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921 reviews for:
Star Wars, Episode III: De Wraak van de Sith: Het Boek van de Film
Gert van Santen, Matthew Woodring Stover
4.35 AVERAGE
921 reviews for:
Star Wars, Episode III: De Wraak van de Sith: Het Boek van de Film
Gert van Santen, Matthew Woodring Stover
4.35 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I chose to read the worst (best) parts of this book in one sitting and it did not soften any blow that everyone knows comes at the end. It is by far the most well written, intriguing Star Wars novelization of the movies. It adds so much. It’s the most painful, sad and beautiful novelization I have read to date. Wow. Literally already knew the whole plot and the book still shocked me ?
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I don't remember how I fell down the rabbit hole of Star Wars books. But I remember every list had this one as the best.
I can see why! It added so much depth to the movie. We learn what Count Dooku thought was the plan, we learn why Anakin was so upset not to be named a Master, and we get the Senate's storyline.
The battles were hard for me to follow with all the sci-fy jargon. I have seen the movie though and that helped me follow the gist.
What really stood out to me was how exhausted Anakin was - He killed Count Dooku and then that night he had his Padme dying dream. From there, he barely slept or ate over the course of I think like a week? It made him more sympathic to me. He was getting pulled in all different directions and everyone was trying to manipulate him. Meanwhile, he was so exhausted he wasn't mentally functioning at 100%. I also had to face the facts that Hayden Christensen did a bad job in the movie...despite how attractive I think he was. Book Anakin was charming and tortured. Movie Anakin was stiff and whiny.
I gotta say, some of Palpatine's arguments really reasonated and Yoda's advice to Anakin was just laughable. It was painful to read knowing the outcome because you can see every mistake the Jedi made.
The romantic in me got upset at Anakin's rage at Padme during the book. At one point he imagines, she's a bug he wants to crush. But it reminded me of Walter White from Breaking Bad. Both of them kept declaring they were doing evil deeds for love and noble reasons but in the end they both realize they were just doing it for themselves.
I wish Matthew at least wrote the entire prequel trilogy! I would love to get this take on the first two episodes.
I can see why! It added so much depth to the movie. We learn what Count Dooku thought was the plan, we learn why Anakin was so upset not to be named a Master, and we get the Senate's storyline.
The battles were hard for me to follow with all the sci-fy jargon. I have seen the movie though and that helped me follow the gist.
What really stood out to me was how exhausted Anakin was - He killed Count Dooku and then that night he had his Padme dying dream. From there, he barely slept or ate over the course of I think like a week? It made him more sympathic to me. He was getting pulled in all different directions and everyone was trying to manipulate him. Meanwhile, he was so exhausted he wasn't mentally functioning at 100%. I also had to face the facts that Hayden Christensen did a bad job in the movie...despite how attractive I think he was. Book Anakin was charming and tortured. Movie Anakin was stiff and whiny.
I gotta say, some of Palpatine's arguments really reasonated and Yoda's advice to Anakin was just laughable. It was painful to read knowing the outcome because you can see every mistake the Jedi made.
The romantic in me got upset at Anakin's rage at Padme during the book. At one point he imagines, she's a bug he wants to crush. But it reminded me of Walter White from Breaking Bad. Both of them kept declaring they were doing evil deeds for love and noble reasons but in the end they both realize they were just doing it for themselves.
I wish Matthew at least wrote the entire prequel trilogy! I would love to get this take on the first two episodes.
Anakin dies three times: the first is at the birth of Darth Vader, the second is in a sea of fire and the very last time is with Padme.
Heartbreak took them both at the end.
Heartbreak took them both at the end.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes