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Here is another indirect Star Wars blog post. I saw this book in a post on the excellent SW news site jedinews.co.uk. It is a book co-written by J. J. Abrams himself. 

If you want to know what the heck this is, check out this post on Wired:

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/11/j-j-abrams-s-book-review/

I won't go into specifics here. You can read about it yourself with the above link. It takes me quite awhile to get through books because I don't have a lot of free time. But this one looked too good to pass up. 

I'm sure I will have future blog posts on this once I get it and start reading it. More than likely they will have spoilers but I will warn you appropriately. 

Pick up a copy yourself and feel free to post comments! I expect there will be a lot to unpack and discuss about this work!

Star Wars Pop-Up Book

This ain't your daddy's pop-up book. I mean that literally! When I was a kid, I had the original Star Wars pop-up book where very few pages actually popped up. Most of them had a white tab you pulled that would make something move, such as Luke and Leia swing across the Death Star chasm or having Obi-Wan transform into empty robes at the feet of Vader.

The new version of the Star Wars pop-up book, which came out the Fall 2007, is phenomenally better. The book chronicles the entire original trilogy with intricately designed paperwork. My favorite is a small flap that reveals Wedge Antillies. As you open the flap, it looks like Wedge is in the process of removing his helmet. It is an amazing effect.

The best part is this is a great book to "read" with a toddler. I keep this on a high shelf and pull it down for father son time together. We sit in our reading chair and go through page by page. It also gives me a chance to teach him to be gentle with books. It is pretty sturdy, but I don't think they designed her with toddlers in mind (to paraphrase Han).

This book is definitely worth the price!