I first got Splinter of the Mind's Eye from Scholastic Book Club in 1978 in Elementary School. Loved it!

@weswolever7477

23 күн бұрын

The day we got the SBC catalog was always the best day of school, I’m 64 and still have several of the books I ordered

@EddieBloecher

23 күн бұрын

@@weswolever7477 I do too! Lol I actually still have a few of the free posters from when you order 3 or more books lol. Still have my Dynamite Magazines relating to Star Wars and Galactica lol. I'm 55 until October lol.

@tedadamgreen

17 күн бұрын

Same!

@paulsarnik8506

12 күн бұрын

I first saw Splinter on the self of the checkout line(crewed by a living person, remember them?). Star Wars the movie (No Hope, no New, no "A") I first read about in the school's Weekly Reader and couldn't wait.

@EddieBloecher

12 күн бұрын

@@paulsarnik8506 As they say Paul, ah the good old days. A live checkout person? No way! Lol I remember and feel your pain Brother!

'Splinter', 'Han Solo at Star's End', and the Marvel comic run were all we had to feed our Star Wars fix before 'Empire' came out. They were just as essential at keeping it alive as 'Heir to the Empire' was in the 90s.

@macsnafu

9 күн бұрын

I liked the early Han Solo books, and the Marvel comic series was surprisingly good, once you got past the movie adaptation.

@calebfuller4713

8 күн бұрын

How can you possibly leave out the Holiday Special! 😂

@alexiswilliams4489

8 күн бұрын

And don't forget the audio play "Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell," available on vinyl, which was referenced in Empire.

@michaelmaynard4387

6 күн бұрын

@@alexiswilliams4489 You're right. I remember buying that record. Although I don't think I picked it up until after I saw Empire. I like that it filled in the reference gap.

"mcguff- ...crystal."

@LoFiChillandBeatsVibe

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was one of his best lines. 😄

@JDavid-ye7gm

2 ай бұрын

@@LoFiChillandBeatsVibe It earned my like

@sexobscura

29 күн бұрын

*Yes, the lore of the 'Kyber McGuff' was well known*

@PaulTheSkeptic

12 күн бұрын

The Kyberuffin. The Mcguffer? Kyguffer maybe?

The first and still the best SW novel. I love the early Star Wars media (books, comics, games) ... the galaxy far, far away was so fluid and undefined after the first movie, and before any sequels came out (mid-'77 to mid-'80). So many possibilites. THAT is what made it irresistable and so widely appealing.

@alancarnell2747

2 ай бұрын

I got it off Troll in Elementary school

@EddieBloecher

Ай бұрын

Scholastic for me! Lol

@EddieBloecher

Ай бұрын

And the 3 Han Solo Books.

@derrickorman712

24 күн бұрын

Also the three Lando books

@EddieBloecher

24 күн бұрын

@@derrickorman712 I'm lucky enough to have a book of all 3 signed by Author Neil Smith who we unfortunately lost in 2021. They're a great read.

"Splinter" was my favorite SW book in the Expanded Universe! I truly wish it had been made into a film.

@trey-fiddy

Ай бұрын

The cover is mesmerizing.

@jc7997aj

Ай бұрын

Believe it or not I've never read it. I was 7 when RoTJ came out so I was a young teen when all the expanded stuff was coming out new. I guess I just kept moving forward and never went back. I've also never read the novelizations. Maybe I need fix that😂

"A New Hope" didn't come out in 77..."Star Wars" did...

@paulsarnik8506

12 күн бұрын

My take as well 🤓😎✌🏼

@turasuicide6093

8 күн бұрын

Semantics.That is how it is commonly referred to now to easily distinguish it in the Star Wars universe. Btw, A New Hope is absolutely that Star Wars episode's name, as illustrated in the scrolling text as it starts.

@InnocentFurryCat-we6yz

20 сағат бұрын

I still call it star wars I don't call them by the new names

“They’re just two young people fingering in the jungle. Don’t make it weird.“😂 I remember as a kid, it being strange: I would see this Splinter book on shelves. I somehow knew it was another Star Wars story, but not one of the movies. This is long enough back that the very idea of something being outside the three original films was completely unique. I never read it when I was young, wish I would’ve. I know that by the 90s it was rare to even come across a copy. (EDIT) came across a used copy in a bookstore today. I know what I’m reading next

@cernstormrunner7263

2 ай бұрын

my library had a copy

@InvisibleAvenger

2 ай бұрын

Some was reprinted in the 90s, I bought a copy then. There were other Star Wars books from that early era too, THE HAN SOLO ADVENTURES by Brian Daley were a trilogy published in 1979 and 1980 (just after SotME) and THE LANDO CALRISSIAN ADVENTURES by L Neil Smith another trilogy published in 1983. Both trilogies have received multiple reprintings over the years (in collected editions) just like SotME has.

@EddieBloecher

23 күн бұрын

It didn't weird me out until Return of the Jedi came out and I found out that Luke and Leia were siblings. EWWWWWW LOL

Read "Splinter" in about '86 and it absolutely blew me away. I always thought it should've been made for screen, it's such a good story but breaks what became canon from "Empire" onward.

My mom bought me Splinter of the Mind's Eye when I saw on a bookstore bookshelf. It was fine for the era, and I was only 10 or 11, Empire hadn't come out yet, and I was still firmly of the mind that Leia was going to end up with Luke romantically. However, I ended up getting into Foster's novels, and read an absolute masterpiece of sci-fi he wrote called Nor Crystal Tears, which is a first contact novel, but written from the perspective of the mantid-like insect aliens meeting humans for the first time.

This story is necessary as cannon. Luke learns the force grab in this story. Luke fights Vader in a jungle temple which he sees as a vision in the dark side cave on Degeba. Also when Luke chooses not to finish his training with Yoda in favor of confronting Vader to rescue his friends, Obi-Wan’s ghost tells Luke “if you choose to face Vader I cannot interfere”. Why would Luke think Obi-Wan could interfere? It’s because he did interfere when Luke fought Vader in Splinter of the Mind’s Eye. This story absolutely is cannon.

@rikk319

Ай бұрын

Except for the part where Luke pulls Leia up after falling in the caves and she lays on top of him in a rather sensual embrace that goes on for far too long and makes that kiss she gave him in Empire seem like the most innocent of pecks.

@BWC-Chad

Ай бұрын

Imagine this story in clone wars animation. It would be incredible

@Sergio-nb4hj

Ай бұрын

​@@BWC-Chad holy fck you just made me want this so bad

@LUCKO2022

Ай бұрын

​@@rikk319 You do know that Leia was never intended to be Luke's sister. It only became that as Lucas was tired of Star Wars and just wanted to finish it off so the real sequel trilogy which was to find Luke's sister was thrown into Episode 6.

@Michael.RedKnight

Ай бұрын

Except it isn’t

Bought the book years ago from a second hand bookshop. Still haven't read it. Now I have an idea of what it was about. Great video!

@VincentNajger1

Ай бұрын

Wow! May be worth a pretty penny now...sorta lol. Seems people are paying up to a couple hundred US dollars for a good condition first edition. May be worth keeping it on your bookshelf for a few more decades.

@necron99.aka-sammyboy92

9 күн бұрын

It's ok. Not bad not great boy still fits into the original timeline mostly.

I read *Splinter of the Mind’s Eye* back when it was new and I remember enjoying the book. Interesting to know its backstory.

Thanks Moid. I grew-up on Star Wars, my first Sci-fi before I even knew sci-fi was a thing. Great to have such an awesome insight that isn't from the horde of Star Wars KZreadrs!

Heroes trying to keep a mystical artifact of power out of the hands of a militaristic evil empire. What else does that remind me of?

@smurfthumper

Ай бұрын

I'm assuming you're thinking of Lord of the Rings, but maybe you're also thinking of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hour of the Dragon, Chronicles of Prydain, any work featuring the Necronomicon, Sword of Shannara, Infinity Gauntlet, et cetera.

@adamsucharski6545

7 сағат бұрын

​@@smurfthumperi think he meant Dune and its spice. There are many things in Star Wars universe that Dune did first

I read "Splinter" around 1979, but I literally didn't remember anything about it. Still, it was cool to get new Star Wars material, because we had no idea what was coming.

Issue #7 of the Marvel comic book (October 1977) was a new adventure, well before the March 1978 release of Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, by my reckoning. So I think the Marvel comic book started the expanded universe, at least as far as release order goes.

I had Splinter as a kid, it was pretty good!

@terryfurlong518

2 ай бұрын

Me too. I had forgotten all about it!

I remember reading this when I was about nine. Episode V was already seen by the public. I always just understood this as an adventure that took place between episodes IV and V. Splinter didn't exactly excite me 😂

Lucas always claims that he had the whole idea of Luke, Leia and Vader being related from the very beginning. I think that's a load of bull. This book proves it. I actually have a copy of it somewhere. I read it when it first came out and there was NEVER any mention of them being siblings, or Vader being their father.

@turasuicide6093

8 күн бұрын

It actually doesnt. He could still have had the idea originally. Just as he had many ideas. He didnt write the book. It was based on a "what if" scenario that never needed to be explored.

As a kid I read Star Wars and Splinter of the Minds Eye when they first came out. They were both awesome and I loved them. That got me reading Sci-Fi, Star Wars, and Alan Dean Foster. Mr. Foster does have an awesome universe of his own with Pip and Flinx!

A fantastic trip down memory lane on this one; thanks a lot! I remember reading this when I was a kid, and I loved it. Great work on the video and editing Charlie!

@MediaDeathCult

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jack

I remember reading Splinter of the Mind's Eye back in the 9th grade. Somewhere in the middle I got to the point where I had to wonder if the guy writing this story had never seen the movie. Years later I find out that the book was a proposed low-budget sequel, and it was in fact written by someone who had never seen the movie because the movie wasn't finished yet. It made a lot of sense to me.

Alan Dean Foster, one of my favorites from back in the day.

I loved Alan Dean Foster even before he wrote Splinter. I was introduced to him via his Star Trek the Animated Series novelizations, which were fantastic, and went on to read most of his Commonwealth novels. Since I read Splinter long before The Empire Strikes Back was even on the horizon, it never seemed weird or out-of-place to me. As a matter of fact, I've always thought that Lucas did Luke dirty by giving Han his girl and, as if to add insult to injury, even made her his sister in RoTJ, just because he ran out of screen time to properly introduce Luke's sister as a separate character, as she was originally envisioned, and because he couldn't think of a better way to extricate himself from the love triangle he'd built. I also miss the idea that a Obi-Wan was able to "possess" Luke to fight for him at the end of the novel, an idea that I think is present in Luke's reactions to using the Force to destroy the Death Star in the original film, as well as in Obi-Wan's line from ESB where he says "If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot interfere.", implying that he HAD interfered, somehow, at some point in the past. I believe that is a direct reference to the final fight in Splinter of the Mind's Eye. Unfortunately, Lucas chose to drop the concept, although his comments about what he had planned for his version of the sequels make me think he was going to pick it up again. Missed opportunities.

Found a copy of it at a swap meet. Bought it for a dollar.

Very nicely put together video! Well done! I saw the book SPLINTER when it came out, and the cover image really intrigued me, conjuring up new adventure, new places, old villain and just, something wonderfully atmospheric about it. No clue at that point there was so much more to come. Love how you put this together with images and the influence of Splinter on various elements that came to be!

Splinter has that pulpy feel that the series, I think, was originally meant to convey. It now feels more in line with the weird early Star Wars comic books and those Ewok movies than anything truly timeless, but it was a fun dime store adventure for the era.

I read Splinter years ago as well as over 150 other SW novels & Splinter definitely sticks out as different. I honestly can't remember much about Splinter except it featured a "magic item" & that's what sets it apart. The Han meeting Chewie scene was also reminiscent of novels where Han met Chewie but w/out other wookies. I also read the Star Wars "New Hope" screen play novel but I could only find UK copies, not sure if it was released elsewhere. Though I searched for that decades ago before eBay etc was a thing.

@SniffHeinkel

2 ай бұрын

Luke and Leia crash land on an Imperial mining planet. No one there knows who they are. They visit a bar and are approached by a woman who tells them about the Kaiburr crystal. Vader comes looking for them. I had the book years ago.

I bought splinter of the minds eye back in 1978. I still have it.

I remmber the massive queue outside the Odean on Oxford Road in Manchester.

Before Disney it was considered part of the Expanded Universe canon and had a graphic novel to smooth things out. I didn't particularly think it weird....so Luke was tempted to kiss her? That's all that happened. He didn't know she was his sister and didn't even give in to it. Their squabble in town post ROTJ could just as easily be a sibling fight. I also noticed the way he wrote Vader in the book was pretty consistent with what he wrote about Anakin in Approaching Storm

I loved the book when I was a youngster in the late '70's/early'80's and it's still a great read. It always bugged me though that in it Luke (from a desert planet) can swim but Leia can't.....

@jedipadawan7023

2 ай бұрын

Yup, I just posted that!

Wow! Production on Endor must have cost a fortune. You spoil us, Moid. Yub Yub! Great video, as always. Splinter sounds like a bit of a hot mess, but interesting nonetheless for the elements that did make it into the saga. And your point about falling into large holes was revelatory and strangely profound. I could almost smell this forest-y video.

If David Lynch would have directed a sequel, Luke and Lea would have been brother and sister, and lovers as well. Maybe get Cronenberg up in there to really spice things up. We could have had Star Wars meets Game of Thrones meets Lost Highway meets Naked Lunch. That is the Star Wars we should have had, the Star Wars we deserved. 🙂

When he says "I've got a bad feeling about this ", he sounds more like Bolo, from the Mighty Boosh.

Love this man

I've got a bad feeling about this *proceeds to have holiday special flashbacks*

Pedants corner: indigenous alien? 😂. More top content - thank you. Subscribing to Patreon today.

I must be one of the few people who read the Star Wars novel prior to seeing the film on opening day. We were traveling down to Florida from Connecticut, so I had plenty of time to read it. I also read Splinter of the Mind's Eye when it came out and, even as a kid, I felt it was a bit claustrophobic compared to Star Wars.

ironic to have splinter take place on mimban without han or chewbacca and then introduce the planet into canon in the han solo origin movie with chewbacca

In one section of my book WAVELENGTHS: Covering Sci Fi in EVERY Reality, I get into an alternate history in which several factors lead George Lucas into blowing it with STAR WARS and having to make this much lower budgeted sequel. Without the spaceship battles, without Harrison Ford, without a lot of what moviegoers associated with the first one, the filmed Splinter just doesn't click with audiences. But it's not just these movies that are different. Without what made the original STAR WARS a success, lives, careers, and entire industries are thrown off into a very different direction. If you're interested in where this goes, WAVELENGTHS: Covering Sci Fi in EVERY Reality by me, Daniel A. Dickholtz, is available at Amazon and other online retailers. (And there are two other alternate histories of science fiction pop culture too!)

Used to have a copy of Splinter, I thought Alan did a good job with it, I'd already read some of the Flinx stuff, you can see echoes of that in Splinter I think. It also would have been easy to see it fitted into the main storyline, as it didn't really change anything. Had no idea there was a movie possibility that would hev been fun.

Have to go read Splinter now. Interesting hearing about Lucas’ prerequisites. Although, I do wonder when he first conceived of Luke and Leia being siblings?

@CaminoAir

2 ай бұрын

No disrespect to Alan Dean Foster, but it's a limited story with no meaningful relation to the established SW lore. That's what he was asked to provide and that's what it is. As a SW fanatic back in those early days, I was thrilled to see a SW novel appear and I was really disappointed after reading it.

@CaminoAir

2 ай бұрын

Lucas made Leia Luke's sister after he abandoned his original hopes of making 9 SW films. The 'Other' Yoda speaks of in TESB was to be Luke's sister in Lucas' sequel trilogy: someone we had not yet met in the films. Lucas had to tie-up loose ends and made Leia 'The Other' and killed off both Vader and the Emperor. The Emperor was originally going to be the main villain of the sequel trilogy.

@Charlie_Lap

2 ай бұрын

Don't make it weird!

@MediaDeathCult

2 ай бұрын

I told you this would happen Charlie...

@thomriley1036

2 ай бұрын

Probably when he read Children of Dune in 1976.

Yuzzem (or, A Yuzzem) appeared in the Special Edition of ROTJ singing in Sy Snootles' band...he did NOT look like how I imagined Yuzzem to look when I read SOTME...

Why are you wearing a gun while recording this? And what are you holding? It looks like a grenade Im so confused

@weswolever7477

23 күн бұрын

It looks like a DL-44

@jongilbertson2106

10 күн бұрын

I feel like if I don’t pay attention, he is going the punch me in the face.

Damnation Alley(1977) and Star Wars were produced by 20th Century Fox.

Making Vader a comic relief villain was a bold move.

I highly recommend the graphic novel of this story. The art is insanely good.

I've got the Splinter of the Mind's Eye book by Alan Dean Foster.

I purchased Alan Dean Foster's "Slinter of Mind's Eye" in 1978 when it hit the bookshelves in my community. I only read it decades later cover to cover and found it largely incongruous with the Star Wars universe that we all came to know and love. In fact, I kind of hated it. It was not that it was poorly written, just didn't fit at all with the Star Wars that was to be. Also, when I had purchased the book, there had already been rumours that the book actually contained the history of Darth Vader, which was that Obi Won Kenobi had been Darth Vader's teacher in The Force, but Vader turned to the Dark Side and Obi Won fought him on the edge of a volcano into which Vader fell, but survived, requiring him to wear his specialized armour. None of that was in the book, yet that information was known in the fandom somehow back then. I did enjoy the original novelization, which differed from the New Hope we all saw on screen in 1977 (those of us that did) and I have to say that knowing that was Alan Dean Foster's work as well as a ghost writer gives me new admiration for his writing. I remember he had also done novelization in 1979 for another movie franchise that has also stood the test of time over the decades, ALIEN. All that said, if you are a devout Star Wars fan but have never read "Splinter of Minds Eye" either do not read it as it will cause you nightmares and rage for its falling so far outside of cannon, or read it as if it is an alternative timeline or a "what if?" Star Wars universe. Thank you for this video, it has helped me to rethink all the horrible things I said about the book after I read it outside of the context I have learned here.

@Benjiesbeenbetter.

Ай бұрын

I read Splinter straight away and was hugely disappointed in it as, even after only one movie, it seemed not very "Star Warsy". At least now I understand why there's no Han & Chewbacca. That story of the volcano fight was around from more or less the release of the first movie, as I recall. One thing I read was that if Star Wars had been only a moderate success, Lucas wanted to do Splinter as a TV movie and start a tv series from that.

My friends and I read this book in the mid 90s of middle school, it was in our school library ! We were so excited when we found it, it was a fight over who got to read it first !

I read that book. It was clear Alan Dean Foster had not thought it through. One of the logical problems was a scene in the book in which Princess Leia confesses to Luke that she cannot swim and Luke has to guide her through. Wait... A kid from a desert work that meed moister evaporators can swim by a Princess of a planet with rivers and streams and likely access to swimming pools cannot? And the whole 'magic crystal' thing had already been overdone by 1980. "Splinter of the mind's eye" is a classic... but it's not a classic.

@Dman3827

Ай бұрын

Lots of people who live near the water don't know how to swim dude.

@jedipadawan7023

Ай бұрын

@@Dman3827 Yes but this is a Princess! Private tutors, personal swimming pools, etc, ec And how the hell was Luke, just lifted from Tatooine, supposed to learn how to swim when his family has to 'mine' water?!

@mikepalmer2219

Ай бұрын

My wife’s aunt grew up on the gulf coast and is in her 70’s. She cannot swim.

@jedipadawan7023

Ай бұрын

@@mikepalmer2219 Again, your wife's aunt is not a Princess with private pools and th elike. Besides, in stories like this when there is the extra-ordinary, and it can happen, it must be explained including how Luke learned to swim. It's a double incredulity here..

@mikepalmer2219

Ай бұрын

@@jedipadawan7023 also….this is a make believe story.

Big Stars Wars fan, the original 3 films. Editing saved the movie, Lucas had a mess until 3 editors saved him. I had a friend whom read SPLINTER and loved it.

I first saw "Splinter..." on the shelf of a human crewed checkout line , but first heard (read) about STAR WARS (no Hope, no New, no "A" in Yodaspeak) in my school's Weekly Reader and couldn't wait so i was first row 05/27/77. 🤓😎✌🏼

The early Star Wars novels (including the Han Solo trilogy novels) weren't great but they were a lot of fun. While I am not sure I'd want to see them made into live action movies at this point, I wish they would be made into animated features.

I watched you’re Primer 2 trailer and the Dune video enjoyed then both and subbed this was bout 7/8 months ago……then today this Star Wars vid pops into my recommended and I click on it to watch then clicked on to you’re page to check out other vids and it was showing I wasn’t subscribed…..anyone else noticed this ?

@Charlie_Lap

2 ай бұрын

On the plus side, you can now catch up on all the other great videos

@LeTon75

2 ай бұрын

@@Charlie_Lap yep, silver linings 👍

vagaries of rural living- never saw Star Wars in theatre - so read novel. then Splinter, before even the xmas special..felt extremely creepy about the Luke/Leia twindom later... but understand Splinter is in no way canon.... the Star Wars novelization was credited to Lucas but I always assumed Foster wrote it.

What is really sad is that the OG Star Wars never won an award for it performances or screenplay. The technical achievements were not enough to make this film a success. Without the universal resonance of the story and the relatability of the performances as a foundation to build the technical elements on, it would have been a total flop. It's these two crucial ingredients that so many modern blockbuster films still get wrong, instead dropping storytelling and compelling character arcs in favour of effects, fights and spectacle.

Imagine an alternate Star-Wars timeline stemming from Splinter of the Minds Eye rather than The Empire Strikes Back. The idea holds a lot of potential.

I remember reading Splinter of the Mind's Eye, but for the life of me, I can't remember much about the story, except for someone saying that they can't swim!

I was a huge Trekkie before Star Wars came out. But Star Wars was a huge phenomenon

I saw it 4 times between the open in 1977-1978. Whenever the tv commercials for it came on tv everyone stopped and watched no matter how many times they seen it before.

Always wished Splinter was made then Empire, then Return! Read the novel when it first came out and many other SW novels!

I read splinter of the minds eye a long time ago and loved it. I never knew it was a possible sequel to a new hope. Excellent video, thank you!

never heard any one mention Han saying i have a bad felling about this is clearly him being force sensative

@MediaDeathCult

Ай бұрын

Never thought of that

I was 12 when Star Wars hit theaters. Like everyone, my mind was blown. I read the movie novelization, then read this book as soon as I saw it. I *loved* it. There were distinct alien races, great stories & characters, a fascinating mentor-type, and a cool planet, all fantastic sorts of fuel for my young mind. I've never heard his story tho. I really wanted to see the movie from this book, but you know, ESB was pretty good too. Both were unforgettable.

Just finished Splinter of the Minds Eye last month

I remember buying Splinter in the Mind's Eye, as soon as it came out. Great book!😊😊😊

I read Splinter when Star Wars hit general release here in the UK in 1978. It was okay, not great; and yes, it did have a distinctly low budget feel to it.

Not a laser sword but light saber.

@angellohector

Күн бұрын

George did make young Anakin say 'Laser sword' in the Phantom Menace, just as a way for us to see how far removed young Anakin was from what we later know

Good interview with Alan, the book is cool plus the comic made from it's story has good art.

I read it, before The Empire Strikes Back came out and replayed it with my Star Wars action figures. In fact it fitted more with the canon of the first movie than The Empire Strikes Back. It was in TESB, when George Lucas started messing with his own canon and had retroactively to change the story of the original (Vader being Luke's father instead of his murderer, changing the relationship of Leia from Luke to Han). In this novel the Star Wars universe was still pretty straight with no contradictions.

It would be fun if this was done in Visions. Foster should get residuals.

Yes, Lucas planned a 9 episode saga from the start. He built the whole lore in his head from the start and Bill Gates developed the windows in his parents' garage.

I was 9 when Star Wars came out and never saw it at the cinema. I had to rely on the novelisation. I'd read it a few times before I'd first seen it on TV. I'm pretty sure I found a 2nd hand copy of Splinter after Empire had come out.

As a contemporary of the original trilogy, I always know that the Luke's sister was another character; Lucas planed to make three trilogies and they would find her in the last movie of the second, I think. But when he decided to finish the history with Return of Jedi, turn Lea as Luke's sister to shrink the trama.

Splinter of the Mind's Eye got a comic mini-series from Dark Horse in the 90s. Take that as you low budget sequel that could have been.

You're getting every kind of weather in this forest haha

@MediaDeathCult

2 ай бұрын

April in Shropshire

I read “Splinter” before “Empire Strikes Back” movie came out. Was expecting the ESB movie to have the Splinter plot, but with just a different title. So ESB confused me the first time I saw it in theaters as a kid in 1980 because it didn’t follow the Splinter plot at all as I was expecting - this was obviously before the Internet and before details about movie production were readily available. There was also speculation among my friends that Splinter was the actual Chapter 5 (not filmed) and ESB was combined Chapters 6-7 of Lucas’ original 9 Chapter plan, with Revenge of the Jedi (renamed to Return of the Jedi) being the combined Chapters 8-9 conclusion. Then, Lucas added number 4-6 to his original trilogy to create room for the unnecessary sequels that Disney ultimately made.

I read Star Wars and Splinter of the Mind's Eye back to back. I was not properly shielded from the Star Wars Holiday Special and was forced to grow up quick. By the time Empire came out, I had lost all interest in the saga after exposure to Life Day and was off to learn about cars and what women like to do in cars even though I would not be legally able to drive a car for a few more years.

Always thought, since 3PO was eventually connected to Vader, that that connection should have been explored more… I mean, maybe he’s why the Alliance was so easily tracked… lots to explore there…

Very Well Done! 👏👏👏

@MediaDeathCult

Ай бұрын

Thanks

I still own my paperback copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye !!! It was an awesome book !!!

I saw Star Wars in 77,but didn't wait in a long line like that.

There’s a reason some things never happen 😂😂😂

I remember reading the novel way back when there was nothing but the original Star Wars movie and novel available. Not even the Holiday Special or the Han Solo and Lando Calrissian novels! And I still think it's better than the story they gave us instead.

Never get on camera without your gun. It is vitally important to remember that.

Cool concept paintings, of course. Ralph McQuarrie was a genius.

The original novel is fantastic. The Whills and The Emperor are mentioned in the prefix

Now I know what _Alan Dean Foster_ looks like...👍

So Splinter Of The Mind's Eye was a carry on of Star Wars, as it were. A carry on to look up the Kyber.

Its odd the story Splinters of The Minds Eye was never reworked with different characters because the story is quite solid. Foster's work is extraordinar. Seems Lucas did the same with Shadow of The Empire. Starting out as a novel then he had Joel McNeely write a score just for the book that was later used in a video game. It's a waste to lose the stories and music for what would be wonderful projects.

Great homage to a classic. The book is in my collection, though I've yet to read it. You have inspired me to grab that one next. Because .... I really should. I have to do the nerd thing now and point out a correction: Characters have been falling down "big holes" since the O.G., Star Wars 1977 (later A New Hope). Think Stormtrooper shootout before the iconic swing across the chasm scene, I believe with the legendary Wilhelm scream. Cheers, mate. Cheers!

@christalbot210

26 күн бұрын

Interestingly, it also contains what I believe is the one instance in which nobody fell down the big hole: Obi-Wan deactivating the tractor beam.

The Cover Art for Splinter Of The Minds Eye, and the title are awesome...but the more I read it, the less I liked any of it...almost as if it were the opposite of everything that made the original movie so great. It was depressing to read. The opening monologue about the universe set this tone and it quickly went right into the swamp...no thanks

I also came across and bought Splinter of Minds Eye. I also came across the original "canon"s trilogies for Han Solos character, wrote in the mid 80's. More interesting than the remake trilogy books that came out in the early 2000's. Also have the "canon" trigoly books about Lando Calrissian that came out in the mid 80's. Thought they were good too. In these his partner was also a robot, but like a conservative cp30 an r2d2 combined.

I read this many years ago when it was first published and I was thirsty for more Star Wars. It's been so long I don't remember much of it, though. I'll need to pick up a copy and reread it now! 😅

I've read s ton of Foster's work. Always a great read!

In this particular case, I'm not sure there even is a conflict between Splinter and ESB. You could have them happen in just that order, couldn't you. If so, then as Vader would say, "There is no conflict."

After reading the book in 1979 i used to think it was a fever dream

WHY stop at the most crucial point in the story? Luke & Leia meet Darth Vader and then.......WHAT??!!

@ELEKTROSKANSEN

22 күн бұрын

They die, no sequel. Duh!