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octavia_cade 's review for:
Star Wars Trilogy
by Donald Glut, James Kahn, George Lucas
I read and reviewed each of the three books collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. The rating for the collection's an average of the three individual ratings: A New Hope earned 3 stars, and both Empire and Jedi earned 2.
Look, they are not great. Novelisations, for me, need to do more than just rehash what's on the screen. Especially when the films are as excellent as they are, retellings as superficial as these just don't cut it. I read them because I've heard good things about the extended universe so thought I'd start from the beginning, but things better improve smartly is all I can say. Especially on the characterisation front - books have the opportunity to do that better than films, I think, so why that wasn't taken advantage of here I don't know.
Look, they are not great. Novelisations, for me, need to do more than just rehash what's on the screen. Especially when the films are as excellent as they are, retellings as superficial as these just don't cut it. I read them because I've heard good things about the extended universe so thought I'd start from the beginning, but things better improve smartly is all I can say. Especially on the characterisation front - books have the opportunity to do that better than films, I think, so why that wasn't taken advantage of here I don't know.