Time to rewatch IV-VI
May. 20th, 2005 10:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ivyficIf you're like me, you walked out of the theater wanting to rewatch the originals, but reinterpret it through the eyes of Obi-Wan and Anakin. I wanted desperately to learn more about Obi-Wan's years of exile on Tatooine (the angst of his life post-RotS is just off the scales), and about him reconnecting to Qui-Gon.
And then I got home and picked up "The Last of the Jedi," the first book in Jude Watson's new series (after Phantom Menace it was Jedi Apprentice, after Attack of the Clones it was Jedi Quest, now it's this). It is exactly what I wanted. Depressed, despairing, frustrated Obi-Wan trying to make a life on Tatooine and let go of everything he's known, at every turn being reminded of what he's lost: the community, the support, the friends, the purpose he once had. Especially Anakin. I'm only a few pages in, but already we can see how Obi-Wan is torn by missing and grieving for his closest friend and hating him for the atrocities he's commited. He can't seem to reconcile the two - the Padawan he loved as a son and the Sith that eradicated the Jedi. This points the way to his assertion to Luke that Vader killed his father; I'm sure in Obi-Wan's mind this is what happened. He can't see a continuity between the before and after.
It's what I've been saying all along. Jude Watson does Lucas better than Lucas.
I hope this series gets a good long run. But keep in mind, these are children's books.
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phonetic spelling?
Date: 2005-05-20 04:49 pm (UTC)Assertion to look? Do you mean assertion to Luke? I'm genuinely confused, but after a few readings I figure that must be what you mean. You need more sleep, my dear.
Re: phonetic spelling?
Date: 2005-05-20 05:01 pm (UTC)That's funny.
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Date: 2005-05-20 05:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-20 05:12 pm (UTC)You realize of course that you can't start with this one. You have to start back at JA#1 because Watson has an extended cast of original characters with backstories that constantly pop up. She's a master at continuity. (I'm assuming it's a she...someday I need to find this lady's address and write her a fan letter. She deserves it.)
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Date: 2005-05-20 06:11 pm (UTC)And incidentally, I hope you have a lot of these books to loan.
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Date: 2005-05-20 06:14 pm (UTC)Given that Jude's other books are "Brides of Wildcat County," aka teen Harlequin's without any of the good stuff, I think it's a safe bet Jude's a woman.
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Date: 2005-05-20 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-20 07:40 pm (UTC)From an interview on starwars.com. I rest my case.
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Date: 2005-05-20 07:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-20 07:42 pm (UTC)God I love Jude Watson.
I remember one incident where I was reading a Jedi Quest book walking to my car, got into my car, couldn't stop reading - I was sitting there, late for rehearsal, whacking the steering wheel with the book in enthusiasm.
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Date: 2005-05-20 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-20 08:00 pm (UTC)"Anakin felt a hook in his heart. He knew what that hook was. It was love. For his master."
I mean COME ON!!! I don't even need slash goggles to see that.