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The Last Jedi Expanded Edition Star Wars eBook Jason Fry

I was a huge fan of The Last Jedi film and anxiously awaited the novelization, devouring it in less than a day. It was highly entertaining and more enjoyable than TFA novelization. That being said, it isn’t perfect. Some places felt terribly rushed, while others felt needlessly drawn out. The author seems to favor technical explanation over dives into character thoughts and emotions, which some may prefer but I do not. I would have appreciated some deeper insight into what we saw on the screen during certain portions. Also there is a huge formatting error that repeats a certain paragraph twice over the course of two pages. Fry seems very fond of “appraising” glances as he seems to use that every other page.

But that’s me being nitpicky. I still loved the book, and I loved getting more development with Rose’s character. It flowed seamlessly with what we learned about her in Cobolt Squadron, and her interactions with Finn had so much more chemistry on the page than on the screen. I enjoyed the Holdo/Poe conflict more too. And by far my favorite aspect of the book was that scene with the caretaker village which Rian cut for pacing sake. It was fun and surprising. Curmudgeonly Luke is wonderful. Despite its flaws, I’d still recommend this book. Good stuff!

EDIT: I had to come back and edit this after re-reading digesting a bit, and everything I wrote still stands -- though I have to warn any fellow Reylo fans out there that this book will be a huge disappointment on that front. The Rey/Ben interactions are sparse, sterile, and cold. It's bizarre, considering how warm and developed the Rose/Finn pairing is in the book, and how candid Rian has been about his intentions for the two leads. The magnetic chemistry between Ridley and Driver is absent from Fry's interpretation, and he makes no effort to dive into their thoughts about one another at all. This book is slim pickings if you're looking for more Reylo feels. It will leave you feeling annoyed. But for everything except Rey and Ben, it fully deserves its 4 stars.


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The Last Jedi Expanded Edition Star Wars eBook Jason Fry Reviews

It's tried and true. If the movie is based on a book, the book was better. If the book is based on a movie, the movie was better. For the most part Star Wars novelizations are workman like and uninspired retelling of the script. There is no point in reading a movie script novelization unless it gives you something new that the movie didn't. If it fleshes out the characters more, adds new POVs, content that was cut from the film, that kind of thing. That has largely been absent in Star Wars adaptations with the notable exception of Matthew Stover excellent work on Revenge of the Sith. He put the movie to shame.

Finally it's happened again. Mostly. Jason Fry did an excellent job filling out the story with added scenes and dialog. He put us in the character heads and we are treated to a slightly deeper story where motivations and transitions from one scene to another make more sense. Reading his adaptation will smooth over the rough edges of the movie plot and tie several sequences together that the movie likely cut in deleted scenes. For all it's flaws Last Jedi was a beautiful movie to watch. The book does fall a little short of capturing the majesty of Ach-To's island or the salt plains of Crait. But that not withstanding it is worth your time and nicely fills in screenplay gaps and adds more "meat" to Snoke, Kylo Ren, Finn and Rose.
Super disappointed in this one. I have been a big defender of 'The Last Jedi' and as a long time, obsessed Star Wars fan I was hoping this novelization would add more insight into the characters motivations. It did and it didn't. It's a toss up and ultimately a tease. It barely tells anything new.

There are some added scenes NOT in the movie Luke's alternative life dream sequence, Han's funeral, Luke's third lesson to Rey, the Caretakers' thoughts after Luke vanishes (probably more I'm forgetting). They are well-written and very detailed, but not necessary. In comparison, scenes that I LOVED from the movie were pretty glossed over. Very vague. After seeing the movie eight times in theaters, I was excited to dive into the thoughts of my favorite characters during certain scenes. But a lot of those scenes, there was only a description and meager or no character thought process. Many times, I repeatedly demanded aloud, "But why??" But why did Luke do this, what is he thinking? While I'm still young, please! I want to defend 'The Last Jedi' and this won't help.

Probably just a pet peeve, I thought there were some odd word choices that made serious scenes almost comical. I didn't know lightsabers went "smack" like banana-cream pies or the old Batman tv show.

For me the beginning was stronger than the end. We did get some interesting thoughts from Hux. I enjoyed the Force-based mother-child reunion of Leia and Kylo. Again, I liked the extra scenes. It was nice learning more about Rose and Paige's background. There are some Snoke thoughts about Rey, Luke, Kylo, and the galaxy, for people who need more information on Snoke.

But for ships, there's no help. Take Finn and Rose for instance. Pretty much from what I read, there was no reason for Rose to kiss Finn and say "saving what we love." She spends the novelization very annoyed by him. She just does it 'cause.

When some of the characters do think, they think in circles. They'll think one thing and then the opposite, many times. Because it was done so quickly in each scene, this made Rey and Rose, especially, seem very wishy-washy. Disappointing.
I was a huge fan of The Last Jedi film and anxiously awaited the novelization, devouring it in less than a day. It was highly entertaining and more enjoyable than TFA novelization. That being said, it isn’t perfect. Some places felt terribly rushed, while others felt needlessly drawn out. The author seems to favor technical explanation over dives into character thoughts and emotions, which some may prefer but I do not. I would have appreciated some deeper insight into what we saw on the screen during certain portions. Also there is a huge formatting error that repeats a certain paragraph twice over the course of two pages. Fry seems very fond of “appraising” glances as he seems to use that every other page.

But that’s me being nitpicky. I still loved the book, and I loved getting more development with Rose’s character. It flowed seamlessly with what we learned about her in Cobolt Squadron, and her interactions with Finn had so much more chemistry on the page than on the screen. I enjoyed the Holdo/Poe conflict more too. And by far my favorite aspect of the book was that scene with the caretaker village which Rian cut for pacing sake. It was fun and surprising. Curmudgeonly Luke is wonderful. Despite its flaws, I’d still recommend this book. Good stuff!

EDIT I had to come back and edit this after re-reading digesting a bit, and everything I wrote still stands -- though I have to warn any fellow Reylo fans out there that this book will be a huge disappointment on that front. The Rey/Ben interactions are sparse, sterile, and cold. It's bizarre, considering how warm and developed the Rose/Finn pairing is in the book, and how candid Rian has been about his intentions for the two leads. The magnetic chemistry between Ridley and Driver is absent from Fry's interpretation, and he makes no effort to dive into their thoughts about one another at all. This book is slim pickings if you're looking for more Reylo feels. It will leave you feeling annoyed. But for everything except Rey and Ben, it fully deserves its 4 stars.