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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
Overall, it was pretty good. I don't think it added much beyond what we know from the movie itself. There was a lot of good internalization for several characters including: Hux, Snoke, Poe, Rose and Luke.
However, I feel like the majority of the questions I had involved the internal motivations for Kylo Ren but we had almost no, if any, internalization from his viewpoint. The expected descriptors for a moody, angry Kylo Ren were there but not much of the thought and feeling behind it.
In the few scenes that were from his 3rd person POV (when Rey arrives on the Finalizer and the final scene where he is holding the dice) there weren't any more details provided besides what we could have already observed visually from the movie. His dialogue tags were pretty simple as well, either nonexistent or just "said Kylo Ren" with not much more embellishment. I was definitely hoping for more there... but obviously its too juicy to be in the book and will hopefully be revealed in Episode IX.
I feel like I've read some people didn't like the Chewie/Porg scene that was more extended in the book -- but I kind of liked it. How often do you get a Chewie POV??
However, I feel like the majority of the questions I had involved the internal motivations for Kylo Ren but we had almost no, if any, internalization from his viewpoint. The expected descriptors for a moody, angry Kylo Ren were there but not much of the thought and feeling behind it.
In the few scenes that were from his 3rd person POV (when Rey arrives on the Finalizer and the final scene where he is holding the dice) there weren't any more details provided besides what we could have already observed visually from the movie. His dialogue tags were pretty simple as well, either nonexistent or just "said Kylo Ren" with not much more embellishment. I was definitely hoping for more there... but obviously its too juicy to be in the book and will hopefully be revealed in Episode IX.
I feel like I've read some people didn't like the Chewie/Porg scene that was more extended in the book -- but I kind of liked it. How often do you get a Chewie POV??
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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:
No
Minus one star because this novelization was trying way too hard to make a jealous Rose/Finn/Rey triangle a Thing which was annoying. Full stars for everything else!
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
adventurous
fast-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
Soy fan de la saga y cómo me paso con los anteriores, siento que me completa la historia de las películas, además la lectura fue súper ágil. De todas formas, en esta novelización, no se introducen tantos elementos nuevos como en otras. Soy de las que disfruto la película, así que me inclino a pensar que simplemente, la novela no necesitaba agregar tantas cosas a la película. De todas formas, las novelas siempre aportan una nueva perspectiva y es lo que las hace valiosas. Esta no esta excepción. Disclosure: Claramente no puedo evitar ver la novela a la luz de la película, y de episodio IX, ya que estoy leyendo las novelas con la saga ya ”cerrada” en el cine, pero he tratado de que mi opinión se vea afectada por esto en una medida que sea justa.
This is one of the better Star Wars novelizations. In general I found the movie, and the book a more entertaining story than The Force Awakens. As with any good story this added more insight on the characters and situations that the movie can’t provide. I think when it comes to novelizations for movies or television they should read more like this book, and not simply tell the story without more details or insights.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I had mixed feelings about the film of The Last Jedi, and I still haven't completely decided whether I liked it or not. But this novelization really can't be faulted; Jason Fry brings out the best of the story, and enlivens the characters. The extra scenes added under the supervision of the film's director Rian Johnson all add wonderfully to the story and the Star Wars universe.
This novelization can be very favourably compared with the previous one, Alan Dean Foster's adaptation of The Force Awakens, which was serviceable, but only skated over the surfaces of many of the characters, leaving them resembling cardboard cutouts of themselves. Here, by contrast, Fry dives deep into the characters and actually allows them to have real feelings. I really appreciated in particular how he portrayed Leia's feelings about her failure to save Alderaan and the Hosnian system, an aspect of her character that I feel is often left criminally underexplored. After all, the destruction of a whole star system with a Death Star-like superweapon does, in a sense, represent a colossal failure on the part of the original trilogy heroes, that all but wipes out their achievement in those films. It makes total sense that Leia would feel the weight of that failure.
I also really enjoyed the way Fry wrote about the Force. His eloquent descriptions of its workings breathed new life into the concept, felt spiritually plausible, and added valuable tidbits to Star Wars' canon, whilst still feeling wholly consistent with things we learned from the prequels. This I suspect has much to do with Fry's background as an author of reference books for the franchise, like the Essential Atlas. His deep understanding of and love for the franchise is clear.
Some of the reservations I had about the film are still present in the story, such as the seemingly-easily-avoidable Poe/Holdo conflict. I think that, given that story, this novelization is perhaps the best possible adaptation; the ability to delve into the characters' motivations gives more justification for their actions and helps the reader suspend disbelief, in a way that's more difficult to accomplish on film.
This novelization can be very favourably compared with the previous one, Alan Dean Foster's adaptation of The Force Awakens, which was serviceable, but only skated over the surfaces of many of the characters, leaving them resembling cardboard cutouts of themselves. Here, by contrast, Fry dives deep into the characters and actually allows them to have real feelings. I really appreciated in particular how he portrayed Leia's feelings about her failure to save Alderaan and the Hosnian system, an aspect of her character that I feel is often left criminally underexplored. After all, the destruction of a whole star system with a Death Star-like superweapon does, in a sense, represent a colossal failure on the part of the original trilogy heroes, that all but wipes out their achievement in those films. It makes total sense that Leia would feel the weight of that failure.
I also really enjoyed the way Fry wrote about the Force. His eloquent descriptions of its workings breathed new life into the concept, felt spiritually plausible, and added valuable tidbits to Star Wars' canon, whilst still feeling wholly consistent with things we learned from the prequels. This I suspect has much to do with Fry's background as an author of reference books for the franchise, like the Essential Atlas. His deep understanding of and love for the franchise is clear.
Some of the reservations I had about the film are still present in the story, such as the seemingly-easily-avoidable Poe/Holdo conflict. I think that, given that story, this novelization is perhaps the best possible adaptation; the ability to delve into the characters' motivations gives more justification for their actions and helps the reader suspend disbelief, in a way that's more difficult to accomplish on film.
I really enjoyed this book, so much so that I read it in one day. It was a good substitute for the movie since I'm trying not to watch television, and I think it adequately captured the emotions of the story without the unnecessarily (and quite frankly, poorly placed) humor that was present in the movie. I really liked it.