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Eaten Alive (Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear, Book 1) Paperback – January 1, 1997

by John Whitman (Author)
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Enter the Star Wars universe....Zak and Tash Arranda, and their guardian, Uncle Hoole, have landed on the planet D'vouran. Nothing seems out of the ordinary at first. D'vouran is a beautiful planet, rich in natural resources and inhabited by friendly, hospitable creatures. And meeting the famous Rebels Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker in the local cantina is very cool. But something about the planet is not quite right. People seem to be disappearing into thin air. Can Tash find the courage to trust her gut instincts...before it's too late?
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  1. Reading age
    9 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    160 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    4 - 6
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
  6. Publisher
    Skylark
  7. Publication date
    January 1, 1997
  8. ISBN-10
    0553484508
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0553484502
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ar Wars universe....Zak and Tash Arranda, and their guardian, Uncle Hoole, have landed on the planet D'vouran. Nothing seems out of the ordinary at first. D'vouran is a beautiful planet, rich in natural resources and inhabited by friendly, hospitable creatures. And meeting the famous Rebels Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker in the local cantina is very cool. But something about the planet is not quite right. People seem to be disappearing into thin air. Can Tash find the courage to trust her gut instincts...before it's too late?

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Skylark; Limited edition (January 1, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0553484508
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0553484502
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 6
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings

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Hans Gundelfinger
5.0 out of 5 stars A series that holds up to this day.
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
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Star Wars Galaxy of Fear is one of the most memorable pieces of literature from my childhood. It blended Goosebumps-esque storytelling within a galaxy far far away and I couldn't get enough of it. When I was younger I started with book #2 and I decided to revisit this series starting with book #1 "Eaten Alive". I have to say that the story is captivating and makes you really care for the main characters over the duration of the book. As an adult I am still at awe how these short stories can be interesting and canonical to the legends series, yet be an outlet of spooky sci-fi storytelling for children.

I genuinely think that this book series is a hidden gem within the Star Wars mythos and that any parent who is as much of a fan as I am, should bring this to the attention of their children.
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MITCH SMITH
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2014
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Bought for my son - he really enjoyed it.
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Jeremiah
4.0 out of 5 stars Read It!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
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Oh my goodness I cannot rave enough about this book! This might be a "children's" book but this story offers a level of seriousness not even found in most of Star Wars Clone Wars or Rebels. It's Star Wars, there's great action, horror, science fiction, and mystery all wrapped up in this book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Read It!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
Oh my goodness I cannot rave enough about this book! This might be a "children's" book but this story offers a level of seriousness not even found in most of Star Wars Clone Wars or Rebels. It's Star Wars, there's great action, horror, science fiction, and mystery all wrapped up in this book.
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Jake Smithers
5.0 out of 5 stars Eaten...Alive?
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2009
The story of Star Wars Galaxy of Fear: `Eaten Alive' begins about six months after Luke Skywalker helped destroy the Death Star in Episode IV. At the beginning of the story, Zak and Tash Arranda were traveling with their mysterious uncle Hoole (who is a Shi'ido or shape-changer), and his sophisticated and dry attitude droid DV-9, or Deevee for short, through hyperspace. Their destination: a planet named D'Vouran. Tash and Zak, Tash being the older sister and Zak being the younger brother, were still dealing with feelings of grief, uncertainty, and loss over the destruction of Alderaan, which killed their parents and all whom they loved and held dear. This situation wasn't helped by their new guardian, uncle Hoole, who was a relative only because of his brother marrying into their side of the family, and since all of Tash and Zak's relatives were killed, uncle Hoole took them under his wing. They knew very little of their uncle, and he told them very little about himself and his past, and when they traveled with him on one of his errands, he likewise told them little on the purpose of his errands. This troubled them. So for the past few months they continued living like this with Deevee acting as their babysitter, at which the droid complained at every chance he could. To help sedate their grief, Zak became a dare-devil, and Tash buried herself in searching for any information she could find on the Jedi, who she was already interested in before all this, and dreamed of becoming one. So, in this journey, as she had done times before, she went to the cockpit and dreamed of flying a spaceship as a Jedi. She put her hands on the controls. The stillness of hyperspace lasted only a few moments, and then the craft was jerked violently out of hyperspace. Uncle Hoole and Zak came storming into the cockpit as the craft headed toward their destination, D'Vouran, fifteen minutes ahead of time. Tash moved out of the pilot seat and uncle Hoole took his place and fought to bring the ship safely into the planet's atmosphere. They landed, but the ship suffered damage which would keep them grounded until it was fixed.

For better or worse, they had arrived at their destination, but Tash had a horrible feeling about it.

This was an excellent page-turner that had balance to it. The book was well written and had a good measure of humor in it. The writing style of the book was sort of like what Jude Watson writes most of her books in, which makes the book a rather quick read. It was a good read, though. The atmosphere and suspense of the book was well balanced, the scary scenes were conveyed in such a way that it didn't turn out looking silly, and the characters had depth to them.

I enjoyed this book. If you are a hard-core fan of Star Wars, you'll probably feel obliged to go out and purchase this book without previewing it first. Although you certainly could do just that, I suggest if you can to take it out of your local library before you purchase it to see if you really like.

And so the review comes to an end now.

-Jake Smithers
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gramiK
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2015
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quite worn out
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J D Hauck
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for young readers
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2000
This series, Galaxy of Fear, used to be my favorite series. It is great for new Star Wars readers around 10 years old. It is nice because it does not confuse you with complicated Star Wars terms and yet has a very good plots. It is not all that long only about 100 and some pages, another reason it is good for young readers. I would finsh them in 3 to 5 days. I would never be able to put these books down. It is one of the few Star Wars books that does not use the main characters Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, ETC. It also does not require you to read the seris in order (though I recommend it). The author does a great job explaining the history you need to know. I would not recommend this book for vetran Star Wars novel readers. If you are a new reader to the Star Wars galaxy I would begin with this series.
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Chris
4.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BOOK EVER?
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2000
This book was kickin',ok well not everyone one would say so, but I would. This book has everything from acton to sorrow. It also has good structure and all the parts a book needs. If you like sci fi check this book out and if you don't then why ya readin' this. And also for all you Star Wars fans check out the other "Galaxy of Fears" books.
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Selah
3.0 out of 5 stars It's almost worth buying.
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2000
Tash is the main character of this story. Hoole, Zak, and Tash land on D'vouran, where a madman tells everyone in the village that people are disappearing. Tash also has a strange feeling about the planet and its inhabitints, the Enzeen. It turns out that D'vouran is an experiment run by the Empire. It is the beginning of a long stream of adventures that Tash, Zak, and Hoole go through. If you haven't read any of the Galaxy of Fear books, then read this one first. Each one is better than the last.
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Jevon
5.0 out of 5 stars Good read.
Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2020
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A good addition to any Star Wars fans collection, but keep in mind this book is aimed more at YA and is not as big as a typical novel is.
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D. Mintkewitz
5.0 out of 5 stars eaten alive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2014
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finally I got the first one!
the book number1
I've been waiting soo long for it!
& yes everthing was how it was promised it to be!
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Lord Depravus
4.0 out of 5 stars Unfairly forgotten
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2010
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In the eight and a half years I've been buying Star Wars books I've managed to collect and read pretty much all of the ones that are included in the official timeline - even the ones that are almost impossible to get hold of now. I am aware of more books that are not considered "canon" and I'm also aware of the literally millions of comics and graphic novels. I am pretty much aware of every novel, young reader's book, e-book and comic that has been produced. Or so I thought.

One morning when I was bored at work and surfing Wookipedia, I stumbled across a series called Galaxy of Fear. I'd never heard of this before and it appeared it was out of print so I immediately figured it must be one that was deliberately forgotten and therefore rubbish. Nevertheless, I was intrigued so I went onto Amazon and purchased the first book.

Maybe it was because my expectations were so low but I actually really enjoyed it. Obviously, being a young reader's book, the chapters are very short and there isn't much depth to it but the overall story was pretty good, the new characters were very good and it was easy to read. There were references to a lot of well known Star Wars things that kept a nice familiarity to what is a very different setting. There were also cameo appearances from some popular characters, which was a nice touch. I have a feeling that we will see cameos like this from old characters throughout this series.

All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this book and have already started purchasing the others in the series. If you are a die-hard fan of the books I'd certainly recommend it.
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