The Starwars Books vs. The movies

beka8910 · Post by **beka8910** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:13 pm

I've read all the books and seen all the movies that are out and I like the movies better. I can't wait until Episode 3 comes out!

What about the rest of you?

Larry The Pickle · Post by **Larry The Pickle** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:40 pm

What do you mean by ALL the books?!

There are like 300 books! Do you mean the movie novels?

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:41 pm

I never bothered to read the books, personally...

But yeah, can't wait for Episode 3. I've downloaded the trailers, but saw one in the theater for the first time last night.

Larry The Pickle · Post by **Larry The Pickle** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:42 pm

What'd you watch in theatres? Hitchhiker's Guide? The Intrepretor?

The Top Crusader · Post by **The Top Crusader** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:46 pm

Jman 009 wrote:What'd you watch in theatres? Hitchhiker's Guide? The Intrepretor?

Hitchhiker's Guide.

It was okay... had some really funny moments, but seemed kind of like lots of random things thrown together. I liked it somewhat, but my friends I was with didn't so much.

I'm guessing it would be better if I had read the books... lots of times lots of people in the theater would be cracking up about something, that we didn't really get.

beka8910 · Post by **beka8910** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:53 pm

I ment the movie novels. Sorry about the confusion.

Larry The Pickle · Post by **Larry The Pickle** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:39 pm

The Top Crusader wrote:
Jman 009 wrote:What'd you watch in theatres? Hitchhiker's Guide? The Intrepretor?
Hitchhiker's Guide.

It was okay... had some really funny moments, but seemed kind of like lots of random things thrown together. I liked it somewhat, but my friends I was with didn't so much.

I'm guessing it would be better if I had read the books... lots of times lots of people in the theater would be cracking up about something, that we didn't really get.

Hey! I just watched Hitchhiker's Guide today! $\:D/$ It was so funny... at parts.

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:22 am

Jman 009 wrote:What do you mean by ALL the books?! There are like 300 books! Do you mean the movie novels?

I know people who have read all the books.

MDB17 · Post by **MDB17** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:09 am

movies

David O · Post by **David O** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:56 pm

I like the movies better than the books based on the movies. However, I like the books based on Star Wars in general better than the movies... An extensive breakdown would look something like this:

Star wars movie book < Most Star Wars computer games < Poor Star Wars book < Episodes 1-2 < Good Star Wars computer game (like KOTOR, or Jedi Knight) < Episodes 4-6 < Good Star Wars Comic Book < Good Star Wars Novel

Shad Lexer · Post by **Shad Lexer** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:00 am

Movies pwn.

Larry The Pickle · Post by **Larry The Pickle** » Wed May 04, 2005 8:05 pm

I haven't read the star wars books.... yet, but I generally like the books, not as a preference to movies, just like the books. I watch the movie, then read the books. The books add so much more to the movies, like what the person thinks about during that part, what his motive was for doing that, etc.

Rachael Blackgaard · Post by **Rachael Blackgaard** » Thu May 05, 2005 1:21 pm

I liked the Episode I book by Patricia Wrede, but most of the time I'd rather watch the movie than read the book.

On that note, though, has anyone read any of Timothy Zahn's books? I love it that he introduced Leia and Han's twins, then Mara Jade (whom Luke later married). My favorite Star Wars books are Spector of the Past and Vistion of the Future, and I like Union (only because I have the graphic novel version and Luke and Mara finally get married). It's hard to find Star Wars books that aren't either boring (Like Michael Stackpole's) or disgusting or completely un-Star Wars like.

I'd love to write some fanfiction, but all the books that are out there now make it intimidating. Somebody somewhere has already used or ruled out every plot I can come up with. I'm considering making something set in the Old Republic, since there seems to be a lot less about that and I've been playing Knights of the Old Republic more than is probably healthy. My mom finally told me to shut up or talk about something besides 'that stupid game'.

Meo · Post by **Meo** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:06 am

the star wars movies are really good.

H Tide · Post by **H Tide** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:04 pm

I enjoy the movies better...never really got into the books. There are a couple of Timothy Zahn's books that I like, but that's about it.

Evil Chick · Post by **Evil Chick** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:51 pm

Meo wrote:the star wars movies are really good.

Why did you post in this thread when it's over 2 years since the last post?

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:02 pm

I'm not into the books, but I did read the book to Episode 3 and felt that the book explained a lot more than the movie. In fact I felt that Lucas could learn something in the story telling department from reading the books.

Kairi · Post by **Kairi** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:45 pm

The movies. The movies. A thousand times the movies!

Thursday Next · Post by **Thursday Next** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:53 pm

I know some people consider the movies canon, but my sister would argue that he changed a back story that he approved earlier on for the books which changes your view of the character entirely.

StupendousMan · Post by **StupendousMan** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:10 pm

It really depends whether you like to visualize everything or have it visualized for you