The Empire Strikes Back by Donald F. Glut
My rating: 3 out of 5 stars
The novelization of one of the greatest film sequels in history came out a month before its release on the big scene but the biggest surprise in film history didn’t hit the cultural zeitgeist. The Empire Strikes Back novelization by Donald F. Glut brings the amazing film to the page.
The novelization sticks close to the flow of the film without many extra scenes to flesh out the overall story. What could not be expressed on screen, the inner thoughts of characters and what the flow of the Force is like to name just a few, is included in the narrative and helps flesh out the overall feel of the galaxy far, far away. Due to being based on a previous draft of the script there are continuality artifacts, the biggest is Yoda who is blue. Unlike the Star Wars novelization this was a very readable adaptation resulting in completing it faster than its predecessor.
The Empire Strikes Back is a good novelization as Donald F. Glut was able bring the film to the page in a very readable manner. Though the film is preferred, the novelization is something nice to while away the time.
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