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    Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
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    Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones

    Written by R. A. Salvatore

    Narrated by Jonathan Davis

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    There is a great disturbance in the Force. . . . From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo, dissent is roiling. The Republic is failing, even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, elected ten years earlier to save the crumbling government. Separatists threaten war, and the Senate is hopelessly divided, unable to determine whether to raise an army for battle or keep the fragile peace. It is a stalemate that once broken, could lead to galactic chaos.

    Mischievous and resolved, courageous to the point of recklessness, Anakin Skywalker has come of age in a time of great upheaval. The nineteen-year-old apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi is an enigma to the Jedi Council, and a challenge to his Jedi Master. Time has not dulled Anakin's ambition, nor has his Jedi training tamed his independent streak. When an attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala's life brings them together for the first time in ten years, it is clear that time also has not dulled Anakin's intense feelings for the beautiful diplomat.

    The attack on Senator Amidala just before a crucial vote thrusts the Republic even closer to the edge of disaster. Masters Yoda and Mace Windu sense enormous unease. The dark side is growing, clouding the Jedi's perception of the events. Unbeknownst to the Jedi, a slow rumble is building into the roar of thousands of soldiers readying for battle. But even as the Republic falters around them, Anakin and Padmé find a connection so intense that all else begins to fall away. Anakin will lose himself-and his way-in emotions a Jedi, sworn to hold allegiance only to the Order, is forbidden to have.

    Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, this intense and revealing novel by bestselling author R. A. Salvatore sheds new light on the legend of Star Wars-and skillfully illuminates one of our most beloved sagas.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 13, 2005
    ISBN9780739333129
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    Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
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    R. A. Salvatore

    As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R. A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times bestseller lists and have sold more than 30 million copies. Salvatore’s most recent original hardcover, The Two Swords, book three of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy debuted at #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list and at #4 on The New York Times bestseller list. His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages, including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Czech, and French.

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    • 5/5
      LOVE THIS BOOK.
    • 5/5
      As for the novelisation of its predecessor The Phantom Menace, and indeed to an even greater extent, this novelisation expands on characters' background and motivations for their behaviour in a way that adds considerable depth to the film storyline. Again this is at the hands of a published author of fantasy novels. This deepening helps particularly in the case of the romance between Anakin and Padme, which was unconvincing on screen. Anakin's mother Shmi is also given a bit more "airtime" here prior to her tragic demise at the hands of the Tusken raiders, as are Jango and Boba Fett. Mercifully, Jar Jar Binks was in this one much less than its predecessor anyway. The battle and fight scenes are perhaps rather too protracted, though, and difficult to recapture the visual impact from the screen.
    • 5/5
      Attack of the clones is a really good book and it is also a very good movie. It is about Anakin Skywalker growing through adulthood. When their is a crisis in the senate the dark lord Sidious takes advantage of it. Trying to create a war that will destroy the jedi, he starts the clone war. You will read more in the third book, Revenge of the sith.
    • 5/5
      Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones was a very enjoyable read. Even after having seen the movie probably a dozen times, I still found this novel very entertaining and engrossing.Nobody can tell Star Wars like its creator, George Lucas. R.A. Salvatore did a fine job of adapting Lucas's masterpiece into a novel and I love that the book stays on track with the movie. Matthew Stover's Revenge of the Sith had quite a few differences from the movie and I found that to be somewhat distracting.I saw only a tiny amount of typos in this book. The only thing that seemed odd was the scene in which Obi-Wan Kenobi fights Jango Fett on Kamino. In the movie Fett is wearing his full body armor in the scene, including the helmet, and it is clearly stated that this is the case in the novel. However, when the bounty hunter and Obi-Wan are sliding over the side of the landing pad and towards the raging ocean below, it is noted that Jango has a strange smile on his face. That seems not quite right, since Obi-Wan obviously can't see Fett's face under the hunter's helmet. Besides that, everything was just perfect.This novel is the true definition of a classic and I really enjoyed it-even more than Terry Brook's "The Phantom Menace" and Matthew Stover's "Revenge of the Sith". Of course it's absolutely essential to the Star Wars EU and I recommend it to casual Star Wars readers and hardcore fans alike.
    • 3/5
      Only one more Star Wars to book for me to read. I enjoyed this one. I am pretty sure I saw the movie, but I must have been doing other stuff (running, reading, working - I don't remember) because the plot was not something I recalled. The next book ends where the first book begins, so I know how it finishes, but still excited to read it.
    • 3/5
      Better than The Phantom Menace though not anywhere near the caliber of the originals. The novels of episodes I, II and III read like above-average fan fiction, and I deplore that this series is considered cannon.How about a reboot since they are all the rage now? Why not toss the prequels in the garbage compactor and start over?
    • 4/5
      Mr. Lucas, please note the second word in the title that you chose for your movies: "Wars". Even ignoring the plurality of that noun, the title implies a combat situation. The Phantom Menace was a political movie, with a little bit of slapstick and swordfighting thrown in to provide a use for Jar Jar and the Jedi.Attack of the Clones goes back to the roots of Star Wars. It is (somewhat obviously) about the rise of the clones, those who will be the stormtroopers under the Empire. In doing so, it not only advances the political elements of the prequel trilogy (and provides a purpose for the events of The Phantom Menace), but brings back the feeling of fun that A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back gave the viewer. It is a story filled with both action and drama, and an ending which makes Lucas's job on Episode III all that more difficult.That just talks about the movie. The book goes even further. Mr. Salvatore, much like Mr. Brooks with The Phantom Menace, helps to give background to the story, and fills in blanks. About the only thing I didn't like about the adaptation is the way that Mr. Salvatore writes Artoo's dialogue as, well, dialogue. (Yes, that's right; Mr. Salvatore, instead of saying "Artoo screeched in shock, then fell into the sand," would go "'Whaaooww!' screeched the little R2 unit, before falling into the sand.")I can easily recommend this book to even the most casual Star Wars fan. The only reason why you wouldn't want this is (obviously) if you want to see the movie first. In that case, run, don't walk, away. The intriguing cover, the fascinating story, the allure of Star Wars, will draw you in otherwise.
    • 4/5
      Much better than the movie because the author makes a far better Anakin! I could imagine the animated versions of the characters from the Clone Wars TV series easily.
    • 5/5
      great story although don't like the love story in this episode
    • 3/5
      The novelization of the second prequel film Attack of the Clones hit shelves a few weeks before the film hit theaters, written by noted fantasy-science fiction author R.A. Salvatore based off the script of the film.From a script to page perspective, Salvatore does a wonderful job in adaptation especially with action scenes and doing his best in lessening the cringe factor in some of the romantic dialogue between Anakin and Padme. The decision by Salvatore to create subplots for the Lars family and Jango & Boba Fett to not only give context to what happens on screen but create more rounded characters. The addition of Padme’s family—which was cut from the film—and adding internal monologues for her made the romantic subplot a whole lot better than on screen, though overall the subplot still had issues which due to the script Salvatore couldn’t overcome.Attack of the Clones is definitely a novelization that is better than it’s film source material, which is a testament to R.A. Salvatore’s talent.
    • 3/5
      Like its predecessor, this book is an improvement on the film it novelizes. Primarily this is due to the fact that it includes a lot of scenes where minor characters get fleshed out, such as Shmi and Lars and Jango and Boba Fett, as well as some deeper insight to Anakin's relationship with Obi-Wan. Presumably these were in early scripts but were cut to prevent the movie being 5 hours long. There are scenes that I wish had made the cut in the film, such as when Padme brings home Anakin to meet her family.  It is much better at developing their relationship than any of the scenes that made it into the movie.  Unfortunately, all that painfully bad dialogue of Padme and Anakin expressing their anguished love is also present in the book (plus the author seems creepily obsessed with describing Padme's beauty).  So this is no masterpiece of literature but it does offer some things that you don't get from the movie.
    • 3/5
      The novelization of the movie. Salvatore adds some depth and realism to the movie events, though I wish he'd been allowed to add some common sense! Unfortunately this is my least favorite of the first 3 movies and there wasn't much he could do to save it.