Star Wars Darth Plagueis Book Review

Taking place in the years leading up to the first star wars prequel film the phantom menace luceno s novel mostly just engages in gap filling expanding on the role that sith lord darth plagueis played in training and.

Star wars darth plagueis book review. It s a sith legend. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith who was so wise and so powerful that he could influence the midichloreans to create life. I just finished darth plagueis by james luceno published by del rey. Darth plagueis is a densely packed book with many characters spanning several decades of the star wars timeline.

In my opinion it does what a star wars novel can do at its best augment the films for the better. I had never really been that curious about palpatine or his master. Darth plagueis a review oh my goodness what a book. Luceno manages to juggle the numerous character voices well with a strong command.

Star wars darth plagueis by james luceno. I listened to the audio version of darth plagueis read by daniel davis random house audio 14 hours and 49 minutes. When the book was then cancelled it didn t bother me. This review may contain minor spoilers.

Reviewed by brian schell. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. I recently finished reading one of the last and arguably one of the most important novels from the legends canon. To be honest when a darth plagueis novel was announced back in 2007 it didn t really excite me.

The novel takes the phantom menace menace and adds a second layer to the film it didn t have until i read this novel. I found it to be a really rich expansion to the star wars universe.