We review From a Certain Point of View!
From a Certain Point of Viewis a grab bag of stories accessible toStar Warsfans both new and old.
As long as youve seenA New Hope, there will be something for you here.
The stories vary widely, but I found that the good outweighed the silly.
With the stories being what they are, there is potential for jokiness, intentional or otherwise.
Each story shows part ofA New Hopefrom the perspective of a side character.
Why didnt the Jawas wipe R2-D2s memory?
Comics and a surprisingly earnest epilogue from the point of the Whills by Tom Angleberger provide some more smiles.
Other stories, though, just felt self-consciously silly in a way that took me out of the narrative.
An Aunt Beru story supposes that she is writing from the afterlife, but mostly just feels too meta.
A Boba Fett story evokesRobot Chickeninstead of Temeura Morrison.
Its about finding ones place, and more specifically about the experience ofnotbeing in that place to start.
Its a great way to tie each story to the themes of the movie.
Her story is practical and sad, and I felt for her.
Other stories have a bad case of the small universe syndrome that feels silly alongside less self-conscious franchise fiction.
However, even the stories that werent quite to my taste did include tightly-written character arcs.
I think it succeeds at most of these things.
Youre not necessarily going to like every story in the collection, but thats sort of the point.
The variety will appeal to a lot of different fans.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
