I think I've mentioned this here before, but the novelization of Revenge of the Sith BLEW ME AWAY.
ROTS is easily my favorite of the prequels, but the book makes it look like the crappiest movie of all time.
Who else has read the book? I thought I'd start a list of insights and observations. .....
At the beginning, we get some insight into what's going on in Dooku's mind before his fight with Obi-Wan and Anakin. Long story short, he thinks the plan is to kill Obi-Wan and turn Anakin to the dark side so he can be general of his and Sid's Sith Army. We all know how that works out.
Throughout the book. we get much more insight into Anakin's fall into the dark side. It just seems to happen so fast in the movie. In the book, he spends a lot of time trying to find a way to save Padme from death. He wants to become Master so he can access the Jedi holocrons that contain knowledge and information that he believes he can use to save Padme. When he is appointed to the council, but not appointed rank of Master, he is frustrated because he still can't access the holocrons, and as such, this has more meaning than in the movie.
There are several mentions about how Anakin has gone to great lengths to highly modify R2-D2 with many many accessories not commonly found on astromech droids. Funny when you think about it, because R2 uses many of these accessories in the later movies, and it's odd to think that R2 and gang get out of a lot of jams thanks to Anakin's upgrades to the droid.
The Obi-Wan Grevious fight scene is no different than in the movie. In fact, it's pretty much frame for frame same as the movie.
The Palaptine arrest scene. A little more to it in the book. Quite a bit more actually. Kit Fisto does not fall as easily. And in the book, Palpatine actually records a portion of the scene where the Jedi attempt to arrest him and uses it as evidence against the Jedi Order, proof that they were trying to overthrow him and seize control of the Republic.
Also related to this scene, the Jedi do plan on arresting several senators as well as Palpatine. This information is eventually used against them as evidence they are traitors and attempting to take control of the Republic.
Several scenes with Bail and Mon Mothma and a few other senators in what seems to be the seeds of the Rebellion. Of course we know these scenes were eventually deleted form the movie.
We get quite s bit more insight into what's going on in Yoda's mind as he duels Sidius at the end. Light versus dark, etc. Also, Sidious defeats Yoda more easily in the book.
In the move, Padme just dies. No real explanation. In the book, we learn that it was in fact Vader's fault, combination of force choke and his "will" in the heat of the moment.
In the book, Padme dies before Leia is born. As she is giving birth, she says to name it Leia if it is a girl. It's a boy and she names him Luke. Then she dies.
Qui-Gon gets a scene in the book. Yoda apologizes for not listening to him. Yoda know he made a mistake in training Jedi in the "old ways" and not taking into consideration that these are very new times. A very humble Yoda dedicated himself as an apprentice to Qui-Gon.
Darth Vader is not assembled like a bionicle in two minutes. In the book it takes several days. There is also a somewhat detailed explanation of how Darth Vader "works."
ROTS is easily my favorite of the prequels, but the book makes it look like the crappiest movie of all time.
Who else has read the book? I thought I'd start a list of insights and observations. .....
At the beginning, we get some insight into what's going on in Dooku's mind before his fight with Obi-Wan and Anakin. Long story short, he thinks the plan is to kill Obi-Wan and turn Anakin to the dark side so he can be general of his and Sid's Sith Army. We all know how that works out.
Throughout the book. we get much more insight into Anakin's fall into the dark side. It just seems to happen so fast in the movie. In the book, he spends a lot of time trying to find a way to save Padme from death. He wants to become Master so he can access the Jedi holocrons that contain knowledge and information that he believes he can use to save Padme. When he is appointed to the council, but not appointed rank of Master, he is frustrated because he still can't access the holocrons, and as such, this has more meaning than in the movie.
There are several mentions about how Anakin has gone to great lengths to highly modify R2-D2 with many many accessories not commonly found on astromech droids. Funny when you think about it, because R2 uses many of these accessories in the later movies, and it's odd to think that R2 and gang get out of a lot of jams thanks to Anakin's upgrades to the droid.
The Obi-Wan Grevious fight scene is no different than in the movie. In fact, it's pretty much frame for frame same as the movie.
The Palaptine arrest scene. A little more to it in the book. Quite a bit more actually. Kit Fisto does not fall as easily. And in the book, Palpatine actually records a portion of the scene where the Jedi attempt to arrest him and uses it as evidence against the Jedi Order, proof that they were trying to overthrow him and seize control of the Republic.
Also related to this scene, the Jedi do plan on arresting several senators as well as Palpatine. This information is eventually used against them as evidence they are traitors and attempting to take control of the Republic.
Several scenes with Bail and Mon Mothma and a few other senators in what seems to be the seeds of the Rebellion. Of course we know these scenes were eventually deleted form the movie.
We get quite s bit more insight into what's going on in Yoda's mind as he duels Sidius at the end. Light versus dark, etc. Also, Sidious defeats Yoda more easily in the book.
In the move, Padme just dies. No real explanation. In the book, we learn that it was in fact Vader's fault, combination of force choke and his "will" in the heat of the moment.
In the book, Padme dies before Leia is born. As she is giving birth, she says to name it Leia if it is a girl. It's a boy and she names him Luke. Then she dies.
Qui-Gon gets a scene in the book. Yoda apologizes for not listening to him. Yoda know he made a mistake in training Jedi in the "old ways" and not taking into consideration that these are very new times. A very humble Yoda dedicated himself as an apprentice to Qui-Gon.
Darth Vader is not assembled like a bionicle in two minutes. In the book it takes several days. There is also a somewhat detailed explanation of how Darth Vader "works."
