Star Wars: The Force Awakens

· Novelisations Book 6 · Random House
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More than thirty years ago, Star Wars burst onto the big screen and became a cultural phenomenon. Now the next adventures in this blockbuster saga are poised to captivate old and new fans alike—beginning with the highly anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And alongside the cinematic debut comes the thrilling novel adaptation.

Set years after Return of the Jedi, this stunning new action-packed adventure rockets us back into the world of Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Luke Skywalker, while introducing a host of exciting new characters. Darth Vader may have been redeemed and the Emperor vanquished, but peace can be fleeting, and evil does not easily relent. Yet the simple belief in good can still empower ordinary individuals to rise and meet the greatest challenges.

So return to that galaxy far, far away, and prepare yourself for what happens when the Force awakens. . . .

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4.6
311 reviews
Josephine
17 January 2017
My biggest beef with this book is that it reads like someone describing a movie scene for scene, rather than someone telling an actual story. The story shifts between having just one character as the focal point in a scene, and then suddenly we're getting to know what every single character in another scene is thinking and feeling. It feels sloppy and inconsistent, in both the way the story was told and in appearance as well. The scene sometimes shifts with only a few line breaks to announce it, and other time the author uses a line of ellipses. As with the Catalyst book, I also caught a distracting number of typos. That all being said, the book was tolerable. It adds a bit more to the characters that we don't see in the movie, and there is actual emotion in the story, which makes it easier to follow along with. In the end, this is not a book I would recommend, but I also wouldn't tell someone to not bother reading it, either.
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gary bexley
23 February 2016
See the film, it's better than the book. Fleshing out of characters would've helped the book and barring one line between Ren and Rey there isn't really anything here different to the film.
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Damien Walker
24 January 2016
Seen the movie twice & loved it. Reminiscent of the originals (the better ones). Additional scenes & dialogue is great. My question is, where's page 193? I bought this online because it was cheaper than the hardcopy. Could someone get their act together!
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About the author

Alan Dean Foster is the author of sixteen New York Times bestsellers, including Warner's Alien (1979), Aliens (1986) and Alien 3 (1992), which sold a combined 830,000 copies, as well as the Spellsinger novels.

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