Star Quest

Star Quest #1

by Robert E. Mills

In a distant universe far, far, far into the future, the Great Peace was shattered by the evil forces of the Dark Empire. Out of the hell of the planet Flaigon, Lord Blorg of the reptiloid race Ysss ripped across the galaxies creating evil, pain and death. Red Rian and the crew of the starship Hazard joined the League of Free Worlds to oppose Blorg's Death Legion.

But could Red Rian do it alone, or would the proud space pirate need the help of the ancient Fellowship of Light?

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

191 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Riding the Star Wars fame this trilogy pretty much mirrors the storyline. The good guys even have their own version of the Force. All the major Star Wars characters & themes are there: Luke, Leia, Han, Chewy, Vader, The Evil Empire, just with different names. Overall not a bad SiFi story, I just wished the writer had tried to develop a few original ideas of his own. Recommended

[Jay · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is the first of a series that can best be described as a cheap ripoff of Star Wars. They're not the WORST books I've ever read, (there's a Star Trek novel that holds that title) but I can't recommend them to anyone.

[Brent Kirkman · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF p.50 - the novelty factor that this is a shameless Star Wars rip-off fades very quickly.

[The Warped One · Rating 1 out of 5]

I tired I really did but life is too short to waste on books I’m not enjoying so...

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I had read this in 1978, when I was eight years old and waiting for "The Empire Strikes Back" to come out, I probably would've given it five stars. A very blatant Star Wars imitator, the first half of the book almost matches the original Star Wars beat-for-beat, with minor changes (the chosen-one orphan farmboy hero with mysterious powers lives on a WATER world, not a desert world. Totally different!). The second half introduces a few characters not ripped off from Star Wars, and the plot eventually diverges from it's inspiration enough to be interesting. Never tries to be any more than what it is--entertaining, but insubstantial, fluff.

[Becky · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was so bad! In a pulpy, takes-itself-so-seriously-it's-kind-of-hilarious sort of way. I picked it up for about a dollar to get me back into reading after a long dry spell, and it did its job--possibly by reminding me how many far, far better books there are out there to enjoy.

[Stephen Antczak · Rating 3 out of 5]

I seem to remember this as being very similar to Star Wars.