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Feb 25, 2009

Ron rated it:

As a run up to (movie) Episode Three, Labyrinth of Evil succeeds. As a standalone novel it was nearly unintelligible. All the usual suspects go through all the usual motions, but what about the hapless reader who wanders into the Star War universe at this book?

That said, Luceno also flunks astrophysics. On one page (326) he uses the phrases "closing rapidly on the rim of the gravity well" and "punching through Corusacant's sheath of gases." (outward bound) Similar More...

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Sep 12, 2007

Jenny rated it:

As per usual, after I saw Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith for the first time, I wanted more. This novel is the prequel to the movie, occurring between episodes II and III. It fills in nicely a lot of plot-data, but it doesn't do much else. Luceno seemed afraid to explore the Obi-Wan/Anakin dynamics of this time period, something which, thankfully, did not hamper Matthew Stover when he wrote the novelization of Episode III. Obi-Wan and Anakin are the reason I love Star Wars, and I More...

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Aug 04, 2011

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This book is another example of an exciting Star Wars adventure (not great science fiction, but wonderful space opera). It was hard to put the book down. The pacing is fast and pushes events along that lead directly into the opening scene of Episode III. You get background info Grievous and Sidious and it explains the how and why of the events of Episode III. Sadly, some of the events in LoE (Labyrinth of Evil) conflict with Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars microseries cartoon, mainly the details More...

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Jul 11, 2010

Crystal Starr Light rated it:

While this book is most certainly not an easy read (typical James Luceno), it is none-the-less fun and informative. Many of the Clone Wars novels (most notably The Cestus Deception and Jedi Trial) have been lacking or not very cohesive. Attack of the Clones movie only shows the beginning of the Clone Wars. And Revenge of the Sith ends the Clone Wars, leaving us, the audience, yearning for answers as to how we get from AotC to RotS.
This is where Labyrinth of Evil comes in.

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Apr 03, 2010

Andrew rated it:

I read Labyrinth of Evil a couple years ago, and I remember being excited about it, but I couldn’t remember any of the details. I wanted to re-read the novelization of Revenge of the Sith so I thought I’d go through this again to set the stage. After completing the book It seems that’s what sets it apart from the star wars pack for me: it sets the stage for Revenge of the Sith. RoTS the film had some issues with acting and dialogue (etc, etc) but I recall really enjoying the novelized version, More...

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Dec 12, 2009

Chad rated it:

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Nov 01, 2011

Alex rated it:

One of the most frustrating things about Lucas' Star Wars prequel trilogy is the time-hopping that leaves big gaps in the story of the Clone Wars and left me, as a viewer very disconnected with the characters whose story he was trying to tell. Even more annoyingly, the planetary and political backdrop to this entire period in Star Wars Universe had clearly been discussed, debated and worked through in quite some detail and there's nothing more that this reviewer likes than an epic story that ta More...

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Sep 21, 2011

Luke rated it:

I've always enjoyed the Star Wars prequels. But I also enjoy Sharktopus and the Anaconda movies. The prequels were never up there with the original trilogy. They don't even come close. Despite this, I decided to give this book a read. The prequel to Revenge of the Sith. One plus about reading Star Wars novels is that I'm familiar with characters and places. It's never too taxing on the imagination and I'm able to breeze through the books. In many ways this book is about as good as, if not better More...

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Aug 09, 2011

Mike rated it:

This book relates the events immediately preceding the movie Revenge of the Sith. If you've seen the movie, you recall it opens with the Supreme Chancellor having been kidnapped by the Separatists. The book covers the actual kidnapping and the machinations of the factions leading up to the kidnapping.

The book covers a lot of territory and has some good action scenes, but falls a little flat overall. Also, some of the plot details are different from those presented in other media, such as the More...

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Dec 27, 2010

Mike rated it:

The infamous rush to find Darth Sidious. This book is still a seat grabber even though reading it, we all know that they don't find out that Palpatine is the Sith Lord until Revenge of the Sith but it doesn't matter. James Luceno does a great job of keeping suspense and action going despite most reader's full knowledge of the outcome.

I'm not going to jump into too much of an in depth review as that has been done already. I will say that combining this with Star Wars, Episode III - Rev More...

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Oct 11, 2011

Yves rated it:

Dans ce tome de la Guerre des Clones, Anakin et Obi-Wan partent à la recherche de Nute Gunray, un des leaders des Séparatistes. D'après eux, c'est la meilleure façon de découvrir Darth Sidious, le Sith Lord qui manipule les séparatistes. Lors de poursuite contre Gunray, les deux Jedi vont découvrir des faits de plus en plus troublant sur l'origine de l'armée de clones.

J'ai bien aimé ce roman car les héros commencent découvrir la vérité sur la guerre des Clones. Ils se renden More...

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Aug 06, 2011

Tom added it

It might not be the writers or the novels themselves, but with the great majority of the prequel novels, I find myself thinking "I already know what's going to happen, so why bother reading it?" And with this novel, I felt that same way. It provided some nice filler, but it wasn't gripping or anything, since you already knew the fates of the big characters.

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Nov 29, 2010

Chris rated it:

I was fully prepared to give this book 2.5 stars, as I was only reading it to lead in to Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith. But the gripping, action-packed final third of the book mostly makes up for the clunky, boring first two-thirds. It works well as prequel, building right up to the beginning of RotS, though it's not really worth reading for its own sake.

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Nov 29, 2008

Eric rated it:

This is the first one of these novels I have read. Since I didn't start with the first one things were a little confusing at first as I tried to understand where this novel was taking place in a timeline as compared with the movies.

Overall it was pretty good and it was an easy to read book since I was already familiar with most of the characters.

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Jan 26, 2012

Michael rated it:

I really enjoyed "Labrynth of Evil." The teams of technicians which blend all of this Star Wars history together really did an excellent job this time. We all know what happened in "Revenge of the Sith," which opens with Obi Wan and Anikan battling their way onto the Seperatist battle-cruiser to save Chancellor Palpatine. "Labrynth of Evil" is a sequel to "Revenge" and fills us in on all the events of the weeks leading up to that point. It really highl More...

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Jun 09, 2009

Kevin rated it:

Best prequel-era Star Wars book out there. It is an official lead-in to "Revenge of the Sith," ending seconds before the movie starts, and captures the feel, cadence, and adventure of everything that Star Wars should be. This was my second read; I may have to make a point of re-reading it every year....

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Feb 20, 2009

Patrick rated it:

I disagree with the blurb on here, but can see this one is more for Star Wars nerds like myself.

This one to me just makes Episode III make sense and more poignant as they ALMOST catch Palpatine in the act before he can pull all the stuff he does in Episode III. It is a fascinating whodunit as they track and hone in on the mysterious Sith Lord, completely unaware they're getting closer to Palpatine. If just like one thing at any of various points had gone better, maybe they expose More...

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Dec 15, 2008

Philip rated it:

Non Star Wars nuts won't be able to follow this book. It was written strictly in mind of the big Star Wars fans. Even with that in mind, the story was predictable and a bit dissapointing.

If you're interested in knowing what happens before the beggining of Episode III then this book is what you want. This isn't a spoiler, but the events include how Palpatine was kidnapped and the book ends with Kenobi and Skywalker getting in their ships to start what will be Palpatine's rescue.

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Dec 09, 2010

Audrey rated it:

i thought this was a great book! if your a big fan or just like it this book is a great lead in for episode 3. i loved how it gave grievous's backstory but i still wish there was more. some parts were boring but once you get reading it it's hard to stop!

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Oct 25, 2010

Gord rated it:

Much like the prequels I absolutely loved specific elements to it for instance the origin story of General Grievous but as a whole the book fell short. For those who know me know Im as geeky about Star Wars as they come.. ert ert schneeegle.

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Jan 05, 2012

Ricky rated it:

It had all of the information about Master Syfo-Dyas that we’ve been wanting since Attack of the Clones – that alone made it worth reading, but it’s a Luceno and it felt a lot like SW all the way through. Shaak Ti rocks my face off.

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Feb 19, 2009

Walt rated it:

Set during the Clone Wars, this is one of the better Star Wars novels. There is not too much detail except to orient readers to the changing environments. The plot line fits very well with the movies.

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Apr 15, 2010

Wesley rated it:

Hated it at first, but it is actually sort of an adaptation and set up for the movie that was fleshed out by Lucas. Since I can't fault him for the plot, the writing style wasn't too bad.

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Aug 31, 2010

Jessie rated it:

Don't remember much about this one, so it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either. It did, however, make a lot more sense out of the beginning of the Episode III movie.

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Mar 09, 2009

James rated it:

I got this book a couple years ago when I had a gift cert to B&N and didn't see anything else to get. I was not impressed with this book at all. There was no real suspense at all. It would only work if read before going to see Ep 3. Reading it afterwards doesn't do anything to add to the story. You get a little more information on things that happen around the outskirts of the overall plot, but as a novel in and of itself, it's not very good.

And the climax at the end was handl More...

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Jul 20, 2011

Raymond rated it:

Pretty amazing book. I was so hyped to watch Revenge of the Sith, I read this the day before I went to the movies. I enjoyed how it linked up with Episode 3.

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Jul 23, 2011

Patrickderaaff rated it:

James Luceno is one of my favourite SW writers. This novel was okay. It is interesting mostly because it ends where Revenge Of The Sith opens.

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Oct 23, 2008

Joseph rated it:

I finally got this read after looking at it in the library for awhile and it is a great book the does some good story line before the Revenge of the Sith. It shows Anakin starting to change a little bit, but it really helps to show how things started to come about with the rise of The Empiror. It also does a nice job of feeling in some of the story from the Attack of the Clones.

I would probably see Attack of the Clones and/or Revenge of the Sith to get a better feel for the book. More...

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Aug 03, 2011

Nikolay rated it:

Very good star wars novel, worth the read if you want to know more about the events before episode 3

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Aug 02, 2011

Ronny rated it:

Einer der besten. Am besten liest man ihn zusammen mit "Die Rache der Sith" und "Dunkler Lord"

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