Star Wars Stormtroopers
Beyond the Armor
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $16.99
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Foreword by John Boyega
Just in time for the next blockbuster, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, this unique and beautifully designed compendium with removable features traces one of the franchise’s most iconic characters—the stormtrooper—from initial development through all nine Star Wars movies to their many iterations in TV, comics, videogames, novels, and pop-culture.
Star Wars: A New Hope, the very first installment in the beloved science-fiction series, introduced the Imperial stormtroopers—the army of the fearsome and tyrannical Galactic Empire. Charged with establishing Imperial authority and suppressing resistance, these terrifying, faceless, well-disciplined soldiers in white have become a universal symbol of oppression.
Star Wars Stormtroopers explores these striking warriors and their evolution in depth for the first time. Ryder Windham and Adam Bray trace the roots of their creation and design, and explore how these elite troops from a galaxy far, far away have been depicted in movies, cartoons, comics, novels, and merchandizing.
Filled with photographs, illustrations, story boards, and other artwork, this lavish officially licensed book comes complete with removable features, including posters, stickers, replica memorabilia and more, making it an essential keepsake for every Star Wars fan, as well as military, design, and film aficionados.
Customer Reviews
This helped me find my passion
Without this book, I would’ve known very little. I was always fascinated by Stormtroopers throughout my life. Be it by getting “chased” by some at Disney World when I was young, or by making fun of them when I was 10 or so to then feeling bad that I was mean to them and deciding to get a first order themed jacket at the nearest gift shop (also at Disney). But the first instance of me feeling like Stormtroopers where my passion was back when I was 13. I was looking around an indoor flea market when I came across a vintage toy stall (even though it had SOME present day stuff). I found a toy wall with stuff for sale on it, and for 25 or 20 dollars smack dab in the middle of that wall was a first order Stormtrooper action figure. It reminded me of how the actor for C-3PO saw the early production art for the character and how from then on he was C-3PO for everything…. I got the figure the next day. From then on it was Stormtrooper everything! To make a very long story short, I hope to someday be part of the 501st and I have more than enough Stormtrooper memorabilia, this book helped me a lot! I hope someone else finds this book as amazing and inspiring as I have! And as a loyal trooper would say: “Move along!”