Star Wars Journal: Captive to Evil is a 1998 young adult novel by science fiction author Jude Watson. The novel recounts the events of the film Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) from the point of view of one of its main characters, Princess Leia.
The book is published by Scholastic and part of the Star Wars Journal Series. Other titles in the series are Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire (1998) by Donna Tauscher, Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice (1998) by John Peel, Star Wars Episode I Journal: Queen Amidala (1999) by Watson and Star Wars Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker (1999) by Todd Strasser.
Famous quotes containing the words star wars, star, wars, captive and/or evil:
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)
“And though in tinsel chain and popcorn rope
My tree, a captive in your window bay,
Has lost its footing on my mountain slope
And lost the stars of heaven, may, oh, may
The symbol star it lifts against your ceiling
Help me accept its fate with Christmas feeling.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“The great wars of the present age are the effects of the study of history.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“There a captive sat in chains
Crooning ditties treasured well
From his Afric’s torrid plains.
Sole estate his sire bequeathed,—
Hapless sire to hapless son,—
Was the wailing song he breathed,
And his chain when life was done.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 6:34.
From the Sermon on the Mount.