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You hold in your hands an electronic storage vault that contains the last known copy of "The Jedi Path," a training manual with a long, rich history - especially considering all the famous people who have owned it in the past! And now, it is yours to peruse, to seek knowledge of The Force and start on your path to Jedihood. Or not . . . because it's not an easy path to tread. Below are details of what you can expect.
THE PACKAGING: You have the glossy outer display box with a few full-colour photos on the back, a plain cardboard inner padding box, a plastic bag, and a slim cardboard sleeve to remove before you free the vault. Be sure to remove the "battery tab" sticking out a slot in the battery door on the underside of the vault, otherwise the electronics won't work. You should also find an instruction and troubleshooting sheet in there, somewhere.
THE VAULT: Once you've removed all the packaging and the battery tab, press down the semi-circular black button. Latches release, hydraulic systems slowly swing the vault doors aside and raise the book's platform, and bright blue electronic pulsing lights, whining servomotor noises and musical beeps herald the release of "The Jedi Path." There are a couple of instructive stickers on the vault, one on the black release button and one on the book platform, that you might want to remove (an easy process) to make the thing look a bit more "authentic." The only negative criticism I have of this entire package is that the silvery plastic of the doors and hinges seems a bit brittle to me, and might have been better executed in brushed aluminium, for which I would have happily paid a bit more in exchange for a little more perceived sturdiness. Still, if you're careful, you should get many years of enjoyment out of this gadget.
POWER SUPPLY: Because I couldn't find this information anywhere on any part of the packaging and had to open the battery compartment myself to find out: the vault requires three AAA batteries for full electronic functioning. These are included and already installed, but just in case you need to change the batteries, that's what you'll need, along with a Phillips / cross-head screwdriver. Also, if you're a serious collector and want to keep the set Mint In Box, you'll still probably have to open everything up to get the batteries out, just in case of leakage, which would spoil things worse than a couple of pieces of cut cellophane tape.
THE BOOK: The book itself is a textbook-style primer written by many different influential Jedi (actually, Dan Wallace), and contains interesting insights into becoming a Jedi, the various types of Jedi one could become, the purpose of the Jedi in the galaxy, and various other useful Force-related information, some of which is new to this book. It's beautifully bound in soft, embossed cobalt-steel-coloured leather with dull silver lettering and symbols, and contains high-quality, sturdy, soft-edged pages which are stylishly designed, bordered, and typeset. The all-new illustrations from many different fine artists range from cartoony to stylised diagrams to intricate and detailed watercolour, oil, and pastel work. I was very glad to see Terryl Whitlatch return with some more of her wildlife renderings! As a basic primer, the text covers a wide variety of topics without going into a great deal of detail (and even gets a couple of things wrong, especially when it comes to information regarding the Sith, which is to be expected from the Jedi). It reads as a somewhat arrogant and condescending dogmatic treatise of the We Are Right, Everyone Else Is Wrong variety. Throughout the ages, the various individuals who have owned this book have scrawled their own notes, insights, and commentary in the margins. Darth Sidious' wry, snarky observations are the best of the lot, in my opinion.
THE INSERTS: These removable pieces are listed in other reviews, so I don't feel there's a need to list them yet again here. Some of the insert items might be hard to find. At first, I thought my copy didn't come with Qui-Gon's severed Padawan braid, but it had just gotten wedged right down near the spine. Be sure to do a thorough search if you think your copy might be missing something! The inserts I got the biggest kick out of were the bronzy "JedCred" coin and Obi-Wan's plans for his next lightsaber, doodled on a stained paper napkin from Dex's Diner.
"The Jedi Path: Vault Edition" is highly recommended for dedicated "Star Wars" fans of any age who want a little something extra-cool for their library, especially if you're a self-avowed übergeek like me. Now, if they would do a similar tome for the Sith, I'd be all over that like tattoos on Darth Maul!
ADDENDUM, 25 Januray 2012 - Now also available: "Book of Sith," with several insert items, all stored in an electronic Sith "holocron" case. They listened. Excellent.
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