COMPLETE SET OF STAR WARS FILMS/BOOKS?

Based on the Alan Dean Foster novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," and later remade as 1999's "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," Star Wars was the hit of the summer in 1977. While the original film has merit, it is a derivative work of the aforementioned novel, and done anew with much better results in the late nineties. 

To quote Lucas, the director of the first film, "Foster just hadn't written the book I would have, and since computer effects have advanced to the point that I could tell the story I wanted to all along, this new remake of Star Wars is more accurate to my imagination of the original novel than the original novel itself." 

While it isn't strictly necessary to have seen the original Star Trek series from the television of the 1960's, it certainly helps, as a lot of the character templates are the same, and the films (especially the 1999 remake) are replete with references to it. 

So get the novel first, if you ask me, THEN see a few key episodes of Star Trek (Trouble with Tribbles, Spock's Brain), and then watch The Phantom Menace. The original film is fun, but I'd wait until after the above to put it in its proper context for enjoyment.

Hal 9000 said:

Based on the Alan Dean Foster novel "Splinter of the Mind's Eye," and later remade as 1999's "Episode I: The Phantom Menace," Star Wars was the hit of the summer in 1977. While the original film has merit, it is a derivative work of the aforementioned novel, and done anew with much better results in the late nineties. 

To quote Lucas, the director of the first film, "Foster just hadn't written the book I would have, and since computer effects have advanced to the point that I could tell the story I wanted to all along, this new remake of Star Wars is more accurate to my imagination of the original novel than the original novel itself." 

While it isn't strictly necessary to have seen the original Star Trek series from the television of the 1960's, it certainly helps, as a lot of the character templates are the same, and the films (especially the 1999 remake) are replete with references to it. 

So get the novel first, if you ask me, THEN see a few key episodes of Star Trek (Trouble with Tribbles, Spock's Brain), and then watch The Phantom Menace. The original film is fun, but I'd wait until after the above to put it in its proper context for enjoyment.

 Who was it that said, "No posting from alternate timelines", Hal?