THE MAVERICK MOON

Star Wars Legends: Novels

by Eleanor Ehrhardt

Luke Skywalker, with the help of the Force and his friends, tries to destroy a moon that is on a collision course with his home base

Genres: Star Wars

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 12, 1979

Reviews

[jenn *mother of dragon & snake* · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm so glad that my mom sent me this 1979 copy of The Maverick Moon. This copy used to be my uncles when he was a kid. Though the story line and the full page pictures are not amazing like they would be today, it makes me think back to when I was a kid and these particular books were amazing in their simplicity.

This will forever be in my collection.

[Alacritous13 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting read, it was written before E5 came out, and took a lot of liberties in assumptions about the success of the rebels after destroying the Deathstar.

Ultimately, I felt that this book, unlike the other two written by Ehrhardt, lack real stakes. It was a simple straight forward "blow up big rock before it hits us" story. Like seriously, I was expecting people on it so that they'd have to stage a last minute rescue as well. I just didn't get any emotion off of the characters in this one. Ehrhardt's other two Star Wars books are fine, but this one just isn't up to snuff.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting as a very early Star Wars picture book, and the illustrations are beautiful.

The plot doesn't make a heck of a lot of sense, though, with Luke, Leia, and the droids all being friends yet with Leia being "one of the youngest members of the intergalactic government" -- as if that whole pesky the Empire dissolving the Senate and sentencing her to execution never happened lol. I guess "books for children don't have to make a heck of a lot of sense" to most people, but I have pretty high standards so I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone other than as a historical curiosity.

[Jay Gabler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nostalgia value alone, folks.

[Hannah McManus · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is honestly so funny, I love it. It's so interesting to see the media that was published after A New Hope but before any sense of continuity or any further films were established.

[Peter Adamson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am trying to get caught back up for my reading challenge as I’m six books behind!

Curiosity from 1979 for SW fans.

Zukonium!!! That is all.

[Alexander · Rating 2 out of 5]

Even if the story is not really worth getting into it worth checking out for the art!