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Episode iii revenge of the sith and focuses on darth vader and his rise to prominence in the newlyinaugurated galactic empire. Not able to proceed onward past the misdirection and selling out of his lords both obi wan and sidious and to fashion for himself an explanation behind being other than up til now another pawn for palpy. It is the third installment of the star wars sequel trilogy, following the force awakens 2015 and the last jedi 2017, and the final episode of the ninepart skywalker saga. Luceno is a master at writing for the star wars universe. This is the legendary story of anakin skywalker as its never been told before through his. The rise and fall of darth vader wookieepedia fandom. A waisted opportunity to create a book that would give good incite into vader s thoughts feelings and true motives during the vintage era would have been better, and a. It tells parts of anakins life that the movies dont.
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