By John Booth
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Review & Description
Opening that first Darth Vader figure and putting him in a Landspeeder. Imagining a snowy elementary school playground as the wastes of Hoth. Seeing Return of the Jedi on opening night.
Moments like these - and a galaxy more - make up three decades of "Memoirs of a Star Wars Geek." Author John Booth takes the reader from a childhood packed with Star Wars guys (never "action figures") and Christmas wishes both fulfilled and unrealized, through the years when the trilogy lay dormant to the mainstream public's eye, and into an age of seeing George Lucas' universe as an adult while exploring it again as a parent.
This newly-expanded electronic edition includes the author's interviews with Star Wars cast and crew members reflecting on the saga's impact from both first-generation-fan standpoints and a career spent bringing the universe to life on-screen.
Gracefully laying bare both the good and not-so-good times, this collection is a love letter from a self-aware geek written under the sometimes harsh light of hindsight, softened with understanding. It captures the innocence and wonder and infinite possibilities of what it meant to an eight-year-old to Collect All 21! Read more
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