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Dark Lord: Star Wars Legends

The Rise of Darth Vader

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Dark Lord: Star Wars Legends

By: James Luceno
Narrated by: Marc Thompson
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Anakin Skywalker–the Chosen One–is dead. In his place rises Darth Vader, who now hunts what Jedi survived the desctruction of their temple on Coruscant.

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. Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Science Fiction Space Opera Adventure Military Genre Fiction Heartfelt
Compelling Vader Portrayal • Deep Character Exploration • Intriguing Force Theory • Post-order 66 Insights

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Excellent story telling, voice narration and attention to detail in the grand scheme of the Star Wars Universe. Got a glimpse into the psyche of Vader/Anakin and Palpatine. Amazing work!!

Superbly Amazing!

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An intriguing story that gives us a look inside Darth Vader. A very intriguing narrative that allows us an intimate knowledge of what Vader went through early in his transition.

A look inside Vader

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Anytime the narrator was just narrating (not doing voices) it was recoded very quietly. So I had to really turn my ear to listen.

Great book. Great story. Great voice narration.

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The performance and cinematic experience are among the best I’ve heard in a book, the sound effects and voices were all on point (minus the wookies:) which really added to the book. However, even though the imperial story line was very intriguing and cool to see being a huge prequels fan, the rest of the characters were just not interesting to me at all. The only newly introduced character that I liked was a clone commando in the beginning. This just made it very hard to appreciate those characters stories, which were a large portion of the book. Still a very good experience, but if you can’t get connected to the new characters you might be a little let down with the story as a whole as I was.

Cool look at Vader, bad new character writing

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Great book, great story, and best of all great narration. Makes you remember how good the Star Wars books back in the day.

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