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Star Wars, Episode III: De Wraak van de Sith: Het Boek van de Film

Gert van Santen, Matthew Woodring Stover

4.34 AVERAGE

920 reviews for:

Star Wars, Episode III: De Wraak van de Sith: Het Boek van de Film

Gert van Santen, Matthew Woodring Stover

4.34 AVERAGE

mrericsully's review against another edition

5.0

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.

vaporvox's review against another edition

5.0

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.

chrisfranklyn's review against another edition

4.0

Well that was significantly better than the movie.

bookish_bonnie's review against another edition

4.0

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

geekynerfherder's review against another edition

4.0

A good read that is much better than the movie. Expands on some situations that were covered in the film, and more detailed as only a novelization can, as we follow the fall of Anakin Skywalker from Jedi to a Dark Lord of the Sith.

The book shows the doubts, the anger, the frustration and torment that Anakin goes through as he gets caught in middle between the Jedi Council and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, tearing him apart emotionally and mentally, which in turn affects the people closest to him, Padmé and Obi-Wan in particular.

Anakin's turn to the Dark Side is more gradual, and more believable, than in the movie as we get to read his thoughts and get a better understanding of why he turns. Plus the heartbreak of Padmé and Obi-Wan over someone they felt so close to as he falls apart was very engaging too.

If you thought the movie was so so, give this novelization a read. A case where the book is definitely better than the movie.

derek_smyk's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars. I've heard forever that Stover's novelization does a lot to fix the problems with RotS, and he definitely does. I actually loved parts of this telling, but other parts of the novel felt lacking. It was a definitely a fun, fast read while riding the bus, which is about what I wanted.

persaus's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

It gives you a deeper dive into revenge of the Sith in a wonderfully poetic way. The perspectives into how the light and dark side of the force function with and against each other, as well as how they are two sides of the same coin, are written in a way that has you wondering if the dark side is as evil as it’s made out to be. One of the only reasons it’s not five stars is a simple personal bias, it’s heavily political and it was hard to keep reading some parts but as a whole, I would read and analyze it again.