Beware the Power of the Dark Side!

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

by

412 pages

English language

Published Dec. 20, 2015 by Disney–Lucasfilm Press.

ISBN:
978-1-4847-0913-9
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OCLC Number:
898086969

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5 stars (4 reviews)

Presents a retelling of the third Star Wars movie, featuring Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia as they battle the Empire. The evil Empire is constructing a second Death Star to crush the Rebel Alliance. But Luke Skywalker has other plans-- to destroy the Empire and stop the Emperor once and for all. Yet there is one thing standing in his way... his father.

4 editions

reviewed Beware the Power of the Dark Side! by Tom Angleberger (Star Wars (Disney/Lucas Films))

Review of 'Beware the Power of the Dark Side!' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This one was the best of the three. I imagine it's because I'm highly biased towards the fact that it's the closest to the movie that I've been used to for decades - not a whole lot of added scenes or majorly rearranged scenes or the like. But like the other two, this one still has plenty of original humor, interpretations, and the like to make it an original take on the story we know so well. And once again, since it's the audio that I heard, super performance by Marc Thompson!

reviewed Beware the Power of the Dark Side! by Tom Angleberger (Star Wars (Disney/Lucas Films))

Review of 'Beware the Power of the Dark Side!' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Another brilliant book in the Star Wars retelling.

I was, of course, a bit skeptical when I picked this one. I had enjoyed book one of this series but not book two. So I had lowered my expectations just a bit on this one. I see now I was wrong. This one was entertaining and full of more action.

This book was different from the last. There were no confusing points of view. Told in third person narrative with a dash of humor laced within the pages, it was a fun read and one that was really hard to put down even for a moment. I think I spent an entire night devouring the pages of this book from front to end and I was happy. Really happy with the ending results.

This series took me back to my childhood. I have loved Star Wars since I was a child …

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5 stars

Subjects

  • Good and evil
  • Science fiction
  • Space warfare
  • Extraterrestrial beings
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Life on other planets
  • Fiction