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4.34 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"The dark is generous, and it is patient, and it always wins. But in the heart of its strength lies its weakness - one lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is the candle. Love can ignite the stars"
Austen, Shakespeare, Dickens, eat your heart out!
This was so beautifully written and compliments the tragedy of Anakin/Vader in SW media so perfectly. Shit hurted as fuck tho.
Austen, Shakespeare, Dickens, eat your heart out!
This was so beautifully written and compliments the tragedy of Anakin/Vader in SW media so perfectly. Shit hurted as fuck tho.
Even if you weren't a huge prequels fan I highly recommend the novelizations. So so so good!
i have no idea what came over me that i finished this in one day. i thought it would take me two.
currently watching obi-wan as it premiers on disney+, and i just needed more obi-wan and anakin content. their relationship is so tragic, they loved each other so much. i want more of them. so picked this up. (just to clarify, i DO NOT ship them romantically, their friendship is just so good).
it was just as sad as i thought it would be.
i will get my one negative of this book out of the way: i wanted more of the duel on mustafar. the ending in general i felt was pretty rushed, but i was disappointed that we didn’t get too much of their inner conflict/emotions during this pivotal moment in their history. other moments of the movie got more context, but mustafar not as much. i just wanted more EMOTION from the mustafar dual but it went by pretty quickly.
but boy oh boy were there some depressing scenes in this book. first of all, obi-wan’s quote of always believing that anakin would be with him when he dies. like why would you write that.
just. through the book you can tell that they love each other, but there’s just too much in their way for them to just…talk about their emotions!! more so on anakin’s part than obi-wan’s, but both of them still have trouble with expressing themselves. just bros being dudes.
i really appreciated the depiction of anakin’s mental state through this. i felt so bad for him. the combination of his love for padme, his love of obi-wan, the fear of padme dying, the stubbornness of the jedi council, PALPATINE’S MANIPULATION all led to his fall to the dark side. just. if the jedi council would have just LISTENED TO obi-wan, maybe this whole situation could have been avoided. the jedi council was too uncompromising, palpatine was a little too good at what he does, and anakin was just too vulnerable. im not trying to take away from the fact that at the end of the day, it was anakin who chose to fall to the dark side. but, without palpatine, this wouldnt have happen. i feel so bad for anakin. i love him.
in another universe he doesn’t fall and he and padme raise leia and luke with the help of uncle obi wan and ahsoka.
currently watching obi-wan as it premiers on disney+, and i just needed more obi-wan and anakin content. their relationship is so tragic, they loved each other so much. i want more of them. so picked this up. (just to clarify, i DO NOT ship them romantically, their friendship is just so good).
it was just as sad as i thought it would be.
i will get my one negative of this book out of the way: i wanted more of the duel on mustafar. the ending in general i felt was pretty rushed, but i was disappointed that we didn’t get too much of their inner conflict/emotions during this pivotal moment in their history. other moments of the movie got more context, but mustafar not as much. i just wanted more EMOTION from the mustafar dual but it went by pretty quickly.
but boy oh boy were there some depressing scenes in this book. first of all, obi-wan’s quote of always believing that anakin would be with him when he dies. like why would you write that.
just. through the book you can tell that they love each other, but there’s just too much in their way for them to just…talk about their emotions!! more so on anakin’s part than obi-wan’s, but both of them still have trouble with expressing themselves. just bros being dudes.
i really appreciated the depiction of anakin’s mental state through this. i felt so bad for him. the combination of his love for padme, his love of obi-wan, the fear of padme dying, the stubbornness of the jedi council, PALPATINE’S MANIPULATION all led to his fall to the dark side. just. if the jedi council would have just LISTENED TO obi-wan, maybe this whole situation could have been avoided. the jedi council was too uncompromising, palpatine was a little too good at what he does, and anakin was just too vulnerable. im not trying to take away from the fact that at the end of the day, it was anakin who chose to fall to the dark side. but, without palpatine, this wouldnt have happen. i feel so bad for anakin. i love him.
in another universe he doesn’t fall and he and padme raise leia and luke with the help of uncle obi wan and ahsoka.
This book is the longest of the prequel trilogy and although it is written the best it is also the book the deviates most from the movie. I don't think that this inconsistency is the fault of the author, [a:Matthew Woodring Stover|1567394|Matthew Woodring Stover|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1301265530p2/1567394.jpg], but rather the fault of [a:George Lucas|3231|George Lucas|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1458677946p2/3231.jpg]'s changing vision for the prequels. According to other accounts, Lucas rewrote the script numerous times, even as production began. It is painfully obvious that Stover was working from an early version of the script. As such it deviates from the movie several times in big ways. None-the-less, the writing is masterful. There are times where there is maybe too much narration, but overall those narrative segments give us a deep look into the personality, character, and relationships of the main Jedi. We see the hope of the Republic resting upon the partnership, brotherhood, and success of Anakin and Obi-Wan. Or Mace Windu's love of the Republic [in fact, this was a very narrow bit of writing, but it was so powerful and impactful that I was surprised how short it was in this book and that it was lacking in Stover's other Clone Wars novel, Shatterpoint]. Overall, I don't hate the prequel trilogy as much as many others, but there was a lot about it that was lacking and that could have improved. In general, they got better each step of the way, as did the accompanying novels.
So much better than "Shatterpoint". It's a shame that Lucas changes the script so much that this adaptation deviates from the movie as much as it does. Stover does an excellent job of watering down some of the campiness of the movie.
Matthew Stover's brilliant novelization of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is powerful both in pure emotion and clear description. Through his writing, every emotional twist and turn in the story hurts; it's a tangible pain that can be felt as real as day. The severity of Anakin's betrayal of his love, friends, and all that is pure and light is painted in a new, tangible reality, and the brutality of the situation shines through with every descriptive word. Through this, the novel acts as if it were a great Shakespearean tragedy full of death, darkness, and violent ends. The additional elaboration on certain in-between events and mental motivations also adds to the layer of depth presented in this novelization. Stover's take on Revenge of the Sith alone cements him as one of my favorite authors, as I don't believe the story - nay, the journey - could have been experienced in a better way.
Well that was significantly better than the movie.
adventurous
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, War