Star Warped

by Adam Roberts

A long time ago in galaxy far, far away a really quite good SF film, a sort of western in space, was launched. The special effects were pretty shoddy but it did have some quite good actors in it. And Mark Hammill. A second and third film that were actually the fifth and sixth films followed and they weren't quite so good but they were still quite fun (especially when the teddies got blasted by the Imperial stormtroopers). Then, the first, second and third films followed and they were actually fairly dreadful though by now the special effects were much better. And the actors were still better than average too. And Mark Hammill was too old to be in it plus his character hadn't been born yet so that was OK. A Gollancz parody was inevitable. And here it is. An epic told in six chapters. An epic of good versus evil. Of dark versus light. Of hairy co-pilots and green gurus. Of bizarre hair styles, steel bras and camp robots. An epic that starts in the middle. And that's the original!

Genres: Humor, Star Wars, Science Fiction, Fiction, Comedy

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Adam Roberts (born 1965) is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine. He also blogs at The Valve, a group blog devoted to literature and cultural studies.

He has a degree in English from the University of Aberdeen and a PhD from Cambridge University on Robert Browning and the Classics. He teaches English literature and creative writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. Adam Roberts has been nominated twice for the Arthur C. Clarke Award: in 2001, for his debut novel, Salt, and in 2007, for Gradisil.

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hilarious

[N.A. Fedorak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the original series.

[Matthew Harwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun, weird and whacky parody of one of the biggest pieces of Science Fiction. The story is humorous and has segments that left me laughing out loud, an enjoyable and quick read.

[Cindy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Je dois avouer que j'ai préféré cette parodie-ci à celle de Bilbo le Hobbit .. Oups, Bingo le Posstit.

C'était assez amusant de revisiter les films tant du côté des "Jedognon" que celui de Dark Pater.
Bon, j'avoue quand même que par moment le côte Lourd de la Farce est assez perturbant quand l'auteur se perd dans ses délires. Ce n'est pas toujours évident de le suivre .. Et encore, je ne suis pas persuadée d'avoir tout compris vu les égarements de l'auteur lol.

"Dans une galaxie lointaine .. Hein! en fait nan .. un monde virtuel "dominé" par des auteurs de SF célèbres XD

Quelques personnages:

Luc Skyterrier .. à l'envers, ça fait "cul" XDDDD.
Son parcours pour devenir chevalier Jedognon n'est pas de tout repos. En effet, entre la maitrise de la Farce et les "maladresses et stupidités" caractéristiques de ces fameux guerriers pour la paix => Il faut avoir un bon kit de secours et de bons sparadraps lol.

Notre cher Chikdutabac (Chewbaka) le Kookie qui passe, oui disons le franchement, tous les épisodes à hiberner ... D'ailleurs, la plupart du temps, il se fera porter par Yahun Salo (Han Solo).
Ce dernier n'en mène pas large non plus d'ailleurs surtout en face de la "belle" princesse Layette.

Yodla .. maître Jedognon suprême dans l'art du combat au sabre lumière ...

Et notre chouette duo de droïdes légèrement humanophobes dont l'un est le détenteur du fameux secret HAHHAHAHA.

[Anne (ReadEatGameRepeat) · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is really quite a rollercoaster + sometimes I would laught out loud and the book had these great funny moments & at these moments the book was great and if there were more of those I would gladly give it 5 stars - however this didnt happen as most moment were just funny-ish, very forced and kinda weird that just seemed to drag on forever.
I will still say this is a good parody of the starwars movies - I will say at times it kind if reminded me of Spaceballs (which is not a bad thing) and at times I wondered if the two were in any way related to each other.

[Cait · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really funny, couldn't help but laugh out loud in places.

Thought the names were great, especially the 'extras'.

The first three parodies were better than the last three but the last ones did tie everything together.

The final three felt a bit rushed by comparison to the first three.

Would like to read it again after a Star Wars movie marathon.

Looking forward to reading the Tolkien parodies.

[Galy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me ha costado un montón terminar este libro. Definitivamente no es para mí, no me ha enganchado ni me hacía tanta gracia al cabo de un rato de leerlo. A partir de la mitad o así empecé a leer entre líneas porque no podía más...
No estoy diciendo que no sea bueno, tiene cosas que me hicieron gracia, pero no ha resultado ser precisamente de mi agrado pero respeto a quienes sí les ha gustado, claro.
Al menos ya lo he terminado.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very funny (and sometimes adult) take on the Star Wars Trilogy combined with all sorts of other science fiction and comedy references. Light-hearted, it made a change from my usual reading and was easy to read at the same time as another book

[Ketiil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny parody of the Star Wars saga.

[Atishay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gets a bit boring in the middle pages. "Va Dinci Cod" is a much better comedy by the same author.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was so so... I expected it to be extremely funny while in fact it was just ok. Interesting attempt to parody Star Wars, but to be honest I've seen or read better ones.

[[ J o ] · Rating 1 out of 5]

[ to review at a later date - possibly even re-read at a later date as well, though not urgent ]

[Dirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the book in German. It's totally silly from start to finish. But I kind of enjoyed reading it anyway.

[A · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you enjoy slapstick comedy, you should enjoy this. Me? I don't. Done reading it by page 158 (close to half book). Couldn't take it anymore.

[Aslan Aslanli · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am still reading it so.

[Francine · Rating 1 out of 5]

I like Star Wars a lot, but I don't particularly enjoy parody books. Didn't finish, so no rating.

[Eve · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was hoping to enjoy this book, since it is a parody of Star Wars.
However, it was very difficult to get through it, so I gave up after only a handful of pages.

[Carmelo Manuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Donde tengo que ir para leerlo