Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Product Information

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is a novelization of the film of the same name, written by Matthew Stover and published on April 2, 2005, by Del Rey Books. In this scene, Palpatine states explicitly that Darth Plagueis was his Sith Master. In the film, this is merely hinted at.

In the film, I thought all he wanted was to sit on the Council and couldn’t understand why he was being so petulant even when it seemed as if he’d got what he wanted. Villainous Breakdown: Dooku's starts when he realizes he underestimated Obi-Wan and Anakin, and it culminates in him begging for his life when Palpatine's Uriah Gambit becomes all too clear to him. This part was removed from the movie since Christopher Lee thought it was out of character, so Anakin just executes him without Dooku saying a word. A Senator might carefully construct a reputation, appearing to all the galaxy as honest and upright and honorable, all the while holding the rotten truth of himself so absolutely secret that no one could sense his evil until he had so much power that it was too late to stop him...

Success!

No, Anakin! No!" Palpatine slammed the document reader on his desktop hard enough to make Anakin jump. "It is a roll of traitors." Obi-Wan Kenobi opened his eyes to find himself staring at what he strongly suspected was Anakin's butt. When the duel goes against him, Dooku decides to just kill Anakin and Obi-Wan, reasoning that "Sidious could come up with a new plan better than he could a new apprentice." What Dooku doesn't realize yet is that Sidious's plan has always been about replacing Dooku as his apprentice. Palpatine: Fight you? But what will happen when you kill me? What will happen to the Republic? What will happen to Padmé?

Yet it was as though when he had crushed the dragon under his boot, the dragon had sunk venomed fangs into his heel.But there is hope. Any moment now, they will be here, and everything will be alright; ‘they’ being… Anakin's guilt at killing Dooku in cold blood is expanded upon compared to the movie, showing his inner thoughts reflecting upon his actions. La Résistance: Bail Organa and Mon Mothma begin to form it. Padmé participates in the initial discussions, which increases the tension between her and Anakin as he grows into his position as Palpatine's right-hand man.

Windu can sense Anakin's presence through the Force before he breaks Sidious' office window. When the fight moves to the ledge, he senses Sidious hesitate for a moment, and the Sith Lord slows down. I came to that decision after reading Berthold Gambrel’s blog post on his memories of the film, in which he also talked about the book. With loving detail in the first few chapters, Stover establishes General Grievous as this to the galaxy at large.

Know When to Fold 'Em: The narration goes into depth about why Yoda chose to retreat from his duel with Palpatine, as it has the Grand Master having a epiphany about how stagnant the Jedi have become while the Sith have evolved and grew stronger since the New Sith Wars and the Russan Reformation. Yoda believes that because of this, he never had a chance of winning to begin with. My God, What Have I Done?: When handling the scene where Vader's just been assembled on a slab, he has a moment of Never My Fault before he realizes that it is his fault. Then he tries to call on the Force to kill Sidious—but he's lost so much of his power that he can only destroy droids and equipment, he can't even touch Sidious—and in the end, he doesn't want to because now this is all he has left. The same person who caused him to kill his wife, and their unborn child, and thoroughly alienate everyone he ever thought of as a friend, is now the only person who will understand, and forgive, and care. Anakin—or now, Darth Vader—will spend the rest of his life burning in self-hatred the way he burned on the shores of the river of lava. All alone, with himself. Forever. Phantom Limb Pain: Anakin feels pain in his mechanical arm after he and Obi-Wan board the Invisible Hand. Obi-Wan asks him when he got it fitted with pain sensors, but he replies that he didn't. Obi-Wan tells him that the pain is in his mind, but Anakin is convinced that it's a sign that Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus, the man who cut off his real arm, is aboard the vessel. Whether or not he's right, Dooku is aboard. Of the many ‘ Star Wars’ books out there, I’ve only read a handful; sad to say, I’ve not been impressed. In the novelization, we glimpse more of the tragic couple's relationship and how it headed so rapidly toward its downfall. The scene where Padmé tells Anakin she is pregnant with their child is extended: