Comments on: Edward Cullen vs. Luke Skywalker

By: mom of 5 boys

mom of 5 boys — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:59:48 +0000

My teenage and older boys (and husband) like every book by Robert Jordan. The books are a fantasy series. The series is called The Wheel of Time. They are also just starting to get into a relatively new series of books by Brandon Sanderson, called Mistborn. Star Wars books held their interest as young teens and “tweens” but they never got that into them.

By: Ellen Johnson

Ellen Johnson — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:55:06 +0000

This was a good comparison of what the different genders read. Putting Twilight in any category with Shakespeare or Pride and Prejudice is overrating it, but Twilight v. Star Wars made sense to me. I am female, and a male friend has asked me several times if the Twilight books are really that good. I replied they are interesting, easy to read, and a mix of romance, mystery, and danger. Sounds like Star Wars, doesn't it? Now I understand better what young men like to read.

By: SW Fan 501

SW Fan 501 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:03:54 +0000

First i would like to reply to twilight, ive read some of twilight and it was probably one of the most boring things ive ever read next to probably Shakespeare and pride and prejudice. Its a book that appeals to hormonal girls with little to no self esteem who just want some perfect hunk of a guy. And secondly to Star Wars, first i do have to agree that some of the books are very similar to the movies but that definitely doesn’t include all of them. The movies are mainly concerned about the Jedi, while a number of the books are concerned about the Jedi at all and i particularly enjoy those. Also a number of books expand on many skipped parts in the movies. A very recent book called Death Star helps fill in the gap between the third and fourth movies about the construction of the death star and it tells the story of the fourth movie from the empire’s view which is very interesting. In conclusion with over 100 books its very difficult if not impossible to characterize the series as, “Change the name of the character, the planet, the bad guy, a few details and voila! A new novel.”

By: (-:

(-: — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:43:06 +0000

I do know many boys that read Star Wars. All of those boys have tons, about 20-40. I haven’t seen the Twilight movie so I can’t give you any feed back.