Star Wars 100 Objects: Illuminating Items From a Galaxy Far, Far Away….

by Kristin Baver

100 objects that capture the excitement, mystery, and mythology of Star War s.

See how these artefacts, and many more, impacted key characters and events. From revered heirlooms such as Darth Vader’s mask and the Skywalker lightsaber to a Tusken gaderffii stick and a clone trooper’s helmet, each carefully chosen object has its own compelling story to tell.

Presented chronologically, full-color images illustrate every entry, while the accompanying essay explores the background and resonance of each piece. Star 100 Objects provides an exclusive glimpse at props from the Lucasfilm Archives and is a unique, wonderful way to experience the richness of the timeless Star Wars saga.

© & ™ 2022 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Art, Photography, Reference, Fiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published April 4, 2023

About the author

Kristin Baver is the Associate Editor of StarWars.com, covering Star Wars news, writing interview features on George Lucas and other important figures in the Star Wars galaxy, as well as spotlighting the dedicated fan community and their impressive and imaginative creations. She is the host of This Week! in Star Wars and The Star Wars Show Book Club. She previously worked as an award-winning journalist covering crime and social issues in central Pennsylvania, but now lives with her cat, Hector Smidget, in San Francisco, California.

Reviews

[Alyce Caswell · Rating 3 out of 5]

At first I was delighted with this book, because it took objects from the Star Wars universe and treated them like important galactic museum pieces. But the novelty soon wore off. I can look these objects up on Wookieepedia. The book is aesthetically pleasing, however.

[Sir Gerry · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Star Wars 100 Objekte - Erleuchtende Gegenstände aus einer weit, weit entfernten Galaxis... " von Kristin Baver.

Mit meinem Jahrgang 1963 bin ich eigentlich mit Raumschiff Enterprise mit Captain Kirk und Spock groß geworden. Seitdem interesse ich mich für Science Fiction und Raumfahrt. Als in den 1970ern die Star Wars Filme rauskamen, war ich erst einmal kein Anhänger.

Erst spät, sehr spät habe ich zu diesem großartigen Franchise Star Wars gefunden, als ich begann, die Serie The Mandalorian zu verschlingen. Ich höre Podcast zu Star Wars und habe nun auch damit begonnen, Star Wars in der historischen Reihenfolge (erneut) anzuschauen. Dazu gehören natürlich auch alle Animationsserien und die Live-Action-Serien.

Mit diesem tollen Buch / Bildband kann man noch einmal wichtige Objekte aus den Lucas-Filmen (wieder-)entdecken. Das Buch mit seinen 256 Seiten ist untergliedert in die Epochen "Ära der Republik" mit 23 Objekten, "Ära des Imperiums" (41), "Ära der Neuen Republik" (11) und "Ära der Ersten Ordnung" (25).

Jedes Objekt ist durchnummeriert. Am Ende des Buchs gibt es noch ein unfangreiches Register, um nach Stichworten zu schauen.

Jedem Objekt ist mindesten eine Doppelseite mit Bild und einem geschichtlichen Hintergrund zugeordnet, so dass man gleich erfährt, wo und wann das Objekt in der Star Wars Timeline eine Rolle gespielt hat und welche Personen massgeblich beteiligt waren. Da man hier einen kurzen geschichtlichen Abriss erhält, kann man durchaus auch gespoilert werden, wenn man nicht alles gesehen hat. Ich habe hier Bekanntes und Neues entdeckt und viele kleinere interessante Informationen und Details erfahren.

Beispielhaft seien erwähnt die Büste von Count Dooku, die Podrenner, die Maske von General Grievous, die Todessternpläne, Han Solos Würfel, X-Flügler-Pilotenhelm, Ahsoka Tanos Lichtschwerter, Beskarbarren, das Dunkelschwert, Sturmtruppenrüstung, Landos Gehstock oder auch Darth Vaders Maske.

Für jeden ist etwas dabei.

Mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen und ich kann es nicht nur Star Wars Fans sehr empfehlen.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Star Wars 100 Objects addresses 100 items from the films and TV series as if they were in a museum display on Coruscant. So, it's a somewhat in-universe text, but not to an exciting degree (few Easter eggs here). The pictures and format are lovely, and the text is often engaging. It's just a drag that the objects are so limited to Skywalker-adjacent nuggets. Did nothing else ever happen in this galaxy far, far away?

[Kyle Berry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very cool look into important objects throughout the Star Wars universe that ties together a lot of the lore throughout the different eras portrayed in the series. It ties the originals, the prequels, and the sequels together nicely.

[Ashley (Red-Haired Ash Reads) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a look at 100 objects from Star Wars broken down by the Republic Era, Imperial Era, New Republic Era, and First Order Era. Each entry contains a location, date, a bio detailing the item and its importance to Star Wars history, and then a photograph of the item from the Skywalker Ranch and LucasFilm Archive.

This was an interesting look at some of Star Wars most iconic items and some not so iconic but are important to the history of the world. I enjoyed learning about these objects, even if a few were a bit boring. I assume that the archives limited what could and couldn’t be included in the book because I know there are restrictions at all archives. I do wish that we had gotten a still image of each of the items from the movies and shows to put some of these items in context of the scenes they were in, but the archival images were great and high quality.

[Nattapon Chotsisuparat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I could buy every book published by DK Publishing company, but my budget has limits, so I have to choose wisely. For this time, I chose this book Star Wars 100 Objects: Illuminating Items From a Galaxy Far, Far Away… by Kristin Baver. As a sci-fi lover who also enjoys watching star wars films and related shows, this book never disappoints me. It contains a lot of high def pictures of sw items and showcases 100 interesting objects such as lightsabers, Palpatine's robes, the Z6 jetpack, etc. It provides the location, date, details, and pictures of each item, and the detailed parts are really in depth.

[John Hardy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this out with some others about SW, and it has been sitting around for a while. It's not really a great book, just a seemingly random collection of objects from the three eras of SW films. A few are interesting and illuminating, others are no more interesting than finds at a rubbish dump. Super fans of SW may find it interesting, I did not, but it was light reading and a break from other things.
Rating 2.8.

[Niall Macdougall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book for Star Wars fans

I really enjoyed this book on the Kindle. Written in the style of a museum guide or a popular archaeology book this volume has pictures of 100 Star Wars artefacts with appropriate in universe text descriptions. It's up to date and includes the Mandalorian and Ashoka. Great fun!

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

As an art historian, I really enjoyed reading this book. I love imagining that the galaxy far, far away is real, and this was the setting of this book. I imagined Kristin Baver walking me around a Skywalker Museum exhibition. The writing was immersive and really reminded me of a real museum catalogue.

[Will Plunkett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the book based on the British Museum multi-media program based on a History of the World in 100 Objects. Following a somewhat-linear chronology of various "things" from the stories, the text presents their significance, with occasional commentary interspersed.

[Liam Coussens · Rating 4 out of 5]

While it was hard to figure out the perspective of the narrator for the book, it was interesting to look at different objects from the films as if they were collector's items to someone in-universe who was trying to piece together the story of the Skywalker saga through objects alone.

[Samantha Glass · Rating 5 out of 5]

More of a reference than a story book, this will appeal to a certain set of the SW fandom. Enjoyed the photos and all the background of the items. The book is divided into time period which also helped solidify things in the greater SW realm.

[Thomas Myers · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the date references were odd...

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute!!

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting "in-universe" look at different objects from the movies/LF archives.

[Rebecca R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book felt like I was at a Star Wars museum exhibit that I could return to at any time I wanted.