Hi Everyone!
This is the official thread for the book we will be reading as of the 1st of April 2024.
スター・ウォーズ エピソード４：新たなる希望, Volume 4, (Novel)
Pace 
For this first book, we are going to set the pace at 5 pages per day to begin with, and then we will make adjustments as we go along based on the average level of everyone and how we all feel about the amount of time we have to understand the content, ask questions, get answers to those questions, etc.
Feel free to voice your opinion about this pace as we go along!
General Rules 
For a full list of rules, please refer to the book club rules post. However, we would like to reiterate a few things regarding individual books. Please keep the following in mind in this discussion thread.
Keep discussion related to the target series.
You may of course make comparisons between grammar or vocabulary usages between series, but for the most part try to keep discussion related to the unique challenges that each book or series of books presents.
Search the threads for users that have perhaps previously asked the same question as you.
Each book will have its own thread, so if you follow the same pacing as the group, it is likely that a simple search will result in finding someone having asked the same question as you are about to ask. In addition to this, if you jump into a book late, it is expected that you would search the thread history before asking questions about content most participants have already past.
When asking questions, give as much detail as possible.
For example, if you include the page number, who is speaking, which speech balloon (in the case of manga), and explain what you want to know more about, that will be far easier for other users to answer rather than just asking ‘What does てっきり mean?’
Taking a screenshot and highlighting the portion you’re asking about would also be suitable.
Be polite! Not everyone is the same level.
Just because something is easy for you does not mean that it is easy for someone else. Let’s be thankful to those that answer our questions, and thankful also for the opportunity to help others that aren’t quite at the same level as us yet.
Keep questions in line with the pacing.
We know that some of you may want to surge ahead of the group if you are really enjoying a book. However, this can result in confusion if you are asking questions about things that people haven’t read yet. If this applies to you. Make a note of the question you want to ask, wait until the group has caught up, then ask the question
Be mindful of spoilers.
If you are asking a question about something that includes spoilers to the story, please be aware of this and let users know with a ‘SPOILER’ tag at the beginning of your question. Hiding the question by utilizing the Hide Details function of the forums would also be appreciated. Let’s allow everyone to enjoy the experience of reading spoiler free.
Let’s all have fun and create a positive learning environment together! 
Ongoing スター・ウォーズ 
Once we have finished reading the first volume, this thread will act as a legacy thread for the スター・ウォーズ series as a whole. We will be taking this approach with all other series as well. One thread, one series.
After the main group has finished the first volume, feel free to continue discussing and reading through any further volumes together! Also, feel free to revive dormant threads at any time if you’re reading a book that the book clubs have already read, but that you want to read as well and ask people questions about.
Vocab Deck 
Click here for our - スター・ウォーズ エピソード４：新たなる希望 vocab deck!
Deck now available, please keep in mind that there may be a few missing words, as we are still currently adding them in. We will have all missing words in by Sunday at the latest, ready for our Monday start.
Please read here for info about our vocab decks and their future development.
Okay, hope you’re all set to go! Looking forward to seeing the interesting things that everybody finds as they go through the book! 
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. In this particular sentence, what we English speakers commonly consider to be the subject of the sentence, パルパティーンは, is in the last third quarter of the sentence. It feels like I’m overloading my RAM with the data of the scene before I’ve even rendered the actors.
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. If the author wants to paint the scene extravagantly, that’s completely fine by me. I enjoyed the way the author introduced 3-P0 and goes on to comment about R2-D2 actually being ahead in terms of technical ability and having to put up with 3-P0 using every opportunity possible to whine.