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Star Wars E-book Price Alerts

There are some changes on the Amazon prices. The OT novelization trilogy is no longer $1.99 but $6.99.

Alphabet Squadron is $5.99.
The Adventures of Lando Calrissian is $5.49, which usually means it will go back up to its normal price ($6.99).
Wild Space is $5.99.
The Dark Lord Trilogy is $7.99.
The Rise of the Empire duology and short story collection is $7.99.
Canto Bight and a few other novels have a $1 discount to $6.99.
Thrawn: Alliances is $7.99.

There are definitely other changes, but these are the major ones I noticed.
 
Hey all,

On Amazon right now 1/19/2019:
Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Force Collector ebook is on sale for .99 cents.

It could be a daily deal that is only on sale until 12 midnight tonight. So grab it while you can :)
Don't miss out.
Enjoy,
-Koric
 
Hey all,

On Amazon right now 2/21/2020:

George Lucas: A life by Brian Jay Jones in ebook is on sale for $2.99 down from $12.99

Its a daily deal that is only on sale until 12 midnight tonight. So grab it while you can.
Don't miss out.
Enjoy,
-Koric
 
Hey all,

Some of the same ebooks on sale at $4.99 but I'm hoping for some new Star Wars ebooks on sale for May the 4th.

But if not, please stay safe and best wishes to all on the forums.

May the Fourth be With you Always :)
-Koric
 
It's not actually being sold on StarWars.come, the link is just to an article announcing that it's free.
It should be on all of the e-book retailers, I got mine from Google Books.
 
Hey all,

On Amazon right now 5/8/2020:

STAR WARS: The Last Jedi novelization by Jason Fry in ebook is on sale for $1.99 down from $9.99 here:

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Jedi-Ex...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1588925483&sr=1-1

Its a daily deal that is only on sale until 12 midnight tonight. So grab it while you can. Say what you will about the movie, but the novelization goes into greater depth than the film and is pretty decent.

Don't miss out.
Enjoy,
-Koric
 
My top of the mountain SW novelizations are Revenge of the Sith and Return of the Jedi. The Last Jedi would be next in line, and it is the one that best lives up to the Expanded Edition moniker in the Disney era.
 
Smiley you are right. Revenge of the sith is incredible in the telling of a story of the movie. Kahn's ROTJ is incredible too. I also wanted to add Alan Dean Foster's 1977 Star Wars novel too.

Matthew Stover's work was incredible. Supposedly Lucas read and proofed and had a final say in the ROTS manuscript. Stover mentioned in the force dot net's forums that he had a behind the scenes edited and changed and some passages omitted manuscript file of the book. That's something that should be released.

Stover set the novelization bar pretty high for me, period.

Another great Star Wars book that gave me a new appreciation of the prequels and made me love the prequels is the Revenge of the Sith book, Darth Plagueis book by James Luceno, and Darth Vader Rise of Darth Vader also by James Luceno.

But honestly the Revenge of the Sith novel, and especially Darth Plagueis made me go yeah I knew it. I finally got and appreciated the Prequels flaws and all finally.

George Lucas is a master storyteller, and I sorely missed him during the Sequel Trilogy. Hopefully someday we get a great book from some author that sits down with Lucas before he passes heaven forbid, and gives a great book on the insides of Star Wars, all of it, all the stories, any all discarded concepts, even his full version of the Sequel trilogy. Remember Star Wars as a whole is supposed to be one 18 hour long continuous movie. As it stands, the Sequel Trilogy fails in this in every respect. What Disney and Abrams and Johnson failed to realize is that this is Lucas's world always was and always will be. If you are going to follow in the man's footsteps and continue his story, they each needed to be educated in filmmaking, storytelling, and the arts and humanities. All of the things that Lucas learned and was influenced by. That's what made everyone love Star Wars, that's what made Lucas great.

Another great book and the closest to getting into Lucas's mind, one everry Star Wars fan should read and enjoy: THE SECRET HISTORY OF STAR WARS by Michael Kaminski.

Just a great book period.
-Koric
 
Koric said:
As it stands, the Sequel Trilogy fails in this in every respect. What Disney and Abrams and Johnson failed to realize is that this is Lucas's world always was and always will be.
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I always find statements like this kind of ironic, because I've always found that the stuff that Lucas was most directly in control of, A New Hope and the Prequels, were the weakest part of the franchise. He seems to be one of those people who really needs to have his ideas filtered through other people for them to really be as good as possible.
 
JD said:
I always find statements like this kind of ironic, because I've always found that the stuff that Lucas was most directly in control of, A New Hope and the Prequels, were the weakest part of the franchise. He seems to be one of those people who really needs to have his ideas filtered through other people for them to really be as good as possible.
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A New Hope is fine but I agree about the prequels. Despite Lucas' claims the PT doesn't seamlessly flow, especially from 1 to 2 and from 3 to 4.

On paper it sounds great. But, watching it? Sorry.
 
Lucas is a good world builder and generally good at developing at least the basics of a plot. He is reasonable at editing and very good at choosing the best people for a job. ILM was setup as the start of excellence. He also picked very good actors for their rolls.

What he isn't particularly good at is crafted dialogue and directing people scenes. And these are points he is very conscience of. Even as early as 1977, if not earlier. Thus you can have excellent actors that quite obviously did well in their screen tests, come out as wooden and not getting the scene.
 
Yeah, he's good at coming up with ideas, it's just the execution of those ideas he needs help with.
 
Hey all,

Thanks for the interesting insights. In any case Star Wars itself has become a mixed bag. But, in the end thats ok. I think the interesting thing is no matter what money or ownership Disney has or claim to have. Lucas will always own Star Wars in a very unique way.

Listen to Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau and the success of the Mandalorian and you'll see the respect not only for Lucas, but the material and the world of Star Wars itself.

For me personally in the Sequel Trilogy there was no coherent storyline, no tie to mythology like the prequel and original trilogy. No overall plan. I wished RISE had more of a bind to all nine films as presented in the very first trailer. Using all the characters and situations from all the films in the end. There was no strong protagonist, no real consequence, no payoff in the end.

Just my opinion. Hey in the end, there is no right or wrong for all of us. All I know is I am a Star Wars fan, as is everyone, but sometimes for the makers of the stories and films you have to be more rhan that. Fandom, creativity and skill are all necessities.
-Koric
 
Oh and to keep it on topic:

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novelization by Rae Carson is now on sale at $3.99 down from $14.99 on Amazon.

Just a heads up everyone.
-Koric
 
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