The LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles book is now available and here is your chance to win a copy! If you have been keeping up with our LEGO news, you know that The Yoda Chronicles is a new venture between LucasFilm and LEGO, including a TV series, new LEGO sets, and a story around both old and new Star Wars characters. (For more information see links at the end of this post.) Today I would like to show you the LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles book by DK publishing, a well-known publisher for their beautiful and very high quality LEGO books. Then I tell you how you can enter for a chance to win your own copy. 🙂
LEGO STAR WARS: THE YODA CHRONICLES – written by Daniel Lipkowitz, the LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles should be of great interest to LEGO Star Wars fans. Here is the official description:
LEGO Star Wars fans will jet into Yoda’s galaxy and uncover the truth behind this extraordinarily wise green Jedi in DK’s LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles. This brand-new format features themed spreads based on the legendary Yoda’s adventures, from his leadership of the Jedi council and his duels with Count Dooku and Darth Sidious, to his support of the Wookiees in the Clone Wars and his training of Luke on Dagobah. Specially commissioned photography features minifigures and vehicles in action, with loads of storylines and facts that young readers will love.
Included in the book is a DK-exclusive Special Forces Clone Trooper LEGO minifigure, which is a variation of the new minifigures created specifically for the LEGO Star Wars Yoda Chronicles toy-line. Unique characteristics of the minifigure include officer level classification, newly created blue force-shield, and special helmet and chest plate symbol.
And below is a quote from the introduction to LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles, along with the book’s trailer:
Teacher. General. Grand Master. One of the wisest and most mysterious beings in the galaxy, Yoda has accomplished many things over the course of his 900 years. He has led the Jedi High Council. He has commanded armies into battle. He has trained thousands of aspiring Jedi Knights. He has hidden in obscurity on a forgotten swamp planet. He has made great friends and dangerous foes – and met others whose allegiance lay somewhere in between.
From the golden days of the Galactic Republic, through the chaos of the Clone Wars and the evil rule of the Empire, Yoda’s influence on galactic events is as important and far-reaching as the little Jedi Master himself. This is Yoda’s story.
My thoughts on the book are a bit mixed, but this is because I was expecting something different from the title. Generally a chronicle refers to a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronological order. Meaning, there supposed to be lot of writing and delving into the details of events from the perspective of the chronicler. In this case the speaker is Yoda himself, who supposed to be revealing historical events from the past of the Star Wars universe, and that’s what I expected the book will deliver.
However this is clearly not the case. The book is more in the style of other LEGO Star Wars books by DK Publishing with gorgeous pictures and some text sprinkled around to share interesting details. I actually read the whole book and haven’t found anything new about Yoda that I didn’t know already. So the book is quite light in the chronicle department. This doesn’t mean though that the book is not great. I was just expecting something different.
I still highly recommend the LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles book to any LEGO Star Wars fans. If you are clear on that this is not a chronicle in the strict sense of the term, I think it is very enjoyable. And gorgeous! It is over 60 pages of LEGO Star Wars goodness with lots of interesting tidbits about Star Wars characters and what it means to be a Jedi. To give you an idea, here are some of the topics (again; in a light-way not in a real chronicle way):
- Where does Yoda come from?
- Yoda’s friends, students and enemies
- Yoda’s wisdom
- Could you be one of Yoda’s Padawans?
- How does Yoda change the course of a battle?
- When was Yoda’s darkest hour?
- Yoda vs. the Dark Side
- Yoda at home
- Can you lift an X-wing?
- What is Yoda’s Legacy?
The book is hard-cover with a really cool holographic shine on the front and back, and as I said before; the quality is excellent. The book also includes an exclusive LEGO Special Forces Commander minifigure inside the front cover that looks great and doesn’t appear to be Chinese-made. 🙄
❗ The LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles book is available at bookstores as well as on Amazon. The regular price is $18.99. Amazon’s price right now is $12.53. You can get it here: BUY LEGO STAR WARS: THE YODA CHRONICLES
Now, as far as how you can enter for a chance to win your own copy of The Yoda Chronicles, DK Publishing was kind enough to provide two copies for our readers in a fun little contest/giveaway, so here you go:
➡ HOW TO ENTER: Let’s keep this simple and fun. To enter the contest just finish the following sentence in the comment section below:
- If I would meet Yoda in person…
➡ WHAT ARE THE RULES: Nothing difficult; just complete the sentence. You can say whatever you like. One entry per commenter please. If you comment more then once, only the first comment will count. Other than that just keep common-sense courtesy and manners otherwise your answer can be as serious or funny as you want! Have fun!
➡ HOW TO WIN: Contest will run from now until Sunday, July 21st at midnight US EST. Once the contest is closed I will ask my 8-year-old nephew to pick two numbers between however many comments are there. (So if there are 100 comments I will ask him to pick two number between 1 and 100. Whichever numbers he picks are the winning comments.
➡ WHAT YOU WIN: The winning commenters will receive the LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles book, along with the exclusive Special Forcers Commander minifigure.
➡ HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE: If you are the winning commenter I will contact you by email. Please make sure your email address in your comment is correct! You send me your shipping address (no PO Box please) and DK Publishing will send you both LEGO books! Best of luck! 😀
You may also like to check out the LEGO Star Wars section for more news, reviews and discussions, or select from the following related posts:
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- LEGO Star Wars Yoda Chronicles Promo Set
- LEGO Star Wars X-wing in New York Video
- LEGO Star Wars The Yoda Chronicles Coming!
- LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
- LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles Update
- LEGO Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Out
- LEGO Star Wars – The Padawan Menace
If i would meet Yoda in person… I would ask him for an autographed lightsaber.
If I would meet Yoda in person… I’d ask him to lend me some money as he must be coining it from the Vodaphone deal…
If I would meet Yoda in person, I’d offer to give him a backpack ride through the swamp.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I’d give him a piggy-back ride.
If I would meet Yoda in person, invite home for dinner, I will.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I’d ask him whether on purpose talk funny he does.
If I would meet Yoda in person…I’d ask him to train me to be a jedi
Had to use my parents email for the contest. If I would meet Yoda in person… I would freek and feel his fuzzy ears!!!!
If I met Yoda in person I would say, “please teach me to use the force.” And then try to be extremely pleasent so he would. Ever since I was three I wanted to do that 🙂
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him how The Yoda Chronicles turned out.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him how and where I can build a lightsaber.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him what is the meaning of life.
From my point of view…it’s to serve the lord God with all your heart. Although…you could disagree.
-Brick Boy
i agree wen i read weldons coment i thot that same thin 🙂
I agree with Brick Boy. Jw for life!
I definetly agree as well.
If I would meet Yoda in person… on my Yoda Chronicles book, get his autograph, I will.
If I would meet Yoda in person I would ask him to teach me to be a Jedi! Who wouldn’t I say…
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would say “hi” and ask him,
“Do you have a distant cousin who lives on the planet Terra, Named “Grover”. He is blue, loves to help children and is a Super Hero, a “sort-of” jedi knight, called Supppppppppppper Grover”.
lol
Wow. I don’t know how to respond to that…
I would ask him why talk that way he does.
If I would meet Yoda in person…I’d inspire him to go flamenco dancing with me. : ) Thanks so very much for this truly wonderful giveaway! : )
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him what species he is. 😀
if i met yoda in person…i would ask him my destiny.
If I met Yoda in person I would ask him why his Lego hands are the same size as everyone else’s hands even though he only has three fingers.
If I would meet Yoda in person I would : ask him to train me to become a Jedi. But he’d probably say I was to old LOL. I’d also ask him why talk normal he doesn’t.
If I would meet Yoda in person…I would ask him who taught him the ways of the Jedi….
If I met Yoda a would ask him if I could cut something with his lightsabor. 😀
If I met Yoda in person …. I’d ask for his beauty secrets as he looks so good for his age
If I would meet Yoda in person… I would ask him how many jedi he has trained.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him for financial advice. 🙂
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him the secret to a long life.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him the questions Siri wouldn’t be able to answer.
If I would meet Yoda in person I would ask him if he danced a lot on Lando’s dad’s ship. 😉
If I were to meet Yoda in person I would ask him for a light saber.
If I would meet Yoda in person, ask him to train me will i 😀
“chinese-made” he he! 😆 This is cool. I just recently got the minifigures encyclopedia for my birthday. Now there is yet another LEGO book to collect! BTW Admin, I’m wondering why emoticons won’t show up next to your name. Yesterday I tried it and it didn’t work.
You need to have a space between the name: Meneldur son of Garamar:) (wrong) Meneldur son of Garamar :).
Meneldur, emoticons only work in the comment box. Not in your name box. For your name you can get an avatar at gravatar.com. It will automatically show up here. 😉
If I would meet Yoda in person, ask him where he comes from, I would.
You almost stole my name!!!!!!!!!! 👿
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would give him a big hug!
If I would meet Yoda in person… I would ask him to train me as a Jedi.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him to teach me the way of the force 🙂
If I would meet Yoda in person… I’d ask him the name of his species. I’ve always wondered that. 😛
Me too! 😀
If I would meet yoda in person I would tell him I’m the yoda in my family
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask for the name of his english/grammar teacher, some explaining to do, she/he/it has 🙂
if i met yoda in persin i would aks him to teach me the ways of the force
If I would meet Yoda in person……. I would ask him how old he is and to teach me how to become a jedi.
If I would meet Yoda in person I would ask him how to find the star wars galaxy (and how to build a ship with Hyperdrive)
…I would realize I forgot to take my meds that day.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would light up my saber and strike that rebel scum down!
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would demand him to give me his light saber. 😛
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would have one epic lightsaber battle.
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would tell him, “May the force be with you and can I get your autograph!”
If I would meet Yoda in person…id ask him whatever happened to tarful?
If I would meet Yoda in person… I would pet his cute, scrunched up little head. 😉
I would teach him proper English syntax 🙂
If I met Yoda in person… I would take him to a restaurant so he realized how nasty that food is he eats in his little hut.
sorry i wasint usin my reel e male but you can use the one i am usin now 😀
If I would meet Yoda in person … I would give him a noogie on his cute little green head, then throw him a Rock Band guitar and we would start a “Jedi Jam”!!
If I met Yoda in person I would ask him if he wanted fries with that 🙂
If I met Yoda in person I would ask him to use the Force to make me fly 🙂
If I would meet Yoda in person, I would ask him how tall he is.
If I would meet Yoda in person I would try not to step on him. Because he’s small right and why is the Yoda mini figure almost as tall as every other one? He is the original mini figure.
I would ask for this Lego
If i met yoda i would eat a cheeseburger with him and then play some video games with him and i would ask him if he could teach me the force an we would lift up cars and stuff
If I would meet Yoda in person I would ask to hear all his so far untold stories and adventures.
UPDATE: This contest is now closed. Thank you for your participation! The two winners have been selected, and have been contacted already. I’m just waiting for them to get back to me before announcing them. 😉
Awesome I was one of the winners AHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Officialy Freaks Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My parents will email are adress as my Dad gets home from work!!!!
Congratualtions! Yes, just ask your parents to send your address. I’m already in touch with the other winner, so I’m just waiting for your info. 😉
Looks lke your parents sent me the address, but no name. Would you please email me the name as well? Thanks! 🙂
Sorry, For bad grammer I was still freaking out.
Aw man! I wasn’t contacted! I’m usually a lucky one like winning a free oir change (yeah, I can’t even drive) and $250 I was also 2 votes away from the piggy bank contest. 🙁 And I one a movie! I’m still waiting to win something from TBB!
Quick question, if one of the winners doesn’t get back to you do you pick another number or do you just keep the prize?
Yes, that is correct; if the winner doesn’t contact me I will pick another winner. But that never happened before. 😉
Yeah! I didn’t think so! 🙄
I recived my book yesterday, Admin. It was so cool seeing the return adress saying thebrickblogger!
Awesome! Enjoy the book! And minifig! 😉
Don’t worry I have already read all the book. And for the figure…. He’s sitting right here in front of me with my custom Droideka. That I made out of the 2 droidekas from the battle pack!
By the way who was the other winner?
The other winner was Leah. I think her entry was #17 or something like that. 😉
Why do I never win these stuff?
Don’t be discouraged. There were only two winners, so entering a contest like this means most people won’t win. But it is still fun, and if you keep partipating there is a good chance one day you will be the winner. 😉
I would listen to his wisdom as I seem to need it.