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Summary: Attack of the Clones
Review: Salvatore does a nice job capturing the essence of the familiar characters of the Star Wars saga. His writing lends itself perfectly to a stimulating visual experience of the mind. His imagery very carefully captures the existing style that George Lucas is so meticulus in creating and makes this book an enjoyable, light, and fascinating read.
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Summary: Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
Review: I think that it was the best of the books that are written from the star wars movies. It has good action scenes that were interwoven with the love scenes. It has good scenes throughout the book that would stay in your mind. It is a book that if you are into the star wars movies and books, you will not want to put it down to stop reading.
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Summary: Excellent story with poetic breakthroughs.
Review: I'm giving this book five stars for the pure enjoyment of reading it. I ingested the whole 340+ pages in two sittings. I was hooked after page 5. I'm not giving away anything, but I feel it's only fair to let any possible reader know that in this volume of the Star Wars saga we finally uncover Anakin's connection with Uncle Owen and Aunt Baru who eventually raised Luke on Tattoine, as well as the origens of Boba Fett and possibly the origins of the hordes of Storm Troopers who were accepted as a natural presence in the first trilogy. Some of the best writing in the book comes about from Anakin and Padme's budding romance. In the end, the reader is left understanding how Anakin begins turning to the Dark Side and is also forced to accept that not too many of us, given his powers and the brutal realities Anakin faces, would have made different choices. How many of us are on the dark path right now in our lives? An excellent read. I recommend taking it in before you see the movie; it'll only add to your enjoyment and allow you to concentrate more on the effects and action when you already know the storyline.
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Summary: Jar Jar Grows Up
Review: Okay, let's get this out of the way. I like Jar Jar. I thought he had great potential in Phantom Menace but was horribly mishandled. In AotC he plays a small but pivotal role. The character has matured and I look forward to his continued growth in Episode III. So there.As for this novel; as a Star Wars novel it's great. It has all the elements in place - loads of action, plenty of intrigue, a little romance - and it's a lot of fun to see the characters and events fall into place and to get a hint of what we know will become of them in Episodes IV, V, and VI. Expose this novel to the harsh light of day (that is, take it out of the SW Universe and judge it on its own merits) and it doesn't hold up so well. I don't know if Salvatore's writing is always like this or if this novelization was as rushed as some suggest, but it's rather stilted and obvious. It reads like a police report. But I thought the Phantom Menace novelization was really good and that the movie was . . . let's say "subpar." So maybe this underwhelming novelization heralds a fantastic film.
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Summary: Can Lucas Save Himself from the Dark Side?
Review: Previous reviewers have highlighted some of the same negatives that I have with this work. Some have rationalized them, saying that the novelizationist "might have had a strict deadline", or this book is "only a chapter in a longer story" or "just a fleshing out" of a script. There should be NO forgiveness: Lucas and his minions have had over 25 years to work on this. In all that time, he and Hales or SOMEONE in all of Lucasfilm might have come up a decent title. OK, that might have been too tough. So, how about one line of memorable (or even useful) dialogue? (Here's a test to try with the Phantom Menace DVD: edit out the dialogue. Play the movie only with sound effects and music. Notice how much better it is? Now attack your "Clones" book with a big black marker....) The "Star Wars" film saga constantly violates its own premises of character and theme. The latest work not only presents even more red herrings, but never successfully buries any of the ones brought up in "Return of the Jedi" or "Phantom Menace". With all the works in the "expanded universe", Lucas must have a battalion of continuity managers, but you would never know it. I won't itemize the violations in "Attack of the Clones", because there is literally something in every scene, ranging from the minor (Senator Organa's ever-changing face and first name) to the ridiculous (those omnipresent witnesses to history C3PO and R2D2) to the opposite of sublime (If it's so terrible for Jedi to have family lives, why was the most successful user of the "Light Side" Nomi Sunrider, wife, widow and Jedi mother? And finally, how powerful are all these Jedi if they still can't figure out who is Darth Sidious?) If only the crew of the Starship Enterprise could fly by and drop off a wormhole.... Part of the problem is that this episode has to serve so many purposes: provide action scenes "better" than anything we've ever seen before, offer up still more excuses for plastic collectible figures, open up the film franchise to the teenage girl audience, and finally, finish whatever lessons George Lucas set out to tell back in to '70s. It would be easy to say that Lucas has himself fallen to the Dark Side and is just throwing out whatever he can to make money. I honestly think this is the best he can do: pushed by the inertia of a culture and an industry that he himself spawned, Lucas has shown himself to be like "Clone's" Jedi Masters, not really all-powerful, not all-seeing and not infallible, and ripe to be cut down. One may only hope, that like his (potentially) most interesting protagonist, Lucas can, at the climax, redeem himself.
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Summary: fantastic
Review: It's just like Empire Strikes Back in that if fills in the holes and gives you some history and introduces all those characters we know in the earlier films.
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Summary: a lot left for the imagination
Review: This book is not a chore to read, this is true. And although The book did feel rushed and written in a simpler pace for the younger fans(i.e. Harry Potter crowd) I can only say that I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it. R.A. Salvatore nailed the feel of the movie in writing but it's going to be the actual movie to complete the sense of the depth of the characters and as always George Lucas' vision. If you like Star Wars and you want to know about some of the things that might not of made it into the movie, go ahead and get this book.
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Summary: The Magic is Back!!!!!
Review: If the movie is as good as or even better than this book, The Empire Strikes Back will have some great competition for best Star Wars film. While Phantom Menace was rightfully only a prelude to what was to come, this book took off and never faltered. We have here action, battles, and plot which are essential to what makes Star Wars great!!! In this, we see Anakin struggling with the path he has chosen and that which he yearns for - which we all know will lead to his downfall. The love story between him and Padme is brilliant. Salvatore describes the action sequences so intricately that I just cannot wait to see them played out on screen. Harkening back to the classic trilogy, we get to see the friendship and bickering between R2 and 3PO which gave some comic relief. The ending is much in the vein of Empire, setting the stage for Episode III instead of just ending like Episode I. There is just so much I could say, but I don't want to ruin anything. But again, Salvatore has penned an exciting, emotionally-charged, action-packed, thrill-a-minute epic. This is only his second Star Wars novel and he closely rivals Timothy Zahn and I hope he does not stop here.
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Summary: Not shakespear but great for what it is!!!
Review: Once i saw this book i knew i had to have it , i have never read a star wars book before, but im glad i got this one i started reading at 11 at night and finished at 2:30 it was a very fast read which i like the faster i read the better the book is i say i couldn't wait to see what happened next and i can't wait to see the movie. The author was great i didn't hate episode 1 but reading this book makes that movie better i hope and i am pretty shure that the movie follows the book close the previews are a good indicator of that you can read the lines from the previews out of the book word for word. a great fun book!!!
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Summary: Sabre, Rattle and Roll!
Review: To get to the point, this is a fast paced thrill ride that covers a lot of galaxy in a short time. Mystery, battles, decption, romance, internal struggles, anger, sorrow, passion... it's all there. i enjoyed this book tremendously. In fact, i really have only one small issue. Although the stories' locations are adequately described, i would have liked few a more adjectives thrown in. The author may have assumed that because a majority of his readers have seen or will see the movies, that the reader doesn't need to have the worlds described to any greater detail than what Lucas will provide. But books should always stand on their own. The action is well decribed. I simply would have liked to have had the enviroments and worlds where that action takes place decribed with the same depth of detail and enthusiasm. While i like the fast pace of this book, the author should take a cue from Tolkien and give his readers a more profound visual of where things are. On too many occassions, his descriptions sound almost redundant from place to place. He should take just a little more time to set up the power and majesty of his settings and open his thesaurus a liitle more. Still, with that said, this was still one of the most enjoyable and fun books i have ever read!
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