Matt Stover writing Episode III novel

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-11-14 10:12pm

Does this guy suck or is he good?

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-11-14 11:26pm

IIRC he wrote Traitor and Shatterpoint. I hated Traitor, but Shatterpoint is ok. I don't expect it to be any better/worse than the other two prequel novels, really.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2003-11-14 11:30pm

It's not like he gets to write the story or dialogue or anything, I fail to see why the exact author matters.

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-11-14 11:52pm

Ender wrote:It's not like he gets to write the story or dialogue or anything, I fail to see why the exact author matters.

his writting style matters.

IIRC Steven King was seriously considered by LFL to pen the novel. That would have been awesome.

Mutant Headcrab · Post by **Mutant Headcrab** » 2003-11-15 12:31am

zombie84 wrote: IIRC Steven King was seriously considered by LFL to pen the novel. That would have been awesome.

Hmmm...That just gives me some disturbing images. Actually, their somewhat cool crossover images. I mean, with Stephen writing it, you'd have scenes where Amidala and the twins are stuck in a speeder being attacked by a rabid Womp Rat. Also, let's not forget the potential sith abilities of "the Walking Dude."

I think Ill shut up now....

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2003-11-15 02:09am

Traitor was alright, Shatterpoint wasn't even tolerable. And yes, it does matter. Even when you think it shouldn't. Because Salvador wrote the Ep II novel and it lacked. Had tons of information in it, but seemed to lack. Where as the other novelisations were great, TPMs was bad ass.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-11-15 03:46am

Connor MacLeod wrote:IIRC he wrote Traitor and Shatterpoint. I hated Traitor, but Shatterpoint is ok. I don't expect it to be any better/worse than the other two prequel novels, really.

I hated Shatterpoint, but more for the plot line than the writting style. I guess I'll have to just wait and see how he does with the novel.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2003-11-15 09:05am

I absolutely loved traitor, I thought it was one of the best SW books ever to have been written

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-11-15 11:05am

They should just bring back Terry Brooks. The Epiosde I novelisation was astounding.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-11-15 12:00pm

I actually enjoyed the TPM novelisation better than the actual movie. I read the book before i saw the movie and after the movie i felt cheated.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-11-15 07:51pm

zombie84 wrote:They should just bring back Terry Brooks. The Epiosde I novelisation was astounding.

Not suprising given that Brook's whole career is producing knocks offs of other people's works.

Still, I think the Episode One novelization was almost better than the actual film. A good author can make a lot of difference because while the dialogue and plot are fixed, that's just the beginning of a good novel.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-11-15 07:55pm

Not suprising given that Brook's whole career is producing knocks offs of other people's works.

Sword of Shannara might have been a condensed version of LotR, but subsequent books in the Shannara series struck out in their own direction.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-11-15 08:07pm

I thought Traitor was great, I also think the TPM novelization was great. I don't really have a problem with Stover writing the Ep. III novel, but I'd prefer Brooks writing it.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-11-15 08:07pm

Knife wrote:
Not suprising given that Brook's whole career is producing knocks offs of other people's works.
Sword of Shannara might have been a condensed version of LotR, but subsequent books in the Shannara series struck out in their own direction.

They aren't the same sort of direct rip-off that Sword was but they were incredibly formulatic, cliche ridden, and uninventive. After that he turns out generic fantasy cludge instead of cludgifying LotR.