[CaptainCrunch]

You're right. The funny thing is that there was a trilogy of novels based around the events leading up to the end of the republic that were fantastic.


Labyrinth of Evil by James Lucerno was immediately before the kidnapping of Palpatine and follows Anakin and Kenobi on one side and Windu on the other side as they close in on Darth Sidious. Its a fantastic fast paced well written novel.


Revenge of the Sith by Mathew Stover - This is why Revenge of the Sith could have easily been two novels. The conversation between Anakin and Palpatine where Palpatine reveals he's the Sith Lord was fantastic and far beyond, I can save your wife. It addressed Anakin's flaws as a jedi and a person. The conversation after Anakin betrays the Jedi and is feeling the guilts and Palpatine explains why what he did was admirable. Also the segements called This is what it feels like, that drills into the heads of all the characters was great. Anyone that loves Star Wars but didn't like ROTS should read this book.


Dark Lord - Again by James Lucerno addresses the immediate after affect of not only Anakin's actions but Sidious. We see the rise of Vader from a guilt ridden unsure Anakin to an absolute monster. At the same time we see Sidious consolidating his power and justifying why he did what he did.


The New Disney EU books are frankly pretty bad, the sad thing is I've given up on the new EU stuff. Book like the Bane serious, Plageius book, and the Clone Commando books plus several other that filled in the blanks in the prequel era were all strong, and written by strong writers.