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Star Wars: Tales from Jabba's Palace (Star Wars)
In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke -- if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunt...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
December 1st 1995
by Spectra
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One of the more prolific--and proficient--Star Wars authors, Kevin J. Anderson, edits and contributes to this anthology of ... well, tales from Jabba's palace. Each of the 19 short tales focuses on a different personality, from the rancor keeper to Salacious Crumb, putting faces and facts on the internecine intrigue swirling around everyone's favorite Huttese crime lord. (As it turns out, you can find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than Mos Eisley.) Find out how Bib
This is a fun read and is a collection of short stories based on the characters seen in Jabba the Hutt's Palace in Return of the Jedi. It provides history and the interactions of each to the overall story.
Introduction
"A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale"
"Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef"
"That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb"
"A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale"
"Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale"
"Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade"
"And Then Th...more
Introduction
"A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale"
"Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef"
"That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb"
"A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale"
"Let Us Prey: The Whiphid's Tale"
"Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade"
"And Then Th...more
Another awesome book with a buch of short stories from the Star Wars universe, this one again showed me more in depth about the thoughts of the people inside of Jabba's palace. While not as good as the Tales of the bounty hunters, this one still did awesome. One thing that didn't make it as good was just the stories at times seemed to work with each other. What happened in one happened in another. I found it rather annoying sometimes, reading the same thing from a different point of view. Howeve...more
Here's a review of the authors - you can read other reviews for a list of the stories and content.
In a shared world like Star Wars, I like anthologies like this. As well as providing stories with many flavours, I can get a feeling for how good or bad various authors are - and then perhaps pursue other books in the world by the good authors. With that in mind, here are my thoughts on the authors in this book.
Kevin J Anderson (rancor): fun, easy to read
Barbara Hambly (chef): ok but clumsy and conf...more
In a shared world like Star Wars, I like anthologies like this. As well as providing stories with many flavours, I can get a feeling for how good or bad various authors are - and then perhaps pursue other books in the world by the good authors. With that in mind, here are my thoughts on the authors in this book.
Kevin J Anderson (rancor): fun, easy to read
Barbara Hambly (chef): ok but clumsy and conf...more
Not a great book, but a fun one that I remember fondly from growing up, and one I'm thankful exists for at least one reason: it wrote Boba Fett out of that goddamn sarlacc pit. Even if he died immediately after escaping, it'd still be an improvement over getting bopped in the jetpack by a blind man ("Boba Fett? Boba Fett!?!" Ugh.). But rather than settle for better-than-terrible, the story itself manages to be kind of awesome, and definitely goes a long way toward restoring my favorite Mandalori...more
Awesome McPossum!
This collection was pretty cool. B'omarr monks, that enough made this collection cool. I enjoyed Tales of the Bounty Hunters a little bit more, as this really revolved directly around the Sarlac feeding and what leads up to it, which means many of the stories have some real overlap.
Boba vs Sarlacc. It was kind of a weirdly written story.
This collection was pretty cool. B'omarr monks, that enough made this collection cool. I enjoyed Tales of the Bounty Hunters a little bit more, as this really revolved directly around the Sarlac feeding and what leads up to it, which means many of the stories have some real overlap.
Boba vs Sarlacc. It was kind of a weirdly written story.
A series of short stories featuring some of the sideshow characters from inside Jabba's Palace in Return of the Jedi. The one I remember best is the rancor keeper, but there is also apparently a Mara Jade story in there by Timothy Zahn. Man, was Mara Jade really at Jabba's Palace? My knowledge of Star Wars minutiae is not what it used to be - which, now that I think about it, is probably a good thing.
To still remember in fairly good detail some of the stories in this collection, 15 years after reading it, says it all. If you're a Star Wars fan and you were curious about all the different characters in Jabba's palace, you'll love it. Also, if you're a Boba Fett fan, you'll love it. And if you enjoy a good set of short stories, well, you get the idea.
I first read this collection of short stories years ago, and then found it again at a thrift shop, so I thought I'd give it a re-read.
As with any collection of stories, there were good reads and bad reads.
My least favorite read: Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale
My favorite read: Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale
As with any collection of stories, there were good reads and bad reads.
My least favorite read: Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale
My favorite read: Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale
To prove how good this book is. I don't think I will ever forget the short story about the rancor keeper. I enjoyed it so much that I had to buy the rancor keeper action figure...
I enjoy these types of stories that expose a different angle or prospective of famous events that were shown in the movie...
I enjoy these types of stories that expose a different angle or prospective of famous events that were shown in the movie...
I love how well the stories in this book intertwined. It did well to recreate the atmosphere of Jabba's Palace and even with some parts being repeated in almost every story it was still entertaining. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in reading a Star Wars book.
I read a lot of Star Wars novels in Jr. High. This one, like all of the "Tales" collections, was actually pretty good. It's hard to go wrong with short story collections -- curious ideas and interesting character studies in a compact form!
I particularly enjoyed "A Man and His Monster," the story of the Rancor, and "A Time to Mourn, a Time to Dance: Oola's Tale." This and Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina were my first glimpse at the Star Wars extended universe
The first few stories in this were a little on the dull side (for me anyway) so i sort of put this book aside for a while, but when i picked it back up again i finished it off in just a few sittings as the stories got much better. Still has that element of repetition where almost every story had to include the scene with Luke and the Rancor, although this petered out towards the end and moved more towards the Sarlac. Good intermixing of stories where events in one are mentioned or have consequen...more
This book is mostly crap. However it's almost GOOD crap, if that makes any sense. It's, say, slightly above the level of fan-fiction. Characters that had no lines now get their whole history told, which makes me think some of these artists had a favorite action-figure growing up, and decided to write a story for it. The book as a whole can't even come close to being canon (if it were, the explosion of Jabba's skiff would look like something out of a G.I. Joe cartoon, with dozens of figures just...more
Good ole ROTJ revisited, well written and fun to dig into the backstories of some if the characters in the SW universe. Faves: the Weequay's divine magic 8-ball; the Ugly One finding love; Bobba Fett.
One of my favorites of the "Tales from..." series. It gives back story to the many denizens of the palace of Jabba the Hutt. It leads up to, and after the events of Return of the Jedi, and explains what happens to some of the critters after Jabba's death.
Explained alot about some of the characters that were involved in the story that took place in Jabba's palace
Why I picked up this book, I have no idea, but it was the 90's and I needed something to read
during my star wars geek days, it was one the best thrill rides a fan boy could want.
Interesting one. I liked that the same event was presented from many diff points.
I ate a bag of prunes and took a huge crap, and it was better than this book.
As a kid back in the 90's, I loved reading this one over and over, delving into the lives of the inhabitants of Jabba's Palace.
Tales From Jabba's Palace contains short stories by various authors, each focusing on a different character yet taking place at approximately the same time, generally alongside the events of the movie.
Inevitably, some of these stories are a little better than others, but all are well-written and enjoyable. If you have any interest at all in the seedy underbelly of Star...more
Mar 05, 2009
Matt Hartzell
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3 of 5 stars
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Some interesting short stories in this anthology.
Lots of wonderful short stories
Worth reading for Star Wars fans.
As interesting as I expected
A series of short stories written by different authors told from the point of view of different [people?], all of whom end up in Jabba the Hutt's palace in Return of the Jedi on that fateful day when Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and the rest of the rebel heroes come to save Han Solo from his imprisonment in the frozen carbonite. Whoo, I am a nerd. Some of the stories were entertaining and some were just plain awful. I gave the volume the benefit of the doubt. This would make a good "bathroom" r...more
I found this to be a great entry point into Star Wars expanded universe. I didn't need to learn a whole bunch of extra names and places. It uses characters from "Empire Strikes Back" and it expounds upon what they were all up to while Han was rescued from Jabba's palace.
Each short story on it's own is interesting, and together they form a cohesive narative that shows how much conspiracy and plotting was going on under Jabba's rule.
I recommend this to any Star Wars fan to read.
Each short story on it's own is interesting, and together they form a cohesive narative that shows how much conspiracy and plotting was going on under Jabba's rule.
I recommend this to any Star Wars fan to read.
Not a bad book, dragged on in the beginning with the 100 new characters....
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Pseudonyms: Gabriel Mesta, K.J. Anderson
He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and is the co-author of the Dune prequels. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in coll...more
More about Kevin J. Anderson...
He has written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E., and The X-Files, and is the co-author of the Dune prequels. His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series and the Nebula Award-nominated Assemblers of Infinity. He has also written several comic books including the Dark Horse Star Wars collection Tales of the Jedi written in coll...more
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