Star Wars: Complete Locations

Inside the Worlds of Star Wars #1-3 Updated

by Simon Beecroft, Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry

Packed with more than 50 full-color, intricate cross-section artwork and 3-D maps, Star Wars™: Complete Locations is an amazing visual guide into the incredible worlds and locations of a galaxy far, far away....

From the towering skyscrapers of Coruscant to the terrifying technology of the Death Star, see in astonishing detail the numerous worlds, bases, cities, landscapes, and battles from the Star Warsgalaxy. Discover the secrets of the Jedi Temple Complex and tour Yoda's House on Dagobah.

With brand-new cross-section artwork and sneak peek behind-the-scenes pages showing how the amazing artworks are crafted, Star Wars: Complete Locations is the definitive one-volume collection that takes you inside the world of the Star Wars saga.

© & TM 2016 LUCASFILM LTD. Used Under Authorization.

Author Bios:

Author Jason Fry has written more than twenty books, including DK's New York Times-bestselling Star Wars: The Clone Wars™: The Visual Guide and most recently Star Wars: The Force Awakens™ Incredible Cross-Sections. Besides space pirates, he writes about baseball, music, travel, and anything else that strikes his fancy. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and son.

Illustrator Kemp Remillard has been a professional concept artist/illustrator since 2004, most notably providing concept work for Hasbro on properties such as G.I. Joe and Transformers. In 2005 he joined the successful commercial art studio Massive Black, where he continues to work as a Senior Concept Artist. He most recently illustrated DK's bestselling Star Wars: The Force Awakens Incredible Cross-Sections. Kemp lives in San Francisco, California.

Genres: Star Wars, Science Fiction, Collections, Reference

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Simon Beecroft is the New York Times bestselling author of LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary as well as many other Star Wars titles for children, including Star Wars The Clone Wars: Watch Out For Jabba the Hutt, Star Wars: Luke Skywalker’s Amazing Story, and Star Wars: Beware the Dark Side. He has also written books on subjects as diverse as dinosaurs, extreme weather, future technology, Nelson Mandela, Power Rangers, and the Fantastic Four.

Reviews

[7jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

(note: this book has spoilers for Episodes I to VII (but not the Last Jedi or Rogue One))

If you're one of those people who love seeing the details of inside a house, or a city etc. and you happen to also be a Star Wars fan, this is a treat for anyone from reading-kids to adults.

This book shows you so much from Episode I to VII, and you get much information on planets and their inhabitants, buildings, cities, locations, battles, spaceships, armies, and chases. Some pages open further, and some pages are meant to be looked at sideways. I mentioned there being spoilers especially because of the chases, but there are also some other scenes that are talked about. Some pictures have scenes from movies included in them (like when Luke spends some time inside Yoda's house, or when they go to rescue Han Solo from Jabba The Hutt).

This is a book that's both entertaining and revealing, much fun for those interested in details, and giving knowledge of the background of some places and buildings. I'm sure this book will be even more expanded in the future :) Well worth for every fan of any age.

[Benjamin Stahl · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book was not as great as it could have been, I must say the detail and love of Star Wars lore is quite astounding. Had I been the same eight-year-old who poured over those other Star Wars, James Bond and other cross-section picture books, I would have found hours of imaginative entertainment in this work. All things brought together though - as well as my age and disability to escape the ever-constant clutching of mind - I found the book sometimes boring and full of not-so-vital snippets I just as well might not have read. I disliked the imbalance of attention given to the world of the prequels over the original series. I also found - though this may be my anti Ep.VII bias - the locales explored in Force Awakens dull and unintriguing. Some of the battle layouts were not all that engaging to me either though I forced myself to read through them. My favourite locales I guess would be the cityscape of Theed, Mos Espa, Mos Eisley, Jabba's palace and the cloning lab on Kamino. Pretty much if you're a fan of Star Wars and find yourself similarly intrigued by the world of George Lucas's creation, then give this book a look.

[Ryan Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible! The illustrations and detail are unbelievable! This will be on my coffee table for a long, long while, as I am already tempting to dip back into it and look for details I might have missed the first time through. Recommended for any fan of the Star Wars universe and would make a great gift for that Star Wars Junkie in your life.

[Sylvia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Abbsolutely a must-have for Star Wars fan, despite not all nine movies are covered yet. Reading every small detail took me years to finish this book.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

You'll notice that this book includes only the first 7 movies in the main 9-movie franchise, ending with "The Force Awakens". This book has three different kinds of pages:

EXPLANATORY PAGES- These are filler that sometimes have nothing to do with specific locations at all. They should have been replaced with closeups from the other, illustrated, pages. They give you "information" that's usually the most basic stuff you'd find in the Wookiepedia article and some grainy CGI shots from the movies. Don't get your hopes up about these pages. They include:
* Planet Profiles
* Graveyard of Giants
* Episode I
* Naboo
* Naboo Locations
* Droid Control Ship
* Tatooine I
* Mos Espa
* Coruscant I
* Federal District
* The Invasion of Naboo
* Defense of Naboo
* Episode II
* Coruscant II
* Jedi Temple II
* Naboo Retreats
* Kamino
* Tatooine II
* Spaceports
* Geonosis
* Republic Army
* Separatist Forces
* Hangar Duels
* Episode III
* Utapau
* Kashyyyk
* Battlefronts
* Mustafar
* Episode IV
* Episode V
* Cloud City
* Episode VI
* Episode VII
* First Order Military

MAPS SHOWING ROUTES- These aerial-view landscapes include lines showing how characters moved around, with numbered locations corresponding to movie photos for specific scenes. I'll list the routes covered for each:
* Mos Espa Circuit- the podrace circuit
* Grass Plains Battle- simplistic faceoff between the Gungans the & Trade Federation droids
* The City of Theed- shows locations from getaway and reoccupation
* Speeder Chase I- shows route of Anakin & Obi-Wan chasing Zam Wesell
* Speeder Chase II- more of the same
*Droid Factory- routes of Anakin, Padmé, C-3PO, R2-D2, & Obi-Wan navigating the lines & walkways
* Battle of Geonosis- Anakin, Yoda, & Mace Windu's routes chasing Dooku
* Coruscant Battle- Different forces attacking Grievous
* Mustafar Duel- Anakin & Obi-Wan chasing each other around
* Tatooine III- routes taken by the droids, Jawas, Luke Sywalker, & Jabba's sail barge
* Mos Eisley- the route of Luke, Obi-Wan, & the droids trying to avoid stormtroopers
* Battle of Hoth- the routes of the imperial probot, Luke & Han, and the various attackers & defenders of Echo Base
* Dagobah- Luke's training route around Dragonsnake Bog
* Battle of Endor- the routes of the speeder chase, the Ewok capture, & the attack on the shield generator
* Jakku- the routes that Poe, Rey, & Finn all take to run into each other

CROSS SECTIONS- These are what most people are here for, and what make the book worth having. I'll include a random detail from each to give you an idea of what they focus on. You'll notice that the authors are much more interested in the engineering of these sites than they are in the cultures that inhabit them. They include:
* The Galaxy
* Otoh Gunga (Bubble wort catalyst)
* Theed Hangar (Malfunctioning sublight engine from starfighter)
* Watto's Junkshop (Main brace from a Corellian drop ship)
* Anakin's Hovel (Sonic welder)
* Mos Espa Arena (Expensive tourist accommodations)
* Galactic Senate (Walkway joins inner offices of one senatorial delegation with upper public corridor leading to outer offices)
* Jedi Temple I, actually just showing one tower of it which could have easily been subsumed in the later illustration of the whole thing (Static discharge vanes)
* Generator Battle (Unrefined plasma is injected back into compressors)
* Outlander Club (Gamblers in underlevel bet on illegal fights)
* Tipoca City (Obi-Wan hangs from the edge of a landing platform)
* Military Complex (AT-TEs used in maneuvers on simulated snowscape)
* Execution Arena (Mace Windu)
* Jedi Temple Complex (Holographic training area used by padawans & knights, in which realistic battle scenarios can be generated for practice in lightsaber skills)
* Palpatine's Office (Chancellor's ceremonial office area used for official meetings)
* Pau City (Grottoes & pools of Coranth. The water is colored blue-green due to calcium minerals absorbed through the crustal rocks)
* Wookie Tree (Ceremonial oration platform)
* Mustafar Mines (Ingot foundry, where pure metals recovered by the centrifuge are molded into ingots for transport)
* Polis Massa (Dating laboratories, using radiometric techniques to establish the age of material recovered from the excavation)
* Medcenter (Dark-side reservoir, emanating from the many Sith crystals & artifacts. Darth Vader's recovery will be aided by an "immersion" in this wellspring of evil)
* Lars Homestead (Woven rug patterned after Tatooine rock & cave paintings belonged to Cliegg's second wife, Shmi Skywalker)
* Tosche Station (Aleena race pilot crew arrive to collect mended compressor for speeder bike)
* Ben's House (Starship acceleration chair serves as workroom swivel)
* The Cantina (Sliding door keeps outsiders from Wuher's cellar "laboratory", where drinks are mixed)
* The Death Star (Hospital wing)
* The Great Temple (Cargo tug backs up to modules)
* Echo Base (Fuel stirred continuously)
* Yoda's House (Front entry incorporates nozzle system of a Republic-era escape pod)
* Processing Vane (Gas intake vents)
* Jabba's Palace (B'omarr lecture hall was once adorned with tapestries & frescoes)
* Jabba's Throne Room (Stove)
* Ewok Village (Endor's ancient trees are surprisingly resilient against the heat of Ewok fires)
* Death Star II (Construction droids work on future fuel-storage area)
* Emperor's Lair (Luke Skywalker is prepared to die for the love of his father)
* Executor Command Tower (Main navigation complex is destroyed by explosive impact of Arvel Crynyd's A-wing)
* Rey's Home (Auxiliary belly hatch serves as front door)
* Maz's Castle (Castle's lowest level is largely untouched since time of Jedi occupation)
* Resistance Base (Encrypted nav-beacon)
* Starkiller Base (Firing shaft funnels dark energy in controlled breach of containment field)

MISSES- There are some locations that are NOT in this book but really should have been. I got enough from it that this book will happily sit as a reference on my shelf, but I think they should have also included:
* Theed Palace- They only did the neighboring hangar. Why? Because there weren't any lightsaber fights in the palace? The authors of this book definitely leaned toward locations where there were lightsaber fights.
* Dexter's Diner- No fights here.
* Galaxies Opera House- No fights here.
* Padme's Apartment on Coruscant- No fights here.
* A map showing the route of Padme's funeral procession through Theed- No fights here.
* A cutaway of the hangar used for the Emperor's Arrival scene with the different military units labeled would have been cool- No fights here.

[Harry Thornton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I LOVE reference books. You know, the ones made for franchises like Star Wars or Harry Potter where they go into intricate detail about how the world works, where everything is, etc. So this book was right up my alley.

It's another update to the Star Wars Locations series, this time including locations from The Force Awakens. This update's important because by including the maps from I to VI, it re-canonizes a lot of content from the original "Legends" universe into the new Expanded Universe.
Some parts are modified to fit in better with what's now been established, but from what I've observed they kept so much that it's not really an issue.

But enough stalling, let's get to the best part: The pictures themselves. I love just looking through the pages and seeing how all the talented artists at DK worked out what these places were hiding beyond what we saw in the movies. Just seeing how the Mos Eisley Cantina is laid out and the way it connects to the market out back we saw in the movie adds so much more to the world. It adds the idea that this place is a real, functioning world, and is seemingly more than just a bunch of disparate sets.

My only real complaint is with the new Force Awakens drawings. The way they're drawn in a messy-yet-realistic way actually makes it really hard to notice all the fine details seen in the earlier drawings from I-VI

[Jefferson · Rating 3 out of 5]

The text is a little overwritten, retelling events from the films that anyone buying this book will most likely already be familiar wirh. The illustrations are great, but even this book's large pages are too small for the high level of detail. This material would have been much better served as a series of large posters.

[Callum Shephard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of Star Wars’ sense of wonder has always been the minor details behind the galaxy. As often as the series is described as a fantasy saga in space – requiring audiences to merely accept certain fantastical ideas and supernatural powers – the technology and complexity of the locations always hinted at something bigger just underneath the surface. Once again, it fell to DK Publishing to help bring that world to life.

Star Wars: Complete Locations is a compilation covering the entire saga in a galaxy far, far away and fully exploring each major location of the series. From the glistening spires of Coruscant to the inner workings of a Star Destroyer, the book goes into great lengths to highlight the fine details of each setting. While these intricate cut-always often slide towards the technical side of things, what helps give them an edge is that writers never truly forgot to occasionally delve more deeply into the locations themselves. As such, scenes like the Mos Eisley Cantina concentrates less upon how the droid detector works, and more upon who is taking a drink and shady behind the scenes dealing. Ranging from humourous notes such as a night-shift worker demanding more hours to interesting concepts such as how Yoda’s hovel incorporated the remains of his escape pod; each and every page pushes to make the world ever more detailed and life-like.

While many of the pages focus upon specific buildings, others cover entire regions at a time. Whenever a major battle scene comes into play, the creators obviously jumped at the chance to give greater insight into how things played out. As such, the Battle of Geonosis and the escape from Hoth provide a much wider scope and examination of events.

While many of these scenes are admittedly re-prints of past works, they have been updated for better and worse. While we now have more shouts to series such as the Clone Wars cartoon, many ties to the Expanded Universe have been unceremoniously ditched. However, what largely makes up for that is the pages focusing upon The Force Awakened, which are beautifully illustrated, giving a greater sense of scale to the likes of Jakku’s graveyard than anything the film permitted. While some might be irked that it takes up only the last few pages, it’s refreshing to see that the new release is not overriding the importance of the saga’s prior instalments.

This is an essential purchase for any Star Wars fan, especially those who missed the DK Publishing books of the prequel era. Between stunning art, excellent writing and an incredible attention to detail, you will find few books better than this one exploring the Star Wars setting.

[Comette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cóż, mogło być lepsze. Książka zawiera ciekawe informacje, ale nie jest do końca dla mnie. Przekroje pojazdów mnie nie interesowały, a to co mnie ciekawiło, czyli planeta i ich kultury... no, nie było tego zbyt wiele. Myślę, że miałam inne oczekiwania. Dla kogoś bardziej tym zainteresowanego, może być super. Czarny papier mocno utrudnia czytanie, gdyż nie sposób go nie pobrudzić jednym muśnięciem palca. Zawiodłam się, ale książka jest pełna detali i map, które są bardzo ładne. Po prostu po Łotrze I (przewodniku) spodziewałam się czegoś podobnego, choć nie do końca teraz rozumiem, dlaczego.

3.5/5

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have all the Locations editions, so personally this update was only useful for the new intro pages, a coupld of new pages of TFA and for the newly added or altered text compared to the previous edition which is 'Legends' (although most of it has remained exactly the same). If you don't have it yet, this book should belong in every SW-library if you love the SW-universe. It's got so many great details, it's dazzling.

[FEED ME KITTENS · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential companion for the die-hard Star Wars fan. Great flavour text with awesome lore tidbits throughout. Having detailed breakdowns of the scenes adds some much-needed depth to the earlier films.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

An encyclopedic look at all of the locations in the Star Wars film universe both planets (e.g. Hoth) and also individual places (e.g. Jedi Temple).

It was good. More of a reference book than a page turner.

[Matthew Bane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is what you'd expect. Great art and a nice bit of knowledge about the buildings and places in the Star Wars films. A good pick up.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brilliant reference for all of the locations from Phantom Menace to Force Awakens.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great detail. Tremendous job fitting things within canon, including several Easter eggs.

[Chris Sherwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall an excellent resource and very detailed.

[Alex Meeres · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of illuminating details and intricate technical illustrations. Some of the captions and labels seem a bit silly, but overall this will be enjoyed by Star Wars fans of all ages.

[Garrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's the first book of this type I've read, and it's really an amazing piece of artistic engineering. I was fascinated by the previously unknown details of this universe I thought I knew so well.