History YMMV / FromACertainPointOfView

* BrokenBase: Either a great anniversary stunt with some nice new stories and characters, or [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a poor imitation]] of the Legends omnibus ''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina''with weaker writing and ''far'' worse continuity between stories.

BrokenBase: Either a great anniversary stunt with some nice new stories and characters, or [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a poor imitation]] of the Legends omnibus ''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina''with weaker writing and ''far'' worse continuity between stories.

BrokenBase: Either a great anniversary stunt with some nice new stories and characters, or [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a poor imitation]] of the Legends omnibus ''Literature/StarWarsTalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina''with weaker writing and ''far'' worse continuity between stories.

BrokenBase: Either a great anniversary stunt with some nice new stories and characters, or [[TheyCopiedItSoItSucks a poor imitation]] of the Legends omnibus ''Literature/StarWarsTalesFromMosEisleyCantina''with weaker writing and ''far'' worse continuity between stories.

* JerkassWoobie: Garindan in "The Secrets of Long Snoot". He's willing to perform criminal activity and do spy work against the Rebellion for credits, and [[FantasticRacism has a very low opinion of humans]](partially as a result of discrimination from them towards him), but it's revealed in this story that the Empire tried to brainwash him and his people as spies, and he's only playing along so he can free his people later. However, he's been stuck on Tatooine for years, separated from his family and struggling to balance the credits he's made between saving for his trip home and curing his homesickness with calls to his family. During one of these calls, he learns from his daughter that his wife died. It's also revealed that selling out the Rebel droids to the stormtroopers was supposed to be his last job to get him off Tatooine, only for the bounty to be forfeited with their failure to capture the droids and Garindan no closer to getting home. While Garindan's failure ultimately saved the galaxy in the long run, it's really difficult to not feel bad about his situation.

* {{Narm}}:
** In her story, Aunt Beru keeps going on and on and ''on'' about blue milk, and how she could have built a career serving blue cheese. ''We get it.'' The blue milk from the original film is infamous. Please stop talking.
** The way that Boba's short story is written, particularly "That's right, boys. Fett's here."

* {{Tearjerker}}: Many.
** "The Red One" is difficult to sit through due to the ShaggyDogStory detailed in the main entry (and the implication that R5 made a HeroicSacrifice). [[spoiler: Thankfully, [[EarnYourHappyEnding he gets a happy ending for all the trouble he goes through]].]]
** "Master and Apprentice" has Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's last meeting before Obi-Wan's death, and consists of Qui-Gon apologizing to Obi-Wan for everything that's happened to him.
** "The Secrets of Long Snoot" reveals Gardindan to just be an old man who wants to reunite with his family after the Empire ruined his life by attempting to brainwash him and transplanting him far from home as a spy (while secretly planning to undermine the Empire). As he tries to make enough credits to get a ship back to Kubindi, he learns from his daughter via communication channel that his wife died while he was away. It also turns out him reporting the Rebel droids to the Empire would have been his last step to getting a ship, and when he doesn't get paid due to the Empire's failure to capture the droids, he's no closer to saving his homeworld.
** "Eclipse", as you'd expect for a story about Bail and Breha's last moments on Alderaan, and their helplessness and despair in the face of the Death Star. But the author adds some by revealing that they had no idea whether or not Leia survived the capture of the ''Tantive IV'' and their last words are just holding each other and praying that Leia is still alive.
** "By Whatever Sun" has Miara Larte commanding an Alderaanian crew after its destruction, and realizing that she herself can never go home.
** "Duty Roster" and "Grounded" both have personnel on Yavin 4 left to passively watch the progress of the battle from briefing rooms and the command center on the Rebel Base. "Duty Roster" has a group of Red Squadron pilots watching their comrades die, and "Grounded" is from the point of view of the overworked maintenance technicians, who are hoping their work was good enough to help keep their pilots alive.
** Several of the stories reference loved ones, far away from the danger. Most of these people are implied to be on what the Rebels think is the safest planet in the galaxy: [[ForegoneConclusion Alderaan]].
** One story is told from Aunt Beru's perspective, after her death. She talks about the life she could have lead if she and Owen hadn't adopted Luke, and how they knew exactly how much danger they were putting themselves in. Her only regrets in death were that Luke had to see what happened to them, and that she'd never get to see him raise a family of his own.

** In her story, Aunt Beru keeps going on and on and ''on'' about blue milk.

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: Aunt Beru's final regret is that she'll never see Luke have a family of his own is even more tragic in light of ''Film/TheLastJedi'' where her nephew dies alone on Ahch-To, never having had any children of his own, partly the cause of his own nephew's fall to the Dark Side and with only his sister and a single remaining student to mourn him.]]

* {{Narm}}: The way that Boba's short story is written, particularly "That's right, boys. Fett's here."

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: Aunt Beru's final regret is that she'll never see Luke have a family of his own is even more tragic in light of ''Film/TheLastJedi'' where her nephew dies alone on Ahch-To, with only his sister and a single remaining student to mourn him.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: [[spoiler: Aunt Beru's final regret is that she'll never see Luke have a family of his own is even more tragic in light of ''Film/TheLastJedi'' where her nephew dies alone on Ach-Too, with only his sister and a single remaining student to morn him.]]

** "The Secrets of Long Snoot" reveals Gardindan to just be an old man who wants to reunite with his family after the Empire ruined his life by attempting to brainwash him and transplanting him far from home. As he tries to make enough credits to get a ship back to Kubindi, he learns from his daughter via communication channel that his wife died while he was away.

** "The Red One" is difficult to sit through due to the ShaggyDogStory detailed in the main entry (and the implication that R5 made a HeroicSacrifice). [[spoiler: Thankfully, he gets a happy ending for all the trouble he goes through.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Literature/TalesFromTheMosEisleyCantina'', a compilation of stories by different writers about the cantina patrons in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends''. In addition to the Mos Eisley characters, ''From a Certain Point of View'' includes side characters throughout ''Film/ANewHope''.

** "The Red One" is difficult to sit through due to the ShaggyDogStory detailed in the main entry (and the implication that R5 made a HeroicSacrifice).

** "By Whatever Sun" has Miara Larte commanding an Alderaanian crew after its destruction, and realizing that she herself can never go home.

* Tearjerker: Many.