Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts: Treasures From a Galaxy Far, Far Away
From keychains to a punchout starship model, discover a dozen inserts inspired by legendary Jedi Knights!
A collection of treasures centering on the galaxy’s greatest heroes, Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts offers exciting collectibles that represent thrilling moments from the history of the Jedi Order.
• COLLECT A DOZEN UNIQUE ARTIFACTS: Featuring a woven patch, punchout starship model, high-quality stickers, a collectible pin, keychains, and more incredible items, this kit is a great gift for Star Wars fans of all ages.
• DISCOVER THE ADVENTURES OF LEGENDARY JEDI: From the heroic days of the High Republic, to the eras of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano, Luke Skywalker, and Rey, Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts compiles exquisite inserts inspired by the Jedi and their valiant adventures.
• BUILD YOUR STAR WARS COLLECTION: Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts stands alongside fan-favorite Star Wars books including Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi, and Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: The Official Black Spire Outpost Cookbook.
Publication date: January 11, 2022
Page Count: 16 pages
ISBN: 9781647224936
While there’s always room for novels, comics, magazines and coffee table tomes that delve into the making and characters of the galaxy far, far away, Star Wars has also brought us a range of more tactile releases across the decades that get the creative juices flowing and which allow for easter eggs and cool elements not found anywhere else. From The Empire Strikes Back Mix or Match Storybook to the numerous Pop-Up releases over the years, getting your hands onto and into a book is huge fun, most vividly expressed by Steve Sansweets wonderful 1998 Star Wars Scrapbook, a much-loved release that recreated a number of moments from the past including a copy of the very first issue of the Star Wars Fan Club newsletter, soon to be renamed Bantha Tracks. Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts: Treasures From a Galaxy Far, Far Away doesn’t send us back to our earth-bound past like the Scrapbook did; instead it gives us a deeper dive into the in-universe world of the Jedi, presenting ‘artifacts’ between its relatively small 4 x 9.75 inch hardback covers covering a number of key eras from The High Republic to the time of Rey Skywalker.
It may only consist of 16 pages, but there’s plenty to dig into here. Deceptively detailed, the book opens with a booklet of quotes called ‘Wisdom From The Light Side of the Force‘ which contains sage knowledge and advice from generations of Jedi, accompanied by beautiful watercolour illustrations. Inside the slip cover it’s joined by the iconic Jedi Code – ‘There is no emotion, there is peace‘, words as relevant to the Jedi of the modern age as they have been to generations past.
An envelope adorned with the Jedi insignia contains a sepia drawing of a lightsaber and a smaller booklet showing the various forms of lightsaber combat while the right-hand side of the book -the largest section of the release – is packed with trinkets. We look at Luke and his training with Yoda, along with a tiny but striking pin badge showing his battle with Darth Vader at Bespin and their final moents aboard the Death Star. Turn the page and it’s Kylo Ren, Luke’s wayward nephew and Ahsoka Tano the Jedi who succeeded despite the poor manner in which the Jedi Order treated her. Connected to her page are keychains, die-cut to represent her two lightsabers, while a page turn reveals Rey and a beautiful badge printed with the logo of the Jedi Order.
We look at the era of The High Republic and their Jedi Vectors, a version of which can be punched out of card and hung via string as a dangler. There’s a sticker sheet of a customizable lightsaber with hilt pieces as stickers allowing you to design your own lightsaber and over the page a larger Star Wars Rebels sticker of that final, indelible image of the artwork we saw in the final seconds of the show. As we reach the end of our journey we even get a glimpse of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s journal in aurebesh and basic as he writes of looking over young Luke Skywalker.
Star Wars is many things to many people, but the one thing is should always strive to deliver is a sense of fun. Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts: Treasures From a Galaxy Far, Far Away delivers that in droves, with its clever design and attractive layout. Fingers crossed we get more releases in this vein; a bounty hunters book with pucks and chain codes, a smugglers book with dice and spice, even a sith lords book with wayfinders and focusing crystals. The opportunities are endless, so here’s hoping there’s more to come from the artifacts range.
- Insight Editions (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 16 Pages - 01/11/2022 (Publication Date) - Insight Editions (Publisher)
