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A review by mitchdefauw
Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover
4.0
There is a lot to like about this retelling of Revenge of the Sith.
-The highlight is that Palpatine is depicted as a greater threat. Master manipulator behind the Clone Wars and over Anakin's psyche. Practically darkness incarnate.
-Anakin's fall is better handled. His frustrations towards the Jedi make more sense. For example, he becomes angry at the council for not naming him Jedi Master because it prevents him from accessing holocron archive, where he hopes to find information to save Padme from her impending death.
-Speaking of Padme, she has a lot more autonomy. The story uses her perspective to build on the political side of Corascant's fall and even lays the foundation to the rebellion.
-The story expands to different perspectives to change up the flow of the story, to characters such as Dooku, C3PO, and Bail Organa. It was fun to see the large events in the story through their POV.
-Some of the hokiest and unintentionally funny lines of the movie are removed, such as "Unlimited Power!" and Vader's infamous "Noooo!"
The book is not without its weaknesses though.
-The first 25 minutes of the original movie takes up a full 1/3rd of the book, slowing the pace way down.
-It suffers from the same problem of the movie where its action scenes go a bit too long. There were paragraphs where I zoned out and didn't bother going back to read because nothing of import really changed.
But overall it was still a good read. If you are even a partial fan of the original movie, check it out. You'll find something interesting.
-The highlight is that Palpatine is depicted as a greater threat. Master manipulator behind the Clone Wars and over Anakin's psyche. Practically darkness incarnate.
-Anakin's fall is better handled. His frustrations towards the Jedi make more sense. For example, he becomes angry at the council for not naming him Jedi Master because it prevents him from accessing holocron archive, where he hopes to find information to save Padme from her impending death.
-Speaking of Padme, she has a lot more autonomy. The story uses her perspective to build on the political side of Corascant's fall and even lays the foundation to the rebellion.
-The story expands to different perspectives to change up the flow of the story, to characters such as Dooku, C3PO, and Bail Organa. It was fun to see the large events in the story through their POV.
-Some of the hokiest and unintentionally funny lines of the movie are removed, such as "Unlimited Power!" and Vader's infamous "Noooo!"
The book is not without its weaknesses though.
-The first 25 minutes of the original movie takes up a full 1/3rd of the book, slowing the pace way down.
-It suffers from the same problem of the movie where its action scenes go a bit too long. There were paragraphs where I zoned out and didn't bother going back to read because nothing of import really changed.
But overall it was still a good read. If you are even a partial fan of the original movie, check it out. You'll find something interesting.