A review by justthatstarwarsbookgirl
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith by Geof Smith

adventurous emotional hopeful informative sad fast-paced

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

3.0

The first thing I truly noticed about this book as soon as I opened it was the artwork. It completely blew me away with just how beautiful every image was and how long I wanted to sit there and absorb every detail on each page. The style of artwork is just so beautifully detailed for a children’s book, it’s amazing. The colors of the book are gorgeous, bright and vivid as well as completely accurate to the storyline and movie of Star Wars. The characters are the most beautiful yet simplistic and completely accurate pieces of work on the page. Another thing I love about this book is something I would have major difficulty doing, and so therefore have amazing and great appreciation for the skill of: the author’s retelling of the Revenge of the Sith movie is completely accurate, and concises all of the most important details of the plot and storyline really amazingly, especially since The Revenge of the Sith is one of if not the most complicated Star Wars movie, due to all of the politics and the motives for Anakin turning from the Light to the Dark side of the Force. I think the author of the retelling also did a FANTASTIC job keeping the highest rated Star Wars movie (PG-13) completely child-friendly with little to no detailing or mention of the frightening or scary moments seen in the movie (I mean, admit it, we all watched Anakin catch on fire on the lava bank as a young child and got the s*** scared out of us as well as scarred for life). The burning and injuring of Anakin is mentioned only in passing as a small detail and the choking of Padme is not even mentioned. No aspects of childbirth were mentioned and the term “pregnancy” wasn’t even mentioned, Padme was said to be “expecting a baby” and that’s about it. Completely kid friendly, like I said. I like how solid the covers of this book are and how thin yet nice feeling the pages were. I love how short and fast paced the book was. The only detriment, I personally feel, is that the author’s name is not mentioned on the front cover. It’s only mentioned on the first page in the inside of the book AFTER the cover. I feel like for such a good job the author should definitely get clearer credit for his retelling. However I guess that’s just how Little Golden Books goes. But that’s the ONLY flaw to the entire book, and is clearly not even a fault of the author’s. So I loved this book!! I’d definitely recommend it for kids of ALL ages, and as a fantastic bedtime story to climb in bed with your kiddo and snuggle close under the blankets as they fall asleep. It’s definitely told in a comforting way as a bedtime story overall. Plus the book is super small and an average size, so easy to store but the perfect size for your kid’s little hands to grab and hold. Another small flaw that is not the fault of the author is I feel like with kids the pages are so flimsy I feel like any mess that would get on them (drinks, food, etc.) would definitely not come off and would soak in. I myself found major comfort in this retelling of this story.