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lazypadawan) wrote2008-10-25 10:44 am
lazypadawan) wrote2008-10-25 10:44 am
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On the Bookshelf: The Life & Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Making Of The Force Unleashed
I have a little ways to go with Order 66 and Millennium Falcon is next after that.
In the meantime, I can definitely recommend Ryder Windham's The Life & Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It's similar to the kids' book they put out last year on Darth Vader/Anakin, only from Obi-Wan's perspective. The conceit is Luke finds Obi-Wan's journal while trying to construct a lightsaber pre-ROTJ and it has all of this stuff from the storied past, incomplete of course. There's not much from the Jedi Apprentice era or anything about Obi-Wan's childhood at the Temple, but there are a lot of "new" scenes from his lifetime both during and after the PT era. When Anakin dies, Obi-Wan is there to help usher him into blue ghostie immortality. Yayz. But then the epilogue is the now-unfortunate scene from Heir To The Empire where blue ghostie Obi-Wan permanently bids adieu to Luke so that nobody is around to advise him in the post-ROTJ continuity. Overall though it's a pretty enjoyable read.
The Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is actually more interesting than the novel. Covering the three-year process to bring the game to your console, it describes the different concepts game designers toyed with and their setbacks. Some of the concepts were kind of fascinating but were dropped for one reason or another. For instance, one of the ideas was to have Vader on a quest to bring Padmé back to life. Another idea was to introduce a much younger Leia and give her a bigger role in the game. You can also read about the casting process, the technical mumbo-jumbo and the gaming problems that pushed its release back a year. But the best thing about the book is the beautiful concept art that's on par with anything I've seen created for the actual movies. Whatever you might think of the game, it's an interesting look at what goes into creating a title.
In the meantime, I can definitely recommend Ryder Windham's The Life & Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi. It's similar to the kids' book they put out last year on Darth Vader/Anakin, only from Obi-Wan's perspective. The conceit is Luke finds Obi-Wan's journal while trying to construct a lightsaber pre-ROTJ and it has all of this stuff from the storied past, incomplete of course. There's not much from the Jedi Apprentice era or anything about Obi-Wan's childhood at the Temple, but there are a lot of "new" scenes from his lifetime both during and after the PT era. When Anakin dies, Obi-Wan is there to help usher him into blue ghostie immortality. Yayz. But then the epilogue is the now-unfortunate scene from Heir To The Empire where blue ghostie Obi-Wan permanently bids adieu to Luke so that nobody is around to advise him in the post-ROTJ continuity. Overall though it's a pretty enjoyable read.
The Making of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is actually more interesting than the novel. Covering the three-year process to bring the game to your console, it describes the different concepts game designers toyed with and their setbacks. Some of the concepts were kind of fascinating but were dropped for one reason or another. For instance, one of the ideas was to have Vader on a quest to bring Padmé back to life. Another idea was to introduce a much younger Leia and give her a bigger role in the game. You can also read about the casting process, the technical mumbo-jumbo and the gaming problems that pushed its release back a year. But the best thing about the book is the beautiful concept art that's on par with anything I've seen created for the actual movies. Whatever you might think of the game, it's an interesting look at what goes into creating a title.
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