Damn you, George Lucas!!!

[codenamedanger]

I'm reading the novelization of the Star Wars holy trilogy. A New Hope is actually written by Lucas. My curiosity got the better of me.

Now I'm kinda annoyed and may jump ahead to Empire.

- Really bad line number 1 -
Vader muses about the escape pod that left Leia's craft and showed no life form readings...
"It could have been a malfunctioning

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You didn't get that Leia wanted to seduce Obi-Wan with her

[thespice]

husky 15 year old voice? Really? Cause I totally got that watching A New Hope.

"Tapes are not life forms." I can't stop laughing. That's T-Shirt material right there. Fuck. Did Lucas write his novel, then have a computer translate it into French, then Spanish, then back into bad English before sending it to the printer?

Tapes are not life forms!

Thank you, Geroge Lucas!

[happybunnyposse]

I read a version of this (may be the same one) around the time of the OT re-release. The only thing that kept me going was knowing how the movies went. Now that I think about it I can't remember if I finished it as it was a very painful read.

Good luck!

[wendolyn]

Nothing worse than bad prose. Stop torturing yourself. Get a copy of Flaubert and soak in a bubble bath- you'll feel better and your brain will thank you.
(And it's The Force, dammit!)

Geeky chicks, rock on.

[codenamedanger]

At least it's not just me. I'm currently loving the fact that all the replies here are from chicks! Geeky chicks rule.

Before I started this I picked up a copy of Star Wars Tales Volume 5 which is a compilation of fan-fic/spoof comics. I realized that I really dig the format and may search our more SW comics.

[codenamedanger]

Speaking of Leia being seductive...seems Luke is far more interested in her than I thought...

Threepio is talking about Leia's hologram when...
Luke cut him off, savoring the way sensuous lips formed and reformed the sentence fragment.
Is it just me, or does this NOT sound like the same Lucas that made Carrie Fisher tape down her breasts?

Later on, Threepio is talking some more...
When Luke continued to stare at the portrait, Threepio added, more loudly, "Sir!"
Luke shook himself. "What...? Oh, yes."

And again, when they get to Obi-Wan's.
Once more the striking portrait was being projected into empty space from the front of the little robot. Luke broke off, entraptured by its enigmatic beauty once again.

Here I was, stupidly thinking for all these years that Luke was mostly interested in what she had to say.

[disneyphile]

NoOoOoOoooooooooo!!!!

I should never have read this. :(

Sorry!

[codenamedanger]

I didn't mean to ruin anyone's view of the OT. I'm sorry I did that! My own point of view is that anything, and I mean ANYTHING, outside of the original movies themselves is bullsh.t. I discount the special editions, too.

It's the only way a true fan can stay sane :)

[codenamedanger]

Oh, and btw, I started skimming it after they left the Death Star, skipped most of the Yavin Death Star battle (which went on and on) and gave up entirely shortly after beginning Empire.

When it wasn't annoying, it was boring.

Now I'm reading about American food history, which is far more entertaining.