Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I: The Complete Guide to the Incredible Locations from the Phantom Menace

Kristin Lund. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), $19.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-7894-6692-1

For those who do not yet possess all the facts, Inside the Worlds of Star Wars Episode I: The Complete Guide to the Incredible Locations from The Phantom Menace by Kristin Lund-Meyer, illus. by Hans Jenssen and Richard Chasemore, acts as a moviegoer's atlas--complete with drawings and movie stills. Beginning with an overview of the galaxy itself, this oversize volume peeks at Naboo's underwater ways, takes readers inside the Droid Control Ship and offers cutaway views of the Galactic Senate.

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