Star Wars: Heir to the Empire

Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy Graphic Novels #1

by Mike Baron, Olivier Vatine (Artist)

The Star Wars saga continues--starring Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and all the other beloved characters!.

Genres: Star Wars, Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Comic Book

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

A solid comic adaptation of the classic Heir to the Empire, the novel that brought the Star Wars mythos back to the forefront during the 90s.

That New Republic era was interesting, if not a bit bloated continuity after a while, but it sure was fun to imagine what Luke and Leia and Han were up to after the third movie. In this the beginning of the Thrawn trilogy, much of the mythology was expanded upon well in creating a deeper sense of this world. There was Coruscant, for example!

The comic is not quite at the level of the novel, when it comes to making sense of it all, but it's as good as can be expected. The art by Olivier Vatine in the first volume is terrific, although the follow-ups seem to go down a level with each passing book.

I just miss the old Expanded Universe... yes I understand that Disney did what they had to, but in my heart this is still what I think happened to these characters after the credits rolled. Thanks for the times, Timothy Zahn.

[Subham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Its an alright adaptation of the classic Thrawn trilogy.

It picks up with Thrawn wanting something and we follow him as he gets a crime in the Dark Jedi C'baoth and one plans to distract Luke and Thrawn plans on catching Leia and we follow these character navigating the new republican politics and all that and at the same time trying to escape. As they meet someplace they decide to split up like Leia and Chewie go to Kasshyk, Lando and Han go to some sabacc game and Luke on his way to where C'baoth might be after a previous incident but he is captured by Talon Karrde and Mara Jade and incidentally Han is also there but Thrawn too, so it becomes a threeway war between the two and how do they escape and what are Thrawns plans are explored here. Plus when Leia is attacked and goes back to Coruscant she finds not all things are well there, a Civil war and whatever the plans of Thrawn maybe.

Its a confusing read, I am not gonna lie and this is my first foray into legends stuff and the art is absolute garbage and it took a long time to read. Some dialogues are clunky and confusing, the book I have heard is fantastic but after reading this volume I might not. Though I have heard it gets better with other volumes and sure the start maybe clunky, it gets better in the middle and does well to give Luke and Han a solid adventure and does well to introduce Mara Jada and all the drama and tension there and builds up on the big threat of THRAWN!

[Yolanda Sfetsos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay, since we've got the graphic book versions on Kobo, I decided to check it out as well... Um, I'm not sure what it is, but this definitely did not capture the awesomeness of the actual book.

I actually found myself skipping ahead sometimes. There was just something... I also didn't understand why Leia had to be in undies and tank top during a particular scene in Kashyyyk. That doesn't happen in the book--she's dressed. And carrying a blaster. Plus her lightsaber. I guess it's a visual thing, but I didn't like it.

Also, that's gotta be the WORST Han Solo drawing in the world. What's going on with his head? O.o

Unfortunately, this was just average for me.

[Sean O'Hara · Rating 1 out of 5]

I took advantage of a Star Wars Day sale on Amazon to pick up the Thrawn Trilogy in comic form, figuring it'd be a good way to revisit the originals without having to dig the books out of my closet. Ugh. Maybe something was lost in translation, but man does the story suck. There are too many unexplained coincidences (Han and Luke show up at the same place at the same time twice, and then they show up exactly where the Empire is planning a major attack at exactly the right time to thwart it), too much fan service (every memorable line from the Holy Trilogy, from "get behind me," to "I have a bad feeling about this," gets repeated at some point), and not enough gosh-wow to make up for it. On top of that, the art is ugly, the characters barely recognizable, and the story telling choppy.

[Book Nerd · Rating 3 out of 5]

This follows the story of Timothy Zahn's novel completely but I just don't like art much.
Why did they NEVER show Mara's hair? At first I didn't even know who she was.
I definitely didn't mind that Leia was in her underwear in her room at night but it seemed weird that she went to talk to Khabarakh that way.

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review was originally posted on my review blog Deanna Writes:
So I read the novel version of this book, a long time ago but since I starting listening to the Star Wars Stacks Podcast, I decided to reread it. So instead of rereading the actual novel, I wanted to see what the graphic novel was like.

I loved this book as teen and the main reason was probably because of freaking Mara Jade. I mean look at how cool she is!

So yeah I think I have a lot of bias opinions about this graphic novel because I love the cold, calculating ex-imperial and I just want to be her when I grow up. The story in this comic was as awesome as I remembered, but since it was a graphic novel I feel like some things were cut out. I felt like there was more that happened in this novel, so I think due to the nature of graphic novels minor things were cut. I was okay with this since the main plot points were still in here, but it did make me just want to reread the actual book.

The liked the art in this comic, but at times I felt like the faces were too jagged and drawn with too many hard edges. It wasn't a deal breaker, but I preferred the art in By The Emperor's Hand over this one.

There is one other thing about this comic that annoys me: The Cat Suit. A lot of Mara Jade fans do not like a cat suit, and I have to agree. The cat suit makes zero sense for a practical smuggler. Why would she be trampling around the forest in a full leather onesie? She wouldn't be. For the sake of argument, she does look cool in it, but it seems like her outfit was just designed to make her out to be a sex symbol, and I'm pretty sure I am right.

Besides my own issue with Mara's outfit, I did really enjoy reading this comic, but I think if I ever want to reread this one again I am just going to reread the actual novel.

[Marcus Hutchens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a little disappointing for the story, but the art was decent enough for the 90's. The characters are pretty well preserved from the original trilogy, though none of the new characters were particularly interesting and the story was really predictable. I read recently that this had no impact on the upcoming movie, which I feel is definitely the right decision. Definitely not worthy of a movie or tv show, but all in all it was a light and entertaining read, even though it was a bit cheesy and predictable. 3.5/5

[Ill D · Rating 1 out of 5]

Although utterly unthinkable nowadays, it’s almost unbelievable that less than a decade after the release of the final film in the (initial) series, Jedi, anyone would have ever considered (the) Star Wars (franchise) “dead.” Yet, that’s exactly what Tom Veitch, co-writer of the Tales of the Jedi series was told at the eclipse of the 80’s. However, it’s his work, alongside Kevin J. Anderson on the aforementioned that did half the job of rebirthing interest in the series. The other half of the coin was done by Timothy Zahn in his seminal Thrawn trilogy, in the earliest of 90’s, which provided a real re-ignition into the series that captured the minds and imagination of millions across the planet as they had only a decade before.

Like many I was quite entranced by his novelizations. Its fidelity to form was exceptional. Its charming memorables felt seamlessly grafted unto what had gone before. It truly felt like a perfect continuation.

The comic on the other hand does great disservice to Zahn’s indispensable additions to (the now defunct) SW canon.

All the abbreviations necessary to the medium slough off the good and only compile their errors frist and sins second against the excellence of Zahn’s work. Everyone feels robotic; from Thrawn to Skywalker,who all are performing their motions due to predetermined mechanics rather than fluid and organic writing . And when new characters, planets and their corresponding environs are introduced they are depicted in a style, while, artistically at least, quite competent and beyond reproach; is devoid of any unique characterizations or memorable idiosyncrasies.

Feeling rubbery and robotic the comic rendition of Timothy Zahn’s superb novelizations falls thousands of miles short of the excellence of its forebearer.

[Kasey Goggins · Rating 4 out of 5]

did i have to lowkey bully my ILL librarian into getting this for me? yes.
was it worth it? ykw, yeah.

basic art style, but great depictions. characters were much more recognizable than they were in the dark empire run. because zahn’s writing is so intricate and detailed, i do think that some of his cleverness was lost in translation, but otherwise a good comic adaptation!

[Willem van den Oever · Rating 3 out of 5]

The “Star Wars”-universe was never short of fan-fiction; but with the second trilogy approaching the cinemas during the late 1990’s, LucasFilm started getting their fanbase pumped up several years in advance by taking some of the more serious attempts at fan-fiction and exploiting them in whatever way possible. They did so with “Shadows of the Empire”, releasing a novel-, comic- and videogame adaptation all at once, along with action figures and an all-orchestral soundtrack.
Steve Zahn’s “Thrawn Trilogy” – a book trilogy following Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo five years after the events of “Return of the Jedi” – was treated less colossally; although those terms are relative within the world of “Star Wars” franchise.

Scriptwriter Mike Baron teams up with French comic book artist Olivier Vatine to tackle the first part of the trilogy, “Heir of the Empire”. In it, the heroes of the former rebellion form a new Republic while sweeping away the last remains of the Empire. With Han and Leia married and expecting twins and Luke trying to set up a new generation of Jedi knights, the trio hardly gets time to take things easy.
At the far edges of space, the last Admiral of the Empire, Thrawn, has taken command of whatever fleet is left and has started planning a counter-attack against the Republic before it is even formed. Discovering the existence of an unknown Dark Jedi named Joruus C’Baoth and a strange race of Force-blocking creatures called Ysalamiri, Thrawn holds in his hands the first bits of a puzzle which will destroy the Republic for good.

Zahn’s original book might not be the best written piece of literature, but transforming the 350-ish paged novel into a comic barely half that size still presents some trouble; most clearly with the pacing. Baron’s script moves lightning-fast, which results in some confusing moments for the readers. Entire subplots are removed from the condensed story, causing Leia to completely disappear from the comic for nearly one-third of its length. Yet for the most part, Baron’s work is admirable; ending up with a satisfying, fun read.
While the plot might swerve off-course occasionally, Vatine’s artwork is consistently perfect throughout. His characters, set pieces and action-sequences look beautiful and the man has an excellent, unique feeling for contrast in his work; boldly placing huge shadows across large parts of the page without smudging or hiding any of the action. Though the story is hardly worth reading more than once, Vatine’s dynamic work can be admired again and again.

With its open ending, providing all questions and no answers, the reader is left hardly a choice about buying the second and third book of the series to get any satisfaction out of the plot. With Kevin Nowlan and Terry Dodson taking over from Vatine for the next installment, there’s no certainty how to quality will develop during the rest of the series. “Heir to the Empire” as a stand-alone product ends up being a mixed bag of interesting visuals and a rushed, somewhat shaky plot.

[Ivan Lex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first approach to the old expanded universe, it is a very well done comic, is evident that the art is european and the story has a lot of potential, the only thing I regret was not giving the book a chance first, I feel like the creators of this comic tried to summarize a lot of details in a little graphic novel, however I'm just speculating, I hope to get my hands on the novel soon so I can judge.



The rebellion has triumphed over the empire and thus the new republic is born, but that does not mean that all the evil in the galaxy has gone, just like the cockroaches the empire survives in the shadows in charge of the great admiral Thrawn (some kind of evil and blue Sherlock Holmes from space and that's exciting!)



I like how this book adds a lot of new elements to the original Lucas trilogy, things that I would love to see on screen one day, the story is easily summarized so I don't think it's a good idea to give too many details.



The only thing that I think is valid to say, is that now I understand why the boys of the nineties were so obsessed with this, seeing adventures of the Jedi Skywalker brothers is a good thing to watch...

[Max · Rating 3 out of 5]

An efficient attempt by Dark Horse Comics to adapt the Heir to the Empire book into graphic novel form. The highlight of this work is easily seeing the world of Zahn come to life with gorgeous pulp artwork of the 90’s. At the risk of coming across as a hipster, the digital art you see now simply can’t compete. Unfortunately, in order to fit all that plot into the size of six paperback comic books, the pacing of events suffered quite a bit. Dire conflicts which lasted several tense pages in the novel are compressed into mere seconds across a splash page or two, greatly deflating the urgency and stakes surrounding them. This loss of flavor text relegates this comic adaption as more of a companion piece to the original book rather than a substitute.

[Christian Petrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another graphic novel I picked up with the Dark Horse end of line sale with the Star Wars line. I remember reading the novel when it was first released. This was groundbreaking in the extension to Star Wars it created. Of course I have been curious to see what the comic version would be like.

After reading Shadows of the Empire, I was leery. Due to the gaps in the story I thought the same would happen here. Luckily, this did not happen. The comic does carry the whole story line over and almost all the situations and dialog. It matched what I remembered from reading. There are some details missing, but that is expected when switching types of storytelling.

The plot is about Grand Admiral Thrawn trying to restore the Empire. Within in the Expanded Universe, now Legends, he is the top villain. In the original novel here was a character that was an equal foe to the New Republic. In the comic you can see this, though the novel did a better job of presenting him.

The characterization of the familiar people is great. You do get a sense of time has passed and how things are progressing. Where the comic falls is the art work. I became use to the artwork, but the style was not to my taste. Everyone seemed lean and mean. A tad on the odd side. Also Leia did not look as pregnant as she did in the books. Granted some of the action would be interesting with her being pregnant.

Overall not a bad version of an outstanding book. Some points lost to the artwork and not as in depth of the book. Still an outstanding comic.

[Marko · Rating 3 out of 5]

After seeing the latest Star Wars film, I was once again drawn to Timothy Zahn's The Thrawn Trilogy. But instead of re-reading it in its original format, I decided to give a try to the graphic novel editions.

Overall, the trilogy was a good read, even though it did not reach the quality of the novels. Many events were sped through a little bit too quickly and sometimes I suspect it might have been difficult to understand certain issues unless you had read the novels already. Nevertheless, for someone familiar with the story, these graphic novels were an excellent way to revisit the storyline without having to re-read the entire series for... I think the fourth time.

With graphic novels, I find that a lot of my enjoyment is dependent on the art. With this series, every graphic novel had a different artists and their styles and quality varied significantly. The first part had perhaps the shakiest art with the characters almost unrecognisable, while the second graphic novel had the best art by Terry Dodson (penciller) and Kevin Nowlan (inker) as well as Pamela Rambo (colorist). Their illustrations were a pleasure to behold. Unfortunately, the last graphic novel's quality was somewhere in the middle of the two other parts.

A minor annoyance was the lettering used in the entire series that required a lot of getting used to with letters U and H too easily confused with each other (mainly confusing U for an H). I didn't get used to them until the third part in the series.

[Jeral Rivarola · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adaptación de la primera novela de Thrawn, que no he leído. La historia es un poco inconexa por partes, no sé si la obra original también será así o es sólo un error de la adaptación. También me choca el papel poco dinámico de Leia que se limita a ser llevada de aquí para allá y en su única escena de acción aparece en bragas. Han es más proactivo y luego le sigue Luke. Interesantes secundarios como Mara Jade y Talon Karrde. Thrawn es un buen villano aunque sus motivaciones sean un poco nebulosas hasta el final de este tomo. Quiere imponer de vuelta el Imperio, pero con qué fin y para quién? Mención aparte para el "Jedi Oscuro" (que no Sith, aún no existía el término creo), Jorus C'Baoth que aparece por ahí y usa telepatía para coordinar los ataques interestelares de Thrawn (what?). El dibujo es correcto y de estilo europeo, lo mismo la coloración. Pero aún mejores e impresionantes las portadas de Mathieu Lauffray.

[Germán · Rating 3 out of 5]

En realidad no sé si llega al 3/5, más bien entre 2.5 y 3.

Aun sin haberla leído, seguramente la novela en la que se basa el cómic esté bastante mejor al poder explayarse lo necesario; sin embargo éste casi todo el tiempo peca de apresurado e incluso a veces de inconexo. Una pena, porque el dibujo, sin ser la octava maravilla, sí que está a la altura de lo que probablemente espera quien se acerca a esta adaptación.

Si simplemente quieres tener una vaga idea de lo que ocurría después de las películas en el antiguo canon y no tienes tiempo o ganas de leer la novela quizás sirva para salir del paso, pero es probable que te deje un sabor agridulce.

[Cristhian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mucha gente se queja de que no es una adaptación fiel a los libros de la trilogía Thrawn.

Particularmente, yo, no había leído nada de dichos libros y me enteré de esta por una lista de IGN del 2014 sobre los mejores comics de SW, siendo uno de los top three Heir to the Empire. Me pareció una novela gráfica entretenida y que da vida al universo después de los episodios originales.

Yales contaré más cuando avance en esta trilogía (considerada por los fans durante mucho tiempo como los episodios VII, VIII y IX, siendo Dark Empire el X)

[Sean Kottke · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the original novel more than the comic adaptation, but this was nonetheless a good review of the major plot points. Since Thrawn has crossed over into the new canon, I figured it wouldn't hurt to review the so-called "legends" of the old expanded universe. If I hadn't read Zahn's novel, though, I'd have been lost in connecting the various threads and the scene-to-scene transitions.

[Scotty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable, old school Star Wars focusing on characters from the original movie. Good story. Part of a trilogy of books.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good. I don't usually the art from the 90s and while this wasn't great it was better than I expected. The story was pretty close to the novel if I remember correctly.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edición argentina. Primer tomo de la colección Star Wars Imprescindibles de los 6 (creo) publicados por Ovni Press.

[shmayleb · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this adaptation so much more than I did, but it simply wasn’t very enjoyable for me. I can only imagine how difficult it must be to adapt a novel into comic form. It is such a visual medium, and while I enjoyed some of the art, I found the execution of the entire project to be middling at best. It’s clear that Baron struggled to fit all the intricacies of Zahn’s work into a limited page count, but I do feel it could have been improved by taking more artistic liberty to capture each individual character’s motivations rather than copying Zahn’s dialogue nearly word for word.

So much of what makes the original Thrawn trilogy special is missed in translation between mediums. The reader is subjected to narrative whiplash as we’re slung from story beat to story beat with little to no context provided to justify such breakneck storytelling. It’s hard to follow what’s happening, even for a fan of the original novels. We miss little details, from Luke’s fake hand looking exactly like his organic one all the way down to the color of his lightsaber (it’s blue for some reason?). It truly feels like a rushed product that should have been doubled in length, with each novel/story arc taking up 12 issues rather than 6.

Maybe we’ll get a stronger adaptation someday, as some of the modern Star Wars comics are truly incredible. I’m still glad these interpretations exist, but I do think they deserved much more time, care, and attention to detail.

[Gareth · Rating 3 out of 5]

An okay adaptation of a great book - trying to condense it into graphic novel format has led to a degree of sacrifices to have to be made, and a loss of clarity of plot at times, as some scenes jumped too quickly, or weren't clear what was going on. Seemed to be drawn for the male gaze a lot as well, which didn't feel necessary.
The story itself is very good, to point that after reading the graphic novels I am going to be seeing if can get hands on the original novels to reread, but better suited to novel format than graphic novel.
Lots of interesting characters, Thrawn is a great villain, even if I had forgotten quite how ruthless he was, as he is more controlled than someone like Vader, and I also like Pellaeon a lot too. Mara Jade is a great grey character, and good to have Luke, Leia, Han and Lando again, especially after watching the sequels again recently, I much prefer those characters in this series, rather than in the later movies.
I forgot how much I disliked Borsk Fey'lya - who is written well to be a dislikeable character.
Really though, Thrawn introduced a lot of great characters and lore in this novel that will be used in later books, and even a number in the new Canon, demonstrating how good characters they were.

[Zuzana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just finished Star Wars: Heir to the Empire.


A few quick thoughts:

- Why is Luke’s lightsaber blue? Did I miss an explanation, or is this an oversight?

- I had a hunch the illustrators were European. Turns out they’re French. The art style gave it away. I actually like it, but it definitely has a different feel compared to the usual Star Wars comics I’ve read.

- I’m really curious what people who haven’t read Zahn’s original novel think of this adaptation. Is the story engaging and clear to newcomers? Personally, I miss the depth of character motivation and world-building that the novel fleshes out, which inevitably gets trimmed down in a comic format.

- Also, the Noghri seem way too tall in this version. Weren’t they supposed to be closer to Jawa height?

3.5 stars

[Mario · Rating 3 out of 5]

What? Three stars? Is the reviewer crazy?

Yeah, possibly. Bear with me, these were the first Star Wars novels I picked WAY back then. But after more than 25 years, the stories feel odd now. I am grateful to Zahn for expanding the mythology back then, and I eagerly awaited every one of the novels while they were being published out. But, it's not the same anymore, the decisions, the background, it all feels so outdated. That's why the 4-star rating.

Oh, but this is the comic adaptation of the novels! My... I always HATED the visual direction they took... Pellaeon? Nah. Noghri? What kind of monsters are those? Bothans? No, thanks. C'baoht? My god, what kind of beard is that.

I definitely think this is one of the worst Star Wars comics ever, if you guys are not familiar with the story yet, skip this until you've read the novels. And even after that, I'm sure there are other things worthy of your time.

I'll keep collecting the other numbers, just because I found out the artists change for each novel adaptation, but I'm not holding my breath on the other issues.

[A M H · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story starts out strong and intriguing. For awhile there it was great and interesting. I figured it could have easily been one of my favourites. Unfortunately, it just couldn't keep it's momentum. It started to get weaker as it went on, and it really didn't take long at all for the story to fall into the narrative trap of the galaxy suddenly being a very small place that the same people just coincidentally constantly end up running into each other over and over and over again. Also this story started to slow a bit and lose it's steam when it tried to force the Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker plotline that felt pointless and drawn out, with no impact on this specific book itself whatsoever and just wasted time that could have been spent elsewhere.

Overall, the story started out as a 5 for me, and it could have been great. It's not bad though. Just not as amazing as I had hoped it would be.

[Kirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have been chipping away at this for a while. It didn’t capture my attention enough to read in a single sitting. I had to read it in four or five, unfortunately.

Thrawn is one of those iconic characters in Zhan’s work that you can’t help but want to love. There was a lot of build up around him among the fans for a long time, but his prowess really isn’t conveyed here. I felt underwhelmed by this run. I have the trilogy in book form and may try the other two as novels.

The sith lord here is lame as fuck too. Just an old fart in a pissing match with Thrawn the entire run.

Luke just seems hopelessly two dimensional to me these days, but that’s just because I’m a cynical old prick.

It just felt like the story was half baked here and relied very heavily upon the characterizations of the key players found in the films. Like the films were expected to do the heavy lifting.

But that may also be because this is a comic adaptation of a book. We’ll soon find out 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Jaime K · Rating 4 out of 5]

If we focus on the story, this is a 5/5. It sticks with Zahn's extremely well.

If we look at the art, the colors and backgrounds are great.
The people are not. 1/5 for that.
The art is awful. People like Han, Luke, Leia, Lando, and Mara are boxy: Pellaeon looks like a boxer; C'baoth and Thrawn are elongated.

I'll admit that I was able to mostly ignore the art as time went on, but I still got thrown out of the story when I couldn't match the image I was seeing with the actors or even just other art.
Leia is the worst. In most scenes, her hair is different colors and is styled odd; and the shadowing is just super weird.
I think Karrde is the only one who looks like he should.

Regarding the text, the Us and Hs look very similar, to where I stared at the word "UH" for over a minute trying to figure out what "HH" meant."

The non-sentient creatures and scenes? Those are awesome.

It is also neat to see the scene where Luke imagines Mara on Jabba's barge.

[Rick Ray · Rating 2 out of 5]

While Thrawn's characterization here is great, not much else works. The story feels pretty piecemeal with issues ending on random notes - almost as if the page count for a single issue had been exceeded. The overall narrative itself was quite dull and quite convoluted as well. There's a lot of moving pieces for just six issues, with Leia, Han, Chewie, Lando and Luke all doing different things while Thrawn's plan progresses in the background. Olivier Vatine's artwork is stylish at times, but often gets muddied up by the printing resulting in some pretty ugly looking compositions. Splash pages and shots of starfighters all look great, but some of the denser panel layouts were not a pretty sight. Overall, wasn't all that impressed with this first arc, but I'll give the next one a shot anyways.

[Kyle Lahr · Rating 3 out of 5]

I adored the books when I read them in the 90's, and I remembered them as the literal best Star Wars, neigh, the best fiction stories I had read in my entire life. However, unfortunately I had a very hard time getting through this series. A lot was removed because of course it had to be truncated for a graphic novel, but it really cut out so much, sometimes you feel completely lost between pages, and especially between books. I am so sad to only rate this as three stars, but I would be hard pressed to recommend this version, even to someone who loves comic books, and also doesn't have the time or desire to read the full novels. The story simply had almost 0 impact on me, and I literally remembered next to nothing about it going in. I really had hoped to relive an amazing childhood memory, and perhaps that is why it felt so flat.