Star Wars Who's Who in the Galaxy

by Ella Patrick

The galaxy is full of so many amazing heroes, villains, droids, aliens and creatures, it can be hard to keep them all straight! Thankfully, this delightful character storybook with simple text and illustrations guides readers through Episodes I-VIII by introducing all of the key players along the way.

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Childrens

126 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2019

Reviews

[Elaina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute animated SW character picture book for children. Was a less in depth version of some other SW character books I've been reading from my library lately.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Star Wars: Who’s Who in the Galaxy. PICTURE BOOK. Disney Lucas Film Press, 2019. $13. 9781368043410

BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH

There are 8 sections in this book that correspond to the eight Star Wars movie. Each section has a colored assigned to it and the side of the page and the text headings are in that color. In each section there are character names a descriptions, about two per page, and every three pages or so there is a page of plot summary.

This size of this book is just right. Big enough to make it feel like a gift book, but not so big that it is hard to hold or has too much information on each page. The characters are all illustrated in a way that reflects the actors of the movies, but not exact likenesses.

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
https://kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/20...

[RumBelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was organized by film. Starting with The Phantom Menace, and running through The Last Jedi, many characters from the film were discussed. Each page has two or three characters per page, with a short paragraph describing who they were.

For the most part, each illustration was on a white background, though there were a few that were actually drawn scenes from the films. The art was very well done. The images, for the most part, really looked like the actors that portrayed them.

My only issue was the text. It was extremely repetitive, and did not highlight the growth of the character's stories. Take Leia for example. Each time she was shown they just kept saying, over and over that she was a Leader of the Rebellion and a Princess. I know this book is geared toward younger readers, but each of these characters has a rich, evolving story, and that was not really reflected in this text.

I do think younger readers will enjoy it, especially if this is one of their first introductions to Star Wars. It is very comprehensive.

[Meghann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Colorfully illustrated characters are used instead of photographs to depict the Star Wars characters. Each illustration includes a brief description of who the character is. These descriptions alternate with full page illustrations that briefly tell the plot of the movies from The Phantom Menace up to The Last Jedi.

Young readers, K-2, who enjoy Star Wars would be drawn in by the colorful life-like illustrations and the simple sentence structure, but may be confused when the story is interrupted by two or three pages of character descriptions.

This book also only covers up to The Last Jedi. The most recent movie, The Rise of Skywalker, isn’t included. I would be interested to know if the publisher plans on updating this book to include the last movie.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent guide to the main characters, for kids. Nice illustrations (cartoon-style). There's very little info about each character; just 1-4 sentences. It bothered me that in the Return of the Jedi section it calls the Emperor simply "Darth Sidious," a name which is never mentioned in any of the Original Trilogy films.

I don't understand why this covers all the Skywalker Saga movies except The Rise of Skywalker. Could they not have waited until that movie came out to publish this book, so that it would be complete?

[Kai Charles(Fiction State Of Mind) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really fun book for the newer Star Wars fan and is a great resource for reading to younger fans as well. The book tells the histories of all the major characters by movies starting with Episode 1 through Episode 8. The focus is only on the cinematic universe. You won't find characters from Canon Books or The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels or Star Wars Resistance. \

A really nice illustrated volume.

[PixieART · Rating 4 out of 5]

I great kids book. It goes through a bunch of movies in time line order from The Pantom Menace to The Last Jedi, with pictures and descriptions of who's who in the story. Characters are introduced as they are in that story and are reintroduced as they age and change with the story line.
Great for kids, or anyone who's seem the movies once but have trouble with all the characters names.

[Priscilla · Rating 1 out of 5]

It got facts wrong! Palpatine was not Chancellor during all of AOTC. Why does Luke have both hands in Return of the Jedi? Ugh. Did they even watch the films or did they hear it from other people and get the gist of it.

[Valeria Vicent · Rating 5 out of 5]

My love for Star Wars never ceases.

[Carlos Llanos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why nobody mention the child riders?