Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 037540743X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 533 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins--the start of a legend--the story of STAR WARS. And it is this unexpected meeting that marks the beginning of the drama that will become legend An incredible audio production complete with original Star Wars music and sound effects.. His only hope lies in his extraordinary instincts and his strange gift for understanding the "rightness" of things, talents that allow him to be one of the best pod racers on the planet. In another part of the galaxy, the Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, young Obi-Wan Kenobi, are charged with the protection of Amidala, the young Queen of Naboo, as she seeks to end the siege of her planet by Trade Federation warships. Even the Jedi are caught by surprise, their attentions focused on the political unrest between the Trade Federation and the Republic. Now the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy. On the desert world of Tatooine, far from the concerns of the Republic, a slave boy works by day and dreams by night--of being a Jedi Knight and one day traveling the stars to worlds he's only heard of in stories of finding a way to win freedom from enslavement for himself and his beloved mother. Based on the screenplay by George Lucas, this novel
Expands on the film, but not by much Stormraven24 I’m going to come right out and say it without a lot of puttering around: I was disappointed by this book. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it for what it was, but it left a lot to be desired for me. I go into novelizations expecting more depth and substance to the cinematic counterpart, and occasionally slightly better dialogue and expansion on pivotal events. That’s not the case with this one.The biggest problem I had was the dialogue; nearly every. this actually read like a real book and not like a screenplay trying Physiux I was so excited to read this before the movie because I wanted to know what was going to happen and couldn't wait for the movie to come out. I was also impressed that unlike the Star Wars trilogy that had been released bound together, this actually read like a real book and not like a screenplay trying to pretend to be a book.. "Fun read!" according to Cyndi F. Not really sure why I decided to start reading StarWars novels, this one seemed like a decent point to start. It was fun!
(Only Anakin proves a little hard on the ears at first, perhaps a little too nasal.) The book's narrative receives the same competent treatment as the dialogue, with the added oomph of both John Williams's stirring score--woven in unobtrusively--and short suites of Lucasfilm sound effects that accompany every spike in the action, whether it's R2's beeping or the metallic bang of blaster fire. Likewise, Adams's voice--all earnest and NPR-smooth--does good service to the rest of the cast, especially with Jedi teacher Qui-Gon Jinn and (surprisingly) Queen Amidala. Although he does sound a bit like a well-meaning dad doing an impression of the gangly amphibian for his kids, that added bit of restraint and unaffected goofiness actually works. Modern marketing has made movie novelizations a necessary evil