{"id":3653,"date":"2010-06-18T06:45:52","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T10:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2010-06-17T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T03:42:09","slug":"review-star-wars-a-scanimation-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/18\/review-star-wars-a-scanimation-book\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Star Wars A Scanimation Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Star Wars Scanimation by Rufus Butler Seder\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/sw_scanimation.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars Scanimation by Rufus Butler Seder\" width=\"450\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I spend a lot of time reading to my children.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve often said to them, when you read a book the pictures come alive and move in your mind.\u00a0 Well, for the first time I can read my children a book where the pictures really do move in the book itself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><a title=\"Star Wars A Scanimation Book from Workman Publishing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.workman.com\/products\/9780761158462\/\" target=\"_blank\">Star Wars A Scanimation book<\/a><\/em><a title=\"Star Wars A Scanimation Book from Workman Publishing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.workman.com\/products\/9780761158462\/\" target=\"_blank\"> from Workman Publishing<\/a><em> <\/em>is featured on the New York Times Children\u2019s Bestseller list.\u00a0 Written and illustrated by Rufus Butler Seder (<em>Gallop!<\/em>, <em>Swing!<\/em>, <em>Waddle!<\/em>), this super-cool book contains some of the most memorable <em>Star Wars<\/em> scenes brought to life through a unique process.\u00a0 By turning the pages, the book takes scrambled artwork overlaid by a striped clear sheet and produces the illusion of motion.\u00a0 Remember the &#8220;moving covers&#8221; on the <em>Robin III: Cry of the Huntress<\/em> mini-series from 1992?\u00a0 It&#8217;s sort of like that, except these are REALLY cool.\u00a0 Check out the video below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1dgBtJZOx5o&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">How cool is that?!?!?\u00a0 There are 11 different scenes in all.\u00a0 It includes Obi-Wan battling Darth Maul, the Millennium Falcon zooming away from an exploding Death Star (my personal favorite), Luke riding a galloping Tauntaun, Yoda twirling his green lightsaber, Jango Fett flying away, the red and blue lightsabers of Luke and Darth Vader clashing as they battle, and several more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This book is really amazing!\u00a0 I&#8217;ve looked at it numerous times and I&#8217;m still floored by it.\u00a0 My wife and children are blown away by the images and fascinated by the process used to create the animation.\u00a0 I&#8217;d recommend it to any <em>Star Wars<\/em> fan and\/or\u00a0 parent.\u00a0 It retails for $14.95 and is <a title=\"Star Wars A Scanimation book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.workman.com\/products\/9780761158462\/\" target=\"_blank\">available from Workman Publishing<\/a>.\u00a0 My thanks to the folks at Workman for sending me a copy to review.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3653\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/18\/review-star-wars-a-scanimation-book\/?share=twitter\" 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