Episode II Attack of the Clones 1 (Star Wars)

Gilroy, Henry

ISBN 10: 1599616122 ISBN 13: 9781599616124

Publisher: Spotlight, 2009

Synopsis

In volume one of Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones, there is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several thousand solar systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic. This separatist movement, under the leadership of the mysterious Count Dooku, has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to the Galactic Senate to vote on the critical issue of creating an Army of the Republic to assist the overwhelmed Jedi... Spotlight is a division of the ABDO Group and features library editions of popular fiction titles. Spotlight editions are printed on high-quality paper and with reinforced library bindings specifically printed for the library market. Grades P-6.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4–8—Dark Horse originally made these single-issue comic-book adaptations of the 2002 film available in comic stores and on news racks, and then collected the four issues in trade paperback form that same year. Now Spotlight has licensed the material from Dark Horse, divided the trade collection—which is still in print—back into its component issues, and released them seven years later as hardbound library editions. The George Lucas film from which these comics sprang was the departure episode in the prequel trilogy, with a plot centering primarily on the romance between Princess Amidala and apprentice Jedi Anakin. The decision to reduce the role of child-friendly Jar-Jar Binks even further than Lucas himself did in the movie, and also to remove almost all of the humorous vignettes, makes the comic darker in tone than the film. This is further emphasized by heavily shadowed artwork, which sells the action effectively, but eliminates almost all of the vistas and worldbuilding that helped make the movie's effective spectacle. The comic relies overmuch on Gilroy's narrative captions, which is an unfortunate substitute for the film's visual storytelling.—Benjamin Russell, Belmont High School, NH
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About this edition

• Publisher: Spotlight
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1599616122
• ISBN 13: 9781599616124
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Duursema Jan