The major difference is that because the material comes from one fictional universe, and Paolini has always been pretty engaged, lots of his notes and scans made it into the book. This novel was done by the same people who did the Dragonology, Egyptology, Piratelogy, etc. If you want more lore breakdowns (because the novels, webpages, interviews, and replies on social media aren’t enough), there’s more! Paolini co-developed Eragon’s Guide to Alagaësia in 2009. Spilt into three sections, each section features short stories around main characters outside of Eragon, Saphira, and Arya. However, if you’ve already read the cycle and are very curious, you can jump right in because this takes place roughly one year after the events of the final novel. Regarding The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia, the best way to read this is to pick it up after reading the main four novels in the cycle. Because of the recent good news, many readers are looking to revisit, restart, or even venture for the first time into the land of Alagaësia. However, a pandemic rewatch with my partner (who had never seen it and only knew it in the context of my snide remarks) proved it to be much worse than I could ever imagine. I vividly remember disliking it at twelve-years-old. The failure lost the studio roughly $150 million dollars at the box office.

Even the author has made some less than approving comments about the failed adaptation (another thing in common with Rick Riordan).ĭespite a pretty stellar cast (okay the lead was not great, but Ed Speleers has gotten a lot better since!), the adaptation was hated by critics and readers alike. In the 2000s and early 2010s, as studios scrambled to get their own Harry Potter-like franchise, Fox Studios released the infamously hated Eragon movie, before trying again with the (also panned) Percy Jacksonseries. On July 25th, Variety broke the news that an Eragon TV series was in development at Disney+ much to the joy of many #SaveEragon fans out there.

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