Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View Book Review

Starting as #operationbluemilk, Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View is a new short stories collection of 40 stories for 40 years since A New Hope. First of all I would like to thank Del Rey and Lucasfilm for sending me a review copy of the book, I am truly grateful. The book is from a certain point of view and is told from the viewpoint of background characters from the original Star Wars. The stories are arranged chronologically, which I appreciated, that way the book wasn't all over the place. The stories are great and really show attention to detail and respect for the Star Wars canon. That being said, there are a few inconsistencies, nothing too big but a lot of the stories occur in the same place and time so it was probably tough to line it up and the characters might just be telling their version of the story. I really liked the variety of authors they had, major star wars novel authors (minus Luceno and Zahn but they've done this stuff before and have other things to write), comic writers, and just a different mix of stories for the book. Some of the most unexpected were Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda, Ian Doscher from Shakespeare Star Wars, and Jeffery Brown from Darth Vader and Son, all stories done in their style of writing. My favorite tales were The Sith of Datawork by Ken Liu,

Master and Apprentice By Claudia Gray about Obi-Wan, Not for Nothing by Mur Lafferty about the cantina band the model nodes, The Trigger by Kieron Gillen starring Doctor Aphra, and of course Verge of Greatness, about Tarkin by Lucasfilm Story Group's own Pablo Hidalgo. All of these stories were of course individual from each other and by separate authors, so unlike a regular novel it doesn't have plot-lines to talk about, but being during a New Hope many character meet the movies heroes and common theme is that while even some of them are imperial they are inspired to rebel by the characters and the force. Del Rey is moving more towards this style of book, with Canto Bight in December and a possible sequel for The Empire Strikes Back. If this happens Lucasfilm and Del Rey please include Jude Watson, Mortimer Jackson, and Ryder Windham, they are great Star Wars authors that deserve credit, all the authors deserve credit, but all of the authors for this book chose not to be payed in order for their money to go to First Book, a charity for children's reading. Another cool thing about this is that reading the about the authors section, numerous of them used to and still are bloggers (maybe I could write Star Wars someday?) From a certain point of view was a great book that was very full of info, funny, and entertaining. I would rate it a 9.75/10. Thanks for reading and stay connected.

Top 10 Spider-Man Villians for future movies

Dank dudes
Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. But it's here the long awaited top ten spiderman villains for future movies. I'm going to have a few rules for this list though: Can't have appeared as a main villain in previous spider-man movies ex. Green goblin, can't be a property in development at sony (so theres no point because they won't be in the mcu at least for the next 3 movies) ex. Black cat, silver sable, Kraven, Mysterio, Venom.
Without further ado, letsa go.

10. Hobgoblin
This character is ranked as ten because I'm not very enthusiastic to see another goblin as the main spider-man antagonist, but he could work well with the plot, because Ned Leeds becomes hobgoblin in the comics.

9.Spider-slayers and Alistar Smythe
This one I 100% do not want as the main villain, but I think it would be cool to see these robots try to rough up spidey.

8.Tombstone
This slick boy is a little known character having appearances in the comics and The Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon. It would be a good fit for marvel.

7.Black Tarantula
This character is included because of his great name, his amazing power and his great arcs. There is a lot of territory that could be covered facing him up against spider-man.

6.Hammerhead
Hammerhead is a crime boss that has faced up against Spider-man many times and literally has a hammer head. I'd only want a minor role but it would be cool to see him in a film.

5.The jackal
This goblin like character used to be the scientist, Miles Warren before adopting freaky features. Even Tom Holland has talked about wanting him for a movie. Spider-man writer, Dan Slott described him, "one of the wonderful mad scientists of Spider-Man's world."


4.Mr negative
This is another crime boss that Spider-Man battles. He is soon to appear in the upcoming Spider-man ps4 game so he might gain enough prominence for a movie.

3.Kingpin
Yet another crime boss, there should just be a spider-man movie with all of them. Kingpin is special though, as a much more popular character and villain of Daredevil having already appeared in his series. Spider-Man has also fought Wilson Fisk in the comics and cartoons and it would make a good villain for a more grounded film.

2.Chameleon
Chameleon is a shape shifting master that has tricked spider-man quite often and would make for an interesting plot. A similar character has appeared on agents of shield, so it can work because we know the universe has the technology.

1.The Wall
This is no doubt the best spider-man villain there is and the most deserving of a role in a movie. Joshua Waldemeyer (the most iconic name in comics) was a part-time construction worker that in an accident was turned into a living wall. He even has mind control powers for some reason, idk. But he would be a good political statement. #buildthatwall

Real 1.Scorpion
Ok, the wall was a joke, but it would be a funny easter egg. The real number one is scorpion, Mac Gargan  appeared in Spider-Man Homecoming played by Michael Mando and was heavily set up to become scorpion later like he does in the comics. It would just be an awesome villain too, totally revamped for the mcu. 

That's all folks, and as always stay connected