<![CDATA[Star Wars: Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader]]>

false <![CDATA[Star Wars: Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174082402m/359848.jpg 359848 6 Throughout the galaxy, it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker–the Chosen One–had died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to some extent, that was true. Anakin was dead. From the site of Anakin Skywalker’s last stand–on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi–a fearsome specter in black has risen. Once the most powerful Knight ever known to the Jedi Order, he is now a disciple of the dark side, a lord of the dreaded Sith, and the avenging right hand of the galaxy’s ruthless new Emperor. Seduced, deranged, and destroyed by the machinations of the Dark Lord Sidious, Anakin Skywalker is dead . . . and Darth Vader lives. Word of the events that created him–the Jedi Council’s failed mutiny against Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, the self-crowned Emperor’s retaliatory command to exterminate the Jedi Order, and Anakin’s massacre of his comrades and Masters in the Jedi Temple–has yet to reach all quarters. On the Outer Rim world of Murkhana, Jedi Masters Roan Shryne and Bol Chatak and Padawan Olee Starstone are leading a charge on a Separatist stronghold, unaware that the tide, red with Jedi blood, has turned suddenly against them. When the three narrowly elude execution–and become the desperate prey in a hunt across space–it’s neither clone soldiers, nor the newly deployed stormtroopers, nor even the wrath of the power-hungry Emperor himself they must fear most. The deadliest threat rests in the hideously swift and lethal crimson lightsaber of Darth Vader–behind whose brooding mask lies a shattered heart, a poisoned soul, and a cunning, twisted mind hell-bent on vengeance. For the handful of scattered Jedi, survival is imperative if the light side of the Force is to be protected and the galaxy somehow, someday reclaimed. Yet more important still is the well-being of the twin infants, Leia and Luke Skywalker, the children of Anakin and his doomed bride, Padmé Amidala. Separated after Padmé’s death, they must be made safe at all costs, lest the hope they represent for the future be turned to horror by the new Sith regime–and the unspeakable power of the dark side. From the Hardcover edition. 574260 27 6 2005 Star Wars: Dark Lord - The Rise of Darth Vader total:634|5:162|4:197|3:206|2:58|1:11| 634 2343 795 50 3 3 false false Mon Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Feb 08 03:26:40 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 04:44:43 -0800 2008
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Of all my complaints about the new trilogy, the biggest one has to do with how Anakin Skywalker was handled. I grew up loving Darth Vader. He was a ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 12:38:49 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 08:04:15 -0800 2009
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Where to begin the book begins with the last few hours of the Clone Wars on Murkana in which 3 Jedis the two main characters Shryne Roan a Jedi M...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 04 13:12:21 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 13:12:55 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Dec 31 08:48:25 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 08:51:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Jan 18 17:46:01 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 17:52:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jul 09 11:32:28 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 11:36:57 -0700 2007 Star Wars book is not the place to start. If you want to read about a day in the life of a Dark Lord of the Sith, look no further.

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