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I kind of started this book on a whim and it's actually turning out to be pretty good.

Sweek: Special Star Wars Edition

Some Random fun things from the Webs

Oh, you knew the whole no attachements didn't apply to between Jedi and Padiwan.
Sweek!

Too Soon?

Droid(s), fighting the empire since circa. 1975.

These are not the Droids you're looking for.

Fighting for the Users

What a great shot.

Of Course...

No comment...but some side boob...

You know, from that famous Scooby Doo crossover...

Clip from "Return of the Jedi" if the empire had our current economy.

I wish I had thought of this as a kid...awesome.

And finally your Sweek "Moment of Zen"

Book Review: Heir to the Empire

STAR WARS: THRAWN

BOOK ONE

HEIR TO THE EMPIRE

By Timothy Zahn

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I had this book when I was a kid, and since I still act like a kid, I finally got around to actually reading it.  It was long over due...but I just couldn't get myself to sit down with it and start reading it.  I'm sorry to say I think my main problem was the size of the font in the paperback that I had.  It was tiny, and I just can't read a book with tiny print.  It's not there is anything wrong with my eyes, it just feels like I am on the same page forever and I'm not getting anywhere. 

And then, modern science brought us the tablet PC and the E-Reader with the ability to make the font any size or shape or color you want.  That was all I needed to finally sit down with this first book in the Thrawn Series...and I'm all the happier for it.

Enter Thrawn, a rather enjoyable supervillian, come to take the place of the now dead Empire and his side kick some guy named Darth Vader.  But standing in his way is Luke Skywalker (even though Luke doesn't appear to realize that he is standing in the way). 

But have no fear, all Luke's old friends are there (except for the one's that died in the movies), to help our Jedi (and his soon to be Jedi sister) survive the oncoming storm that is Thrawn.

The book is actually quite good and Zahn does a great job of reminding us why we love these characters.  There is a little less adventure then I had thought there would be, but maybe there is more to come in the following books.

I'm putting reading the other books on hold for the moment because I want to go back and read the current series of books that have been released (Post Empire).  I'm currently about half way through "Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor" which I'm loving and will have review of that when I'm finished.

Well, I can say I'm very happy to have finally been able to read these books.  I'm finding it all well worth the effort.

My Rating: [8 out of 10]

Book Review: Robopocalypse

It's not often i find myself with a book I can't put down, in fact I usually find it all too easy to put a book down in favor of going on line or watching television or even just staring off into space.

But "Robopocalypse" was the exception to the rule and I'm not sure why...

The book starts out reading like a movie script (and how strange is it that Spielberg announced just a week after this book was published that he had bought the rights to and would direct this as a film).  Now, normally reading a script would turn me off right there - but it didn't and i found myself just going with it.

The scripting format really doen't let you get very close to the characters, but then in a book called "Robopocalypse" it's not the people i'm interested in.

In the end, the story digs deeper than I think the author really intended.  Some of the concepts that seem silly at first glance - such as the how the robots view themselves, take on a different light when you remember it is a human recounting the story for the Robots.

The book is a Creepy, fun quick read that is worth some your notice.  Take the time you won't regret it.

My Rating: [8.5 out of 10].

X-Men - A First Class Movie

I've got a thing for James McAvory.  I'll watch just about anything that he is in and when he is in something I really want to see, then all the better.  And this was a better movie than any that have come before.

This felt like the X-Men had finally settled into the movies and so we don't need a lot of background on new characters, they are just there...they have powers...let's move on.  And so, we get a good story, if somewhat predictable (that's not always a bad thing especially when it's fun).

I found layers here.  You got the good mutant against the not so good mutants and the good and not so good against the really bad mutants while all the young mutants are having to deal with their teenage angst.  Now isn't that what the X-Men have always been about?

Plus there were some sweet unexpected if brief cameos...

Worth the price of admission... HOWEVER!!!

Don't expect comic book continuity here. Think of it as an Exiles version of X-Men history and you'll be fine. The best part of the movie is that it's set in the 60's so Emma doesn't look out of place walking around in her underwear the whole time. Not to mention that Beast (pre-transformation), Havoc and Banshee are all pretty good eye candy as well.