Darth Plagueis: Star Wars Legends

Supuse que no. No es una historia que cuenten los Jedi. Es una leyenda Sith. Darth Plagueis fue un señor oscuro de los Sith, tan poderoso y tan sabio que podía usar La Fuerza para influenciar los midiclorianos para crear vida... Él tenía tal conocimiento del lado oscuro que incluso podía evitar que aquellos a los que amaba murieran. Pero se volvió tan poderoso que lo único que temía era perder su poder, cosa que, eventualmente, sucedió. Desafortunadamente enseñó a su aprendiz todo lo que sabía y, entonces, su aprendiz lo asesinó mientras dormía.Es irónico, podía salvar a los demás de la muerte, pero no a él mismo.Este libro les contará la historia de Darth Plagueis, que está muy buena por cierto, sólo tengan en cuenta que es una novela escrita en inglés, y la escritura está densa y llena de figuras literarias en inglés, a mí me está costando trabajo leerla de manera fluída porque está llena de adornos en inglés.En sí la historia y la edición están muy bien, sólo es eso de que el inglés que utiliza está complicado.

This is a very good Star Wars novel, set before and during the events of the prequel trilogy. This book focuses on two Sith lords - namely Darth Plagueis and his apprentice Darth Sidious (aka Palpatine). Initially, the story explores the rise of Plagueis as a Sith Lord; and, later, it deals with the subsequent rise of his apprentice, who seeks to acquire unlimited power for himself. Throughout, these Dark Lords of the Sith put into motion their plan to conquer the Republic and enact the demise of the Jedi Order. As part of this, we discover lots of backstory concerning Palpatine - which, in the films, is often only hinted at. This book informs us of the insidious plots that underlie the events seen in both 'The Phantom Menace' and 'Attack of the Clones'.This is a well-written and entertaining novel, and one that adds a lot to the saga that is the prequel Star Wars universe. The Plagueis character is briefly mentioned in the films, and is here fleshed out in detail. He's a powerful Sith lord intent on mastering life and death. If this character interests you then I highly recommend this book. But, just to say, as this story focuses on the Sith so there's little or no Jedi action, and not much by way of space battles ... instead it's about plots developed over decades and their fruition as political plans. This might not interest all Star Wars fans.

It’s a really well written book. Not so much about lightsabre-y Jedi fightin’ action but more about the politics (on Naboo and in the Senate) not to mention the dirty dealings of trade federation and banking clan as they exploit outer rim worlds via their corrupt governments. If you’re interested in Darths Plagueis’ and Sidious’ back stories then you this is very much the story for you. It also provides a bunch of historical material on the Sith more generally which brings much needed depth to the ancient enemy of the Jedi. About half way through the novel I even found myself rooting for Darths Plague & Sid. I shared in the frustration about a system weighed down by a corrupt and self-serving political class turning its gears. I felt for the outer rim worlds forgotten by the core systems who dominated the senate. In short James Luceno’s excellently researched and written book has turned me into a separatist - I’m with Dooku - let’s Make the Republic Great Again.

I bought this book because I wanted to know the Plagueis backstory since Revenge of the Sith, and given that it was a New York Times bestseller I was expecting a fantastic book. Yet it's very slow paced, the first few chapters were just about him getting off a planet. Time is wasted on being overly vocal about irrelevancies, unnecessarily flamboyant with the English language and when you actually get to a part with a degree of interest, it's over in a short paragraph.On the whole it reads more like a lot of padding around very little content. I'm very disappointed and hoped for more.

I must admit, I didn't have high hopes for this book and thought it might be a 'low brow, trashy novel'... I couldn't have been more wrong!This book has been amazingly apt for the times, and a source of great comfort to me, actually. I see such strong pareallels between the Galactic Republic of this period, and our own global governance issues. Rampant corruption, 'evil' financiers profiting from war, and the nature of the Dark Side somehow all feel much more complex and yet understandable after reading this book.I feel a sense of peace with the terror of our times, and the perpetrators of it... Sparks initiating a necessary fire, to burn down an abusive and neglectful system, built out of good intentions, subverted by greed and selfishness.JL was true to the characters, and built stronger narratives into their back stories, expanded upon the original saga very well. I can't fault him!It is mostly a political novel, so don't expect lots of lightsaber duels and force manipulation.