 (Click to Enlarge) | Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (4 Different Cover Set)Authors: Terry BrooksAverage Customer Rating: 4.05/5.00 Amazon Sales Rank: 27,275 Hardcover Release Date: May, 1999 Manufacturer: Ballantine Books View on Amazon (ISBN: 1580601308) Availability: Usually ships within 12 to 13 days List Price: $100.00, Amazon Price: $70.00 |
More Star Wars Hardcovers:
- Star Wars Super Collectors Wish Book ($20.97)
- Healing the Fisher King: Spiritual Lessons with Parzival, Gump, the Grail, Tao, and Star Wars ($27.27)
Other items in Amazon's Book Catalog for Star Wars:
- Star Wars (Audio CD) $45.47
- Star Wars Directory (CD-ROM) $19.95
- Star Wars Tales (Paperback) $13.97
- Fleet of Angels (Paperback) $12.76
- I Bought a Star (Paperback) $15.95
Similar Products on Amazon.com:
- Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones (Hardcover) $26.00
- The Star Wars Trilogy (Collected Novelizations) (Hardcover) $18.17
- Rogue Planet (Star Wars) (Mass Market Paperback) $6.99
- Cloak of Deception (Star Wars) (Hardcover) $18.20
- Star Wars Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter (Mass Market Paperback) $6.99
Amazon Customer Reviews of this item: (Average Rating is 4.05/5.00)
Rating: 3 [ A 'REAL' review ]Okay, before all you Star Wars fans crucify me, I have a few brief words: 1) I am a Star Wars fan, 2) I've read about 80% of ALL SW novels in all formats, 3) I read some of the reviews below and people must have been reading a different book than I was. Why?: Read on.....1st, Yes, some sequences were changed. Anybody who saw the movie and studied it will see that there are, though few, slight changes in what actually happens. But this isn't all bad, if you can muddle through one or two minor inconsistencies, you will really appreciate the 'extra' sequences that did not take place in the movie. Yes, there is more with Anakin (a great insight to his character), more dialouge with all the main characters, even C-3PO and Maul!
However there were a few drawbacks for me that warranted this 3 stars: 1) Some scenes/events were cut short, glossed over, or never referenced (Jar Jar tank sequnce differed, Anakin Naboo starfighter pilot scene differed, Sidious/Rune dialouge differed, etc....), 2) Many of the battles seemed rushed to me. I never felt I was in the battle myself, i.e. there was no sense of grandeur to key turning points, 3) finally, Terry Brooks may be a decent author in his own right, but this novel lacked the pure description of locals, objects, characters that make the SW universe so outstanding. Writers like Stackpole, Anderson, even Zahn have a better flair for describing a setting, painting a picture in your head than Brooks does. Frankly, his descriptions bored me. I often thought he should have made more mention of this or that, aptly placing the reader right there in the scene, but it never really happened.
Rating: 4 [ Great Characterizations and Background Information ]
I enjoyed reading this novelization of the movie even more than seeing the movie. This book gave depth and background to the characters that was missing in the movie. The movie was more enjoyable to watch after reading this book.
Rating: 2 [ Fair Book. ]
This book is okay in some parts. But usually it's just boring. You're going to want to read it only one time. That's it.