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I read the Ep III prequel novel today, Labyrinth of Evil. A highly, highly entertaining book. It even has a couple of cute foreshadowings dealing with Obi-Wan and A New Hope. The author dude--*checks* oh, hey, James Luceno-- did a much better job with this book than his last SW prequel book. It's got a Lucasonian feel with more substance and play. A lot of the plot is just a set-up for witty banter b/n Obi-Wan and Anakin. Here, have a random passage:
They canceled the drink order and walked to the foot of a long flight of stairs.
"Jedi mind trick?" Anakin asked.
"If it was, I wasn't aware of performing it."
"Ten drinks will do that to you."
"Yes, and maybe it was the Twi'lek izzy-mold. What seems infinitely more likely is that we're about to walk into a trap."
"So we should be on guard."
"Yes, Anakin, we should be on guard."
Heh, izzy-mold. One more before I go, because it was, truly, one of the lovelier lines in Attack of the Clones. This is just a couple pages before the previous random passage, btw. A and O-W have been searching cantinas for a certain Twi'lek chick, getting drunk in the process.
Anakin took another sip. "And speaking of arms."
"Were we?"
"We were. At least I think we were. Anyway, remember in the Outlander Club when you went off to get a drink? Did you have an inkling that Zam Wessel would follow you?"
"On the contrary. I knew she would follow you."
"Implying that shapeshifters have a special fondness for me?"
"The way you were strutting around, what female could help herself?" Mimicking Anakin's voice, Obi-Wan said: "'Jedi business.'"
...Find the informant, get ambushed by thugs, escape on swoops...
"Do you remember where we parked the cruiser?"
"I don't even remember landing."
That is what KOTOR would be like in the real world, I think. "Uh, where the hell are we again?" "Dude, watch it with the lightsaber, who knows what you'll cut off."
They canceled the drink order and walked to the foot of a long flight of stairs.
"Jedi mind trick?" Anakin asked.
"If it was, I wasn't aware of performing it."
"Ten drinks will do that to you."
"Yes, and maybe it was the Twi'lek izzy-mold. What seems infinitely more likely is that we're about to walk into a trap."
"So we should be on guard."
"Yes, Anakin, we should be on guard."
Heh, izzy-mold. One more before I go, because it was, truly, one of the lovelier lines in Attack of the Clones. This is just a couple pages before the previous random passage, btw. A and O-W have been searching cantinas for a certain Twi'lek chick, getting drunk in the process.
Anakin took another sip. "And speaking of arms."
"Were we?"
"We were. At least I think we were. Anyway, remember in the Outlander Club when you went off to get a drink? Did you have an inkling that Zam Wessel would follow you?"
"On the contrary. I knew she would follow you."
"Implying that shapeshifters have a special fondness for me?"
"The way you were strutting around, what female could help herself?" Mimicking Anakin's voice, Obi-Wan said: "'Jedi business.'"
...Find the informant, get ambushed by thugs, escape on swoops...
"Do you remember where we parked the cruiser?"
"I don't even remember landing."
That is what KOTOR would be like in the real world, I think. "Uh, where the hell are we again?" "Dude, watch it with the lightsaber, who knows what you'll cut off."
