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Hellblazer: Bloody Carnations by Peter Milligan, Stefano Landini, Simon Bisley, Giuseppe Camuncoli
2.0
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise by Chris Taylor
4.0
How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise. This is one of the books I have read that has a long title. How Star Wars Conquered the Universe mainly revolves around (but is not restricted to) George Lucas, and how Star Wars came to be and how it slowly grew to become a popular and well-loved franchise.
Star Wars has always been something I remembered clearly, but the scenes were often disconnected. I remembered bits here and there. A person being choked by Darth Vader. The Ewoks settling C3PO upon a wooden throne. Two suns hanging above the barren landscape of Tatooine. It has been long since I last watched the original trilogy and the prequels, yet I remember watching them without ever getting bored (except perhaps the prequels, which I don’t remember clearly).
Chris Taylor does a wonderful job compiling Star Wars history in this hefty book. The whole book reads like fiction, so that the synopsis of this book could have been given in a much different form. For example: Once there was a geeky young man named George Lucas. Inspired by a wide range of inspirations, especially the Flash Gordon serial, he set out to make his own film about a fantasy adventure set in space with loads of drama (hence a space opera).
Yet this book is not wholly about George Lucas. It also includes others that have been influenced by Star Wars and what they contributed to the franchise. There are many of these people and groups, one of them being the 501st Legion, a group of people who make Stormtrooper costumes and dress as Stormtroopers. They occasionally help out at official Star Wars events. If you are a fan of Star Wars, this book is a must read. It is fun to be able to have new and fascinating knowledge about this wildly popular franchise.
The book is well written and rich with details, so it was easy to visualise everything that happened in the form of a short film in my mind. Even if you are new to Star Wars, you should be able to get a gist of what it is all about (bonus: there are not much huge spoilers in this book). It is however advisable to have basic knowledge of who's who in Star Wars for much more casual reading (so you don't have to keep wondering and looking them up, you see).
I really enjoyed this book, and it renewed my interest for Star Wars, which had not been at its healthiest after The Last Jedi, which was not one of my favourites out of the whole series. One of the best lines in the book is this, also the last line of the book:
Star Wars has always been something I remembered clearly, but the scenes were often disconnected. I remembered bits here and there. A person being choked by Darth Vader. The Ewoks settling C3PO upon a wooden throne. Two suns hanging above the barren landscape of Tatooine. It has been long since I last watched the original trilogy and the prequels, yet I remember watching them without ever getting bored (except perhaps the prequels, which I don’t remember clearly).
Chris Taylor does a wonderful job compiling Star Wars history in this hefty book. The whole book reads like fiction, so that the synopsis of this book could have been given in a much different form. For example: Once there was a geeky young man named George Lucas. Inspired by a wide range of inspirations, especially the Flash Gordon serial, he set out to make his own film about a fantasy adventure set in space with loads of drama (hence a space opera).
Yet this book is not wholly about George Lucas. It also includes others that have been influenced by Star Wars and what they contributed to the franchise. There are many of these people and groups, one of them being the 501st Legion, a group of people who make Stormtrooper costumes and dress as Stormtroopers. They occasionally help out at official Star Wars events. If you are a fan of Star Wars, this book is a must read. It is fun to be able to have new and fascinating knowledge about this wildly popular franchise.
The book is well written and rich with details, so it was easy to visualise everything that happened in the form of a short film in my mind. Even if you are new to Star Wars, you should be able to get a gist of what it is all about (bonus: there are not much huge spoilers in this book). It is however advisable to have basic knowledge of who's who in Star Wars for much more casual reading (so you don't have to keep wondering and looking them up, you see).
I really enjoyed this book, and it renewed my interest for Star Wars, which had not been at its healthiest after The Last Jedi, which was not one of my favourites out of the whole series. One of the best lines in the book is this, also the last line of the book:
The screen will go black. Then up will come ten familiar words in blue: "A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away..." Then silence. Blackness again. Then an orchestra will explode in B-flat major, and the largest logo you've ever seen will fill the entire screen. And no sooner has it appeared than it will immediately begin to recede, slipping away, pulling back into the stars as if daring you to give chase.