Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina

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Summary: BoShmek
Review: At the crossroads sucked! Play it again Figrin D'an ruled but Kabe hated Figrin D'an. All and all it was cool. Now I'm reading Tales from Jabba's palace.

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Summary: Great Details!
Review: Do you want to know about Greedo and his adventures before Jabba's Palace? Then buy this book! Do you want to know the tale of the band of Mos Eisley? Buy this book! If you want to know about the secondary characters of the Mos Eisley Cantina, you are in the right place. Tales from the... offers you a whole cuantity of incredible histories for all kinds of persons. Buy it now!

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Summary: Enlightening
Review: Ever wonder what happened to the bartender at the cantina? What was Hammerhead's story? What is it like to be a stormtrooper in Mos Eisley? All these questions can be answered with this excellent little collection of really good stories. The only story I didn't like was the one about Walrus Man and the doctor. Where did that bit of cliche gothic horror movie come from?

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Summary: Enlightening
Review: Ever wonder what happened to the bartender at the cantina? What was Hammerhead's story? What is it like to be a stormtrooper in Mos Eisley? All these questions can be answered with this excellent little collection of really good stories. The only story I didn't like was the one about Walrus Man and the doctor. Where did that bit of cliche gothic horror movie come from?

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Summary: Good and bad tales
Review: I liked most of the tales, especially Hamertong and Play it Again, Figrin D'an, but a couple dissapointed me eg. When the Desert Wind Turns, Soups On and At the Crossroads. All in all read this book; it enriches the tapestry of star wars.

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Summary: short and sweet
Review: i loved how the authours put together a series of tales about the people in the backround you are most intested in learning about i have read allthe other tales and this is my favoriot it is a great book.

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Summary: New Characters
Review: I really enjoyed all three "Tales" anthologies. Focusing on characters other than Luke, Leia, Han, etc. frees the authors up to write whatever story they want within the boundaries of the Star Wars Universe. One of the biggest problems I have had with several of the authors of other Star Wars books, such as Children of the Jedi and Courtship of Princess Leia, is that they do not seem to understand the main characters (or the Force, for that matter), and so I spend half of the book disgusted. These books, on the other hand are about background characters, about whom I have no preconceived notions, so I could enjoy the stories

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Summary: Wonderful Book!
Review: I thought that this book was just brilliantly written by a number of talented writers.I loved that I was provided with insite into all the characters backrounds from the cantina, not just the main ones.It was a wonderful book I couldn't put down once I picked it up.I loved it!

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Summary: A really good book
Review: I thought this book was interesting. It told little stories about things that happened in the cantina. I really enjoyed all the stories.

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Summary: a pretty good collection
Review: I was rather surprised by this book. I thought it wasn't going to be that great, anthologies tend not to be, especially after some of the excellent work I've seen done in the Star Wars novels. Admittedly, some stories were better than others. WE DON'T DO WEDDINGS by Kathy Tyers: the first story in this anthology was dull, boring, etc. etc. GREEDO'S TALE by Tom Veitch and Martha Veitch: I'll be the first to admit it was interstesting to learn the background of Greedo, probably one of the most memorable bit characters in the series, he only had a walk-on part and he was dead. I like the fact that the authors made Greedo out to be a bumbler and not some hot-shot bounty hunter. It shows that some people (aliens) are just too full of themselves, though what it seemed mostly was that Greedo just wanted some acceptance. HAMMERTONG by Zahn: well, i didn't like it. PLAY IT AGAIN by Crispin: nothing spectacular, but a good story THE HAMMERHAND'S TALE by dave wolverton: it was nice to learn about the alien who you only get a glimpse of in the movie (and that's it), but still he is one you don't forget (i think there was even an action figure of him). BARTENDER'S TALE by Bischoff: Excellent story. And he was a somewhat central character throughout most of the stories. NIGHTLILY by Hambly: It was an okay story, but I really liked how it ended. EMPIRE BLUES by Moran: such passiont this Devoronian shows towards music, that I can understand, but still, I think they could have found a more interesting story, but then again... JAWA'S TALE by Anderson: I'm surprised, Anderson doesn't usually disapoint me, but he did this time. I know I don't find the Jawas interesting to begin with, and the story just didn't grip me. TRADE WINS by Moesta: the only point to this story was to flesh out Anderson's. THE STORMTROOPER'S TALE by Doug Beason: This was probably the best story in the collection, in fact I'd like to see more of this character and what he did to help the rebellion. SOUP'S ON by Roberson: by far the worst tale in the collection AT THE CROSSROADS by Jerry Oltion: I liked this one. I got a kick out of it. DOCTOR DEATH by Kenneth Flint: Another excellent tale. Once again I got a kick out of the ending MOISTURE FARMER'S TALE by M. Shayne Bell: Another excellent story, though I really haven't figure out his connection to the cantina ONE LAST NIGHT by Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens: Like Anderson, these two rarely disapoint me, but they did here. I don't know, it felt like a cheesey cop out (like the star trek time travel stories). One of the worst stories in the collection. All in all it was a good anthology and I recommend it. But you do get tired of reading about Ben's fight in the cantina and Han blasting Greedo. If you don't mind this repetition (and it is usually only a sentence or two) it's okay. I did like the wayt the stories all fed off of each other, many thanks to Anderson for that.