Star Wars Origami

Foreward by Tom Angleberger, author of The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Inlcudes: 72 sheets of specially designed Star Wars origami paper!

Chewbacca, Boba Fett.
General Grievous and Jabba the Hutt.
Starfighters, Lightsabers, and Podracers....
MAY THE FOLDS BE WITH YOU.

The power of the Force meets the joy of origami. Here is everything you need to create a galaxy of Star Wars characters, ships, droids, and weapons. The ingenious models are created by Chris Alexander, the master of Star Wars origami, and come with complete step-by-step directions as well as an introduction to origami definitions, symbols, and basic folds. Bound in the back is the book's unique folding paper, 72 sheets in all. Illustrated with meticulously detailed original art, the specially designed paper makes wach creation-menacing Darth Sidious, confident Chewbacca, the Death Star, Yoda, and more-come alive.

For ages 9 and up

Design by Netta Rabin
Origami paper illustrations by Phil Conigliaro
Origiami designs, diagrams, and text by Chris Alexander

Contents

Foreward ... ix

Introduction
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away ... x

Part One

The Basics ... 1
Origami Definitions, Symbols, and Basic Folds ... 2
Important Origami Bases ... 13

Part Two

The Projects ... 19
Lightsabers ... 21
Trade Federation Battleship ... 29
Naboo Royal Starship ... 37
R2-D2 ... 43
Darth Sidious (Emperor Palpatine) ... 49
Anakin Skywalker's Podacer ... 53
Jabba the Hutt ... 57
Yoda ... 63
Armored Assualt Tank ... 69
Naboo Starfighter ... 75
Vulture Droid Starfighter ... 81
Jango Fett and Boba Fett ... 89
Slave I ... 96
Taun We ... 103
C-3PO ... 109
Republic Clone Trooper ... 117
Eta-2 Jedi Starfighter ... 125
Droid Tri-Fighter ... 133
General Grievous ... 141
Naboo Star Skiff ... 149
Imperial Star Destroyer ... 157
Darth Vader ... 165
Princess Leia Organa ... 173
Luke Skywalker ... 179
Han Solo ... 185
Chewbacca ... 189
Jawa ... 197
Sandcrawler ... 203
Landspeeder ... 209
Bantha ... 215
The Death Star ... 221
Millennium Falcon ... 227
TIE Fighter ... 233
X-wing Starfighter ... 239
Darth Vader's TIE Advanced Fighter X1 ... 247
Imperial Shuttle ... 253

Index

Projects of Level of Difficulty ... 258
Alphabetical List of Projects ... 259