tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post5743816395839147634..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: The Star Wars Bookshelf #2: Splinter of the Mind's Eye by Alan Dean FosterDarren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-75945953043108815072017-02-10T22:49:43.900-08:002017-02-10T22:49:43.900-08:00I'm afraid I was a purest from the get go. I ...I'm afraid I was a purest from the get go. I wanted nothing to do with anything that seem to be about merchandising or would conflict with the original movie tropes. Forty years later, I might be willing to be more open to exploring some of the expanding universe of Star Wars. However, for me, the best was, and will always be, the original movie. I am happy that I finally got a movie worthy of being the the sequel we deserved the first time with VII.<br /><br />If George had only listed to Mark Hamill's story ideas, we might have had worthy successors back in 1980 and 1983.Kathy Cadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749634918730016534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-65938524808246190592016-10-18T19:39:20.196-07:002016-10-18T19:39:20.196-07:00So for those who've read this.... what's t...So for those who've read this.... what's the verdict? I remember this book when I was young, when it was released. I had the "george lucas" novelization but at 7 or 8 it seemed a bit beyond me to read that. How was this book? Is it worth a read?stevehttp://www.jointfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-13510122022459609072016-08-26T03:04:31.697-07:002016-08-26T03:04:31.697-07:00Thanks very much for the comment. Empire must have...Thanks very much for the comment. Empire must have been quite a surprise if you were expecting to see Splinter on the big screen! I have a soft spot for that book -- a nice memento of the early possibilities of the Star Wars universe.Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-53086442438129131482016-08-22T06:09:47.839-07:002016-08-22T06:09:47.839-07:00My brother had this novel and I swiped it after he...My brother had this novel and I swiped it after he had read it a few times. This was back right after it came out, and before ESB of course. I missed Han and Chewie and Ben, sort of in a daze after watching the movie (I think I saw it twice in the theater--what would be the first two of many dozens of times once VHS and DVDs and blu Rays came out). <br /><br />I remember thinking this WAS going to be the sequel, and was a little confused but not disappointed to see ESB (what would be the best, IMO, of the series).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com