What comes first? the book or the film?

[Divine Spirit]

As some may know, the book of Attack Of The Clones comes out before the film so i was wondering how many of you were going to read the book first or the film and so on....

 

please vote!

 

i voted for "Other" because im going to wait and see other peoples opinions about it....i want to see/read the best thing first! i love reading a detailed book before a less detailed film- that way it is more of a suprise when i read the book, which i find is a lot more enjoyable!

 

thanks!

 

Divine Spirit

[bkbroiler]

I picked other too, 'cause most books based on movies are not too great, though this one does sound tempting. I'm going to wait for the books reviews, like spirit.

 

hehehe biggs. funny dude.

[Rogue15]

I'll do what I did with TPM, watch the movie, read the book, and watch the movie again.

[Schizophrenic]

Same as Rogue15.

 

I'm going to go into that theater without ANY knowledge of what happens in the movie other than a general plot outline (that anybody could figure out) and anything shown by official trailers. I won't have the same thing happen this time that happened with Ep1 where I knew that Qui-Gon died 2 months before the movie came out.

 

This is harder for me to do cause the friend I'm going to see it with is doing the exact opposite and knows everything that happens. He constantly taunts me with that information, but the death threats I've given him have kept him from telling me anything.

[Jäger]

Same thing happened to me... picked up the Soundtrack to get my music fix... what did i see on the back? Qui-Gon Funeral pyre! Man was I mad, lol

[Jedi_Monk]

I'm not going to read the novelization. Star Wars lit is all outside of the canon, I don't want to be completely spoiled and I don't want some moron's ideas about what the characters are thinking. I also have a major beef against this author because he

killed off Chewie

So, seeing as how I don't respect the other book he wrote in the Star Wars universe, I sure as heck ain't gonna respect this one!

[Schizophrenic]

Originally posted by Jedi_Monk

I'm not going to read the novelization. Star Wars lit is all outside of the canon, I don't want to be completely spoiled and I don't want some moron's ideas about what the characters are thinking. I also have a major beef against this author because he

killed off Chewie

So, seeing as how I don't respect the other book he wrote in the Star Wars universe, I sure as heck ain't gonna respect this one!

 

 

 

1. Novelizations are part of canon. Movies, novelizations (no matter who writes them), and radio dramas are all canon. Everything else is apocrypha.

 

2. Lucas reads the novelizations before they're ever printed and vetos anything he doesn't like, so it's just as valid as if he wrote it himself.

 

3. Lucas himself AUTHORIZED Salvatore to have that happen. Salvatore didn't just decide one day that he was going to kill off a major character, and that everybody would just have to accept it. He had to get explicit permission from Lucas to allow it to happen. By doing so, it's just as if Lucas made a movie to where that happened. If he HAD made a movie where that happened, would you suddenly say "OH MY GOD LUCAS IS THE DEVIL HE KILLED OFF SOANDSO I DON'T RESPECT HIM AT ALL ANYMORE!"? I doubt you would.

[Jokis]

This reminds me. Who wrote the book, Shadows of the Empire? That was a good read...

 

Yeah, I'm tired...crap post; goodnite.

 

Edit:

 

A-Ha! Found it!

 

Steve Perry...GOOD AUTHOR!

[txa1265]

I did like TPM, though I didn't see it until my kids got it for me on video. Then I picked up TPM book in paperback. Now the kids are older, and we'll likely see it together. I'll eventually pick up the book to fill in the gaps.

 

Mike

[Divine Spirit]

Originally posted by Jedi_Monk

I'm not going to read the novelization. Star Wars lit is all outside of the canon, I don't want to be completely spoiled and I don't want some moron's ideas about what the characters are thinking. I also have a major beef against this author because he

killed off Chewie

So, seeing as how I don't respect the other book he wrote in the Star Wars universe, I sure as heck ain't gonna respect this one!

 

i hate the idea of "and they all lived happily ever after" - its just not gonna happen

 

those guys live on the edge or the whole o their life going from gun battle to the next, it would be stupid if they just lived through everything that goes on

 

i havent read the book yet so i dont know how

Chewie

got killed but i would like the charactors to go down fighting for what they believe, not just old age

[tommyj]

play the game...lol:p

[Freakish_Trav]

I'll read the book during the movie cus I can read really really fast.

[Jedi_Monk]

1. Novelizations are part of canon. Movies, novelizations (no matter who writes them), and radio dramas are all canon. Everything else is apocrypha.

Read the Return of the Jedi novelization, then read some of the spy reports. 'Nuff said.

 

those guys live on the edge or the whole o their life going from gun battle to the next, it would be stupid if they just lived through everything that goes on

That's exactly the point--they've lived their whole lives surrounded by war and death that never ends. They deserve a break. I'm not saying there shouldn't be anymore SW books, but it's just getting rediculous! One thing after another and to just two generations! Go forward! Go someplace else! Leave Luke and the others alone... the SW universe is unimaginably huge! There's no lack for adventure anywhere... but all this galactic-threatening, these superweapons and enemies that JUST WON'T DIE!

 

Now, if they'd've gone to the Sith, or if they had just explored Zahn's unknown threat, I might not be saying this. The Sith are always resurgent and always harassing and building power and because of their nature, they're not going away anytime soon. They're sorcerors and have got the fantastical element that Star Wars is built on. I've always loved the Sith. Also, you don't have to make them galactic threats to be interesting. They're the vampires, the ones who summon the living dead and tear people's minds apart. They're a personal enemy, a mental enemy.

 

Zahn's unknown threat was seeded there by the man who originated the post-RotJ SW literature and I think that everyone can agree that since then, it's all been down-hill. Bantam, as their last great contribution to the SW universe, gave us two more Zahns as a peace-offering for such horrors as Barbara Hambly and Kathy Tyres. Zahn cleaned up a lot of the mess, removed the threat of the Empire at last and at once gave us something new to worry and wonder about. An enemy that made Thrawn choose the Empire for its strength to help him defeat this enemy that had been tormenting the Chiss, his people.

 

Now, again, it wouldn't have had to be a galactic threat. A threat to the Chiss and the other peoples in the Unknowns that would bring the Republic, solidified and strong for once, along with the Empire, against an enemy that would bring them all together and bring about a Pax Republica. It could've been tales from the front-lines while the common-folk get peace.

 

But no. Del-rey, a competitor of Bantam, decided to screw Bantam over along with Zahn and the readers. They gave us the Vong from ANOTHER GALAXY who have no presence in the Force. Incredible, just incredible. They throw Zahn in the trash and give us in return the Vong.

[Schizophrenic]

Originally posted by Jedi_Monk

Read the Return of the Jedi novelization, then read some of the spy reports. 'Nuff said.

 

 

Spy reports?

[Jedi_Monk]

In the Novelization of Return of the Jedi, we have Obi-Wan telling Luke the story of what happened to Vader and how Luke came to be with Owen and Beru Lars. Obi-Wan says that Owen Lars is actually his own brother.

 

In Episode II, Owen Lars is the son of Claigg Lars, the man that Shmi Skywalker marries in Anakin's absence. Owen Lars is Anakin's step-brother, and therefore really is Luke's uncle (though not by blood). Owen Lars is not related in any way to Obi-Wan in the movies, the ultimate Canon.

 

Therefore, I say the novelizations are not canonical and none of the "facts" stated in them are completely solid. The movies are the SW canon, not the novels, even novelizations.