If you’ve seen the film before reading the book, you’re going to be re-seeing the film in your head as you read. I don’t read novelizations of movies a lot, but like many fans, I thought The Force Awakens Novelization was worth checking out.Īlan Dean Foster, a veteran science fiction author and the ghostwriter of the novelization of the original Star Wars film (later re-titled A New Hope), penned the novelization of The Force Awakens, and there are several reasons why the novelization is a great book to have on its own.
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I went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens a total of three times after it released, and as a long-time Star Wars fan, I have to say it was one of the best movie experiences I’ve had. Shattered Empire #2 is a great book any Star Wars fan will enjoy.My Review of The Force Awakens Novelization by Alan Dean Foster The Empire’s retribution knows no bounds and it will be interesting to see how this affects the Empire’s downfall and the relationship between Shera and Leia. The only downside is for those who have read Star Wars: Aftermath or Lost Stars those readers know the cliffhanger ending is a bit of a fake-out, but it still doesn’t take away from the intensity of the story. Shattered Empire continues to look amazing and evoke that classic Star Wars feeling. The visual of an AT-AT crashing through a downtown square while multiple Rebel fighters swarm it pop right off the page. Marco Checchetto’s art is equally good his depiction of Leia is spot on and the detail in the issue’s battle sequence looks great. His writing draws you in and he also conveys what the post-war galaxy looks like perfectly. Rucka nails Leia’s characterization as well as the others.
It will be interesting to see how much this may affect Leia it’s not enough to have Darth Vader as her father, but the Emperor coming from her mother’s home as well would be quite tough to accept. That’s one historical fact about the character that is usually forgotten so it was pleasant to hear the queen talk about the shame they’ve had on Naboo for spawning such a tyrant. It’s also a good reminder that Emperor Palpatine hailed from Naboo. The idea of Leia on her mother’s home planet is a fascinating prospect I wonder whether or not she knows she’s standing in her mother’s old throne room. Princess Leia gets a good spotlight in the issue as she undertakes a diplomatic mission to Naboo. Though she doesn’t get as much development in this issue as she did in the last, she continues to be an interesting character, one with an intriguing relationship to a well-known and favourite character from the Original Trilogy, as well as another from The Force Awakens.
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Rebel pilot Shera Bey is still the focal point of the series as we follow her through her experiences in the final days of the war.
The second issue of the series takes place a couple weeks after the battle as the Rebellion, slowly trying to turn into the New Republic, mops up Imperial forces as they attempt to regroup and exact revenge with Palpatine’s posthumous orders. While books like Star Wars: Aftermath or Lost Stars have given fans a look at the long term effects of the Empire’s defeat at Endor, Marvel’s comic series Shattered Empire continues to examine the state of the galaxy in the immediate aftermath of Palpatine’s death. Ricky Church reviews Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #2…įor the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star into the chaos of a Shattered Empire.