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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Monday, November 27, 2023

Book Review: Return of the Jedi Novelization

 


This is the novelization of Return of the Jedi, the hardcover version of which was re-released in the mid-1990s when Lucas was working on the prequel trilogy and the special editions of the original movies.  Like the other two re-published novelizations for the original trilogy that were released around the same time as this one, this has a short introduction that was written by George Lucas.

The hardcover version of the book is very short, coming at just under 230 pages, and it reads very quickly. As is the case with the novelizations of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, what is in the book is very close to what ended up in the movie, with mostly just some minor tweaks to scenes or dialogue. It does, however, include what was a deleted scene from the movie in which Luke is finishing his new lightsaber before Artoo and 3P0 go to Jabba's palace. As with the other original trilogy novelizations, I would not say that this is a must-read, but for people who are more than just casual fans, it is worth the time to read.

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