Star Wars The Force Awakens: Graphics Hardcover

Four of the novellas featured in this book were released in digital form prior to The Force Awakens coming out. I read all those novellas then and absolutely loved them. It added to my viewings of The Force Awakens to know stories about a few of the background characters. I've always loved the Star Wars background characters. I have the action figures to prove it!Below are my reviews of each of the stories in this collection. The two new stories are listed first, A Recipe for Death and True Love. I highly recommend this book! I give the overall book a 5/5! Since it says Volume 1 on the cover, I'm hoping for more. I'd love to see more Star Wars written by Landry Q. Walker.Title: A Recipe for DeathThis story takes place in the kitchen of Maz Kanata's wonderfully quirky castle. The sous chef is dead and the head chef has been framed. An investigation takes place in the form of a cook-off. It's like a cooking reality tv show meets murder mystery. Like many of Landyr's stories, this story is both playful and dark. There are plenty of wonderful details that make sure you know this story takes place in the Star Wars universe. I want to see what a Mon Calamari/Quarren hybrid looks like! I give this story a 5/5.Title: True LoveUnkar Plutt gets a message from a dating service. I liked to see modern uses of technology shown in the Star Wars universe that was created before the Internet was a household thing. I enjoyed learning more about the junker and seeing Jakku, but this was probably my least favorite of the stories in this collection.I give this story a 4/5.Title: The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count DookuThis was my favorite of these short stories. Ever since I first saw the Crimson Corsair in the Vanity Fair spread, I thought he looked cool. I wanted to know more about him. This story follows him and his crew in a race across a desert planet against other pirates searching for a lost treasure. Captain Sidon Ithano, as he is also known, is an awesome character. There's a toy coming out of him and his first mate that I think will be one of the few The Force Awakens figures I actually buy.This story has it all. Like a lot of the new canon, it takes inspiration from all the Star Wars films and tv shows. It even starts with a Hondo quote! Fans of The Clone Wars tv series MUST read this!I found myself using wookiepedia to get accurate ideas of what the characters looked like. The Ortolan pirate known as One-Eye is such a cool image.The chapters are very small, which made it very easy to read. This story is full of adventure as well as comedy. I love when Star Wars stories make allusions to classic lines and such in creative ways. I never had a bad feeling about this book while I was reading it.I give this short story a 5/5. I want more! I am so much more intrigued by the character of the Crimson Corsair. I want to follow his crew on many more adventures. I really hope Walker gets to continue writing their stories.Title: High Noon on Jakku I have not yet seen The Force Awakens, but from promotional material it seems like Constable Zuvio is the character most featured in the film out of these four stories. In this story he is the good guy, keeping the law in order. I'm interested to see what his role will be in the film.This short story is a great introduction to Jakku. It sets up how the planet works and the minimal law enforcement that is present.The design of Constable Zuvio is really cool and I've seen the action figure, but I didn't realize him and his cousins are members of an already existing Star Wars specis. They are Kyuzo, which is the same species as Embo the bounty hunter from The Clone Wars.This is a crime story with a bit of heist. I really enjoyed the way it played out. I give it a 5/5.Title: The Face of EvilWith this story, we get our first look inside the castle of Maz Kanata on Takodana. There is an Edgar Allan Poe feel. It is a dark and stormy night. There's something in the basement. There's also a Frankenstein-like feel to the science.When I first saw the fluffy yellow creatures featured in this story, I thought they were ridiculous even for Star Wars. But, I like their characterization. I want to explore Maz Kanata's castle more.I give this short story a 5/5. It is a fun and creepy read.Title: All Creatures Great and SmallThis was the first creature we were introduced to in the Force for Change promotional video. And again, at Comic-Con. In this story we get to meet this unusual storyteller.I like how uncertainty and believing in the implausible is at the heart of this story. Although it does get kind of outrageous. I'd be interested to learn more about how he is aware of such details.The story told within this short story is a tale of the unsung heroes of Yavin who aided in the destruction of the Death Star.This story was fun and interesting. It's a story that makes you wonder about stories. I give it a 5/5.

I enjoyed it. I got it for the Crimson Corsair, but the other stories were pretty good. Notoriously short chapters, but I was in it for the quick read.

Not very essential to read, it’s a decent read. The last story ties into the Clone Wars and Order 66. That connection was pretty fun.

A great collection of stories that echoes past compilations like "Tales of the Mos Eisley Cantina" or "Tales of Jabba's Palace" among others, except that all stories in this book are by author Landry Walker.We got stories from some of the colorful aliens that populate Jakku and Takodana, the most interesting places we were shown in The Force Awakens (save for Hosnian Prime which doesn't have a happy ending).The tales range from detective work, mystery solving, heists, etc. and do create a sense of wonder and adventure that fits right in the Star Wars universe. Four of these were already published as ebooks, but Unkar Plutt's adventure plus the Maz Kanata's castle cook ones are new to this volume. They are very entertaining and not only they play on the mysterious character that is my favorite of the movie, Sidon Ithano, but also he brings back in a triumphant way a character from the Clone Wars!A wonderful and delightful book!

This book is a collection of short stories leading up to the events of Star Wars Episode 7. If you are a fan of star wars you will enjoy this book. The stories are all varied, so you are getting multiple genres all set in the star wars universe.

6 great Short stories about background characters in the force awakens movie.

So ya watched the movie. Ya saw various aliens in the back and thought 'what's his or her story?' This book tells you about some of them. Same type of book as the "Legends" books, "Tales from..." (Jabbas Palace, The Empire, The New Republic, The Bounty Hunters, and The Mos Eisley Cantina). Great short stories that expand the movie just a little bit more. Can't wait for volume 2.

A good book. I read it to my 6 year old at bedtime. Some of the stories are a little dark but my son has had no issues with it.

The tin's a nice size though I might prefer it not to be contoured (BB8 sticks out from the lid of the tin). The book is something I could take of leave (probably leave) as it's just a picture story narrating the film - not like a novelisation of the film, but literally as if someone is giving you a blow by blow rundown of what happens. The model is nice enough, it all fits together well enough, though there's a couple of bits where it doesn't show in the instructions how certain flaps should go, so I had to take the engines apart several steps later and redo them. All in all, for a fiver it's decent, but I wouldn't say it's worth more.

My husband loves collecting everything Star Wars. Whilst these may be designed for a younger age bracket, he still gets a lot of enjoyment from them - especially when I can pick them up for just £5! The tin is great for general storage, and unlike previous tins we have bought the book is actually a storybook rather than a child's activity book. Whilst my husband prefers the original style X-Wing, he still had great fun building this model whilst we sat and watched a film. It went together well and looks good!

Amazing gift for that special one! The tin is beautiful and made with amazing details and powerful colours. Perfect to collect and keep things storage. The book actually impressed me because I have other tins from star wars and the books are quite thin and very resume like. This is big with a full colourful story. The ship - Poe's x-wing fighter is amazing. Comes with the instructions to built step by step. Looks amazing!!!! Extremely happy with the product specially at such small price!

As soon as I heard about this book I knew I'd have to get it. It reminded me instantly of the old Tales from books and the six stories within didn't disappoint and I've very much looking forward to there being more in the future. (Especiaially hoping for more of the Crimson Corsairs pirates.) I think A Recipe for death proved to be my favourite one though, although they all had their moments.

My grandson had one of these sets/tins in the summer and loved building the model. I have bought this one as a surprise Christmas present.