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Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy

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For the first time in one stunning volume， here is the complete， epic story arc: The Phantom Menace， Attack of the Clones， and Revenge of the Sith。 Experience the sweeping tale of good and evil， of myth and magic， of innocence and power-and witness the tragic transformation of Anakin Skywalker from mere slave to one of the greatest， most powerful， and feared villains of the galaxy: Darth Vader。
"The path has been placed before you， Anakin。
The choice to take it must be yours alone。"
On the barren desert world of Tatooine， young Anakin Skywalker toils by day and dreams by night 。 。 。 of traveling the stars to worlds he's only heard of in stories。 When Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice， Obi-Wan Kenobi， cross paths with Anakin， it marks the beginning of the drama that will become legend。 Courageous to the point of recklessness， Anakin comes of age in a time of great upheaval。 The attempted assassination of Senator Padme Amidala thrusts the Republic close to the edge of disaster-and brings Anakin and Padme into a secret romance as intense as it is forbidden。
As combat escalates across the galaxy， the stage is set for an explosive endgame。 Tormented by unspeakable visions， Anakin edges closer to the brink of a decision with profound ramifications。 It remains only for Darth Sidious to strike the final staggering blow against the Republic-and to ordain a fearsome new Sith Lord: Darth Vader。
THE PHANTOM MENACE
by Terry Brooks， based on the story and screenplay by George Lucas
ATTACK OF THE CLONES
by R。 A。 Salvatore， from a story by George Lucas and a screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales
REVENGE OF THE SITH
by Matthew Stover， based on the story and screenplay by George Lucas

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Reviews

jess ，

okay so i rlly enjoyed this book， obviously it’s star wars i was always gunna love it😌the phantom menace one was written rlly well & i did enjoy it despite it not being my favourite star wars movieattack of the clones was not that interesting， imo it’s the worst movie tbf and that’s the reason this took such a long time to get throughrots tho ？？ so well written and so many added scenes that weren’t in the movie， it added so much more depth to what anakin did but it did make his character a lot l okay so i rlly enjoyed this book， obviously it’s star wars i was always gunna love it😌the phantom menace one was written rlly well & i did enjoy it despite it not being my favourite star wars movieattack of the clones was not that interesting， imo it’s the worst movie tbf and that’s the reason this took such a long time to get throughrots tho ？？ so well written and so many added scenes that weren’t in the movie， it added so much more depth to what anakin did but it did make his character a lot less likeable。 i don’t think the romance was very well written （what can you expect from a book written by a man？） but i still really enjoyed reading it。 the scenes of palpatine & anakin were so good and the final chapter ， whilst heartbreaking， was so well done 。。。more

Mark Colin Richardson ，

Prequel trilogy enhanced A good set of adaptations of the prequel trilogy。 The advantage of the novel over the film is the ability to convey the thoughts of the major characters。 I felt that this helped to give a greater insight into Anakin's descent into the dark side。 Worth a read。 Prequel trilogy enhanced A good set of adaptations of the prequel trilogy。 The advantage of the novel over the film is the ability to convey the thoughts of the major characters。 I felt that this helped to give a greater insight into Anakin's descent into the dark side。 Worth a read。 。。。more

Tarria ，

My ratings of the books individually will differ slightly， but the three together just broke my heart into a thousand tiny pieces。Yes， I've seen the movies countless times and I knew what would happen。 No， I was not at all prepared to relive the pain in novelisation form， with all the characters' thoughts and bonus scenes included。|Episode One wasn't bad。。。 but I feel it could've been much better。 It was essentially an expanded version of the movie， with extra scenes with little Anakin and a mor My ratings of the books individually will differ slightly， but the three together just broke my heart into a thousand tiny pieces。Yes， I've seen the movies countless times and I knew what would happen。 No， I was not at all prepared to relive the pain in novelisation form， with all the characters' thoughts and bonus scenes included。|Episode One wasn't bad。。。 but I feel it could've been much better。 It was essentially an expanded version of the movie， with extra scenes with little Anakin and a more complicated relationship between Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan。 Unfortunately the writing style bogged the whole book down ; it was really dry and uninteresting。 Emotional scenes didn't carry any weight， and I genuinely struggled to complete the novelisation。 I was also disappointed that Padme never got any POV chapters of her own; they would've been the most interesting。||Episode Two was a better book in my opinion。 The writing worked well enough， and the romance was a lot more fleshed out than in the movie。 The cut scenes with Padme's family were readded， and we get to see Anakin's inner thoughts when he commits the atrocity we all know so well。Obi-Wan comes off as the exhausted， exasperated father who's just done with Anakin and his crazy antics and I loved it。Dooku Serenno was an interesting character and Jango and Boba's relationship was sweet too。Okay but the one thing that bugged me persistently throughout this book was the sexism！ Never has it been hinted at in the movie that Padme would have to abandon all her political or working duties to be a housewife if she ever married， but the novelisation keeps bringing this up in her POVs！ Not to mention her family are practically begging her to marry and have children。 Um fam she's 24！ And her older sister already has kids so it's not like that's the issue！|||Episode Three has been praised as one of the best film novelisations and Star Wars novels ever written。 The movie is my absolute favourite， so I went in with extremely high expectations。。。 and they were almost all met！ I'm trying to avoid spoilers but I will say that I sobbed just as much reading about Anakin's fate as I did while watching the movie for the first time。 Seeing his torturous thoughts and actions made me realise how desperately this dude needed some sort of therapy。 Equally heartbreaking were the scenes where Obi-Wan and Padme find out what he's done and their feelings of horror and helplessness。The seeds of the rebellion are planted here， as most of the political scenes that were cut from the movie （possibly due to fan backlash from the previous installments） are readded， giving Padme something to do！ Yay！But the cloud to the silver lining？ THE END OF THE BOOK WAS LIKE A WHIRLWIND。 The entire last third of the book which is the most dramatic ending in the entire saga happens in like five chapters？ The final duel itself lasts less than a chapter and the epilogue like two pages！ Give us elaboration please！πππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππAs I said I'm not sure how I'd rate them individually but the story as a whole deserves all the stars in the world。 And two boxes of tissues *sniff。 。。。more

Rémi ，

Un vrai chef d’oeuvre。 On arrive à se détacher du visuel des films pour se créer ses propres images。 Un des meilleurs livre （ avec la trilogie Dark Bane et celle de Thrawn que j’ai eu la chance de lire）Quand bien j’aime j’ai vu / revu et rerevu les films。 J’ai replongé avec passion dans cette prelogie。 Quelques passages additionnels aux films surprenants et intéressants qui complètent un peu l’histoire 🙂🙂

Reagan ，

This book was a very good movie adaptation and gave lots of backstory to parts that were not mentioned in the movie。 Reading this book gives readers another viewpoint on the classic star wars story。 The backstory provided helps you get fully immersed more than just the movies do。 Throughout the books， Anakin develops from a small child to the sith lord。 I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the star wars series and wants to go into even more d This book was a very good movie adaptation and gave lots of backstory to parts that were not mentioned in the movie。 Reading this book gives readers another viewpoint on the classic star wars story。 The backstory provided helps you get fully immersed more than just the movies do。 Throughout the books， Anakin develops from a small child to the sith lord。 I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to anyone who is a fan of the star wars series and wants to go into even more depth than the movies cover。 The book was very well written and gave a lot of backstory to important topics that are important to get the full story。 Overall i would give this a 9/10 。。。more

C ，

"Padme， oh Padme， I love you。"Do you have a book with you that took you forever to finish reading it？ Well， I do。 With this one。 I don't want it to finish because I know what's gonna happen and I don't want it to happen because I'll go ugly crying just like when I saw the movies😭😭😭Damn！ This was a good read。 I won't get tired rereading it in the future。 I will keep this forever in my heart。 "Padme， oh Padme， I love you。"Do you have a book with you that took you forever to finish reading it？ Well， I do。 With this one。 I don't want it to finish because I know what's gonna happen and I don't want it to happen because I'll go ugly crying just like when I saw the movies😭😭😭Damn！ This was a good read。 I won't get tired rereading it in the future。 I will keep this forever in my heart。 。。。more

Sarah ，

One of my top Star Wars books

Dee ，

Five stars， and MORE （if possible！） for the Revenge of the Sith part of the trilogy！ That part was freaking amazing <3 <3 <3 With novelizations， you always have this sort of limitation， that you can only go so far。 Like an established script。 I noticed that for the OG trilogy， and Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones。 There wasn't all that much left to it， to really dig deep into the movies。 Not so much for RotS。 Oh goodness。 I couldn't recommend that part enough！ It was really interesting to Five stars， and MORE （if possible！） for the Revenge of the Sith part of the trilogy！ That part was freaking amazing <3 <3 <3 With novelizations， you always have this sort of limitation， that you can only go so far。 Like an established script。 I noticed that for the OG trilogy， and Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones。 There wasn't all that much left to it， to really dig deep into the movies。 Not so much for RotS。 Oh goodness。 I couldn't recommend that part enough！ It was really interesting to get to see how the characters thought， what drove them， their POV。 Of course， I already knew the storyline， but Matthew Stover just seemed to make it that much MORE， while still playing in the Star Wars sandbox。 Super fun， super engaging。。。and super heartbreaking， even more than I would've expected！ Really enjoyed this trilogy， even though it took me two tries to get through the 990+ page book， lol！ 。。。more

William ，

I think this might not go over well， but I think the books of the prequels tell a richer story than the movies did， my 2 cents。

Abby ，

This would have gotten five stars。 It had an amazing writing style， and gave more insight to the thoughts of all the characters。 But I don’t like how Padme was written。 I’m paraphrasing， but there was a paragraph that basically said that she was nothing more than Anakin’s wife and that just rubbed me the wrong way。

Nicholas Finch ，

I actually started reading this in the hope that it might shed some light on more of the motivations and character contexts that were not always immediately apparent in the movies。The first book was okay， a bit bland， and so full of ‘Anakin is a marvelous little saint of the universe’， that all I could do was shrug and move on。The second book was even more bland， and the author was clearly having a love affair with the word ‘winced’。 I should’ve counted how many times he used it。 This book did g I actually started reading this in the hope that it might shed some light on more of the motivations and character contexts that were not always immediately apparent in the movies。The first book was okay， a bit bland， and so full of ‘Anakin is a marvelous little saint of the universe’， that all I could do was shrug and move on。The second book was even more bland， and the author was clearly having a love affair with the word ‘winced’。 I should’ve counted how many times he used it。 This book did give new insight into Padme， and not in a good way。The third book started out brilliantly， and it’s use of language was amazing， but it got so heavily bogged down in that same language， I couldn’t finish it for fear of choking to death。 It turned into a most peculiar and unsatisfactory style that was both irritating and unhelpful。I’m glad to be done with it。Stick to individual novels in the Star Wars Universe， but avoid the movie tie-ins。 。。。more

Joanna White ，

This was a great compilation of three fantastic books。 I've gotten out of reading in recent years - where I don't read nearly as much as I usually do - but these three novelizations of my favorite movies of all time got me back into reading again。 not to mention I have never really liked reading sci-fi。 It was a great price so I was able to purchase all three books for a good price - a great deal。 This was a great compilation of three fantastic books。 I've gotten out of reading in recent years - where I don't read nearly as much as I usually do - but these three novelizations of my favorite movies of all time got me back into reading again。 not to mention I have never really liked reading sci-fi。 It was a great price so I was able to purchase all three books for a good price - a great deal。 。。。more

Yaelle Glenn ，

This man is a freaking MAGICIAN。 To turn what are largely the most derided & criticized movies out there into such utter perfection is nothing less than shocking。 The novelization of Revenge of the Sith is freaking unreal - I have read and re-read it so many times that it's impeding my progress of getting through the rest of the 3 bazillion Star Wars books！ And the audiobook version of it is amazing。 I don't know if I could come up with words to do these books justice。 I may try at a later time， This man is a freaking MAGICIAN。 To turn what are largely the most derided & criticized movies out there into such utter perfection is nothing less than shocking。 The novelization of Revenge of the Sith is freaking unreal - I have read and re-read it so many times that it's impeding my progress of getting through the rest of the 3 bazillion Star Wars books！ And the audiobook version of it is amazing。 I don't know if I could come up with words to do these books justice。 I may try at a later time， just know that they're unbelievably great。 。。。more

Nathan Worthington ，

I know that most fans either love or hate the Star Wars prequels but whatever your current opinion is of the start of this modern American movie saga， I recommend you give the novelizations of the movies a try。 While movie novelizations are generally known to be mediocre at best， I believe that the Star Wars prequel novelizations might open your eyes up to a broader scope that was not evident in the movies。 Subtle scenes & inner dialogue of characters helps to flesh out an added dimension to thi I know that most fans either love or hate the Star Wars prequels but whatever your current opinion is of the start of this modern American movie saga， I recommend you give the novelizations of the movies a try。 While movie novelizations are generally known to be mediocre at best， I believe that the Star Wars prequel novelizations might open your eyes up to a broader scope that was not evident in the movies。 Subtle scenes & inner dialogue of characters helps to flesh out an added dimension to this trilogy of stories。 These novelizations helped me to appreciate some characters， like Mace Windu， who I did not connect with during the movie trilogy。 Out of the three novelizations， I believe that Revenge of the Sith is the strongest & most well written。 （I would probably rate the first two novels - The Phantom Menace & Attack of the Clones - as 3 stars。 The last novel - Revenge of the Sith - I would rate as 5 stars。） So whether you are a casual fan or diehard fan of the Star Wars prequel movies， I think that the movie novelizations will help you see the prequels in a new light。 。。。more

Daniel Folk ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The first two books have very painful segments， but I attribute that to following Lucas' scripts to the letter。 The third is very well-written， but still can't save the trilogy The first two books have very painful segments， but I attribute that to following Lucas' scripts to the letter。 The third is very well-written， but still can't save the trilogy 。。。more

Deni ，

Revenge of the Sith's novel is one of the best movie novelization I have ever read。 This is a reread from when it first came out and it remained with me over the years。 The emotional journey holds up。 Revenge of the Sith's novel is one of the best movie novelization I have ever read。 This is a reread from when it first came out and it remained with me over the years。 The emotional journey holds up。 。。。more

Kay Iscah ，

I do love the binding and having the whole prequel trilogy in the same volume。 But the Revenge of the Sith adaptation is so jarringly bad， I couldn't give it more than three stars。 Given that these three books are film adaptations （and thus the author is bound to character and plot restrictions）， here's a rating for each with that in mind:The Phantom Menace ****Attack of the Clones ****Revenge of the Sith **The first two are relatively solid movie novelizations， weaving in a few extra scenes and I do love the binding and having the whole prequel trilogy in the same volume。 But the Revenge of the Sith adaptation is so jarringly bad， I couldn't give it more than three stars。 Given that these three books are film adaptations （and thus the author is bound to character and plot restrictions）， here's a rating for each with that in mind:The Phantom Menace ****Attack of the Clones ****Revenge of the Sith **The first two are relatively solid movie novelizations， weaving in a few extra scenes and bits of character background to flesh out what we see on screen。 I continue to be charmed by the winks Brooks manages to give to a potential connection between Qui-Gon and Shmi。 The inclusions of Anakin sparing a Sand Person's life adds so much more weight to the sense of betrayal he feels over this mother's death。 The very end of Attack of the Clones feels a little rushed given how well the author fleshes out Padme and Anakin's relationship （or at least personal motives） early on， but it's not awful。Revenge of the Sith is just awful。 In fairness to Matt Stover， it's pretty clear he was handed a much earlier version of the script， and unlike the other two films， took on the burden of trying to connect the film to a television series。 But acknowledging that challenge makes the poor narrative style choices that much more glaring。The Revenge of Sith narration constantly draw attention to itself。 It's a style that might work for other books set in another universe， but it doesn't work for Star Wars， particularly not for a major film adaptation。 And in a three volume set like this， it's even more glaring how the book just doesn't fit。 Star Wars novels as a rule are immersive， and with a few exceptions， told in third person omniscient， past tense， because the whole premise is this happened a long time ago in a galaxy far， far away。 Parallels to current politics are things readers are left to make later in reflection。Star Wars is also expansive enough to allow breaks and experimentation with that formula， but not in a film adaptation novel。 This was a key part in the larger saga， and the focus should have been on the characters and storyline， not narrative acrobatics。 We jump from present to past tense for the first portion of the book， before the technique mercifully fades off。 The narrative is constantly interrupted with character portraits "This is。。。。。" rather than just letting scenes flow naturally from one to the next。 The italicized interludes about the dark side are just eye-rolling interruption。The aggrandizing of the characters is painful。 Yes， these characters are skilled， everyone knows that at this point in the trilogy， so there's absolutely no reason to constantly list and re-emphasize their skill set and specific lightsaber style， particularly as these things have little or nothing to do with the plot。 The extended blow by blow battles scenes drag out， while many scenes that probably should be fleshed out are skipped over briefly。。。while I grant this mirrors the film to a great extent， it's also the opposite of best course for a novelization。What does save Stover from one-star is he manages to drop in some bits of useful connective tissue， like Anakin's desire to access holocrons， Yoda's contact with Qui-Gon Jinn， and Padme's interactions with the 2000 and early seeds of the rebellion。 Some of the dialogue （or at least who delivers it and why） works better in Stover's version than the film。 The "Jedi trap" metaphor is probably the one bit of truly clever narrative footwork that worked， but sadly gets lost in all the other narrative acrobatics。 。。。more

Nina ，

Revenge of the Sith is worth itDoes and second book of this prequel trilogy were disappointing。 Nothing interesting there， just a very bland retelling。 If you have seen the movies， there is absolutely no reason to read the books。 I read and like both authors in their own right， but it is clear that they didn't invest any of their talents to these prequels。 The third book， however， is worth reading。 Very involved with the story， author offered his own interpretations （that you may agree with it n Revenge of the Sith is worth itDoes and second book of this prequel trilogy were disappointing。 Nothing interesting there， just a very bland retelling。 If you have seen the movies， there is absolutely no reason to read the books。 I read and like both authors in their own right， but it is clear that they didn't invest any of their talents to these prequels。 The third book， however， is worth reading。 Very involved with the story， author offered his own interpretations （that you may agree with it not） that are refreshing and give more than just retelling the movie。 It is a good book even for those that didn't see the movie （if there are anybody out there）。 。。。more

Trevor O'Mara ，

The Obi wan and Anakin fight was really short and rushed。

Erin ，

I mean ¯\_（ツ）_/¯

Marlena Kalafut ，

Oof。Okay:Episode 1: 3/5Episode 2: 3/5Episode 3: 4/5Now bless Terry Brooks and R。A Salvatore for trying to make the best out of a hot mess。 The first three episodes are not George Lucas’s best work， and there wasn’t a whole lot that can be added to a movie-adapted book to improve the screenplay。 But hot digits， Matthew Stover did an amazing job with Episode 3。 I did not like that Anakin seemed to have evolved into a sadist within the last three chapters with no explanation。 Now suddenly he finds Oof。Okay:Episode 1: 3/5Episode 2: 3/5Episode 3: 4/5Now bless Terry Brooks and R。A Salvatore for trying to make the best out of a hot mess。 The first three episodes are not George Lucas’s best work， and there wasn’t a whole lot that can be added to a movie-adapted book to improve the screenplay。 But hot digits， Matthew Stover did an amazing job with Episode 3。 I did not like that Anakin seemed to have evolved into a sadist within the last three chapters with no explanation。 Now suddenly he finds joy and enjoyment from being an executioner？ Nope nope nope， don’t believe that for a second。But I liked the book better than the movies， so that was a worthy investment of 1，000 pages。 。。。more

Marcus A。 Martinez ，

This is how the movies should have been written。

Carissa ，

I haven't seen the movies， but honestly I'm not sure they could hold up to this novelization。 I enjoyed it quite a lot。 I haven't seen the movies， but honestly I'm not sure they could hold up to this novelization。 I enjoyed it quite a lot。 。。。more

Claire ，

Reading these books will help you appreciate the movies much more！ Episode III: Revenge of the Sith makes so much more sense when you read this！ Anakin turning to the dark side isn't so far-fetched。 Reading these books will help you appreciate the movies much more！ Episode III: Revenge of the Sith makes so much more sense when you read this！ Anakin turning to the dark side isn't so far-fetched。 。。。more

Mario Perez ，

It makes more sense to a very confusing story

Anita ，

The Phantom Menace 2。5/5Attack of the Clones 2。5/5Revenge of the Sith 4/5 - that one broke me

Kate F ，

The Phantom Menace book:The first book was very good。 I haven’t seen this movie in a while so I kind of forgot what happened。 It’s great how Anakin is free from being a slave， but he has to leave Tatooine where his mother is。 He meets Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan who are jedis， Padme who is a queen and Jar Jar who’s a Gungan。 Attack Of the Clones:This book had some sad parts in it。 Otherwise this book was good。 This isn’t one of my favorite movies from Star Wars。 But the book does explain a lot more than The Phantom Menace book:The first book was very good。 I haven’t seen this movie in a while so I kind of forgot what happened。 It’s great how Anakin is free from being a slave， but he has to leave Tatooine where his mother is。 He meets Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan who are jedis， Padme who is a queen and Jar Jar who’s a Gungan。 Attack Of the Clones:This book had some sad parts in it。 Otherwise this book was good。 This isn’t one of my favorite movies from Star Wars。 But the book does explain a lot more than the movie。 Revenge of the Sith:Out of the three books， this was the most shocking and sad。 Anakin officially turned to the dark side。 He betrays Obi-Wan， his family， the whole rebel alliance and Padme。 It’s very sad when Anakin fights Obi-Wan because Obi-Wan loves Anakin and felt like hey we’re brothers。 。。。more

Brandon Bergman ，

The best Star Trek books I've read The best Star Trek books I've read 。。。more

Aalena Miller ，

I absolutely love this book！！！ I read it a hundred times。 Its got so much in it！！！

Victor Orozco ，

Amazing。 I got to say all this great action， adventure and excitement - even though a Jedi craves not these things， in one collection is great。Episode I。 Nice adaptation。 The author takes George Lucas' script and turns it into a very good tome。 Problem is that reading it you can tell that he tries hard but not a lot can save some of the weaknesses of the first Star Wars prequel。 B-Episode II。 Very Good。 A respectable adaptation of the Star Wars film。 I liked how the author begins with Padme befo Amazing。 I got to say all this great action， adventure and excitement - even though a Jedi craves not these things， in one collection is great。Episode I。 Nice adaptation。 The author takes George Lucas' script and turns it into a very good tome。 Problem is that reading it you can tell that he tries hard but not a lot can save some of the weaknesses of the first Star Wars prequel。 B-Episode II。 Very Good。 A respectable adaptation of the Star Wars film。 I liked how the author begins with Padme before her arrival to Naboo introducing us to her family。 Not shown in the theatrical release this is probably a deleted scene that Lucas had felt removed the action from his sci-fi film。 More scenes like this would follow with Padme and her family which were later found on DVD/Blu-Ray deleted scenes menus。 Another good thing is how there are warm and happy scenes with the Lars family on Tatooine。 The movie only depicts the anguish of Cliegg Lars， the man who purchased Shmi from Watto and married her sometime after Episode I。 Whereas the book actually shows the scenes prior and after which Shmi is kidnapped by a group of Tusken Raiders。 Might I add it was quite chilling how Cliegg lost his leg too。The book contained more interesting political moments involving the Military Creation Act。 You never really understood what was really going on concerning how controversial the law was and how passionate it was without understanding Padme's concerns as well as an impassioned plea to the Senate to vote against it。 The rest of the story was told well， one could almost dismiss the weak acting of Hayden Christensen and others when one reads the thoughts and emotions and realize how real the feelings are even if the lines themselves sound silly。 George Lucas should have hired a screenwriter like he did for Episode V and VI because he had really lost his touch in the development of a good love story。 I respect how the author kept the mystery by having Obi-Wan and other characters make the wrong conclusions as to what was going on。Still the story leads to the exciting start to the Clone Wars and appreciate how this was done。 B+Episode III。 Great！ Before this was finished I had wondered who was going to have the honor of writing the novelization。 I can definitely see how after writing Shatterpoint that Stover was more than qualified to write this， in particular to regard of Mace Windu。 Everybody including Samuel L。 Jackson knew his character was going to die， what he and others had hoped was for a glorious end。 Stover does well in showing what a great warrior as well as a great patriot to the Republic he had fought for。The story is amazingly well told。 In how we view the Dark Side as a Dragon that Anakin Skywalker remembered from a story a fable on the origins of Star Dragons， that cause stars to die。 Obi-Wan supposedly showed him a dead star leaving a scarred Anakin with the terrible truth that nothing lasts or lives forever。 Its this that guides us toward Anakin's fear of loss and his obsession to prevent the death of his wife Padme。 Most of the story is told per the original screenplay but there are plenty of deleted scenes that were filmed and shown on DVD/Blu-rays。 The actual appearance of Mon Mothma， the senator who would be the President of the Republic in exile and would be there at the end in Episode VI， appears alongside Bail Organa as they fight to preserve the Republic that Palpatine is dismantling。 It feels more political and its understood why Lucas would have this deleted from a summer action movie but it really does help to see how Palpatine destroys the Republic slowly like a predator slowly devouring its meal until the last bite when you realize its gone。 The powers he accumulate apart from controlling the Jedi Council show that he is preparing himself for the final takeover and the failure of the democratic and honest senators to stop him。Somethings are missing that I would have liked to have been in the book or been in the movie。 The thoughts of Chewbacca and the Wookies when they realize that their old friend Yoda is sent to fight for them and then of course having to rescue him from the Order 66 Republic troops are not recorded in the book。 Or how in the movie the actor conveys that he was the apprentice who killed Darth Plagueis but never really said it。 Still its the be expected but its all good。The epic conclusion with Anakin Skywalker becoming Darth Vader was amazing and just as good as the movie。 But what I loved was that in the end both get things right; that in when all things seem dark and hope appears lost， A New Hope arises。 May The Force Be With You Mr Lucas。 AB for the whole collection。 。。。more

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