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Dark Plagueis by James Luceno

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katmiranda's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

cove61's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

austex_93's review against another edition

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4.0

I'll be honest, I was bored as heck in the first section. I'm not really into the Sith, but once Palpatine was brought in I got hooked! After his introduction, things became very VERY interesting. There was quite a few cameos from common characters that we all know and some from Legends books that surprised me. Towards the last section the pace of the story moved quickly, but still managed to fill in the missing information for the Phantom Menace movie. Mr. Luceno is an intelligent and creative author who definitely took his time researching, in order to connect the plot with the canon movies. Highly recommend this for those into lore based stories.

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4.0

It actually made me like the prequels a little more because it reveals a decades-long master plan. The political plots are hardly as exciting as the chess-like strategies they try to be. There are some good highlights like Palpatine's rise and Maul's backstory; but, the ending is very rushed as the author clears his slate of other interesting characters to make way for the canonical Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones plot lines.