In this video, I give a brief review of the Star Wars novel Kenobi by John Jackson Miller. Love live the EU. #starwars #starwarsbooks #starwarsfan #obiwankenobi
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@miragewizard13 күн бұрын
Great video! I actually didn't enjoy this book as much as others have. I thought that the author did a commendable job with keeping Kenobi in character, dealing with his connection to the Force, keeping him on Tatooine, and included a deft exploration into the Tusken Raiders (that, in my opinion, was completed within the show 'The Book of Boba Fett'). I liked the sequences around the moisture meters/vaporators, and exploring more of the science into how they operated and their beneficial relationship to Tatooine society. But I didn't enjoy the love story in this book and everything that surrounded it, which pretty much takes over the book once you're 50 pages into it. It was a slog for me to get through from this point all of the way to the conclusion. Even so, I felt that this story was better than what we got with the Kenobi Disney+ series. However, this is what I was hoping for with this book: the training that Yoda had for him that he mentioned at the end of Revenge of the Sith. A path of training, perhaps something akin to William Gibson's Hugo winning novel "Neuromancer", written within a counter-culture 'cyber punk' aspect with a dystopian break from Kenobi's dreary surroundings on Tatooine, leading to the 'foggy' Obi-Wan that makes stuff up on the fly and can't remember his own name by Episode IV A New Hope. Obi-Wan would have been dreadfully curious once he learned about Vader, and this would have truly lived up to Yoda's promise of "training I have for you during your exile".. He could have never left Tatooine physically, and we could have still explored concepts within the Force, perhaps even the Whills or learned more about the Prophecy of the Chosen One. But we didn't get that. We got the love story. With all that said, I appreciate the author's good, honest attempt, and the author deserves credit for staying within certain boundaries where Disney Star Wars did not.
@DarthTamarus13 күн бұрын
@@miragewizard I agree, having Annleen fall for Obi-Wan was kind of contrived. “The widow with the mundane life, seeking more meets mysterious man and falls for him” but I would say it’s saving grace is definitely how well he stayed in character. I’ll definitely commend him there as well. The overall story was meh, but the sub plot with the Tuskens was super interesting. Having them mention the attack on their people (whom we know is done by Anakin) was super cool to read about. I guess I came into this book with lower expectations and although it was a slow burn, I did enjoy it. Perhaps that was solely due to what we got to see with the Kenobi series and how they treated the character with such disrespect vs this story where, while the story was silly at times and, perhaps, could have been a much better one, definitely felt like OUR Obi-Wan. And could you imagine if someone was to actually tell a story like that? Having Obi-Wan somehow transfer into some other world via the Force and explore the greater depths that was ultimately immortality. I think maybe Miller thought that a way too ambitious avenue to take and maybe he didn’t want to try and fail so he told this safe story. But that would be cool to see because I would really like to know how Yoda and Obi-Wan were able to live after death.
@ValkyrieMagnus-fh8ykАй бұрын
Thanks for the review. I’ll check it out. Thanks fellow collector.