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Title: Star Wars by George Lucas, John Whitman, Brandon McKinney ISBN: 0-8118-1480-7 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: February, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.77 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Easily One Of The Best Books I Have Ever Read
Comment: I LOVE this book. I have always been a reader, but it usually takes me a long time. This book was easily finished in 2 days, just about a record. The detail just engulfs the reader. You can see everything. It's about 20 times better than the movie. Even if you are not a Star Wars fan, this book can easily make you one. The only downfall is that the famous "Help Me, Obi-Wan Kenobi" speech by Princess Leia has been altered. Even though, this book is an absolute must for any age. (I know, being only 16.) What else can I say? AMAZING!!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellently written novelization of the movie
Comment: I had planned to read this book for a while, and I was looking forward to it a lot, since the kids' one was way to short and boring even when I was ten years old. So, as you can probably guess my expectations were rather high, too high perhaps, but even so I was not disapointed. George Lucas has proved himself not only an excellent filmmaker, but also a great author as well. This book, while a bit dry at times, illustrates the movie in a spectacular fashion, and breathes new life into it, so that it seems interesting all over again. I read it one day when I was stuck in a hotel room, but this book was so interesting I litterally could not put it down. Every true Star Wars fan should read this, since it completly tells the story with a bunch of added stuff, that truly flesh out the story and that were completly missing from the movie. One thing that surprised me was the occasional small details that were changed. Such as Threepio being described as bronze instead of gold, and Luke being Blue 5 instead of Red 5. Another thing that struck me as odd was the slight differences in characters, Luke and Ben most noticably. Ben is less wise, more mischevious, and at times even funny, a previously unheard of thing! Luke also is slightly different. He seems, well, less innocent, more stupid, and even acts like somewhat of a jerk at times, and is all around more heroic and self centered, and generaly less cute. This was both interesting and annoying, since Luke was always my favorite character and to be honest I liked him better the other way. Leia is also noticably different, she being somewhat less strong, which annoyed me somewhat. Anyway, this was an excellent book, that deserved an honest four stars.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not As Good As the Movie.
Comment: This storybook was given to me as a birthday gift a couple years ago. I must say, it doesn't quite compare to some other storybook adaptations that I have read. It includes a lot of pictures from the movie and a few blue-printed drawings of various characters and vehicles. However, the storytelling is choppy and for the book's length (48 pages), it cuts out a lot of good material and fails to tie various scenes together. Granted, this book was written for ten-year-old kids and I also recognize that Lucas' moviemaking makes a lot of quick cuts from scene to scenes. However, this book still could have been written a little better. Anyway, a book, even a children's book, is a total different medium from a movie.
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Title: Star Wars: Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut ISBN: 0345320220 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 June, 1985 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Return of the Jedi by Highbridge Audio, Brian Daley ISBN: 1565111583 Publisher: HighBridge Company Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean Foster ISBN: 0345320239 Publisher: Del Rey Pub. Date: 12 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Shadows of the Empire : Star Wars by Steve Perry ISBN: 0553574132 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Paradise Snare (Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy, Volume 1) by A.C. Crispin ISBN: 0553574159 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 05 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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