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Summary: endor conflict
Review: It is really a shame how the best SW movie is the worst tie-in novel. After reading the first two, I quickly started this book. How I wished it would end.
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Summary: Captures and culitivates the characters' feelings
Review: James Kahn's beautiful rendition of Return of the Jedi captures and expands upon the movie. We see deeper into the characters (which is hard to do in a movie) and therefore, we feel closer to them, care more about them. Also, I appreciated the part about Obi-wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker's duel, where Skywalker fell into the lava. I had been wondering what exactly had turned Luke's father (I hope to see more details on this in the upcoming movies)
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Summary: Excellent revelations, but Lucas should have updated it
Review: Kahn did a great job in revealing Vader's, Luke's and Palpatine's motivations and thoughts. However, a glaring problem was where Obi-Wan tells Luke about how he took him to live with his BROTHER Owen on Tatooine. I know that was the original backstory, but with the prequels' release, we all know that Owen Lars REALLY IS Luke's step-uncle (since Owen is Anakin's step-brother). Lucas had the time to write that cute little preface in the re-release of this book. He should have bothered to change or at least ommit this inconsistent dialogue from the scene. This is a better storyline anyway, since Obi-Wan wouldn't have known his real brother well, having grown up in the Jedi Temple.
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Summary: Excellent revelations, but Lucas should have updated it
Review: Kahn did a great job in revealing Vader's, Luke's and Palpatine's motivations and thoughts. However, a glaring problem was where Obi-Wan tells Luke about how he took him to live with his BROTHER Owen on Tatooine. I know that was the original backstory, but with the prequels' release, we all know that Owen Lars REALLY IS Luke's step-uncle (since Owen is Anakin's step-brother). Lucas had the time to write that cute little preface in the re-release of this book. He should have bothered to change or at least ommit this inconsistent dialogue from the scene. This is a better storyline anyway, since Obi-Wan wouldn't have known his real brother well, having grown up in the Jedi Temple.
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Summary: Good, but not as good as Glut's Empire.
Review: Personally, I do not like James Kahn's writing style, but other than that, I had no problem with this book. Even if you have seen the movie and have it memorized, you will gain something from reading this book. Being able to get into characters' heads and know what they are thinking and feeling allows you to get a lot out of the story. And, the Ewoks are not as painful or irritating in print as they are on film! The characters are well written, and Kahn stays true to their personalities. A good read, and it doesn't take long to finish. Highly reccomended to any fan of Star Wars.
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Summary: A beautiful, well written story
Review: Return of the Jedi has always been my favorite Star Wars movie, both because I like how all the characters matured, (especially Luke) and because it finally delt face to face with the dark side, possibly the best force of evil ever thought of in the realms of fiction. This book exheeded not only my expectations for the book itself (which were very high) but even surpassed the movie in some ways. The author has a deep, highly emotional writing syle which apealed to me greatly, and was so profound that all through the book I truly felt as if was there, a part of the story. Every Star Wars fan should read this at some point, especially those who didn't like Return of the Jedi because they thought it was weaker than the others. I could almost garantee this book would change their minds. Also, the author did a tremendous job on the characters. Just they way they were presented made me truly feel for them, even characters who were previously not my favorites. At times this book had me sitting on the edge of my seat actually wondering if maybe this time it would turn out differently, and the part where Anakin Skywalker dies almost had me in tears. Anyway, I don't think think this book belongs in any particular age range, though probably some of it (in fact a lot of it) would most likely go over the heads of people younger then twelve or so.
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Summary: a great novelization of decent movie
Review: Return of the Jedi is the weakest part of the Star Wars trilogy, though this novel does not bring that fact to light. Kahn gives a brilliant, dark narrative--wildly at variance with the tone of the movie--that makes one wish the movie had been more in line with the novel reworking. This book is great, though not so well written as Empire Strikes Back, its direct predecessor. I highly recommend it to anyone already interested in or developing interest in the Star Wars universe.
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Summary: Completing The Trilogy
Review: Thanks to the many requests of Star Wars fans and radio enthusiasts alike, the team that brought us the radio adaptations of A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back, reunited to conclude the original saga. Made exclusively by Highbridge, Return Of The Jedi, once again uses the film's score by John Williams and sound effects by Ben Burtt, to make for a top notch production. By using the actual soundtrack from the film, it gives the audio production crediability, as opposed to being made without it. Once again, directed by John Madden, Jedi reunites most of the actors from the previous adaptions, with a couple of notable exceptions. Mark Hamill, who reprised his role as Luke Skywalker, for the first 2 productions, is replaced by Joshua Fardon. While, Billy Dee Williams, as rogue Lando Calrissian, is replaced by Arye Gross. As hard as these gentlemen try, because of the original actors previous involvment with the other two radio dramas, its difficult to imagine anyone else in those parts. Fardon's portrayal lacks the maturity of Hamill's character in the film version, Gross comes off, not quite as smooth, in playing Lando. The rest of the main radio cast, from the other two adaptations is thankfully intact. Actors Anthony Daniels, once again as C-3PO, (who has appeard in all 3 radio dramas as well as all of the films in the series) Brock Peters as Vader, Perry King, as Han Solo, Anne Sachs as Princess Leia, all complete their character arcs in the seies with style. Actor Edward Asner as the gangster Jabba The Hutt and John Lithgow as Master Yoda, (as he did in the Empire radio drama) use vocal talent, like no others, to bring these 2 unique characters to life. Sci-fi author, Brian Daley, once again. wrote the radioplay for Jedi. As before, there are a few additional "scenes" presented, not in the film version. The end result is very good, but thanks to its shorter length, and the casting changes, I mentioned, Jedi doesn't seem quite as epic, as the other radio dramas in the series. Sadly, Daley passed away soon after the dialogue was recorded, and the production is dedicated to his memory. His script is very faithful to the film and the added scenes remain true to the characters and story. If you own the other two radio dramas in the series, Jedi is a must have, minor problems and all. The story has six episodes, presented on three compact discs with a total running time of nearly 3 hours. Recommended
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Summary: Book 6 of 9...
Review: This book ends with the shattering of the Empire and Palpatine's death, but not the total destruction of the Empire. From here on, only the Remnants remain. As the Alliance continues to retore justice and freedom to the galaxy, this is a crushing blow to the Empire.
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Summary: A fight between the good (Luke Skywalker) and bad (Darth Vad
Review: This book is about the fight between father and son, good and evil. The Forces of good trying to rid themselves of the oppression of the Empire. Luke Skywalker fights his father, Darth Vader, but grows to feel compassion and love for the evil warlord and feels saddened when Darth Vader dies on the Death Star after the struggle with the evil Emperor
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