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Star Wars Episode III

Revenge of the Sith

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Star Wars Episode III

By: Matthew Stover
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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The turning point for the entire Star Wars saga is at hand.

After years of civil war, the Separatists have battered the already faltering Republic nearly to the point of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate watches anxiously as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away more and more constitutional liberties in the name of safeguarding the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, and their fellow Masters grapple with the Chancellor's disturbing move to assume control of the Jedi Council. And Anakin Skywalker, the prophesied Chosen One, destined to bring balance to the Force, is increasingly consumed by his fear that his secret love, Senator Padme Amidala, will die.

As the combat escalates across the galaxy, the stage is set for an explosive endgame: Obi-Wan undertakes a perilous mission to destroy the dreaded Separatist military leader General Grievous. Palpatine, eager to secure even greater control, subtly influences public opinion to turn against the Jedi. And a conflicted Anakin, tormented by unspeakable visions, edges dangerously closer to the brink of a galaxy-shaping decision. It remains only for Darth Sidious, whose shadow looms ever larger, to strike the final staggering blow against the Republic, and to ordain a fearsome new Sith Lord: Darth Vader.

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"The perfect companion to the blockbuster film." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Matthew Stover is clearly a good author, and I understand he had more freedom in this novel than the previous two to try and make a cohesive story out of the mess that is the film.

He did the best anyone could, but the core material is just too terrible - based on far too much plot convenience and so many nonsensical character decisions & actions.

Jonathan Davis is fantastic as always, though!

Probably as good as it’s going to get

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....expands on scenes and has greater dialogue. Anakins fall is expanded on and feels a little more likely than the abrupt about face in the film. An enjoyable novelisation of a decent film, that leaves me wishing the original films had similar audio recordings. If your a Star Wars fan it's easily worth a credit.

Builds on the film....

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This didn’t fix or retcon anything in revenge of the sith, it only elevates and expands on my already favourite Star Wars movie. I adore this version of general grevious and palpatines corruption of anakin. The yoda impression was funny at first but grew on me towards the end

Excellent explanation of Star Wars

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What it says in the title really. This book does so much to flesh out characters, motivations and background elements to make a possibly overly ambitious story more grounded and effective. Particularly I like that it strips away a lot of the mindless action and focuses more on the human elements that make a story like this work.

Some of my main critiques are also applicable to the film it’s adapting - a lot of the dialogue when things get really intense towards the end feels ham-fisted. Entire parts like Obi-Wan’s fight with Grievous, while improved, still is too transparently there to pad out the runtime and give him and Anakin a reason to be separated. It’s also a little hard to believe that Anakin’s frequent emotional outbursts and effectively tantrums wouldn’t have been seen as a major red flag, though this is partially acknowledged by how reliant the Jedi are on his power.

Overall I think the action is paced much better, and focuses more on the esoteric parts of the force. Cutting the Wookiee planet was a smart move, and not directly showing us that Anakin kills younglings until Obi-Wan discovers it is incredibly effective in building dread and

Even the fact we have Anakin quipping while murdering unarmed separatists the same way he did when cutting down battle droids hours earlier does a lot to bridge the gap between his pre and post fall self, and really adds an element of horrific irony to the while thing.

It also gives Yoda a reason to flee at the end of his fight with Sidious. Actually it gives him two, compared to the seemingly random decision in the films. It’s full of moments like this that just strengthen the overall story. I believe in the (partially manipulative) friendship between Anakin and Palpatine, and that it would be a key factor in twisting him to the Dark Side.

This is nothing new, but if the source material left you disappointed and wishing things were better then I can’t recommend this enough. In my mind I’ll just forget the prequels ever happened and that this book was all we got.

Improves the Story of the Film By Magnitudes

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i Loved it but the broken obikin bro ship makes me cry so much

Absolutely Heartbroking story

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