I liked that this book ties together pieces of missing information from the movie series. Great read for Star Wars fans.

Understanding how Palpatine came to power

Yes, I would recommend to any Star Wars fan, it really helped fill in the blanks as to where Sidious got his start and training.

When Plagueis realized that he had been played by Sidious right before his death.

I had a hard time getting into the book at first since I really like the performances of Marc Thompson. As the story progressed I did like how Daniel Davis was able to keep the voice correct.

No

Great story, Great addition for any Star Wars fan, but I felt that James Luceno goes into great detail on items, or locations that really puts the reader into a long winded unnecessary discription.

Many Questions Answered

The story line gives tons of info on the background of some major players in the Star Wars Universe

No.

Very Very difficult to stop listening. Usually listened on my drive back and forth to work and actually made me wish the drive was longer.

If you have the chance to listen to/read this book take it! One of the better written story lines for the Star Wars book. Compares to story lines written by Timothy Zahn for sucking you in. Well worth it!!

I think this was a good story. It was interesting hearing the story from the perspective of the sith. I liked the details that the went in to describing the rise and fall of Darth Plagueis. And also liked the details in the rise of Darth Sidious. It'll make you watch the movies in a new way because of the detail this book went into to describing how Plagueis and Sidious planned everything. I don't want to go into too many details because I don't want to spoil the book for those that haven't listened to it. It is a book I would recommend to people to listen to if you are a star wars fan.

Yes, I will listen to Star Wars: Darth Plagueis again because I didn't get everything the first time. The book covers a great deal of history and jumps ahead in time making me feel like I missed important details. I think the book could easily have been a series but I think Luceno still did a very good job explaining the history of the Sith and how their need for power shaped the galaxy. From the point of view of the Sith, I found myself feeling bothered by the inability of the Jedi to halt the advancement of the dark side. The Jedi come across as formidable but blind to the darker forces that ultimately force them to act as marionette in this great tragedy.

I bookmarked the Chapter 11 / 5:31:44 when Darth Plaguesis asks the young Palpatine, "What possible use do you think you think a person of your nature would be to the Jedi order?" and then tells him he is "heartless, ambitious, arrogant. insidious, and without shame or empathy. More you are a murder". It made me laugh out loud and I played it again, imagining the fury in Palpatine. I was a bit disappointed by the limited understanding of psychology as it relates to mental illness and trauma. Their code of confidentiality seems to be based on our current profession of psychiatry, which is very immature in dealing with the human mind much less the psyche of other species. There was no advancement in treatment and the author did not explore genetics, cognition or other treatments despite all the experiments being done by Plaguesis. Consequently, the dark side is reduce it to pain and suffering and a need for power and control. Perhaps that is in keeping with the Disney tradition.

I was very impressed with Daniel Davis' performance. He gave each character a distinct voice that made it clear who was speaking, including the narration. I was also impressed with the use of sound to enhance the different scenes but on occasion the background noise did become distracting.

While this was more detailed and not as fast paced as most of the SW books I have "read", it goes in line with the scheming nature of both Plagueis and Sidious.

The escape from his planet in the Infiltrator.

Good performance, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

When each apprentice evaluated it was time his master was ended.

Interesting to see the force created origins of Anakin.

Yes... I already am. Star Wars is like a religion to me.

Darth Sideous. This book answers the mystery behind Palpatine

No

It makes me want to listen to other stories that are along the same lines.

This book explains a lot about the backstory of Darth Sidious That was only hinted at in E Revenge of the Sith.

Darth Sidious because his origins are finally explained and explored. The reader finds out about is complete evil.

I love the confrontation between Sidious and his father

Absolutely, I only wish I had the time

The content of this book is exactly the type of material that Episode 1 was missing in the movie.

I haven't always been a fan of Luceno's work in the past, but this is easily one of the best stories to come out of the EU. The narration is spot-on perfect. This book deserves to be canonized as one of the upcoming spin-off movies.

I love Audio and this narrarator does it Justice.

Learn alot more about the Sith's beginnings..

He has the Voice!

Yes almost did!