Star Wars
From A Certain Point of View
Book - 2017
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Add a CommentWhat a fun adventure! I don't normally read short stories, but since these followed the singular plot of "A New Hope," it was much more cohesive and enjoyable. Some of these perspectives were just wildly inventive, humorous, and insightful. I learned a lot more about the Star Wars universe (I'm totally ready for trivia night!) and the stories added a lot of depth to the movie. I would happily read another of these for the other episodes.
Standout stories:
"Stories in the Sand" by Griffin McElroy
"Not for Nothing" by Mur Lafferty
"The Secrets of Long Snoot" by Delilah S. Dawson
"Born in the Storm" by Daniel Jose Older
"Laina" by Wil Wheaton
"Of MSE-6 and Men" by Glen Weldon
"The Baptist" by Nnedi Okorafor
"The Angle" by Charles Soule
"Whills" by Tom Angleberger
As a huge fan of Star Wars, I almost jumped up and down when I found out this book was coming out. It is a book comprised of over 40 short stories all written by different authors. Each short story continues along the storyline of the original film, but looks at these moments from a supporting characters view. From Aunt Beru, to random stormtroopers and Bobba Fett, I enjoyed reading about their perspectives in relation to classic Star Wars scenes.
A wonderful marking of Star Wars' 40th anniversary. This collection of short stories from some of the best authors working in sci-fi, comics, and YA working today and covers the events just before and just after the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. These stories are told from our fringe characters, some never before named or thought of before now, and there's something for everyone here. Stand outs for me include stories from the point of view of Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Biggs Darklighter, the trash compactor being, Mon Mothma, Grand Moff Tarkin, Aunt Beru, and a disgruntled sandtrooper filing an incident report after an old man tells his group that they don't need to see his identification.
If you love Star Wars you owe it to yourself to give these a read. You won't love all of them but you will enjoy them all and appreciate a look at A New Hope through different eyes.
A brilliantly conceived book, telling the story of Star Wars as seen by different people. There's a huge amount of perspectives at play, and some are loads better than others, but the overall product is still a work of art.
Some people might take issue with certain chapters. I understand the arguments. There are a few I don't like, and I probably won't read other works by those authors. The bonus is readers are exposed to a variety of authors and styles, and who knows, maybe you'll pick up a new one to enjoy?
40 stories maybe at best five stories worth reading. Obiwan has 2, Yoda one, and Leia's mom has one. Those were great. Maybe the Lando chapter. The rest is a waste of time. Because it's forty stories I'd give it one star.