Written by: Greg Bear
Read by: Michael Cumpsty
Background: I did read The Phantom Menace, but I didn't bother reviewing it here. It was largely the same as the film, and even the Unabridged Audio book could not save it from itself. It was still a terrible storyline.
The Review:
Rouge Planet is the follow up to The Phantom Menace. Yet again, I found myself wishing this movie had been made. It seems like all the side story novels are just 10 times better than the stories Lucas ended up giving us. In Rouge Planet Obi-Wan and his 12 year old Padawan, Anakin Skywalker are sent on a mission to a distant planet to find a missing Jedi. The world they visit is called Zonama Sekot, and they produce the fastest Starships in the Galaxy. The odd thing is though , everything that is made on Sekot is grown from living beings called "Seed Partners" , and even the furniture you sit on is still alive. Nothing has to be killed on Sekot in order to produce something to use. It makes for a very symbiotic relationship between the inhabitants of the Planet and the Planet itself. It's quite unlike any other Star Wars world that is shown.
The audio version is abridged, and all Star Wars Abridged audio books have sound effects. Thankfully though whoever produced this book went easy on the effects, and just let the story tell itself. This is one abridgment however that I wish I could have had the full text in audio. I think there was alot of details left out, so much that at the end, the narrator has to give you a summation of what all was left out.
The reader again, is Michael Cumpsty, and again he did a very good job reading, and portraying the different levels of characters in the book. I always find it funny how whoever is reading, always has to do their best Yoda impression when reading his lines.
I enjoyed this book alot. I just wish I would have enjoyed The Phantom Menace as much. If you like the Star Wars universe and exploring new places, you'll certainly like this.
Rating 4 out of 5
-B
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