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Summary: A Perfect Start to the Greatest Saga of all Time
Review: Thanks much George Lucas, and Terry Brooks. A novel based on the screen play is not something that is easy to write, but Brooks has done it, and done it well.May the Force be with you...it was with this book.
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Summary: Very good book.
Review: Star Wars Episode 1 by Terry Brooks was an excellentbook. It was exactly like the movie. Terry can really make it so you think that you are there watching Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon in the Gungan city. I recomend this book to everyone who has the chance.
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Summary: Darth Hideous
Review: I am a Star Wars fanatic and picked up this book without a second thought. Let's just say I was lucky to have seen the movie (which was awesome) before I sat down and read the book. The book is aimed at 10 year olds, I think. The dialogue is taken RIGHT from the movie, and the descriptions are so BASIC. I actually feel less intelligent after reading this book. How much effort does it take to directly copy the movie? SW, ESB, and ROTJ all had very good novels, and went into more detail about certain scenes (ie. Luke's training on Dagobah, the history of the Republic). However, in TPM, the "background" is so obscure and generalized you'd be better off not knowing it (case in point: the history of the sith). The pod race was so BORING I couldn't believe it! It is understandable that visuals are needed, but come on, at least TRY and put detail and expression into your writing! Before I get too angry about this I'd better stop. I should also explain my rating. I would have given the book 1 star, but the extra star is for the nifty Darth Maul cover.
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Summary: so great I feel asleap in my hotel bathtub in Copenhagen!!!
Review: Well, I started reading in my hotel on a trip in Denmark and really got into it. I took it into the bathtub and continued reading almost half the book. I woke up a few hours later and had to buy a new copy since mine was all wet and I couldn't wait to finish it! I have seen the movie and the book is an excellent companion. Jar Jar is actually somewhat likable in the book and the pace is perfect! Hope the next two movies are adapted to book form by the same auther, excellent job!
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Summary: THIS IS JUST AS GOOD AS THE MOVIE
Review: This was definitely worth the money I paid. Terry Brooks did an excellent job adapting the movie into the novel. I just don't know which is better: the book or the movie.
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Summary: Brilliant!!!!!!
Review: This book is wonderful!! I am a "StarWars Junkie" and this book served as a prewiew for the movie.I love the way Terry Brooks represents the characters,and explains the Sith Lord thing,because I never really got that. Q:So,who's Darth Vader's apprentice ? One complaint: MIDI-CHLORIANS???!!! I liked to think the Force had some kind of mystical attribute,a supernatural gift of sorts. But noooo.It's caused by stuff in everyone's blood!!Gee,thanks for the scientific disilusioning,there Agent Scully,I needed that. But,all in all,it's a wonderful book. I also learned something important before I saw the movie.OBI-WAN ACTUALLY SPEAKS!!! In the previews,he says zilch. R.T.L.,and remember,ALWAYS turn off your power before entering a swamp,and when calming a Gungan, sometimes it is necesscary to overdo it. May the Force be with you!-Old Jedi cliquie
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Summary: Weak novelization of Phantom Menace screenplay
Review: This is one of the few times that I can say, with all honesty, "See the movie - it's much better than the book." Terry Brooks has his fans - I am not one of them. He brings his usual sophomoric prose style and sloppy character development to this outing. While diehard StarWars fans should probably read this for the extra background information , I would advise taking some of Brooks' assumptions with a grain of salt. He ascribes motivations and emotions to characters, particularly Obi Wan, that are not supported by action in either the Phantom Menace or the first trilogy. Maybe he knows something we don't but I doubt it. Brooks has a habit of creating emotional conflicts for his characters than never end up effecting the plot. I suspect he's at it again here.
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Summary: The movie is better than the book, so dont bother
Review: Star Wars Episode I, the movie, does what all the starwars movies have done, and that is give us cardboard characters (only later have they become mythic) and worse dialog, weak and irrational plot with hackneyed concepts (Darth Vader is really the father), AND MIND BLOWING VISUALS, AND LOTSA ACTION (which is good even if it is ridiculous that the bad guys never learned to shoot their weapons accurately). The book delivers the same, and perhaps even helps the weak plot a little, EXCEPT THAT IT CANNOT DELIVER THE VISUALS. Also, it got in my way of enjoying the movie, for it is virtually the script, and occasionally there is stuff that makes sense in the book that is left out in the movie but should not have been. Howver, my concept of Jar Jar from the book was better than he was in the movie-- and that too got in the way.
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Summary: The Phantom Menace: One of the best Star Wars novels yet.
Review: Terry Brooks, an excellent writer with fame from the Shannara series puts together an excellent blen of suspense, action, and storyline along with emotion and feeling. This is a powerful novel that dictates the story of young Anakin Skywalker and the beginning of his quest to become one of the famed Jedi Knights. One of the best Star Wars novels yet, The Phantom Menace is a must read if you are a Star Wars fan and i would recomend it even if you werent. Its an all around good book that tells a complete story while leaves enough for the sequels to take up where it left off. There is nothing disappointing within.
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Summary: A very good read! Recommended!
Review: I read this book before I saw the movie and, as a result, was a bit disappointed in the movie when I saw it! There is so much more to this story that is described in the book but never got to the screen. This "adaptation" more than stands on it's own in my opinion. The pacing in the book is excellent, the characters are involving (Jar Jar is much less annoying when you can't hear his voice!), the dialogue is fluid and the story is fascinating.I only hope Mr. Brooks writes the adaptations of the next Star Wars chapters!
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