It's easily the worst in this trilogy, but, when it comes to Star Wars, you can do much worse, both pre-Disney ( The Crystal Star) and after the House of Mouse took over: The Last Jedi, anyone?. Let's hope the retelling of Return of the Jedi is better than this mess.ĮDIT: Reading this book for the fourth time has improved my opinion of it.but only slightly. Also, all the Jedi lessons were rather distracting and interrupted the flow of the story. Let's hope the retelling of Return of the J After Alexandra Bracken's amazing retelling of A New Hope, I thought that this version of The Empire Strikes Back would be in a similar vein.but, boy, was I disappointed with this one! While the "second person" narration is fun, it doesn't exactly suit this story many scenes in the film didn't feature Luke, so telling it from his perspective doesn't make sense. Especially if you're a Star Wars fan.moreĪfter Alexandra Bracken's amazing retelling of A New Hope, I thought that this version of The Empire Strikes Back would be in a similar vein.but, boy, was I disappointed with this one! While the "second person" narration is fun, it doesn't exactly suit this story many scenes in the film didn't feature Luke, so telling it from his perspective doesn't make sense. I pray it's a better rendition than this.Īvoid. I'm diving into the Return of the Jedi retelling next. Empire was the best of the movies, the most emotional by far, but this book was flatter than a pancake. Star Wars geekery aside, the book also has no soul. Was it too much to ask him to have a copy of the screenplay nearby? At first I thought maybe he was just "dumbing it down" for the younger audience, but so many more complex lines are still intact! I just don't get it. "We hit something!"Īnd that's just two of about a thousand examples. "This deal gets worse every second," Lando mutters. See if you can read these and not cringe. It's almost as if he was writing from memory, after having watched Empire Strikes Back once as a child, thirty-some-odd years ago.
The second-person point-of-view has never been my favorite, but this was made even worse by the simple fact that the author got so many pivotal moments and dialogue flat out wrong. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard: "This deal gets worse every second," Lando mutter This. The choice, my young friend, is in your hands. Well, in that case, this is the book for you.
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And maybe, just maybe, you do want to learn how to be a Jedi. But maybe you do want to hear such a story. And maybe you don't want to hear a story about lightsabers and murderous snow creatures and spaceships. Maybe you don't need to learn how to levitate or sense your surroundings blindfolded. It also teaches you how to become a Jedi.
It's also a retelling of the classic film The Empire Strikes Back.
Well, this book tells the tale of one of the greatest Jedi ever. But it's not all mind control and weaponized flashlights. Do you still want to be a Jedi? Well, this book tells the tale of So you want to be a Jedi?
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