maggieswitzer's review against another edition
2.0
I can't believe I got through this. I can't believe anyone got through Anakin's apprenticeship without offing him just to shut him up. I can't believe that article about the lack of women's healthcare bringing down the Republic was right and Padme died of sadness and that not one single person seemed to think it was weird that she wasn't getting regular prenatal care as an important citizen from Naboo.
abomine's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
fast-paced
4.5
I remember being only nebulously aware of Star Wars in my childhood. I saw trailers for the then-new prequel films on tv, my little brothers played with some of the toys, and when I was very little, I happened to catch the tail-end of A New Hope on cable tv (I had no idea what I was looking at; all I knew was that I loved the little blue trashcan robot).
Then in my tweens I spent a summer babysitting a pair of young boys, who had both the original trilogy and prequel trilogy on dvd, and one day they wanted to watch Return of the Jedi. That was the very first Star Wars film I had ever seen from beginning to end, and it blew my goddamn mind. Magic? Spaceships? Creatures? Pew-pew lasers? Wizards with glowing swords? All in one movie??? I had to know more.
When school rolled back around again and the Scholastic book catalog followed not long after, I ordered the complete box set of junior novels of all six Star Wars movies, which included this very book, written by middle grade author Patricia C. Wrede, writer of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. I read the whole set, I watched the six movies, and I've been in love with Star Wars ever since.
Naturally, this was a heavily nostalgic re-read, so it's basically impossible for me to rate this book objectively. 5 stars for sheer enjoyment, docked half a star only because Matthew Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith is technically better.
Then in my tweens I spent a summer babysitting a pair of young boys, who had both the original trilogy and prequel trilogy on dvd, and one day they wanted to watch Return of the Jedi. That was the very first Star Wars film I had ever seen from beginning to end, and it blew my goddamn mind. Magic? Spaceships? Creatures? Pew-pew lasers? Wizards with glowing swords? All in one movie??? I had to know more.
When school rolled back around again and the Scholastic book catalog followed not long after, I ordered the complete box set of junior novels of all six Star Wars movies, which included this very book, written by middle grade author Patricia C. Wrede, writer of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. I read the whole set, I watched the six movies, and I've been in love with Star Wars ever since.
Naturally, this was a heavily nostalgic re-read, so it's basically impossible for me to rate this book objectively. 5 stars for sheer enjoyment, docked half a star only because Matthew Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith is technically better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Pregnancy, War, and Child death
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