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Luke Skywalker is a young man
of twenty years of age who lives on Tattooine. He spends his
free time hanging out with his friends and flying his Incom T-16
skyhopper shooting womp-rats off the canyon walls. But when his
uncle buys two ‘droids, Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) and See-Threepio
(C-3PO), Luke stumbles across a message from the Princess Leia
Organa in R2-D2 meant for Obi-wan Kenobi. After finding Ben “Obi-wan”
Kenobi, the last remaining Jedi Knight, Luke embarks on a journey
with Obi-wan, R2-D2 and C-3PO to the Alderaan system aboard the
Millennium Falcon piloted by a Han Solo and his Wookie first
mate Chewbacca. After arriving in the Alderaan system the Millennium
Falcon is caught in the tractor beam of the Death Star, a huge
space station that looks like a small moon. Aboard the Death
Star is Darth Vader, a pupil of Obi-wan that embraced the dark
side of the force. His objective is to wipe out the Rebel Alliance
that threatens the way of life of the Empire. Luke discovers
that Princess Leia is on the space station and mounts a rescue
with Han and Chewbacca. They rescue the princess, but find themselves
trapped in the holding area with only one way out. Unfortunately,
there are Storm Troopers everywhere. Meanwhile, Obi-wan searches
for a way to break the tractor beam at its power source in order
for them to make a clean getaway form the space station. Little
does he know that Darth Vader senses him and is on his way to
kill him.
This is a book based upon the
first Star Wars movie ever made. Don’t be confused by the
title of the book, the movie latter became known as Episode 4
– Star Wars: A New Hope. But the book has a few little extra
things in it the movie does not have, like more on Luke’s
involvement with his friend Biggs. The book does a very good
job of matching the movie.
For any Science Fiction or Star
Wars fan, this is a must-read. First, it is written by the director
of the Star Wars movies. Second, as with any book compared to
a movie, you get to find out what the characters are thinking,
not just observe his actions. And third, it is a classic western
in space. While this isn’t the best science fiction story
ever written, it is still very good. There is not a whole bunch
I can say about this story that everybody doesn’t already
know. Even though I have probably seen the movie at least ten
times, and I knew what was going to happen, I still found myself
enjoying the book a great deal. I definitely recommend that you
read this book.
I rated this book an 8 out of
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