Star Wars Episode I the Phantom Menace: A Storybook

by J.B. Vaughan and Colin Reeder

Book Overview

His name was Darth Vader, but before he fell to the dark side--before an entire galaxy trembled in his shadow--he was known simply as Anakin Skywalker. This is the beginning of his story and the first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375800093
• ISBN13: 9780375800092
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Lucas Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A best bet

If you are willing to buy the TPM screenplay(you can get it for free on the Internet), this is your best bet. It has a selection of the orginal storyboards, cut scenes(this is the uncut screenplay), a introduction by producer Rick Mccalum, and the underwater and battle storyboards in order, kinda like a movie effect. If you like Star Wars, buy this!

Like watching the film... almost

I say this is WAY BETTER THAN THE NOVEL, you gotta read this if you want to know Lucas's TRUE vision of Episode I; but still the book has some low points however: they could at least improve the paperback quality, and I would had fill it with real screenshots among the storyboards. Besides you can use it to learn more about Lucas's storytelling style: this was written entirely by George Lucas that's why the whimp hollywood critics say that the film has a very chessy dialogue, I partially agree with them, but I still say Lucas is a wonderful storyteller and he deserves more credit, however there are some problems on these writtings that even a man with a big imagination has to deal with: I know that when you write a whole story and you make the dialogue yourself you tend to repeat the same lines again later (ex.: "you assume to much") the Star Wars IV's script has the same problem, good thing Lucas has hired another guy to help him finish the Ep.II script. I definitely liked the way this book is written, and I'm sure the film's dialogue would have been better if some lines of this book were not deleted.

Dazzling! Great!

I begged my parents to get me this book for Christmas, and after long hours of anticipation, I recieved it Christmas morning! I was sooo Happy! I just think you should get it to if you like action, adventure, and fantasy!

A Must Have

Where other illustrated screenplay adapatations have failed, this one captures the magic of the film eloquently. Full of cutscenes, detail, and beautiful artwork, this book is a must have for any Star Wars fan or collection.

Great book for younger readers!

Similar to the Scholastic storybooks of the 70's and 80's, this book is a quick but inclusive retelling of the events of Episode I with some great photographs throughout. The serious Star Wars fan probably has seen most of the photos, before, but that doesn't take anything away from this book. I learned to read on a copy of Scholastic's Star Wars Storybook over twenty years ago, and this book is a venerable successor to that series; I hope some day my own children use this one the same way.