And I loved the way Han Solo loved Princess Leia. Additionally, I was more intrigued by the Jedi philosophy than by their fighting abilities. I was not interested in the blasters nor the X-wing fighters, but I was profoundly interested in the relationship between Darth Vader and his children. I was captivated by the strength and sass of Princess Leia. My early childhood is ripe with memories of playing Star Wars on the playground with my pals.
I grew up in a home that had strong limits on media, but Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi was shown in my grade school at an end-of-the-year party. I was born a mere six weeks before the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in American theaters. This story begs to be re-read and rewards the reader each time. This book may have a sci-fi background, but it is really much more like Ivanhoe than it is Star Wars. This complex and fascinating story about human nature, relationships, and man’s desire to live a life worth living is written with beautiful language, powerful character development, and a plot that is truly interesting to explore. Sylvia Engdahl, essay entitled “ Autobiography” For of course, Enchantress was never intended for preadolescent children, and its Newbery Honor status was therefore somewhat misleading. I was fortunate in having written it just at a time when a trend toward issuing more mature fiction as “young adult” was beginning.
But the story took hold of me and I simply couldn’t leave it alone….the book was accepted, after some revision, and went on to be a Junior Literary Guild selection and a Newbery Honor book. I didn’t feel Enchantress would ever be publishable-it wasn’t the sort of book that could appear as an adult novel (though I felt some adults would like it) yet it was over the heads of most readers below teenage and seemed far too long and complex to be called a children’s book, at least by the standards of the fifties and sixties.
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