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  • Star Wars Episode I

  • The Phantom Menace
  • By: Terry Brooks
  • Narrated by: Michael Cumpsty
  • Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (179 ratings)
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Star Wars Episode I

By: Terry Brooks
Narrated by: Michael Cumpsty
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Summary

Every saga has a beginning: In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports, in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power. At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins, the start of a legend, the story of Star Wars.

Based on the screenplay by George Lucas, this novel by the master storyteller Terry Brooks probes the depths of one of the greatest tales of our time, providing rich detail and insight into the minds and motives of the characters, and shedding bold new light on Lucas's brilliant creation.

©1999 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM (P)1999 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

"A sheer delight....Narration is by actor Michael Cumpsty, whose range of voices and accents is astonishing....Few audiobooks manage to be as exciting as a big-screen movie; this one comes darn close." ( AudioFile)

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Great adaptation

Brilliant read and voiced. Good sound accompaniment. Story follows the film perfectly, although dialogue for descriptions on original text could have been enhanced, although very enjoyable.

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Lods of sound effects. And long but relly good. If have not watched film ,you won't properly understand iit.

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Good but lots of background music

I love Star Wars and this story! I didn't appreciate the amount of sound and music in the background, felt like I had the TV on.

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A Great Listen

I thoroughly enjoyed this, well worth buying. As with most books, this expands the storyline from the movie, and delves deeper into the thoughts of the characters, which definitely adds to the story.

There was something that I found a little disappointing though. The Narrator pronounced Palpatine incorrectly, a minor point I know, but you'd think he may have checked the pronunciation of characters names, before he started reading ;-)

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Jar Jar Binx steals the show

A short but good book to start the trilogy. Jar had me crying with laughter

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Short but enjoyable

Just reads out the events of the movie, basically. I enjoyed the audiobook, the narration is excellent and the sound effects really add to the experience.

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The start was confusing

The start of the book is really confusing, start and smack bang in the middle of the pod race, apart from that there was no issues in the book, the story is flawed rather well, It help in the larger picture of episode one for me can’t wait for the second book

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Mind blowing

I like the way performances and excitement.
I would like to share this book to family relatives and friends.

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an obvious choice for any star wars fan.

reinvigorating the story with new details and slightly different dialogue it brings a fresh feel to the story.

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Amazing

I loved the hole story it is amazing and the difference between the movie so good

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