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book_nerd_1's review
1.0
Worse than the Disney trilogy? Tough call.
Like the Disney trilogy a lot of things make no sense and happen just to happen and like the Disney trilogy
I definitely wouldn't consider this a real part of the EU.
Like the Disney trilogy a lot of things make no sense and happen just to happen and like the Disney trilogy
Spoiler
the big reveal is the main character is Palpatine's grandkid. Maybe Jar Jar Abrams actually read this for "inspiration". Nah, he can't read.I definitely wouldn't consider this a real part of the EU.
hstapp's review
3.0
It's really interesting reading through these books and seeing what was kept and what was thrown away. It was really interesting to see that this was the origin of Hologram Funworld which made a reprise in the galaxy of fear series.
A lot of the details in these books are strange. There's a vehicle called a Rendili something or other but is apparently made by the corellian engineering corporation instead of Rendili star drives. They also use a lot of sci-fi sounding jargon/babble that doesn't really match the purposes for what they're being used for. Not only in other works, but from a logical stand point. Deflector shields aren't sensors for one.
It's really interesting to see the parallels between the last book in this series and Episode IX.
If you can get past the...Incongruities, the stories are interesting enough in themselves.
A lot of the details in these books are strange. There's a vehicle called a Rendili something or other but is apparently made by the corellian engineering corporation instead of Rendili star drives. They also use a lot of sci-fi sounding jargon/babble that doesn't really match the purposes for what they're being used for. Not only in other works, but from a logical stand point. Deflector shields aren't sensors for one.
It's really interesting to see the parallels between the last book in this series and Episode IX.
If you can get past the...Incongruities, the stories are interesting enough in themselves.
loverofromance's review
adventurous
5.0
I wanted to finish up this set of books with celebrating "May 4th" and when I read this back in my teen years I LOVED them. I don't care what people say, these are so fun to read if you are a fan of the classics and hate the disney films like I do. But also next you should read about their kids in the "Jedi Knights book" . Reading these made me realize how much I have missed the Star Wars books.
rhubarb1608's review
0.25
Be sure to click the link at the bottom for my full review (with pictures) of both of these Star Wars books for children. The first horrible book, oddly, turns out to have been better than the second.
At first, I only flipped through Book Two looking at the pictures -- and let me tell you, the BDSM subtext was pretty evident all through. My roommate asked me if I was reading some kind of bizarre erotic novel. Yes, the words "BDSM subtext" just appeared in a review of a children's Star Wars novel . . . ick. Apart from the giant spiderwebs attacking Luke and Ken, there was also Leia in a cage, Zorba the Hutt strung up by his wrists, and even more, if you can believe it. The plots also continue to get even shakier. Dagobah has undergone a sudden transformation from Yoda's uninhabited retreat to a major rebel enclave -- and somehow the rebels have not only built a really snazzy science center there, but it was there long enough for them to decide to change the name after Yoda died. Because the authors apparently never even saw Empire Strikes Back and don't remember Luke saying "I'm not picking up any cities or technologies . . ."
Even more rhyming in this book, only it's not couplets anymore, making it even worse. The authors even attempt to tell small children what quatrains are (not that I'd give small children these horrible books). If you can even call this a spoiler -- SpoilerTriclops turns out not to be insane, just a pacifist with an eye in the back of his head, and as the novel progresses, we find out that he, and not Obi-Wan, is Ken’s father -- holy shock! Yeah, 'cause we didn't see that coming a mile away.
Han and Leia also make a digression to a place called, I kid you not, Hologram Fun World, which is supposed to be a knock-off on Las Vegas, and they attempt to get married there, find out Lando has recently bought the entire planet (because he lost Cloud City to Zorba the Hutt in a card game or I don't know what) and that they need to have their birth certificates before they get married. Han, in case you were curious, has his birth certificate neatly stowed in a safe box in his home on Cloud City. Leia's, however, was destroyed on Alderaan. She gets captured by Zorba the Hutt, almost killed, then almost married to Trioculus who has been unfrozen. In the end, the rebels win the day, again, and Han and Leia get married.
In conclusion, there is pretty much nothing in these books that 1) is not contradicted in a real book, 2) makes any sense whatsoever, no matter what planet you are from. Sure, a number of reviews praise them for a campy read, but it's all a little too campy for me. Little too like camping in the creepy woods where some toothless rednecks are going to put a serious hurt on you and you'll get poison ivy.
At first, I only flipped through Book Two looking at the pictures -- and let me tell you, the BDSM subtext was pretty evident all through. My roommate asked me if I was reading some kind of bizarre erotic novel. Yes, the words "BDSM subtext" just appeared in a review of a children's Star Wars novel . . . ick. Apart from the giant spiderwebs attacking Luke and Ken, there was also Leia in a cage, Zorba the Hutt strung up by his wrists, and even more, if you can believe it. The plots also continue to get even shakier. Dagobah has undergone a sudden transformation from Yoda's uninhabited retreat to a major rebel enclave -- and somehow the rebels have not only built a really snazzy science center there, but it was there long enough for them to decide to change the name after Yoda died. Because the authors apparently never even saw Empire Strikes Back and don't remember Luke saying "I'm not picking up any cities or technologies . . ."
Even more rhyming in this book, only it's not couplets anymore, making it even worse. The authors even attempt to tell small children what quatrains are (not that I'd give small children these horrible books). If you can even call this a spoiler -- SpoilerTriclops turns out not to be insane, just a pacifist with an eye in the back of his head, and as the novel progresses, we find out that he, and not Obi-Wan, is Ken’s father -- holy shock! Yeah, 'cause we didn't see that coming a mile away.
Han and Leia also make a digression to a place called, I kid you not, Hologram Fun World, which is supposed to be a knock-off on Las Vegas, and they attempt to get married there, find out Lando has recently bought the entire planet (because he lost Cloud City to Zorba the Hutt in a card game or I don't know what) and that they need to have their birth certificates before they get married. Han, in case you were curious, has his birth certificate neatly stowed in a safe box in his home on Cloud City. Leia's, however, was destroyed on Alderaan. She gets captured by Zorba the Hutt, almost killed, then almost married to Trioculus who has been unfrozen. In the end, the rebels win the day, again, and Han and Leia get married.
In conclusion, there is pretty much nothing in these books that 1) is not contradicted in a real book, 2) makes any sense whatsoever, no matter what planet you are from. Sure, a number of reviews praise them for a campy read, but it's all a little too campy for me. Little too like camping in the creepy woods where some toothless rednecks are going to put a serious hurt on you and you'll get poison ivy.
octavia_cade's review
1.0
I read and reviewed each of the books collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. The second trilogy contained both the best and the worst of the series. Book four, Mission from Mount Yoda, marked the first and only time this series earned more than a single star from me. Granted, two stars is not great, but it was a distinct improvement over the rest, being significantly less ridiculous. Unfortunately, it was followed up by what may be the stupidest book I have ever read, Queen of the Empire, in which Princess Leia decides to elope to Hologram Fun World, which is basically the long-time-ago-in-a-galaxy-far-away trash equivalent of running off to Vegas to get married by an Elvis impersonator, except that would be a lot more classy. These characters often only bear marginal resemblance to the originals, but whatever is wearing Leia's face is far less recognisable than anything else.
The one star rating for the collection is an average of the individual ratings. You can deduce from that what the other two were.
The one star rating for the collection is an average of the individual ratings. You can deduce from that what the other two were.
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