Changing my mind
I am still determined to carry out my goal of a Star Wars novel read through, but I have had a change of mind about what I am going to read. The reason being, the old Expanded Universe is too big to ignore. I have decided to mix it up and read the old and the new. I am not going to read the New Jedi Order...again. It is too big an effort to try and complete in a short space of time. I have decided to just do a general overall discussion about that one. So, here is a bit more of Attack of the Clones...
Bloody hell! I have hit my first hurdle. The one thing that drags Attack of the Clones down, the one thing that makes me want to be sick in my mouth...it's the Anakin/Padme love story. What the fuck is that all about? Falling off giant bugs and floating pears. I am sorry. It is totally unconvincing. It's like how Ian Beale's love life. We know it happens, but we don't want to see him pitch woo over the counter of his chippy. Does he still have a chippy? It's been a long time since I watched EastEnders…I digress.
The love scenes taken from the script are almost as bad on the page. Salvatore does his best to inject as much realism into them, but Anakin still comes across as sleazy teenager. There is no way I would allow him anywhere near my sisters. He leers and uses some pretty dodgy lines to try and woo the senator from Naboo. Salvatore pulls a masterstroke by steering away from the script and showing Padme's family and home life. Here the romance becomes slightly more plausible and not so cringeworthy. Whether this is left over from some cut scenes or the author's addition, I am not too sure. However, it is a welcome addition at this point in the story.
This is where this book is at its strongest, when we veer away from the script and the film. Salvatore has given us an insight into Anakin's mother life between The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. We don't even get to the start of the story proper until about 4 chapters in. He has even inserted a chapter about Jango and Boba Fett. This little addition gives a lot more insight into the father/son/donor/clone relationship.
Obi-Wan's investigation into an attempted assignation attempt on Padme which gives us the first action sequence of the book, throws our wooden love birds into each arms and reveals the creation of the Clone Army plays out exactly as it did in the film. A few odd line here and there to help patch up some of the holes in the story, but nothing out of this world.
While I am taking a while to get through it, I am still enjoying it up to this point. Again I am keen for any feedback from you (as I have not had any as of yet).
Until next time.
Bloody hell! I have hit my first hurdle. The one thing that drags Attack of the Clones down, the one thing that makes me want to be sick in my mouth...it's the Anakin/Padme love story. What the fuck is that all about? Falling off giant bugs and floating pears. I am sorry. It is totally unconvincing. It's like how Ian Beale's love life. We know it happens, but we don't want to see him pitch woo over the counter of his chippy. Does he still have a chippy? It's been a long time since I watched EastEnders…I digress.
The love scenes taken from the script are almost as bad on the page. Salvatore does his best to inject as much realism into them, but Anakin still comes across as sleazy teenager. There is no way I would allow him anywhere near my sisters. He leers and uses some pretty dodgy lines to try and woo the senator from Naboo. Salvatore pulls a masterstroke by steering away from the script and showing Padme's family and home life. Here the romance becomes slightly more plausible and not so cringeworthy. Whether this is left over from some cut scenes or the author's addition, I am not too sure. However, it is a welcome addition at this point in the story.
This is where this book is at its strongest, when we veer away from the script and the film. Salvatore has given us an insight into Anakin's mother life between The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. We don't even get to the start of the story proper until about 4 chapters in. He has even inserted a chapter about Jango and Boba Fett. This little addition gives a lot more insight into the father/son/donor/clone relationship.
Obi-Wan's investigation into an attempted assignation attempt on Padme which gives us the first action sequence of the book, throws our wooden love birds into each arms and reveals the creation of the Clone Army plays out exactly as it did in the film. A few odd line here and there to help patch up some of the holes in the story, but nothing out of this world.
While I am taking a while to get through it, I am still enjoying it up to this point. Again I am keen for any feedback from you (as I have not had any as of yet).
Until next time.
I'm glad they tried to make Attack of the Clones better but it's still trying to glitter a turd. I'm pretty amazed that Terry Brooks managed to write a Star Wars novel. I read a few Shannarra (sp?) books but to be honest it's the same trilogy written over and over again with different character names.
ReplyDeleteLoving the blog! Keep it up. I've read the majority of the new canon novels and there are some good ones coming an some stinkers. Make sure you finish watching Clone Wars before Dark Disciple. They uses=d the unfinished Ventress scripts to finish her story off.
I have watched Clone Wars from start to finish. I am slowly working my way through them...again. It is taking a while, but I am getting there. I had forgotten how light and child orientated they were at the start. I am eagerly waiting for Season 4 of Rebels to re-watch that from the start.
DeleteIt's good that they've tried to pad out the stories rather than stick to the scripts as they are on paper at least functional at best. Keep it up matey :)
ReplyDeleteCheers, mate. I am keen to have feedback to make sure I am keeping the readership up & 99% has been positive.
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