“This story happened a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it.”

In a single paragraph prefacing his take on the events of Revenge of the Sith , Matthew Stover got Star Wars . As resonant now—in the week the Revenge of the Sith novelization launched its own celebratory, deluxe edition —as it was upon release 20 years ago, Stover’s adaptation has maintained a legendary status among Star Wars fans for good reason.

It goes beyond a typical movie tie-in retelling (the book came out over a month before the film’s release), fleshing out details from either earlier script drafts or left to interpretation by the final film. Its increased interiority adds extra layers of depth to our main characters, amplifying the tragic misint

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