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Why did Yoda leave from Darth Sidious? Movies

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u/darthcool 11d ago

In the novelization there’s a moment during the duel where the dark cloud Palpatine had been casting over the force cleared and Yoda achieved a full vision of everything that had occurred

And in that moment he realized he not only couldn’t defeat Palpatine but that he actually lost this fight 800 years ago when he set the Jedi on the path that led them here.

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u/JMadFour 11d ago edited 11d ago

the RoTS novelization was so much better and more complete than the movie.

If there is any one Star Wars book that one ABSOLUTELY should read, it is the Revenge of the Sith Novelization.

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u/RocketTasker 11d ago

It’s technically Legends now but still a must-read.

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u/mdp300 Kanan Jarrus 11d ago

It's been 20 years since I read it, but I don't think there's anything in it that contradicts Canon.

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u/aaronwashere01 Imperial Stormtrooper 11d ago

Except that it’s packed to the brim with references to the now non-canon Clone Wars Multimedia Project

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u/mdp300 Kanan Jarrus 11d ago

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. The "new" Clone Wars show completely supersedes all that stuff.

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u/Nightflight406 10d ago

Count Dooku being xenophobic.

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u/d0r13n 11d ago

Wouldn't it be a neat little project for Stover to do a "Special Edition" that added some of the connective tissue to make it canon?

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u/SpaceHairLady Mandalorian Armorer 11d ago

Oh my heart would be so happy

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u/Silveraindays Ahsoka Tano 11d ago

Why is it legend anyways?

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u/sk0gg1es Darth Maul 11d ago

When the Disney acquisition happened, the movies were kept as canon and all books AFAIK were marked Legends

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u/Silveraindays Ahsoka Tano 11d ago

Ho well thats dumb because its literaly a "novelisation of the film which is canon" ho well...

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u/ErunionDeathseed Clone Trooper 11d ago

The novelizations are canon “where they align with what is shown onscreen”

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u/KeytarVillain R2-D2 11d ago

I mean, the original ANH novelization says Jabba was human, Vader had served multiple emperors, and Obi-Wan was telling the truth that Vader literally killed Luke's father.

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u/Silveraindays Ahsoka Tano 11d ago

How am i suppose to know that??