Star Wars: A New Hope (Book Review)
After reading The Rise of Skywalker, I was at a lost. What to read next? I could have gone with one of the latest spin-off books, but I felt that I don't understand Star Wars enough. So I decided to go back to the very beginning.
Been eye-ing this 3-in-1 Star Wars Trilogy collection for awhile now and the timing was perfect to get it off the shelf of the bookstore. After reading the first part of the collection, I am now enlightened on why the very first Star Wars story was a great success and have been inspiring tonnes of follow up stories and continuities. The story sets up the Star Wars universe nicely, in my opinion. Although it takes place in the midst of an intergalactic war, I believe there's a little bit of everything for everyone.
One may like the story of the young Skywalker boy who started just a farmer on the planet Tatooine and then learnt that his father was a Jedi knight and sets out to fulfill his own destiny. Another may like the party group of 'misfits': Luke, R2-D2, C3PO, Solo and Chewbacca who flies around the universe in a spacecraft called the Millennium Falcon. Some may like the potential relationship that would develop between Leia and Han (or even Luke Skywalker at the time, anything was possible).
One may like the story of the young Skywalker boy who started just a farmer on the planet Tatooine and then learnt that his father was a Jedi knight and sets out to fulfill his own destiny. Another may like the party group of 'misfits': Luke, R2-D2, C3PO, Solo and Chewbacca who flies around the universe in a spacecraft called the Millennium Falcon. Some may like the potential relationship that would develop between Leia and Han (or even Luke Skywalker at the time, anything was possible).
We can see by now that these ingredients are repeated again in subsequent Star Wars stories. The Jedi stories in the prequels and The New Jedi Order series, for example. The group adventures in the Aftermath trilogy and in the sequels with Rey, Finn, Poe, BB-8, Threepio and Chewie. Also the love story between Anakin and Padme.
These are just some of the many elements of Star Wars. Other than those, there are also space dogfights, blaster fights, villains, troopers, bounty hunters, droids, aliens of different species, planets of different natures, you name it. In short, Star Wars: A New Hope prepped the franchise to expand in many different directions depending on what interests the fans.
These are just some of the many elements of Star Wars. Other than those, there are also space dogfights, blaster fights, villains, troopers, bounty hunters, droids, aliens of different species, planets of different natures, you name it. In short, Star Wars: A New Hope prepped the franchise to expand in many different directions depending on what interests the fans.
Reading this book gave me a deeper appreciation to the Star Wars lore. If you want to get to know about Star Wars, or want to introduce others to it, I suggest to start at A New Hope, at the very beginning, when the material was at its simplest.
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