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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
by Matthew Woodring Stover
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.