Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 8 is the eighth issue of the fortnightly magazine by De Agostini. Like all issues, it includes a die-cast collectible model and is an officially licensed source of Star Wars information, under Lucas Licensing and the LucasBooks imprint.
- Model vehicle: Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1
Contents
- Legendary Craft: The TIE Advanced x1.
- Action Stations: Defending the Death Star.
- Welcome On Board: Darth Vader, destroyer of the Jedi.
- Starship & Vehicle Directory: The Mist Hunter, Zuckuss's ship.
- In Command: The TIE Advanced x1.
- Droids, Aliens & Creatures: Zuckuss, an insectoid bounty hunter.
- In A Galaxy Far, Far Away: The Death Star's thermal exhaust port.
- A Revolution In Film: The battle in the trench and how to create a realistic model.
- Movie Magic: TIE Advanced x1 – the various stages of its creation.
- Did You Know?
- Star Wars A–Z (C—Callista, Can-cell, Cato Neimoidia, Joruus C'baoth, Chameleon droid)
Appearances
By type
| Characters | Organisms | Droid models | Events | Locations |
| Organizations and titles | Sentient species | Vehicles and vessels | Weapons and technology | Miscellanea |
Notes and references
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Star Wars Starships & Vehicles Collection on De Agostini's official United Kingdom website (original site is defunct) indicates that a new issue of Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection was published every two weeks, and the various snapshots establish that issue 13 was published prior to March 25, 2009, issue 50 by August 17, issue 57 by November 22, and issue 59 by December 29. From these datapoints, it can be calculated that the series began publication at the end of September 2008. Therefore, it can be determined that Star Wars: The Official Starships & Vehicles Collection 8 was published in approximately January 2009.