A New Hope Review

THE STAR WARS SAGA
1. THE PHANTOM MENACE
    ***+ Jan/14
2. ATTACK OF THE CLONES
    **** Jan/14
3. REVENGE OF THE SITH
    **** Mar/08
4. A NEW HOPE
    *** Jan/97
5. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
    *** Mar/97
6. RETURN OF THE JEDI
    *** Mar/97

ALL TIMELINES

CLASSIC ERA

BEFORE STAR WARS
-17 YEARS

CORUSCANT NIGHTS
1. JEDI TWILIGHT
2. STREET OF SHADOWS
3. PATTERNS OF FORCE

-10 YEARS
BRIDGE NOVEL
DEATH STAR
HAN SOLO TRILOGY
1. THE PARADISE SNARE
2. THE HUTT GAMBIT
LANDO CALRISSIAN ADVENTURES
1. MINDHARP OF SHARU
2. FLAMEWIND OF OSEON
3. STARCAVE OF THONBOKA

-5 YEARS
HAN SOLO TRILOGY
3. REBEL DAWN
HAN SOLO ADVENTURES
1. AT STARS END
2. HAN SOLO'S REVENGE
3. THE LOST LEGACY
DROIDS ADVENTURES
1. KALARBA ADVENTURES
2. REBELLION

-1 YEAR
PLAGUE
1. DEATH TROOPERS

-0 YEARS
BOBA FETT
SALVAGE
ENEMY OF THE EMPIRE
DARK FORCES
1. SOLDIER FOR THE EMPIRE
UNDERWORLD
THE YAVIN VASSILIKA
X-WING: ROGUE SQUADRON
0. ROGUE SQUADRON PREQUEL
EMPIRE
1. BETRAYAL
2. DARKLIGHTER
3. THE IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE
4. HEART OF THE REBELLION
BRIDGE NOVEL
THE FORCE UNLEASHED
THE FORCE UNLEASHED II

----YEAR ZERO----
EPISODE IV
A NEW HOPE

AFTER STAR WARS
+0 YEARS
STAR WARS TALES
1. MOS EISLEY CANTINA
GALAXY OF FEAR
1. EATEN ALIVE
2. CITY OF THE DEAD
3. PLANET PLAGUE
4. NIGHTMARE MACHINE
5. GHOST OF THE JEDI
6. ARMY OF TERROR
CLASSIC COMICS
VADER'S QUEST
JABBA THE HUTT
THE ART OF THE DEAL
EMPIRE
5. ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES
6. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THEIR FATHERS

+1 YEAR
NEWSPAPER STRIPS
1. THE EARLY ADVENTURES
2. IN DEADLY PURSUIT
3. THE REBEL STORM
4. ESCAPE TO HOTH
GALAXY OF FEAR
7. BRAIN SPIDERS
8. THE SWARM
9. SPORE

+2 YEARS
EPISODE IV BRIDGE
SPLINTER OF THE MIND'S EYE
GALAXIES
THE RUINS OF DANTOOINE
GALAXY OF FEAR
10. THE DOOMSDAY SHIP
11. CLONES
12. THE HUNGER
EPISODE IV BRIDGE
ALLEGIANCE
CHOICES OF ONE
WINNER LOSE ALL

+3 YEARS
EPISODE V
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
STAR WARS TALES
2. THE BOUNTY HUNTERS
EPISODE V BRIDGE
SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE
BOUNTY HUNTERS
SCOUNDREL'S WAGES

+4 YEARS
EPISODE VI
RETURN OF THE JEDI
STAR WARS TALES
3. JABBA'S PALACE
BOUNTY HUNTER WARS
1. THE MANDALORIAN ARMOR
2. SLAVE SHIP
3. HARD MERCHANDISE
MARA JADE
BY THE EMPEROR'S HAND

ALL TIMELINES


	Click for larger image	STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE A novel by Alan Dean Foster (1976, 1995, Ballantine Books) Book 1 of the Star Wars Trilogy Year Zero A farm boy and a rogue smuggler rescue a princess from the evil Empire, and go face to face against its super-weapon -the Death Star.

		Read January 24th to 31st, 1997 for the second time
		The writing style made it feel like I was watching a movie -which, I guess, I was. All in all, it was a good book; the action scenes at the end were almost as exciting as the movie! Unfortunately, there was no depth to it. The characters that we see in the movie are what we get. There are no thoughts to let us know who the characters are. All they do, really, is react to situations. But I guess this is a novelization to a movie, while the other books used a lot more background to make independant books.

		GRAPHICAL ADAPTATION A graphic novel by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin (1995, Dark Horse Comics)
	+	Read April 26th to 28th, 1997
		I realize the authors had to work from a pre-script, but even the graphics and drawings weren't all that good. The story was not enhanced in any way by this rendition. In fact, the differences were so great between what's on these pages and what's in the movie or even the novelization, that it was really distracting.

		A NEW HOPE SPECIAL EDITION GRAPHICAL ADAPTATION A graphic novel by Bruce Jones and Al Williamson (1997, Dark Horse Comics)
		Read May 14th to 16th, 1997
		This rendition was much better. The artwork was, in fact, incredible! Full of detail. The script was taken from the movie, with only some few omissions. Well done. I realize these guys had twenty years to figure out how they would make this graphic novel, and it shows.

		NPR RADIO DRAMATIZATION A radio adaptation by Brian Daley (1994, Ballantine Books)
		Read January 5th to 12th, 1995
		No review available.