No ITW for RotS?

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2005-06-03 09:50am

I was looking at a couple of my ITW's last night, and noticed I didn't get one for RotS. So, I thought, "WTF?" and went online a little bit ago to find it. Only, while digging through Amazon, there doesn't appear to be one. I know that there is that massed ITW being released later this year, did they skip over it since the one being released later covers all the movies anyway?

As an aside, I was thinking about picking up some of the older sourcebooks (Imperial, Rebel, etc) but I don't actually play. Are they still pretty good reads, or is it mainly for those that do play. Thanks.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 10:01am

ITWs are typically released a year later. I don't really know anything about this "massed" one, other than that I really hope they don't do it.

Post by **Vympel** » 2005-06-03 11:54am

They're skipping over and making us pay more by basically purchasing the three ITWs we have all over again to get the RotS material. Sucks.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 12:52pm

Auwa, are we sure about that decision?

Drunk Monkey · Post by **Drunk Monkey** » 2005-06-03 12:56pm

Sucks to be you people who have the ones already released, while if I buy it I’ll wave wasted no money.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 12:58pm

Drunk Monkey wrote: Sucks to be you people who have the ones already released, while if I buy it I’ll wave wasted no money.

Except that you're looking at a book with a fourth of the content of four books each, meaning you're missing a lot of material.

Drunk Monkey · Post by **Drunk Monkey** » 2005-06-03 01:00pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:
Drunk Monkey wrote: Sucks to be you people who have the ones already released, while if I buy it I’ll wave wasted no money.
Except that you're looking at a book with a fourth of the content of four books each, meaning you're missing a lot of material.

True, but I could always get the rest of the data of the web.

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2005-06-03 01:15pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:ITWs are typically released a year later. I don't really know anything about this "massed" one, other than that I really hope they don't do it.

Supposedly it has an October release date. It's listed on Amazon as "Star Wars: Complete Locations -- Inside the Worlds of Episode I to VI." Although it's listed as having 176 pages? I just noticed that, sounds pretty damn big compared to most other DK books. And I agree, I'd still probably wind up buying the individual ITWs even if I had this one first.

And thanks for the info Vympel. I thought they might not be releasing one since this one is coming out later. That seems to confirm it.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-06-03 01:58pm

It said somewhere there would be some new info in the "ultimate guide". I can probably wish for it as a present.

Wonder if there´ll be an ultimate CS book as well.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-06-03 02:22pm

VT-16 wrote:Wonder if there´ll be an ultimate CS book as well.

I sure hope so. There are a lot of other vessels that should get covered.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 02:37pm

176 pages? God damn, that actually is about four times the size of a regular ITW.

Okay, I'm not so worried afterall, but it STILL better have a galactic map with the OT ITW planets that were missing...

EDIT: Here's the description from Amazon, for those interested:

The dramatic culmination of DK's best-selling Inside the Worlds of Star Wars series, The Complete Locations of Star Wars uses breathtaking illustrations and insightful text to reveal the planets from every movie in the Star Wars saga, including the hotly anticipated Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-06-03 02:58pm

From an old update at SW.com:

This book includes maps and information from the previous Inside the Worlds of... books (written by David West Reynolds, Kristin Lund, Simon Beecroft and James Luceno) as well updated information and new text by Kerrie Dougherty and new illustrations by the same team of artists.

Would be nice if we got some form of timeline for most things in the movies, how the Republic military grew and became the Imperial military, when characters died, how planets/cultures changed etc.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 02:59pm

Hopefully Saxton will still be the consultant.

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2005-06-03 04:40pm

Who the fuck is Kerrie Dougherty?

Lord Poe · Post by **Lord Poe** » 2005-06-04 04:33am

The Original Nex wrote:Who the fuck is Kerrie Dougherty?

She works at the Power House Museum in Sydney.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/ ... 98994.html

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-06-04 05:56am

She´s also a Dr. Who fan, I see. Hope she´ll do the book justice.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2005-06-04 08:30am

VT-16 wrote:From an old update at SW.com:

This book includes maps and information from the previous Inside the Worlds of... books (written by David West Reynolds, Kristin Lund, Simon Beecroft and James Luceno) as well updated information and new text by Kerrie Dougherty and new illustrations by the same team of artists.

shitshitshitshitshit.

What are the odds this "updated information and new text" will be BS that undoes the good things like the 160 km DS1, 900 km DS2, Executor shields, Endor holocaust support, etc?

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-06-04 08:35am

Paranoia is not good, believe me. Just keep an optimistic outlook. And mail Saxton to ask if he´s onboard.

Mange · Post by **Mange** » 2005-06-04 09:52am

Ender wrote:
VT-16 wrote:From an old update at SW.com:

This book includes maps and information from the previous Inside the Worlds of... books (written by David West Reynolds, Kristin Lund, Simon Beecroft and James Luceno) as well updated information and new text by Kerrie Dougherty and new illustrations by the same team of artists.

shitshitshitshitshit.

What are the odds this "updated information and new text" will be BS that undoes the good things like the 160 km DS1, 900 km DS2, Executor shields, Endor holocaust support, etc?

I don't think you will need to worry.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-06-04 09:56am

Yeah, most likely "updated information" means including certain characters, worlds and vehicles in the latter GCW era and vice versa. Small stuff like that.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2005-06-04 02:28pm

I doubt they'll outright undo Saxton's text. What I am worried about is hard figures will be replaced with wishy-washy qualitative shit. And moreover, we'll get something stupid in the galactic map like shit taking from the cartoon Insider/NJO map, instead of the previous, realistic maps.

VT-16 · Post by **VT-16** » 2005-06-04 03:00pm

I´m dreading less technicalities and more myth and magic bull.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-04 03:13pm

I worry about the galactic map too, somewhat. But hopefully they'll mantain internal consistancy.

But overall, I'm going to wait until there's more information on the book before I start worrying.