▁The ▁book ▁is ▁edited ▁by ▁Kevin ▁J . ▁Anderson . ▁It ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁characters ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁Mos ▁E is ley ▁cant ina , ▁a ▁sh ady ▁bar ▁filled ▁with ▁al iens ▁that ▁was ▁first ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁film ▁Star ▁Wars . ▁ ▁Cont ents ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Scott ▁at ▁The For ce . net ▁gave ▁the ▁book ▁ 3 . 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 4 . ▁He ▁pra ised ▁the ▁variety ▁of ▁the ▁stories , ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁story ▁by ▁Tim othy ▁Z ahn , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁others , ▁but ▁found ▁it ▁repet itive ▁how ▁the ▁same ▁few ▁scenes ▁from ▁the ▁film ▁appeared ▁in ▁every ▁story . ▁He ▁concluded : ▁" All ▁of ▁these ▁stories ▁were ▁fun , ▁action ▁pack ed , ▁and ▁very ▁entertain ing , ▁not ▁to ▁mention ▁they ▁had ▁a ▁much ▁greater ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁Star ▁Wars ▁Un iverse ▁than ▁you ▁might ▁think ! ▁I ▁consider ▁this ▁a ▁must ▁read ." ▁Michael ▁Wol ff ▁of ▁Star log ▁Magazine ▁liked ▁the ▁idea ▁but ▁found ▁it ▁wore ▁thin ▁after ▁a ▁while . ▁Of ▁the ▁six teen ▁stories , ▁he ▁said ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁stood ▁out ▁and ▁pra ised ▁" N ight l ily " ▁by ▁Barbara ▁Hamb ly ▁and ▁" S oup ' s ▁On " ▁by ▁Jenn ifer ▁Robert son , ▁in ▁particular . ▁He ▁concluded ▁" For ▁die - hard ▁Star ▁Wars ▁enthus iast s ▁only ." ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁T ales ▁From ▁J ab ba ' s ▁Palace ▁ ▁T