Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith Graphic Novel
Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith Graphic Novel
The official comics adaptation of the most anticipated of the Star Wars films! The action of the Clone Wars comes to a dramatic conclusion, and events are put in place for A New Hope.
Battles rage in space, armies clash on alien worlds, heroes become martyrs, and friends become enemies-all leading up to the biggest, longest, and most incredible lightsaber duel in Star Wars history!
This is the film that answers the questions, How did Anakin succumb to the dark side? What happened to Luke and Leia’s mother? And why are there no Jedi around in the original Trilogy?
Artist Doug Wheatley (Star Wars: Empire volume two) brings a level of life and detail to the adaptation that rivals that of the films themselves. An epic graphic novel not to be missed!
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Flat, rushed and sketchy
I love Star Wars. I love Star Wars comics. I adore Revenge of the Sith. I was very disappointed. This comic adaptation is an emotionless, bare-bones outline of the plot - not at all what I expected after enjoying Dark Horse’s recent runs of suberb, extremely well realized tales. If you want a quick overview, by all means buy this comic. For an adaptation that contains a smidgen of creativity, I recommend picking up Stover’s excellent novelization instead.
5 Stars Extremely well written
My children have enjoyed reading this series several times.
5 Stars Great Kids Novel
I am a 5th Grade teacher (and a huge Star Wars fan), and I am using this book as a novel study in my class this year. The story closely resembles the movie, but you spend time inside the major characters’ heads (which really adds to the kids’ understanding of the events in the book - some of which are very mature themes).
We just finished talking about Chapter Nine, the Opera House, and the kids loved the way the scene between Palpatine and Anakin was written (where much of the subtext is left to the reader to decide about who Darth Plageous’ apprentice is and what these Sith secrets mean for Anakin).
This is an exciting and compelling story, which has really resonated with both the boys AND girls in my class. A great book to add to the home or classroom library - and a great read for any Star Wars fan!
5 Stars Great!
I thought it was awesome! It also is not very graphic, like when Anikan gets burned they show his gloved mechancal hand being burned instead of his whole body. If I could I would give this book 4 and a half stars instead of 5 do to it being so short.
5 Stars The Birth of Vader in Comic Book Form.
When the original STAR WARS was released, it opened up a whole new world of movie marketing that the world had never seen before: action figures, lunch boxes, toy vehicles, kids underwear, etc., etc. etc. Television series had found niche markets before, but feature films had largely been unable to tap into the market. Of course George Lucas changed all of that and things have never been the same. One of the early strategies Lucas used was to release adaptations of his film through novel and comic books. The venture proved highly successful and has been carried on with ever STAR WARS film since.
The REVENGE OF THE SITH GRAPHIC NOVEL is an adaptation of the movie of the same name. It’s only 96 pages in length, but wonderful illustrations by Doug Wheatley and Christopher Chuckry bring the essence of the film to life in comic book form. All of the essential elements of the story are here as well as a scene or two not seen in the movie, e.g. Anakin and Obi-Wan walking through a river of fuel as they try to rescue Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from the command ship of General Grievous.
I enjoyed this book, but that’s because I have a fondness for graphic novels and am a fan of Star Wars. Others with similar tastes will probably enjoy the book as well as children who have seen the movies and want more of the story, but don’t want to read the novel version. Out of all the Star Wars’ movies graphic novels, I’d say that REVENGE OF THE SITH is the best one of the prequels and on par with the old EMPIRE STRIKES BACK comics.
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