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A review by justthatstarwarsbookgirl
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Bounty Hunter: Boba Fett Illustrated Chapter Book by Jason Fry
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I thought this book was a good, short wrap-up of the three episodes it contained adaptions of. I especially enjoyed Jason Fry’s adaption of “R2 Come Home” in this book. I really enjoyed R2’s character and spunk in that one, but never realized until now that the author left out Mace praising R2 for saving them at the end of the Episode as he does in the Animated Series. The illustrations were decent, I enjoyed how they were in Black and White on regular paper rather than on gloss paper in color. It made them rather unique, however I wasn’t exactly fond of the style of the illustrations and character depictions such as Anakin Skywalker especially, but also Plo Koon, Mace Windu and Ahsoka Tano, and the Clone Troopers slightly (though definitely not nearly as much as Anakin). I don’t remember Boba wearing a cape during those episodes as well but I could be mistaken. Aurra Sing (the Jumpsuit) especially as well as Bossk’s outfits (the often described as undersized X-Wing Pilot Flight Suit) were extremely accurate as seen in the show however, as well as Castas and Bossk’s alien faces, Bossk’s 3 fingered-lizard hands and Aurra’s extremely long fingers, one of her most well-known traits. The weapons such as the DC-15A blaster were illustrated very well. In fact, that image of Boba destroying the reactor from the first Episode “Death Trap”’s adaption in the book might’ve been my favorite and most memorable illustration out of the whole novelization. I also thought the backgrounds were quite basic, but perhaps that was so as to cause the reader to focus on the main parts of the image (the people). I also thought the book portrayed Hondo’s character very well (as well as being illustrated accurately) and Aurra Sing’s ruthlessness, plus Boba’s indecision about killing innocents and desperation for vengeance and justice for his father Jango’s murder by Mace Windu. The one thing I didn’t like about this book was they didn’t explain or even leave a little snippet giving explanation about the fact that Aurra Sing DOES live through Slave 1’s crash due to Hondo’s saviorship, and appears in later Episodes of The Clone Wars as a Bounty Hunter and Assassin. They also never directly state whether or not Boba gives up the locations of the hostages or not as is explicitly described in the Episode. I also have never heard of Aurra described as Boba’s mother as she was by Hondo, not even in the Episode itself, but I suppose it’s true she became his adopted mother after Jango died. Overall, a very decent, good, book and quick read for any child or overall fan of Star Wars as a whole.
Graphic: Animal death, Deadnaming, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, War, and Injury/Injury detail