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A review by erikbergstrom
Star Wars: A New Hope by George Lucas
3.0
Why did I read a novelization about Star Wars? That's.... a really good question. Thanks for asking!
I've been reading various Legends books recently and none of them really "scratched that itch". Too much fan fiction, plug and play style writing... didn't feel "lived-in" the way the original Star Wars movies did. So it was time for a course correction!
What can I say about this novelization written by George Lucas, aka Alan Dean Foster? Well, sadly there's nothing really new here. There's a scene in the beginning that never made it into the movies with Luke and Biggs hanging out in Anchorhead. Was hoping for more of that. But otherwise it was a straight run-through of the plot that just makes one want to watch the movie instead. The action isn't described all that well, meanwhile the advantage of it being a book - having any internal dialogue of the protagonists - isn't there either. Actually, the dialogue in this book is much worse than the movie! Especially for Han Solo. If that's how it was scripted (apparently this book was written off the script before it was produced) makes me kinda happy that Harrison Ford said "screw this dialogue" to George and did it his own way.
All right. I feel better now. On to Splinter of the Mind's Eye, the sequel that never was! We'll see how Alan does on his own...
I've been reading various Legends books recently and none of them really "scratched that itch". Too much fan fiction, plug and play style writing... didn't feel "lived-in" the way the original Star Wars movies did. So it was time for a course correction!
What can I say about this novelization written by George Lucas, aka Alan Dean Foster? Well, sadly there's nothing really new here. There's a scene in the beginning that never made it into the movies with Luke and Biggs hanging out in Anchorhead. Was hoping for more of that. But otherwise it was a straight run-through of the plot that just makes one want to watch the movie instead. The action isn't described all that well, meanwhile the advantage of it being a book - having any internal dialogue of the protagonists - isn't there either. Actually, the dialogue in this book is much worse than the movie! Especially for Han Solo. If that's how it was scripted (apparently this book was written off the script before it was produced) makes me kinda happy that Harrison Ford said "screw this dialogue" to George and did it his own way.
All right. I feel better now. On to Splinter of the Mind's Eye, the sequel that never was! We'll see how Alan does on his own...