available 18th September

Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars!

This is the softcover collection of the official adaptation of George Lucas's rough-draft screenplay for what would become Star Wars, the film that changed motion pictures and the world. You'll see familiar characters and places--but not all is the same in this long-ago and faraway galaxy. Still, strap yourself in for high adventure and lazersword duels, Jedi Knights, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and a battle to defeat the evil Empire!

Collects issues #1-#8 and issue #0 of The Star Wars.

Alright. I am not a major Star Wars fan. Yes, that's like saying you are no longer a Dr Who fan or...well, it gets you hatred. Seriously, people: it's only a few movies. Well, tons of forestry died to make the comics, graphic novels, prose books and all the rest of it -by buying into this you are far removed from becoming one with the force!

Now that I've put the target on my back....

This was okay. Space Opera. Nice story and interesting to see what George Lucas might have had in mind. I mean, read that SMALL text at the bottom of the book cover: "Based on the original rough draft screenplay by George Lucas" which means that this was a preliminary not good enough idea. And is that George Lucas on the front cover???

The art is nice. In some places the eye lingers longer than others. It cannot be faulted. It carries the story along well and I read this with everything about Star Wars blanked out of my mind....sadly, I also blanked out that I needed to pee-pee...but that might be old age. So it was a very fun book -I have no doubt that the book will sell well -unless all those Star Wars cosplayers have only ever seen the films but never read a comic. Oy!

Now, I suddenly got a little deja vu while reading this. I was sure I'd seen/ read something very similar before...oh, I must be thinking of Star Wars...no. Wait a minute. Ahh, The Avengers: Infinity. That was it. Not a total, 100% similarity but close enough. It was almost as though Star Wars and The Avengers had melded. Hmm.

~~Marvel~~Disney Comics owns the Avengers. That could cause problems.

Oh. Wait...Disney owns Lucasfilms/Star Wars.

Is there a conspiracy here? How long before Star Wars characters meet The Avengers?

Let's leave all that aside, though. Its a nice comic Space Opera and great art. And I'm sure that it will sell well. And money is all that matters here, right? Read it. Enjoy it. Leave the world behind for a while and have fun.

Thursday, 11 September 2014

Titan Books: THE STAR WARS

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