Imperial Death Star Manual: DS-1 Orbital Battle Station

Great Star Wars book contains lots of photos of the Death Star inside and out, some I have not seen before. I found it very interesting to read. Maybe only for big Star Wars fans.

I've got a couple of the Haynes manuals and they are generally excellent and this is no exception. It's a book full of facts about the Death Star (as you may expect!) but also other areas such as trade federation ships, stormtroopers and adds an extra dimension to the book.Each page is in full colour, with multiple photos or diagrams. My favorite was the elevation plan that show every single level on the Death Star - very detailed!It's a great book to either sit and read or to simply dip into. It adds a lot to the Star Wars universe and is good value for what you get

Quick delivery and the book isIn excellent condition. Bought as an Xmas gift, but had a quick look through and looks very informative. If you know your way round a Haynes manual, then this will be right up your street.

A little bit disappointed with copy as described as used good with a dent\scuff on cover... Has a bit gouged out of the front cover would have been a better description. Over all reasonably happy with book but I might have looked at other sellers instead to get a better copy.

Bought this as a gift for my husband who is both a Star Wars and Haynes manual fan! Had a quick flick through and it seems perfect as a novelty gift. Great price too in comparison to other manuals. If you've ever bought a Haynes manual before then you'll know the level of detail that goes into one, and this one doesn't disappoint in the slightest.

Brilliant book, I absolutely recommend it to any Star Wars fan.

My son is going to love this as part of his christmas present. I have also had quite a few peopl ask me where i ordered it from and pointed them in the direction of Amazon

This is an absolute must for any Star Wars fan! Good, detailed info as with any haynes manual and, i'm sure my son will be more confident in maintaining his death star now he has this book.

I grew up in the 80s and started driving in the late 90s. My dad always had a Haynes manual for his vehicles and I was given one for my first few vehicles from him. Slowly I shifted to google for my vehicle referencing needs but the brand was ingrained in me for its thoroughness. Now I have a kid and he LOVES Star Wars. The Death Star manual was an absolute hit!! The tradition for the manual has changed but the gesture lives on for my family. My son (12yr) loved it because of its realistic nature and breakdown of pretty much everything Death Star related. There was information about Tie Fighters as well, which led to the purchase of THAT Haynes manual as well. It's a glowing rave from my kid. We all agree, at least in my house, this book is awesome.

nice and easily understood

Una guía para coleccionar, la cual tiene todo lo que cualquier fan necesita,Tiene fotos y planos de la estación más grande de la galaxia se puede criticar que haya fotos que aportan nada .La edición es tapa dura tamaño A4 y buena calidad de papel y fotos .

Haynes è rinomata per i manuali di riparazione di automobili e motocicli, in questa serie di pubblicazioni dedicate a Star Wars più che un manuale di officina ci troviamo di fronte a un libro che approfondisce ogni aspetto e dettaglio delle navi della galassia lontana lontana, fornendo dati, disegni tecnici, immagini e spiegazioni tecniche. Qualità dei contenuti altissima, qualità della edizione (carta, copertina, stampa) altrettanto alta. Da avere assolutamente per un appassionato.

What did I expect?I expected it to be of the same quality as the Millennium Falcon manual.I expected a lot of images from the movies and the technical/scientific* explanation of what we saw. (* pseudo-scientific of course)The MF manual did all this very well with only a few logical inconsistencies.The Death Star manual however fails in my eyes completely.To begin: there isn't even one picture of the Death Star's superlaser firing. Not one of a planet being blown up.By the way why do the planets explode? Why aren't they just fried? Why does the laser not just burn a hole through the planet?You will find no answer in this book.So that book doesn't explain what the DS is about. What does it explain then?It explains very well why it could be destroyed by a single proton torpedo. It explains this a lot. Many times. Over and over. You get the impression that the DS was not built to blow up planets, but simply to blow up.!A lot of other features are explained too of course. Many of them I find boring. But the really bad thing about it is that they don't make any sense. Typically there are diagrams. First of all, things we see from the outside are just casing. Even if it looks like we see the actual technical parts from the outside, they are just decoration. At least this manual makes us think so. The inside is filled with many fancy named parts. Think of 'flux compensator', magnetic whatever, power amplifier, etc. Even if you try, you cannot read any technical/scientific function out of it. They are just jumbled together and named in technobabble style.The MF manual had this too, but in a much much lesser extent.Last but not least the quality of the book is awful.The hardware: Some pages of my book were not cut correctly. Some pages were glued together by printing ink.The software: The numbering on some of the diagrams is definitely mixed up. (However, it's hard to tell sometimes. See above)There are a lot of typos. Don't you guys have programs to check it? Doesn't anybody proofread it?Finally a word to the geeks.Many of you don't like this book, because Wookieepedia and Curtis Saxton tell you a different size fot the DS, "based on measurements of movie stills". Oh how wrong you are in so many ways.First of all it is not possible to determine the size of spherical objects by photos due to perspective. A 'physicist' like Saxton should know that.Second, concept art reveals that the diameter of the death star is intended to be 100 miles (160 km). So if you see something contradictionary in the movies, then this is either a mistake by the makers or an optical illusion.Finally, starship sizes in star wars change a lot over time. Mainly because somebody (like Saxton) thinks too hard about it. First you (the geeks) don't like the new number, then you accept it and then you will defend it like it is 'gospel'.I think you treat star wars too much like a religion. I would never hate a book because of one 'false' number. I don't like this book because it doesn't entertain me. Because that is what it should be about:ENTERTAINMENT.