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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's a mixed bag, the start is kind of weak, the ending as well, but the middle shines. There are some tales that are intertwined with another and add crucial details to each other, shining a different light on what you have already read before. And there are some random stories that's don't even stick to the subject.
This is the book you never expected to exist and you don't need it. Try to remember stars wars the first movie.. remember that location when ben kenobi & luke skywlker entered the bar to ask for help to leave the planet?
There are a lot of stuff there that it's mildly interesting... per example, why the bartender hate droids that he doesn't want to serve them? Why han solo killed Greedo? What about those musicians? Why they are there? What a heck is lucifer doing there? Why that man try to confront ben kenobi and luke going all powerful "I am wanted in twelve systems" and so on... Those are the tales you never wondered but they wrote about them...
So, each of these and many more characters received tales - most of them are interconnected even follow ups. The best one, well there are two, but one made me see Han Solo as a villain and Greedo as "wrong place, wrong time situation"... His life was not easy so to survive he turn to bounty hunter and he was doing his job and han solo which is a bit of scoundrel, and never had any intention to pay Jaba just kill him.. not spoilers because of the movie. - if you didn't watch the movie -why are you here?
Then most of the stories are a bit boring and not that interesting BUT until we arrive to the last one - the moisture farmer tale - notthing to do with Mos Eisley Cantina and he wants to have peace between the farmers, jawas and sand people - but things don't go the way intended. It's a very good, sad story. Then another highlight are the the Desert Wind Turns which shows us how the alliance knew the weak spot of AT-AT and also Kevin J Anderson tale which in turn connects with his wife's tale (Moesta) caled Trade Wins.
All of these 5 tales are good but everything else is just a bit bland and boring...
There are a lot of stuff there that it's mildly interesting... per example, why the bartender hate droids that he doesn't want to serve them? Why han solo killed Greedo? What about those musicians? Why they are there? What a heck is lucifer doing there? Why that man try to confront ben kenobi and luke going all powerful "I am wanted in twelve systems" and so on... Those are the tales you never wondered but they wrote about them...
So, each of these and many more characters received tales - most of them are interconnected even follow ups. The best one, well there are two, but one made me see Han Solo as a villain and Greedo as "wrong place, wrong time situation"... His life was not easy so to survive he turn to bounty hunter and he was doing his job and han solo which is a bit of scoundrel, and never had any intention to pay Jaba just kill him.. not spoilers because of the movie. - if you didn't watch the movie -why are you here?
Then most of the stories are a bit boring and not that interesting BUT until we arrive to the last one - the moisture farmer tale - notthing to do with Mos Eisley Cantina and he wants to have peace between the farmers, jawas and sand people - but things don't go the way intended. It's a very good, sad story. Then another highlight are the the Desert Wind Turns which shows us how the alliance knew the weak spot of AT-AT and also Kevin J Anderson tale which in turn connects with his wife's tale (Moesta) caled Trade Wins.
All of these 5 tales are good but everything else is just a bit bland and boring...
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
fast-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What an exciting and nostalgic book that shows the beauty of the Star Wars universe. So many tales are told that sing to the universal human (alien) experiences of people in the real world. A Canterbury tales indeed but doused in Star Wars lore. How sad that the movies of nowadays and shows lack the ability to grasp this beauty today (not all but a good majority).
This was a pretty good collection of short stories. It was fun to learn the background stories that these authors came up with for this unique collection of characters. I'll never see the cantina-scene the same!
If you ever watched A New Hope and wondered to yourself "what's the deal with those freaks from the monster bar" , then this is the book for you!