficulty level. The instructions were very brief and unclear, and pictures were not included on two of the ships - so we had a hard time deciding what they were supposed to look like! I would not recommend this book for anyone under 10 years of age, and maybe older. Granted, the color printing was nice, and one ship did turn out pretty neat. But overall, this would be best for teenagers or older Star Wars fans.