A review by sklus
Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp

4.0

On my definitive run through of the Star Wars canon, I would put this book at a "probably could pass." It doesn't really do anything to further what we already know about the Star Wars universe. Palpatine is evil and does evil things. Vader does what Palpatine says and dramatically remembers all the people in his past. I think the only place we really see something new is in the Free Ryloth movement; we learn more about its structure and how they operate. It's actually really interesting to see how competent (and in some cases incompetent) they are at being a freedom fighting movement. My biggest beef with the book is that there's an unnecessary romantic plot between two characters. You're telling me you can't co-lead a rebellion and remain friends just because y'all are a man and a woman?

Tiny sidebar: I found several typos in my library book. Like typos so bad it took me out of the narrative. Also, probably just a big Star Wars oopsies which is referring to the clone Fives as Sixes. Lastly, the number of times this book uses the word gore is concerning. These critiques have very little to do with my level of enjoyment but I just needed to say them.