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This novelization is better than the movie, but it's still a shoddy book. Author Terry Brooks did the best he could with the cartoonish schlock he was given.

For Star Wars fans who view the prequels as an abomination: I recommend Red Letter Media's scathing NSFW review of Episode 1. Search YouTube for "Harry Plinkett Phantom Menace Review." ( )
  Daniel.Estes | Feb 15, 2013 |
This novel follows the plot of the movie closely, but it includes various extra scenes that I suspect were cut from the film. These scenes explain important points and fill in some of the movie's plot holes. The film would have been less terrible if it had included all the scenes in the book.

That said, I don't recommend reading the book, unless you want to understand all the details of what happened in the Episode I timeframe of the Star Wars saga. Even though the film is worse than the book, it's a better choice for most people, since (1) it doesn't take as long to watch the movie as it takes to read the book, and (2) you'll be better able to appreciate cultural references to Episode I if you've seen the visual style, characters, and acting of the movie.
  jrissman | Nov 4, 2012 |
This book really answers some of the questions about the beginnings of darth vader. Star wars fans will love it. I highly recommend this book ( )
  mrdoan72 | Dec 13, 2010 |
I had forgotten that I had read this. I must have been 12 or 13 or something then but I do remember that, being a fan of Star Wars and actually liking the prequels, I had enjoyed it very much. It was very much alike the movie. I used to own it but then I gave it to one of my nephews who most likely never read it and probably lost it. ( )
  thereshegoes | Aug 23, 2010 |
This book is pretty much exactly what you'd expect, the print version of the movie. As it was written after the screenplay, it deviates very little from the movie plot. Its basically the movie without the pictures, so it does not add a lot new to the story. ( )
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The novelization of Episode I: The Phantom Menace was written by Terry Brooks, best known for his Shannara fantasy series. While Brooks, for the most part, follows the script very closely, he also adds several new scenes which cast the story in a different light, making this novelization a very interesting read.
 
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0345427653, Hardcover)

If you've seen The Phantom Menace in a theater--and, judging from the 1999 box-office figures, who hasn't?--you've probably been a bit frustrated by the speed with which the fantastic images and creatures fly past. There's no such problem with this audiobook. All the excitement of the Star Wars prequel is there, but this time there's breathing room, a chance to meet the characters, let them walk around in your imagination, hear their thoughts. Actor Alexander Adams's reading of fantasy master Terry Brooks's novelization is brisk but never rushed, punctuated at chapter breaks by snippets of John Williams's movie score. Unfortunately, those who hate amphibian pest Jar Jar Binks's voice probably won't find Adams's approximation any less obnoxious than the movie's. (Running time: 9.5 hours, 6 cassettes) --Lou Schuler

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The official novel based on the movie, this book features an expanded story line. The Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, are charged with protecting Amidala, the young Queen of Naboo, as she seeks to end the siege of her planet by Trade Federation warships. The quest introduces them to a slave boy who has extraordinary instincts.… (more)

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