A review by vimcenzo
Star Wars Trilogy: Collector's Edition IV - VI by Ryder Windham

3.0

I was maybe one out of like six people in the world whose first experience with the original trilogy was through this book and it was honestly pretty cool at the time. As a narrative it’s fun to hear events in the movies get internal monologues from the characters, or a few extra scenes. The pacing of O.G. Star Wars is more narrative- and character-focused, so it loans itself pretty well to a book adaptation.

Is it a work of high art? No. Do I recommend it? No. Does it have all the changes of the special editions? Unfortunately yes. Does seeing it referred to as a Borders-exclusive fill me with Alderaan-style pain that the store died? You bet! But when all’s said and done it’s not the worst thing to come out of Star Wars, and honestly it’s almost like a gateway into other Star Wars novels and expanded universe/legends junk.