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Summary: Well, ...It's okay
Review: This junior novelization of The Empire Strikes Back was not very good. At least from my standpoint, which I'll admit, is a bit too old for it. The writing is boring and unimaginative, and seems to speak in five word sentences half the time, and it left HUGE chunks out. I plan to read the adult's novelization as soon as possible, and I hope it is better. Kids ten and under might not notice or care one way or another about the flaws in this book, but older fans probably will not like it.
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Summary: Decent summer paperback of classic Star Wars tale
Review: This novelization of what many consider to be the best Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back, isn't going to offer you reams of new information, but you will get small glimpses into scenes that never made the movie through bits of dialogue not seen on screen. For some, that alone may be enough to warrant a purchase.For those looking for an in-depth Star Wars read, look elsewhere. This is casual reading material. The book's pacing is brisk and the reading light. Experienced readers will polish this off in one lazy Saturday afternoon, while younger readers will enjoy this over the course of a week. This isn't a BAD thing, of course - it just is what it is. And what it is, is a fairly run of the mill movie novelization. While this isn't as essential as some original Star Wars books, most notably those by Timothy Zhan, hardcore Star Wars fans will probably want to check this out. It is, after all, one of the core group of stories around which the Star Wars universe was based. In addition, some non-film material (Luke training with Yoda comes to mind) is interesting enough to make you see the movie in a different light. Just don't expect classic literature. This is a novelization of a movie, and reads like it. Nice beach reading, and little more.
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Summary: EMIRE STRIKES BACK: Book with a very good story
Review: This sequel is almost better than the first (fourth) part of the Star Wars. Darth Vader wins :) The story begins on a planet Hoth, which is an ice planet and where have the rebels their base, but unfortunately Darth Vader finds them so soon. Here is one part I don't really like. Vader just knows that the rebels are there, even if he's Jedi, that's almost imposible. What if he'd be wrong? But he's so certain. I think that he should seek rebels just a little bit more time. Not to have just a slight clue and "They're there!". And when Darth Vader comes to get the rebels, they luckily escape. The part I liked it very much (well that's the whole book :)) was when the hyperdrive on the Millenium Falcon didn't work for several times. Hehe. Also was a little annoying Darth Vader with killing his admirals one after another. But that mistakes are nothing upon the whole book, which is filled with action (I liked that very much), and also spiritual things (dagobah system). If somebody is reading this and he hadn't read the book: "Go get it and read it!"
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Summary: An excellent novelization!
Review: To say the least, this book was great. I didn't think it was as good as the novelization for Return of the Jedi, but still fairly descent. FAR better than the kids' novelization, which I was bored with very quickly. This book fleshed out the story of The Empire Strikes Back, while adding plenty of stuff that wasn't in the movie, and generaly making it a more endearing story. Even so, some of the scenes could have been better written, and it often felt rushed. Now that I've read this though, I wonder why I ever wasted my time with the fifty-three page kids' version. There is nothing in this book I could not have read and comprehended at ten years old, and I probably would have enjoyed it more even then. I wouldn't say that this as essential to all Star Wars fans as the novelizations for A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, but I would recommend it anyway, since it does shed new light on things.
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Summary: An excellent novelization!
Review: To say the least, this book was great. I didn't think it was as good as the novelization for Return of the Jedi, but still fairly descent. FAR better than the kids' novelization, which I was bored with very quickly. This book fleshed out the story of The Empire Strikes Back, while adding plenty of stuff that wasn't in the movie, and generaly making it a more endearing story. Even so, some of the scenes could have been better written, and it often felt rushed. Now that I've read this though, I wonder why I ever wasted my time with the fifty-three page kids' version. There is nothing in this book I could not have read and comprehended at ten years old, and I probably would have enjoyed it more even then. I wouldn't say that this as essential to all Star Wars fans as the novelizations for A New Hope and Return of the Jedi, but I would recommend it anyway, since it does shed new light on things.
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Summary: Read Yoda's Teachings
Review: Why this printing of the novelization is incorrectly listed as a sketchbook is beyond me.
With an orignal list price of [amount], you can't go wrong picking up this or any copy TESB. Read more of Luke's lessons on page 133.
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Summary: Book 5 of 9...
Review: Yet another triumph for Star Wars. Many sequels just make the plot go bad, but not this time. Instead of dragging it out, tainting the story, this book revitalizes the glimmer created by A New Hope.
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Summary: The Empire Strikes Back!
Review: You can always tell if a novel is good if you can envision the locales, the charcters and the action. Continuing the story from A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back is a darker, yet much more exciting translation of the film by Donald F. Glut. From the Ice Planet Hoth, to Luke's training and his confrontation with Darth Vader, this inventive tome is taken further from the overly-descripitive New Hope, and while the book is basically a word-for-word copy of the film it's such an enjoyable adventure that it hardly matters. Is it better than the film itself? Well, no, but to be transfixed by the first couple of pages is a very good sign. Escapism at it's finest.
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