Novelization of the original film, credited to Lucas but actually ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster. Foster adds nothing of significance to the film, but doesn’t tinker with the story, characters, or dialogue either, making this an enjoyable, if clearly inferior, alternative. In a far-off galaxy, farmboy Luke Skywalker is swept up in a rebellion against an evil empire led by the fearsome Darth Vader. His allies — mystical Obi Wan Kenobi, tough Princess Leia, cynical Han Solo and Chewbacca, and the robots See Threepio and Artoo Detoo — provide variety and humor in a clockwork plot that delivers lots of action and excitement. A good book in the dicey category of novelizations.
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Novelization of the original film, credited to Lucas but actually ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster. Foster adds nothing of significance to the film, but doesn’t tinker with the story, characters, or dialogue either, making this an enjoyable, if clearly inferior, alternative. In a far-off galaxy, farmboy Luke Skywalker is swept up in a rebellion against an evil empire led by the fearsome Darth Vader. His allies — mystical Obi Wan Kenobi, tough Princess Leia, cynical Han Solo and Chewbacca, and the robots See Threepio and Artoo Detoo — provide variety and humor in a clockwork plot that delivers lots of action and excitement. A good book in the dicey category of novelizations.
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Bookstooge
11/25/2016 01:13:31 pm
I think this was the first movie novelization that I ever read. It certainly didn't stick in my mind like the movie did...
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Brian
11/26/2016 06:51:43 am
Have you read a novelization that *did* stick in your head? This is the best one I've read, I think, although the one for Alien might be good too, though I say that not because I remember it after 30 years, but because it is also written by Foster. I'll be reading the one for Halloween soon probably -- it's so short. Not that I'm expecting much. But I'd like to know if you've read a really memorable one.
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Bookstooge
11/28/2016 08:24:35 pm
Funnily enough, Revenge of the Sith :-)
Brian
11/29/2016 08:54:07 am
Had to be another Star Wars, huh? : -)
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bookstooge
11/29/2016 04:53:01 pm
To be fair, they were really awful. Lucas is an ass as a director imo.
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