Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

Star Wars Golden Books #2

by Christopher Nicholas, Ethen Beavers (Illustrator)

The epic space saga, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, is retold in the Little Golden Book format! Padawan Anakin Skywalker must choose between his Jedi duty and love, while Obi-Wan Kenobi uncovers a sinister plot that may lead to war.

Genres: Star Wars, Picture Books, Childrens, Science Fiction, Fiction, Space, Fantasy

24 pages, Hardcover

First published July 28, 2015

Reviews

[maya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the second book in the trilogy of Star Wars. This movie continues to the Clone Wars animated series. The series adds in a lot of details about all the movies.

[Saimi Korhonen · Rating 4 out of 5]

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... The galaxy is divided."

I love these little golden books and reading how authors adapt SW films for very young kids.

I think Nicholas did a good job, sticking to the important beats of the movie and capturing the main themes and moments while making the story fitting and appropriate for small kiddos - there was, for example, no mention of a campful of people being massacred or a man being decapitated while his son watched.

The art was very cute and charming.

These books are perfect little SW books to read if you just want to flip through something fun and cute and not dedicate a whole lot of time. Also, I'm sure small humans would like these books - I certainly would've as a child!

[Mariana Anaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,2 estrellas. Lo leí en español, solo esa edición no está acá. Me gustó un poco más este, revivir esta historia en este formato tipo cuento o cómic ilustrado, excelente arte y la adaptación también me encantó. ¡Jango y Boba Fett, Anakin y Padmé enamorándose, Anakin empezándose a llenar de odio y rabia, Obi-Wan y Yoda con más acción/protagonismo, la República gana su primera batalla contra los Separatistas!

[Hope · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great adaptation of the Star Wars movie for kids. It sums up the main points of the plot nicely and would be perfect for a read aloud or read along. However I did notice that it convienently glosses over any deaths or murder, and doesn't even have the word "kill" or "death/dies" in it, which I understand but may be difficult to explain if a child reads this while watching the movie.

[Clara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cute and hit the important parts of the story in a way that didn't jump around too much...but two thoughts:
a) Padmé looks nothing like herself. As in, if it weren't for the hairstyles, my reaction would seriously have been "wait, who's this?"
b) they just...casually skipped over Anakin killing all the Sand People. I get why, but it's kind of important.

[Lata · Rating 3 out of 5]

I borrowed this mostly to look at the artwork. The book covers the major plot points, but neatly sidesteps 1) the ethics of Anakin murdering a bunch of women and children in a sand people camp, and 2) Dooku cutting off Anakin's hand.

[Juliettereiss · Rating 2 out of 5]

Goofy, confusing, and perhaps much worse than the movie.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Audiobook - A good audiobook which covers extra in-sites that don't come up in the film

[Ruth Job Salamanca · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you love reading about Star Wars, no matter how it’s written... even as a Little Golden Book 🥰🥰🥰

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting.

[Jay Gabler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Give Ethen Beavers a Caldecott for the illustration of Anakin shaak surfing.

[Melenia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good overview

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a Golden Book retelling of the film “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones.”

[Chance · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt has a die hard stars wars fan this chrildrens version of the second star wars prequel movie lost something only the movie can give.

[Alyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is definitely a toned downed version of Attack of the Clones, but it needs to be since that was a fairly violent movie. I think it is a cute book for children.

[Matthew]

(En español)

[Spencer Meline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Better than the film!

[Neo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Padmélla on päivä. Aika perus, eli ihan kiva.

[Mario · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great bedtime book for my kid. A good summary of the movie with many references to the characters and locations. One interesting thing that I noticed, it says that Dooku wielded twin crimson lightsabers, but I distinctly remember him only having one in the movie and even the illustration in the book has him wielding only one. After some research I may have gotten to the bottom of it, apparently in the original script Lucas envisioned Dooku dual wielding lightsabers, but that was obviously dropped from the movie. There were actually some scenes filmed of Christopher Lee duel welding lightsabers that can be seen the the special features of the DVD release. So I conclude that the writer of this book must have been working off of the original version of the script.

[Jocelin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the illustrations were really good on this entry into "The Star Wars" universe. The story was simple and will do well with bring new (younger) fans into the Rebel Alliance.
One thing I will say about this book, it made Padme' look a lot older than she was supposed to be. This little book was better than the movie. This one was not my favorite in the prequels.

[Vallyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Okay let me start this but saying, I have only vaguely watched the Star Wars movies. I have this book because my Husband is a huge Star Wars fan and I knew he would enjoy them with our daughter. The story was interesting and a fun read. My daughter really enjoyed the pictures.

[Kai Charles(Fiction State Of Mind) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great adaption of a Star Wars film. This book retells all the classic action scenes from the film. There isnt much romance in this volume but still a great adaption

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love is in the air for Padme and Anakin. A quick precise telling of the film for those who never saw it or forgot what they saw.

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

The tale of the second Star Wars movie in a nice easy golden book format. Again nice use of illustrations and differing text to hilight important parts of the story for you young readers.

[Sierra]

awesome illustrations. great simple recap for young fans

[Drew Wheeler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This version of Episode 2 was so much fun it made me want to rewatch the movie.

[Ethan Wesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sadly, the Golden Book adaption was better than the actual movie.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is so funny when you read with your own sound effects and commentary. LOL

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A miniature and sightly vague epic.

[R. L. Peterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great sum up of this classic film, perfect for kids who might not be old enough to handle the movie yet ;)