Reviews

Star Wars Omnibus by Donald F. Glut, George Lucas, James Kahn

juliadinizcs's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.5

avery_hutchinson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Very good action, if not clearly described at times. I liked the character development, even if I wanted more of what each character was thinking and feeling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

j_boehnke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

4.25

picasso87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

hidingzeus's review against another edition

4.0

I mean, it's Star Wars.

tifflovesfandoms22's review against another edition

4.0

..if only anakin lived..

theliteraryapothecary's review against another edition

4.0

This was a book selected by my patner, John, for his "birthday read" - every year I let him select one book to add to my tbr during his birth month (September). This year he chose The Star Wars Trilogy - which was actually 3 books and that's why it's taken me now to the end of October to finish. 

The Star Wars trilogy is actually the novelization of the first 3 Star Wars movies: Epsidoes 4, 5, and 6 (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi). This is a unique idea being that usually books are turned into movies, not the other way around. And while I did enjoy experiencing these stories in this mode, I thought that the nostalgia wore off a bit after A New Hope and that some scenes worked better in film than in book format - they were just hard for me to imagine sometimes, on my own. 

See below for my CAWPILE Breakdown of all 3 books and the average CAWPILE score, which is where the trilogy rating comes from: 

A New Hope CAWPILE Breakdown: 

Characters: 8
Atmosphere/Setting: 9
Writing Style: 8.5
Plot: 8
Intrigue: 7
Logic/Relationships:9
Enjoyment: 9 

Total = 58.5/7 = 8.3 = 4.5 stars 

The Empire Strikes Back CAWPILE Breakdown: 

Characters: 7
Atmosphere/Setting: 8
Writing Style: 8
Plot: 7.5
Intrigue: 6
Logic/Relationships: 8.5
Enjoyment: 8 

Total = 53/7 = 7.5 = 4 stars 

Return of the Jedi CAWPILE Breakdown: 

Characters: 9
Atmosphere/Setting: 8.5
Writing Style: 7 (one difference in writing style with this author compared to the first two, this one wrote out Chewbacca's and Artoo Detoo's speech as dialogue instead of just saying something along the lines of "Artoo said in a series of beeps..." At times it was distracting, but then I got to a point I just skipped over those lines and felt like it wasn't needed.)
Plot: 8
Intrigue: 6
Logic/relationships: 8
Enjoyment: 7.5
Total 54/7 = 7.7 = 4 stars 

Trilogy CAWPILE Average: 

8.3 + 7.5 + 7.7 = 23.5/3 = 7.8 = 4 stars 

monique3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

Star Wars
8th Oct - 12th Oct
The Empire Strikes Back
13th Oct - 17th Oct
The Return of the Jedi
17th Oct - 23rd Aug

mickb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alfiew's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5