tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post4185259827694348238..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: The Star Wars Bookshelf # 1: Star Wars – From The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, the novelization by George Lucas/Alan Dean FosterDarren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-78976265828294942252016-10-19T11:45:17.925-07:002016-10-19T11:45:17.925-07:00Sure, we want to know who Rey's parents are. S...Sure, we want to know who Rey's parents are. Sure, we need to know more about the Kessel Run. But what Star Wars fans REALLY want to know is...what's a duck, and where in his travels has Ben encountered one??Seeing_Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678537250333277334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-72898042779789089092014-04-25T09:30:42.416-07:002014-04-25T09:30:42.416-07:00This book is an awesome readThis book is an awesome readOrcusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-29612787641395875512013-10-06T15:22:32.229-07:002013-10-06T15:22:32.229-07:00Yes, it is odd that Lucas wanted his name on every...Yes, it is odd that Lucas wanted his name on everything. Maybe, with the success of American Graffiti behind him, he thought a book with his name on it would get noticed more. Or maybe he was already astute about building the Lucas "brand". He was also determined to be the sole credited writer of the screenplay, even though he eventually asked Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz to give the dialogue a polish.<br />And yes, it is really interesting the way different versions of the story merged in our imaginations. Some people will swear blind that the Biggs scenes were in the film they saw. Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-24240562304485125372013-10-06T12:54:13.179-07:002013-10-06T12:54:13.179-07:00I saw the film knowing nothing of the story I'...I saw the film knowing nothing of the story I'm happy to say. I don't know when I got the novel - maybe early 1978?<br /><br />I loved it. I re-read my ancient, battered, childhood copy a couple of years ago because of my own SW comic and some of the odd things my comic contained - which I wanted to track the sources of. I see now that it's patchwork of styles. In one paragraph it'll verge on a technical shooting-script style: Exterior, evening, Ben Kenobi's home - then in the next it'll lapse into something more poetic like lambent topaz etc.<br /><br />I find it weird how George had to have his name on everything. I just can't really understand it. I doubt that there's a simple explanation for it however much we might be tempted to give one.<br /><br />It's funny how the additional bits added to the story by the novel, the comic, the storybook, the radio series etc., merged in our imaginations. It was a film that we replayed in our heads and shared in conversations with our friends. My friend Niall a couple of years ago was absolutely convinced that he'd seen the Treadwell/Luke in the cinema!John Whitehttp://starwarsage9.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-17046469878150491652013-07-20T15:16:14.435-07:002013-07-20T15:16:14.435-07:00Like you I gave in and read the novel some weeks b...Like you I gave in and read the novel some weeks before the film came out. I probably read it around November '77. Somehow knowing every detail of the story didn't spoil the experience of seeing the film one bit. Yet now I try to avoid spoilers once I know I want to see a film, which means avoiding just about all that film's publicity. Gary Dalkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08091080784901592186noreply@blogger.com