Star Wars Chronicles - The Sequel

Kicked off my 2012 collecting journey with a book I have always, always, ALWAYS wanted. Only chance upon it few years back in Kinokuniya and at that time, it had a huge price tag of $280+. Hesitated and lived to regret it for years to come. From then onwards, have been checking that same section in that bookshop without fail, whenever I visited, hoping they bring this in again but to no avail all the time.
A casual search in eBay.SG few days back and lo & behold! Someone locally is selling his copy it at 1/3 of the price. Needless to say, I jumped (literally) on it like there is no other. Collected the book yesterday. I'd rate it's condition 8.5/10, which is very good for a pre-owned print. Owner had taken good care of his book.

A few shots of what you would see when you open up those magical pages. Though there no lacked of images when you do a google query.
This book was published twice - the first launch in 1997 and a subsequent republishing in 2005 but with a redesigned cover. The one I got is from the first publication and it had a hard cardboard sleeve protecting the book inside which is also having hardcover. The pages were printed on good quality 90-100gsm art paper with a total of 315 pages. That makes this the heaviest book I've ever had weighing at 3.3kg.
Every page is laden with pictures showing details of each and every creatures, machines, gear & characters of the first 3 SW sequel movies. If you are a self confessing Starwars fan, you'd have to have this book. Forget about the prequel (they're crap fest actually), Get this book before they are out of print again.

Publisher :	Chronicle Books
Publish date :	February 1, 1997
Type:	Hardcover
Pages:	315
Dimensions:	15.5 x 11.1 x 2.1 inches
Weight :	7.1 pound
ISBN :	081181498X