I just got a copy of the Jedi Path vault edition. Now as I understand it, it's old. Like centuries old. So why does the vault look so pristine? The prop guy in me wants to weather the ever loving sith out of it. But the collector in me is now pouting in some dark corner of my mind and won't come out and the other voices in my head are getting concerned. (Except for the trekkie part of my brain. He doesn't seem to care) What should I do here? (Besides the years of therapy and voluntary psychiatric confinement I so obviously need) Weather it or not? And if so, any ideas or pointers?
Jedi path stupidity
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H0llyw00d
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Hmm.... pics? We're total suckers for pics...
beats the hell out of me lol
H0llyw00d
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It seems this thread is dead...
Yes. That's what I'm talking about.
I'm not thinking about weathering the book itself, just the vault box thing.
Dude! Less than 8 hours and a threads dead? I'm a truck driver who's day starts at 2 am this week. So I'm in bed by 6. (This run I'm on this week makes me feel so old....)
Murasaki
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Ouch! I got mine for$60 on Amazon.
Xxblackbird
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The book is supposed to be maybe 100 years old. I know it was supposed to belong to Qui-Gon when he was a Padawan. I don't remember if it was Dooku's or not. The vault is something Luke put the book in later. I don't think the vault is supposed to be old. At least that's how I remember it.
noisetrigger
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They have been reissued time and time again so go to town with it. Can always buy another copy easily.
I believe it's supposed to have been printed in 115 bby. So around 140+. I haven't found anything about who put it in the vault that I can remember. I just think it would look cool weathered.
I just got this off Amazon pretty cheap.
Have they changed anything in the more recent printings? I think I remember
Obi-wan's saber sketch being on a napkin, not a menu.
Mara Jade's Father
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I'd keep that one nice and pick up a used copy for $7.29 and free shipping: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-...893632&hash=item48aa84b933:g:mjsAAOSwCU1YnsW9
It's funny you mentioned it. Every once in a while my son cleans out his room and sorts out things he wants to store away and/or get rid of. He had a copy of the book his uncle gave him. I noticed the cover was very worn and I had to think long and hard (hehe... I said long and hard) about whether or not the cover came like that since the pages themselves are made to look worn.
So here is my idea I got at the time and maybe you might consider it. Instead of just weathering the original cover, how about making a more appropriate cover then weathering that. I was thinking leather. I'd also consider a logo and possibly some aurebesh text hand engraved. Here is what I was thinking: http://www.instructables.com/id/From-Paperback-to-Leather-Bound/
It's funny you mentioned it. Every once in a while my son cleans out his room and sorts out things he wants to store away and/or get rid of. He had a copy of the book his uncle gave him. I noticed the cover was very worn and I had to think long and hard (hehe... I said long and hard) about whether or not the cover came like that since the pages themselves are made to look worn.
So here is my idea I got at the time and maybe you might consider it. Instead of just weathering the original cover, how about making a more appropriate cover then weathering that. I was thinking leather. I'd also consider a logo and possibly some aurebesh text hand engraved. Here is what I was thinking: http://www.instructables.com/id/From-Paperback-to-Leather-Bound/
Xxblackbird
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Luke rescued it from Palpatine's archives. So unless Ahsoka kept a textbook in a vault for some reason or Palpatine kept it in a vault with twin suns and a lightsaber on it, I think it's probably Luke's vault.
Obi-Wan's original sketch was on a napkin, yes.
New printings have changed some of the in-character annotations.
English text is canon in Star Wars. I chalked it up to being like old bibles that were written in latin long after the language had died.
Aurebesh is a common/trade alphabet used throughout known space. IIRC, it's the characters of a long-extinct race that used to control a bunch of that space, hence so many species being familiar with it. Latin letters are an artifact of humanity, and show up mostly within human organizations and governments. It's been said before, but note they're X-Wing fighters, not Xesh-Wing (which looks like a triangle) fighters, and are Tee-65/70, not Trill-65/70. And the droids' names are Artoo-Deetoo and See-Threepio, not Reshtoo-Dorntoo and Cresh-Threepethosk. That latter example can be fudged easily enough, but not the former, where the X- and Y-Wing fighters' nicknames are based on their shapes.
I stick with pre-Special Edition labeling in Star Wars. It makes sense in the human-centric Empire. And Luke reading Aurebesh translations of Atroo's signalling speech also makes sense, as he grew up in the Outer Rim on a Hutt-controlled planet.
For this book, though...? I'd personally go with a leather binding with just the Jedi Order emblem embossed into it. Maybe with some inclusive filigree embossed around and at the corners/on the spine. Gilding optional. I wish Christopher Lee were still with us. For many reasons, but I'd love to have him sign the inside with something like "For my Padawan, on the occasion of his investure to Knighthood. Congratulations, Qui-Gon."
I stick with pre-Special Edition labeling in Star Wars. It makes sense in the human-centric Empire. And Luke reading Aurebesh translations of Atroo's signalling speech also makes sense, as he grew up in the Outer Rim on a Hutt-controlled planet.
For this book, though...? I'd personally go with a leather binding with just the Jedi Order emblem embossed into it. Maybe with some inclusive filigree embossed around and at the corners/on the spine. Gilding optional. I wish Christopher Lee were still with us. For many reasons, but I'd love to have him sign the inside with something like "For my Padawan, on the occasion of his investure to Knighthood. Congratulations, Qui-Gon."
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