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Caramel reviews Star Wars: Complete Vehicles – New Edition

As it must be obvious by now, Caramel loves the Star Wars universe. And he has already reviewed a few related books for the book bunnies blog. (You might enjoy his reviews of Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles by Landry Q. Walker, Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition, and 5-Minute Star Wars Stories by LucasFilm Press, if you have the time.) Today he reviews a 2021 book he received this week as a gift: Star Wars: Complete Vehicles, written by Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry, Pablo Hidalgo, David West Reynolds, Curtis Saxton, and Ryder Windham, and illustrated by Richard Chasemore, Hans Jenssen, John Mullaney, Kemp Remillard, and Jon Hall. As usual, Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Sprinkles: So Caramel, you seem to have found yet another book about Star Wars, and also about spaceships!

Caramel: Yep, I have. I am a lucky bunny!

S: I can see you are happy. So tell me a bit about this book.

C: Sure. It is a book about the ships in the Star Wars universe. So they have one or two pages about every single spaceship that appears in all the movies and each of the series, animated or not. Most of them are spread over two pages actually, and for each vehicle, there is a big cross sectional sketch of the inside of the vehicle, and then some text that gives a lot of facts about it, too.

S: I can see why you would love this book!

C: Yes, I guess I am a simple bunny with simple taste. I just like everything with Star Wars or spaceships or robots in it.

S: So tell me about your favorite ships then.

C: I think my favorite is the vulture droid, no question. Wait, no that is my second favorite. My real very first favorite is the Treadspeeder. It is a First Order ship, and it is a speeder, which means it goes on land.

S: Hmm, I can see it has a tank-like appearance but is for individual use.

C: Yes. And so I posed with that page open, so our readers can see it too.

Caramel is reading Star Wars: Complete Vehicles - New Edition, written by Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry, Pablo Hidalgo, David West Reynolds, Curtis Saxton, and Ryder Windham, and illustrated by Richard Chasemore, Hans Jenssen, John Mullaney, Kemp Remillard, and Jon Hall. He is looking at the page on the treadspeeder, his favorite Star Wars vehicle. — Caramel is reading *Star Wars: Complete Vehicles – New Edition*, written by Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry, Pablo Hidalgo, David West Reynolds, Curtis Saxton, and Ryder Windham, and illustrated by Richard Chasemore, Hans Jenssen, John Mullaney, Kemp Remillard, and Jon Hall. He is looking at the page on the treadspeeder, his favorite Star Wars vehicle.

S: Hmm, so what about the vulture droid?

C: Well it is a flying object, but it is also a droid …

S: So more like a robot.

C: Yes.

S: And you love robots, so I can see why you would love a droid, but why this one?

C: It’s a ship and a walker, so essentially a two-in-one thing, and it is just cool, you know?

S: I can see that. Okay. So if you were to summarize this book in three words, what would you say?

C: Blueprint-full, Star Wars-y, hmm…

S: I think you are just making up words now.

C: Yes.

S: Okay, how about a phrase or something that describes the book?

C: Amazing! Cool space ships and cool speeders, and cool other Star Wars stuff.

S: I see. All around cool then.

C: Yep.

S: I can see you really enjoyed this book Caramel. I am glad. Okay, let us wrap up this review. What would you like to tell our readers?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!

Caramel loves reading Star Wars: Complete Vehicles - New Edition, written by Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry, Pablo Hidalgo, David West Reynolds, Curtis Saxton, and Ryder Windham, and illustrated by Richard Chasemore, Hans Jenssen, John Mullaney, Kemp Remillard, and Jon Hall, and recommends it strongly to any other hard-core Star Wars fans, as well as any other bunnies who like to think about spaceships. — Caramel loves reading *Star Wars: Complete Vehicles – New Edition*, written by Kerrie Dougherty, Jason Fry, Pablo Hidalgo, David West Reynolds, Curtis Saxton, and Ryder Windham, and illustrated by Richard Chasemore, Hans Jenssen, John Mullaney, Kemp Remillard, and Jon Hall, and recommends it strongly to any other hard-core Star Wars fans, as well as any other bunnies who like to think about spaceships.

Caramel reviews Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles by Landry Q. Walker

Readers of this blog probably already know that Caramel is a big Star Wars fan. As such, he has already reviewed three books related to this ever-growing movie franchise: 5-Minute Star Wars Stories by LucasFilm Press, A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas, and Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones. Today he is talking about yet another book about this alternative universe: Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles, written by Landry Q. Walker, and first published in 2018. As usual, Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Caramel reviews Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles, written by Landry Q. Walker. — Caramel reviews *Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles*, written by Landry Q. Walker.

Sprinkles: I suppose it is time to talk about yet another Star Wars book. Right Caramel?

Caramel: Yep.

S: So let us get started. Tell us a bit about this Encyclopedia.

C: It is about the many many ships and other vehicles in the Star Wars universe.

S: So right up your alley, then, no?

C: Yep. I like robots, I like space ships, and I like this book!

S: I am glad you enjoyed reading it. Can you tell me a bit more about the book? How many pages is it? Are there lots of pictures in it? How is the content organized?

C: Wait, that is too many questions.

S: Okay, so I will ask one at a time. How many pages is it?

C: It is 205 pages long.

S: It looks much thicker to me! Maybe the pages are made of thick paper?

C: They are made of thick paper, true.

S: Okay, so tell me about the pictures. Are there lots of pictures in the book?

C: Yes. On every page there are about four pictures.

S: Are they drawings or photographs?

C: They look like photos.

S: But some of these things probably do not exist, no? So maybe some are computer generated?

C: Well, even if the ships do not really exist in our universe, they must have models. So the pictures could be the photos of the models.

S: I see. That makes sense.

C: And some of the images are about ships and vehicles in one of the animated series, so those are more like drawn, by hand or by computer.

S: I see.

Caramel is reading Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles, written by Landry Q. Walker. — Caramel is reading *Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles*, written by Landry Q. Walker.

S: So how is the content organized? I mean, are there chapters, sections, parts?

C: There are sections on separate types of ships. Like air, land, water, and space. Of course the space vehicles section is the longest.

S: I see. So when you open a page, what do you see?

C: On each page there is a different vehicle. There are some pictures of it and then there is some writing.

S: What kind of information is available on each vehicle?

C: They write about who uses that vehicle, what are its specifications, like how it works, how fast it goes, what kinds of weapons it might have, and so on.

S: So can you tell me some of your favorites? If the book is split into four types of vehicles, tell me your favorites in each category. So what are your favorite air, land, water and space vehicles?

C: Hmm, let me think a bit. For land, it is either an AAT, MTT, or the AT-M6.

S: Well, that does not mean anything to me.

C: AAT is Armored Assault Tank. MTT is Multi-Troop Transport, and AT-M6 is All-Terrain MegaCaliber 6. It is essentially orbital bombardment cannon on the back of a bigger vehicle called an ATAT.

S: Hmm, that is too many acronyms for me. Also a lot of war machines. Are there no peaceful vehicles in the book?

C: Definitely. There are cargo ships, carrier crafts, freighters and so on.

S: Hmm. Let us move on then. What is your favorite water vehicle?

C: The Bongo! TriBuibble Bongo. It is peaceful! It is a small semi-organic submarine that is unarmed.

S: Why do you like it?

C: I think it is interesting. You can find some pictures and some more information on them here.

S: Those do look cool! Apparently they are each unique because they are made individually.

C: Yep. They are cool. I also like the Kamino Submarine.

S: Why do you like that one?

C: It looks neat!

S: Okay. So tell me your favorite air and space vehicles now.

C: Well, it is kind of hard to pick a single space ship, because there are a lot of them that I like…

S: But if you had to choose one…

C: A Fang Fighter! It has a great capacity to make turns that are impossible for other ships. You can see a picture here.

S: I see. That could be quite useful. How about your favorite air vehicle?

C: I like the TIE Striker. But maybe my favorite is the Fang Fighter. It is a space ship but it can also fly in air!

S: That totally makes sense Caramel. Okay, this has been a rather long review. So let us start wrapping it up. I know that you told me that reading this book made you feel peaceful. Can you explain why?

C: Because I like reading about star ships and thinking about other worlds and space and such.

S: That is cool Caramel. Thank you for sharing. So I think we can count peaceful as one of your three descriptive words for this book then.

C: I would add “colorful” and “shipful”!

S: That last one is not quite a word but I will not argue.

C: Please don’t.

S: Okay, so I have a feeling you will be reading and rereading this book for a while, no?

C: Yes!

S: So what do you want to tell our readers?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!

Caramel loved reading Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles, written by Landry Q. Walker, and plans to continue to read and reread the book several more times in the foreseeable future. — Caramel loved reading *Star Wars Encyclopedia of Starfighters and Other Vehicles*, written by Landry Q. Walker, and plans to continue to read and reread the book several more times in the foreseeable future.

Caramel reviews Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition

Caramel is a big Star Wars fan. In fact, he has already reviewed two books related to it (see his reviews of 5-Minute Star Wars Stories by LucasFilm Press and A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas). Today he revisits this imagined universe and talks about Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition, written by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones, and published in 2019. As usual, Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Sprinkles: So Caramel, I can see you are once again in one of your Star Wars stages.

Caramel: Yes. Actually I am always in that stage.

S: I guess you are right. You always liked anything Star Wars related. So this book, Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition, you have had this for a while, no?

C: Yes but I just realized we have not reviewed it. So we have to!

S: I understand. What Star Wars related show are you watching these days?

C: I just finished the first season of The Bad Batch. So I am not watching anything, just reading and rereading my book.

S: I guess that makes sense. You love that universe, so you want to be connected to it. So tell me a bit about this book. What is in it?

C: There are a lot of pictures, from the movies, all the way up to and including The Rise of Skywalker. That was the ninth movie. They also have a lot of photos from The Clone Wars, which is the series before The Bad Batch, but we have not seen it yet. Hint hint.

S: Well, I like the nine movies and I thought The Bad Batch looked interesting, but there are so many other Star Wars movies and series that I am losing track. Maybe we will take a look at The Clone Wars some day. But let us get back to the book. So there are lots of photos from the movies and so on, but I saw lots of text, too. What are those about?

C: Well, there are sections on characters–

S: And you know there are a lot of them–

C: Yes, of course. And many of them have a little bit about them. And then there are sections about all the different kinds of droids, all the different ships, and so on. There are specific pages for the places that you see in the movies and the series, and basically, it is the ultimate guide to Star Wars.

S: And thus the title, I suppose.

C: Yep.

Caramel is reading Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition, written by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones. — Caramel is reading *Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition*, written by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones.

S: So tell me about your favorite droids then.

C: I like ID9 Seeker Droid. It is on page 274.

S: What movie does it show up in?

C: It shows up in one of the series, called Rebels.

S: How about the classic guys? C3P-O? R2-D2?

C: Yes, they are all in here, and I like them a lot too.

S: Did you notice that the book has a foreword written by Anthony Daniels, who is the actor who was C3P-O?

C: Well, I immediately dove into the book but then looked at the foreword once you told me it was C3P-O. I did know it was a real person inside C3P-O but I had not learned his name before.

S: Apparently he is also a mime actor, which makes sense to be so expressive with his body.

C: Yes, I agree.

S: So let us talk more about the book. I’m guessing it is full of Star Wars facts and trivia. Can you tell me something interesting you learned from it?

C: There is so much! I could say “I learned everything I know about Star Wars from this book. It is my Qui-Gon Jinn, it is my Yoda.” But I won’t. I did know a lot about Star Wars before, or I could say “I was already as knowledgeable as Sith Palpatine”, but I won’t. Still I did know a lot.

S: Okay, I think I get the point. So you learned nothing?

C: No, that is not what I am saying. I learned a lot actually. It helped me learn the connections between all the series and the movies, and the universe makes more sense now.

S: That’s really cool. Because I am quite confused actually.

C: Well, you can read the book from the beginning to the end then. Or like me, you can simply keep skipping around and reading whatever appeals to you whenever you want.

S: I think that means you are giving this book a very strong endorsement. Is that correct?

C: Yes. I think it is a pretty awesome Star Wars book. Any bunny who loves Star Wars would love it, too.

S: I can see that! So describe it to me in three words then.

C: Star Wars facts. But that is not enough to describe all the awesomeness of the book.

S: Okay, how about “Star Wars awesomeness” then?

C: Sure, that works.

S: Okay Caramel, I think this is already a long enough review, and I can see you are itching to go back to reading your book, so let us wrap it up. What do you want to tell our readers?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!

Caramel loves reading and rereading Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition, written by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones, and recommends it to all other Star Wars fans, young and young-at-heart. — Caramel loves reading and rereading *Ultimate Star Wars: New Edition*, written by Adam Bray, Cole Horton, Patricia Barr, Daniel Wallace, Ryder Windham, and Matt Jones, and recommends it to all other Star Wars fans, young and young-at-heart.

Caramel reviews A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas

Caramel is a little bunny but he is a big Star Wars fan. (Check out his review of 5-Minute Star Wars Stories!) Today he reviews for the book bunnies blog A Jedi You Will Be, written by Preeti Chhibber and illustrated by Mike Deas. As usual Sprinkles is taking notes and asking questions.

Caramel reviews A Jedi You Will Be, written by Preeti Chhibber and illustrated by Mike Deas. — Caramel reviews *A Jedi You Will Be*, written by Preeti Chhibber and illustrated by Mike Deas.

Sprinkles: Caramel, so you found another book about Star Wars, eh?

Caramel: Yes, but I think you had something to do with it too.

S: Yes, I thought you might like it. Did you?

C: Yes!

S: What is it about then? Tell me.

C: It’s about Yoda talking to you. Yoda is a little green alien who is a Jedi master.

S: And so for the few people who do not know what a Jedi is, can you tell me what they are?

C: A Jedi is a person who can use the Force. The Force is everywhere but some can use it for good or for evil. The Jedi use it for good.

S: Yes, in the Star Wars universe, there is this mysterious force, kind of like magic and kind of like just the essence of life, but these Jedi have the power to channel it to do great things. And Yoda has always been my favorite Jedi!

C: Mine too. I do not know much about the Baby Yoda though.

S: Well, we have not watched the series that have him in them, so we have not met him yet. We know Yoda as a wise old master.

C: He is 800 or 900 years old!

S: Yes, apparently that is how old he is when Luke Skywalker comes to learn from him.

C: Yes, that is what happens in this book too. We go to Yoda’s island with Luke and Yoda talks to us about the Force. He gives a lecture about the Force almost.

S: Yes, he does, it is mainly him telling the reader about the Force and how to achieve hard things in life. Do you want to read to me a bit from the book?

C: Okay, here is some part of the book:

Ready are you?
What know you of ready?
For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi.
Easy it is not. 
A Jedi must have the deepest commitment.
Willing to work hard are you?

Caramel is reading A Jedi You Will Be, written by Preeti Chhibber and illustrated by Mike Deas: "Willing to work hard are you?" — Caramel is reading *A Jedi You Will Be*, written by Preeti Chhibber and illustrated by Mike Deas: “Willing to work hard are you?”

S: So is the book really only about the Force and Star Wars?

C: Hmm, sort of.

S: I think I only partially agree with you. I think some of the advice Yoda gives is pretty applicable to real life.

C: Hmm, yes it is. For example the part I read to you is basically saying working hard is important. Then there is a part where he tells you being big or small is not important. He says, “size matters not!” I like Yoda!

S: He does talk in a strange manner, doesn’t he? His sentences are structured in grammatically incorrect ways. But there are some languages where this type of order (where the subject goes after the verb) might appear.

C: Yes, he speaks funny. He says, “Now close your eyes. Closed are they? See you peeking I do!”

S: That is funny! And you do that too sometimes when I ask you to close your eyes and take a deep breath.

C: No I don’t do that!

S: Yes, you do, when we try to meditate!

C: Hmm, yes, I guess you’re right.

S: Okay, let us wrap up with you telling us three words about this book.

C: Colorful, funny, and grammatically incorrect! But also lots of good advice!

S: Hmm, that is more than three words, but it will do! So what do you say next?

C: Stay tuned for more book bunny reviews!