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Summary: Star Wars rules
Review: This is the best SW book ever! It's the starting of it all. This book is so full of action I couldn't put it down. Luke has a great character and the plot is awesome. Princess Leia great reason for being in the story and Han and Chewie are da' bomb! If you want to read another awesome SW book read Shadows of the Empire. My full opinion: Star Wars Rules!
Power to the People Baby!!!
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Summary: Not As Good As the Movie.
Review: This storybook was given to me as a birthday gift a couple years ago. I must say, it doesn't quite compare to some other storybook adaptations that I have read. It includes a lot of pictures from the movie and a few blue-printed drawings of various characters and vehicles. However, the storytelling is choppy and for the book's length (48 pages), it cuts out a lot of good material and fails to tie various scenes together. Granted, this book was written for ten-year-old kids and I also recognize that Lucas' moviemaking makes a lot of quick cuts from scene to scenes. However, this book still could have been written a little better. Anyway, a book, even a children's book, is a total different medium from a movie.
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Summary: Wonderfully written, but basically a re-hash of the film
Review: We're all familiar with the story, why read the book? That's what a lot of people ask, and I must say there's really not that many reasons to. Everything presented here is in the film, except for a few exceptions. We meet Luke a little earlier into the story, and he has a talk with his friend, Biggs Darklighter. Other than that, there's not a whole lot here that you can't see in the films.However, as a book, it is most excellently written. The writing style is easy to get into and understand, and characters are written believably. A must-have for the Star Wars book collecter, a good choice of a library loan for anyone else.
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Summary: Lucas Rots
Review: What a surprise - George Lucas is as bad at writing prose as he is at writing screenplays! The 'prose' for this piece of junk is excruciating. Why do people keep encouraging him?? PLEASE, Mr. Lucas, do us ALL a favor and please please please RETIRE!!! You can't write, direct or edit a proper film or book, even though you're using other people's ideas. GIVE IT UP and go home already. *sigh* Well, we can *wish* can't we? For a real sci-fi saga: The Matrix For a real sci-fi novel: Neuromancer For true modern mythmaking: Lord of the Rings Do your brain a favor and check out the above. You'll THANK me...once the swelling goes down, heh he heh ;)
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Summary: A masterpiece!
Review: What can I say? This book is excellent. It is written by George Lucas himself, and it is VERY good. He is not only an accomplished film-maker, but author as well. It is very well written, and I highly suggest that all Star Wars fans pick it up.
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Summary: The book's better than the movie
Review: Yeah, Star Wars is great- but this is Star Wars as it was originally intended. For those wandering about the changes, as well as the reviewers who have such gems of wisdom to offer as, "interesting things happen like Luke is blue 5 instead of red 5" should be aware that the novel was written before the film. So the changes made were to the film and there are not additions in the book- merely things that did not make it into the film. But, my being harsh aside- this is a great book, whilst it goes against the movie canon now. (Darth Vader is much more like a shogun for example and has little true loyalty to the Emperor) George Lucas obviously has a passion for the story (and backstory) of Star Wars in this novel that he's lost as he made the prequels. Not a bad author either, if a bit over the top with the description.
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