Return of the Jedi 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	RETURN OF THE JEDI A novel by James Kahn (1983, 1995, Ballentine Books) Book 3 of the Star Wars Trilogy 4 years after Star Wars: A New Hope Luke and Leia attempt to rescue Han, and then join the Rebel Alliance as it attacks the Emperor's latest super-weapon at Endor.

		Read March 12th to 17th, 1997 for the second time
		The writing in this book was far better than in the first two. Characters were finally given depth. Satisfying tidbits of information that were not given in the movies, as well. The battle scenes were like reading a movie, same as in the both Star Wars and Empire books. But this was more an independent novel than a novelization. Characters could think and feel, and there was more background.

		GRAPHICAL ADAPTATION A graphic novel by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson (1995, Dark Horse Comics)
		Read May 9th to 13th, 1997
		The story was so compressed. They could have easily doubled the number of pages and made the story still only mostly complete! I don't know what happened here, but unless the story was known before reading this, as, of course it is to almost everybody, I'd have been very confused about what was happening.

		NPR RADIO DRAMATIZATION A radio adaptation by Brian Daley (1996, Ballantine Books)
		Read July 14th to 16th, 1997
		Good for an intermittent read, I suppose. The essentials were there, but it lacked lots of feeling. A lot of characters just didn't feel like themselves. It made good use of the other Star Wars incarnations, though, especially in referencing Shadows of the Empire.