[Se'dray-on]

I wonder if anyone here has read the books done by George Lucas and Chris Claremont - Shadow Moon, Shadow Dawn and Shadow Star. They are based on the movie Willow, when Elora Dannan is grown up. It is completely different from the movie, but still very good and it does keep some of the original spirit alive.

If you have, what do you think?

[fatboy1523]

Yeah i read the first one...dont remember much from it, was so long ago. I do remember the dragon though. The whole sequence with the dragon was so confusing and hard to follow that i stopped reading. Also...it was based on a movie...same reason why i dont read Star Wars

[Cygnus]

This is one of my favorite series.. I really think that it went beyond the limitations of the big screen to further flesh out the characters and the world. From what I remember (it has been many years since I've read the books), the series was much darker than the movie.. Willow is practically unrecognizable from the light character he was portrayed as in the movie. And when we meet Elora Dannan for the time as an adult.. what a surprise she turned out to be!

If you liked the movie, even a little bit, these books are certainly worth trying.

[Vitriol]

I've read the first two; some of the characters are very different from the way they're portrayed in the movie (which I haven't seen in ages, come to think of it). I thought they were rather good, and thought the second was better than the first. I do like Elora's character; it shows that not all fantasy princesses brought up in a totally sheltered enviroment will be able to fend for themselves five minutes after they have to leave the kingdom for some reason, as happens in quite a number of fantasy books.

[Lifino]

I was just looking at these in the store over the weekend... Didn't get them.

They looked very interesting, I'll have to go back and get the first of the series... I never did see the movie, so that may work against me, but I'd have to imagine that by page 100 that wouldn't be an issue.


The Lucas name is what cought my attention.

-Silas

[saintjon]

They only really connect the story to the movie at the very beginning and near the end anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it. After about 20 pages or so Willow isn't even named Willow anymore.

Personally, I'd say struggle bravely through the first one, do what it takes, because about halfway through the second the story reaches a whole new level. The third maintains the gains of the second pretty well. I thought these books were a very cool read. My favourite dragons anywhere, bar none (the end of the second book was one of the most amazing things I've ever read).

I also got a huge kick out of the Malevoi.

[MrKip]

I didn't have a notion that there were books based on the film. I'm going to have to scour the local book shops to try and find these. They are available in Britain?

[saintjon]

Dunno man. They are called the Shadow War trilogy: Shadow Moon, Shadow Dawn and Shadow Star.

[saintjon]

Except that Sedray'on already said that.

I need sleep...