Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil

"Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil" is written with wit and style, and has a well crafted, exciting plot. It takes us from where the novel "Yoda, Dark Rendezvous" leaves off, to where the movie "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" begins. It also puts a blazing end to the on-going Clone War, and lays the foundation for the Galactic Empire that the Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, is plotting to establish. It begins with a big battle sequence. It then goes through one exiting action sequence after another, punctuated only by brief character development and tying together of subplot sequences, and it ends with a battle and chase that is nothing short of spectacular. The book is a must-read for Star Wars fans.

At the time the story begins, the galaxy-wide Clone War appears to be winding down, and Republic forces have driven most Separatists and Sith from the inner galaxy, but not all, and the story starts with Republic forces attacking a remnant, Viceroy Gunray's stronghold on Cato Neimoidias. The Viceroy was tardy in fleeing his sordid pleasures on Neimoidias, after victories in the Clone War allowed the Republic to reassert control over most of the inner-galaxy worlds. Obi-Wan Kenobi, now on the Jedi Council, and Anakim Skywalker, now a Jedi knight, are at the head of the clone troops battling to take Viceroy Gunray's stronghold. But Gunray manages a disorganized escape from the Jedi-led assault, and from the planet, and makes it to a Separatist space fleet, commanded by the formidable cyborg butcher, General Grevious, whom we meet for the first time.

However, in his haste to escape Neimoidia, Viceroy Gunray leaves behind an all important holotransceiver in a walking chair. The device sends Obi-Wan and Anakim on an investigative trek to the galaxy's outer worlds, on the trail of the mysterious Separatist Sith leader, Darth Sidious. In their adventures in the Outer Rim, to unmask and destroy the Sith Lord, the bond between Obi-Wan and Anakim is still evolving. At the same time, Darth Sidious is secretly watching, to see how he can subvert Anakim to the Dark Side. And meanwhile, trouble is brewing in the heart of the Republic, on the city planet Coruscant, where Darth Sidious and the Separatist stalwart, Count Dooku, are engaged in political intrigue in some strange places, to undermine the Jedi Council, and bring down the Republic; many in the Senate are secretly Separatists, while those who support the Republic, including the Jedi, are blind to the true identity of Darth Sidious. The story thus has many subplots active at once, once it gets going. But these subplots all come together perfectly, as the story ends with a dramatic battle and chase, when Separatist forces, commanded by General Grevious, launch a crushing assault on Coruscant, which is where the coming Episode III movie begins.

I did find some minor flaws and annoyances. For a start, there are quite a few grammatical errors in the book. Obviously, the publisher did not put enough effort into copy-editing. Then the character of Darth Sidious, who is supposed to be evil personified, didn't quite make it for me. And I would have liked more background for the character of General Grevious. The somewhat lacking character development at times may well be the result of a shortage of space, due to too few pages or too many chapters. (The book has 56 chapters, averaging just over 6 pages per chapter.)

Finally, there are those presumed allegorical 9/11 references, such as the phrase "triad of evil". This was somewhat of a negative for me, for I do not care for allegory in a fantasy novel set in a far-away galaxy. I want to escape from our own crazy world for a while, and forget about Bush and Iraq and you know who. By the way, I found no allegory in Sean Stewart's beautifully-written "Yoda, Dark Rendezvous", in which Yoda meets up with Count Dooku to negotiate an end to the Clone War.

In conclusion, let me say that I consider all the nitpicking listed above to be minor, and that I found "Labyrinth of Evil" to be an excellent read. I would also recommend "Yoda, Dark Rendezvous".

Labyrinth of Evil is a pretty good lead in to Revenge of the Sith. The Clone Wars start at the end of Attack of the Clones and end in the middle of ROTS, leaving three years of continuity not shown on film. Luceno does a good job of covering that territory, bringing together all the Clone Wars novels and cartoons into some sort of coherent continuity.

I can imagine if you're interested in this and you're not an obsessive Star Wars fan, you really just want to fill in the blanks for AOTC and ROTS. Well, this wouldn't be the best place. Nothing much happens here, there's no real plot other than explaining the characters and what they've been doing. The most memorable thing that happens, the kidnapping of Chancellor Palpatine by General Greivous, is also shown in volume 2 of the Clone Wars cartoons, which should be available on DVD pretty soon.

For the casual fan interested in what happens during the Clone Wars, I would recommend the Clone Wars cartoon. If you're determined to read novels, pick up The Cestus Deception by Steve Barnes. That book actually explores deeply the life of a clone trooper, which turns out to be really interesting. I'd only recommend LOE is you're a huge Star Wars fan.

By far this book was one of the best prequel novels ever written for the Star Wars franchise. The book added much new information that was incorporated by Matt Stover for his book. General Grievous's motivations were explained in detail and so too were the Neimodian Trade Federation.

This book sets up Revenge of the Sith perfectly. I highly reccomend it.

A. Nathaniel Wallace, Jr.

Given some of the restrictions inherent in this book, the author did an admirable job. As a prequel to Episode III, Luceno was hemmed in by the opening scene of Revenge of the Sith and the previous novels written which follow Episode II. The characters give out plenty of background information and tie plot lines up giving the reader context for Episode III. The story telling works quite well and I would recommend this book to any Star Wars fan.

In the far distant future, peace is broken by the Separatists who want to leave the Federation and join the Confederacy. The Jedi Knights fight for the Federation but nobody in the senate is prepared to believe that the enemy has infiltrated that august body but many of its prominent members are allied with the Sith Darth Sidious. His allies, former Jedi Knight Count Dooku and cyborg killing machine General Grievous are being pushed back to the outer rim by the federation forces.

This doesn't phase Sidious and his supporters at all because it is part of their master plan that will see the Sith as ruler of the galaxy. Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker, regarded by the Jedi Knights as "The chosen one" who will defeat the darkside of the force, are following the villain's trails in the hopes of capturing them and putting an end to this war. Anakin doesn't know that he is beingwatched by Sidious to see if in the future he can be seduced to the darkside of the force. In the meantime Anakin and his mentor seem to be always one step behind their enemies.

This is the direct prequel to the Star Wars episode opening in theaters in May 2005. The author sets up the finale nicely so that the book and the movie should tie seamlessly together. This space opera is at its best when Anakin and Obi-Wan-Kenobi travel from planet to planet in search of their enemies hoping that they can bring the galactic war to a close without farther bloodshed. James Luceno captures the spirit and the essence of George Lucas's classic saga.

Harriet Klausner

I go into any book written about a property, such as Star Wars, with an expectation to be disappointed. My initial purchase of "Labyrinth of Evil" was to give myself a little insight into Episode III with the hope that I'd be a little more 'In the Know' the day I finally get to see the movie.

However, I was wrong to make this assumption. The book started out relatively slow and read much like a teen novel but, as things moved forward and the story began to unfold, I found myself hopelessly enthralled with this book and unable to put it down. Being a reader that only finds time during a 1 hour (both ways) commute, to and from work, to do my reading. I somehow found myself picking this book up at every spare second of my day. The writing was excellent for property novel, informative, and left you with such a cliff hangar that it makes you wonder how people that haven't read this book will be able to enjoy "Revenge of the Sith".

I highly recommend "Labyrinth of Evil", not only to a Star Wars fan, but to anyone going to see "Revenge of the Sith"

A very fun book from start to finish and easy to read, action packed from start to finish. This novel does a very good job at setting up the events of Revenge of the Sith and has become one of my favorite Star Wars novels. A must read for any Star Wars fan

The reviews for 'Labyrinth of Evil' on this site would have you believe that this book is a masterful work and an exciting addition to the Star Wars Universe; which is why I picked it up at the library. (Thank goodness I did not actually buy it.) Unfortunately, these reviews are very misleading and as I read the book I was constantly waiting for some kind of miracle to happen that would justify the praise of the reviews I read. Needless to say, it never came and I was severely disapointed with this book. I have never read anything else by Luceno so I did not know what to expect, but he failed miserably to impress my very open mind. The book starts off with some decent dialogue and action involving the usually exciting team of Obi-Wan/Anakin, but goes downhill from there. While the basic plot has some potential, it and the characters simply fail to develop into anything interesting. Basically what happens is that Sidious leads the Jedi on a useless goose-chase that discovers no purpose whatsoever. Luceno uses the very valuable potential of several great Clone Wars characters that are otherwise very under-recognized, and again failed to take advantage of their possibilities. This book was very dull through and through, and I would have given t only 1 star if it were not for one very exciting duel. The one highlight of this book is the few, short moments in which we see Grievous display his lightsaber abilities. These scenes, in which Grievous faces several Jedi, were very interesting, but otherwise the novel bored me ruthlessly.

Shows the bond between Anakin and Obi, and shows some of the behind the scene things they only mention about in the movies. It shows the amount of detail the sith have taken in their steps to power. This is something you should read before watching EPISODE III.

This book is extremely well written and I highly recommend it.

The Jedi attack Cato Neimoidia and the Separatists flee. But they leave behind a communication device which connects with connects directly with Darth Sidious. Can the Jedi find the designers of this device? And while they are distracted, the Separatists attack Coruscant!

I agree.. I thought this book was super boring. I just started to read as a hobby in this past summer.. I am only reading Star Wars books and to me, personally, thought this was crap. I think it just was Luceno. The way he tries to describe everything just seemed to make my mind drift into other places and not on what he was trying to say.

The story was okay, different from the Clone Wars animated series which I enjoy. He did through in a few new things to the Star Wars universe.

Overall, I did not care for this book. It took me a long time to finish it because I had to keep going back and rereading what I missed (because my mind would drift). I might pick up another book of Luceno to just see if he is the same for those, or was it just this.

Hope this helps...

Labyrinth of Evil is an excellent work by James Luceno that definitely gets one very, VERY excited about Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. I was thrilled by this novel from start to finish. I couldn't put it down. Perhaps some do not realize how very clever George Lucas' story is. If you didn't watch Episodes IV, V, and VI, you really wouldn't realize Darth Sidious' true identity. That's what makes this story in particular so great. The Jedi finally get soooo close to seeing who Sidious really is, but they're just too preoccupied with the war. They can't see what's right in front of them. I'm absolutely thrilled that Episode III will soon be in theaters. I personally enjoyed Episodes I and II, and Episode III will no doubt be one of the greatest Star Wars movies, hands down, if not THE greatest. If you really want to get an idea of the opening moments of Episode III, read this novel. If you don't want to be spoiled just a little bit, then please, read this novel after you've seen the movie. But it's a must-read for any Star Wars fan. I don't know what the the store.com critic is talking about--the plot is excellent and the dialogue is, honestly, much better than what we've seen in Episodes I and II. Again, I enjoyed both of those movies and I think they deserve far more credit than some in the popular media give to them. But there weren't many times when you felt like laughing because of a witty remark. This novel shows that most likely, Episode III will be the closest we can get to being back in the world we know and love (or I should say, have gotten more used to, not that the old trilogy is necessarily better than the new) in Episodes IV-VI. It'll be dark and serious, but hopefully there will be some fun along the way, if only a little bit. I highly, highly recommend this novel. Is it the greatest Star Wars novel ever written? Maybe, maybe not, but it would have to be in the top 5, if not the top 2 or 3. I personally think Shatterpoint is the best one ever--and yes, I've read Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy or whatever you call it (I liked it, but it wasn't anything in comparison to the New Jedi Order series, in my opinion). Read it and weep, people! I did!

Overall this was a good book and worth the time to read it. It does refer often to other Clone Wars events both novels and the animated series. However it does have have some major contradictions with volumue two of the Clone Wars cartoons which was supposes to be during the same time as this novel. In fact both were to end directly at the begining of ROTS. However this has Skywalker and Obi-wan in a totally differnt setting as the cartoons. You would like that Lucas Film and Books would try to avoid things like this. It is hard to know what the timeline is with such glaring differences in accounts.

James Luceno has written perhaps the best tie-in novel within the Star Wars universe! Ignore the other would-be critics of this work and place your faith in the caption on its front cover: "the must-read prequel to Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith". Luceno was handed what could have been an impossible challenge: pen a novel which must whet the appetite for the release of the final episode of a series carrying a 28-year fan base.

His work develops background for General Grievous, Darth Sidious, Lord Tyranus and the bond between Anakin and Obi-Wan. One can truly visualize the action and hear the dialogue for the major characters. Minor grammatical errors taken at hand, it is an excellent piece which is entertaining and informative.

As for plot errors, Luceno himself warned that some of the storyline may differ from the final edits of the ROTS film and novelization. Compared to flaws within the Expanded Universe created by George Lucas' own plot twists within the first two prequels, any discrepancies can and should be overlooked.

Political parallels abound in all literature which deal with opposing forces. Although I agree that using similarities such as "Homeworld Security" and "triad of evil" are too-close to existing terms within the real political realm, I can not judge Luceno any more than Lucas when he created a largely British Empire in the classic trilogy.

Over all, a great read for anyone desiring to learn more about the key figures within Episode III and a thrill to see it take the reader to literal moments prior to the opening crawl of the most-anticipated conclusion to a movie series.

this book helped explain a lot of the holes in the plot of episode 3. that is the only reason i read it. it explained some of the politics in a clear way, in a way that the movie could not do.

it is necessary reading IF you want to understand how episode 3 transpired. i would recommened it to any star wars fan who cares about how things happened in rots.

Ever wonder who ordered the clones? Was It Syfo Dias? What exactly IS General Grevious, alien or machine? this book [by Luceno, who either writes tales i wouldn't tell a brick wall or the types of stories you re-tell you're friends about once a month (depending on the book)] is really just wonderful for the fans, since Episode II's lead in novel (The Approaching Storm)was such a huge dissapointment. This book answers all the questions mentioned above and more. Wondering how Anakin and Obi-Wan get to where they are at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith? Then this is a good book for you if you just can't wait for Episode III, but don't want to read any spoilers.Also for the casual to extreme fan one of the coolest things about this book is it's semi-shared story with the latest installment of the clone wars cartoon. The Jedi hunt for Darth Sidious through the seemingly haunted ghettos of Coruscant is wonderful. Especially for fans of the ever vigilant Mace Windu. and as an added bonus, Shaak Ti (who's own spotlight novel was cancelled last year) is featured prominently alongside the shatterpoint sighted one himself.

I listened to the audio book which was happily a production instead of just a reading of the story.

I've never been one much for the EU, but this story sounded great. It held my attention from start to finish, and had great characterisation of all the main players. As a story it fed well into ROTS the movie.

Top rating.

I felt like I was getting dragged all over the place in this book. But there is no one better to drag you around than Luceno. He gives you enough backstory to keep you up to speed and makes sure you know enough interesting details to make you feel like an Expanded Universe expert.

The story jumped from Anakin/Obiwan's adventures, to the bad guys plotting, to the politics on Coruscant. It took a lot to keep up sometimes, but the ending sure did pay off. The ending was as climatic and and fast paced as any adventure loving reader can ask for.

This book is marketed as the prequel to Revenge of the Sith, and it is true that the last chapter of this book and the first chapter of ROTS could have gone in the same book. They lead right into each other.

It's really good, if you dig Luceno's style.

I am really surprised at all the 5-star reviews this book is getting. I first read the EP3 novel and then found out about this one, so I read it too. And between the two novels, EP3 is by far the better of the two - it's not even close. Not only because EP3 has a better storyline, but it's also much better written.

Basically, this book tells of the events that happen before Episode III and takes you right up to the beginning of EP3. But trust me, after reading the EP3 novel, the opening crawl for EP3 is more than enough information to let you know what's going on .. you really don't need to read Labyrinth of Evil. Of course, you *could* read it if you want to get more of an insight into how events transpire leading up to EP3, but there's really not anything interesting that happens in this entire book, so I'd hardly say it is worth the effort. The book just drags along from one boring adventure sequence to the next. I can't think of a single thing I read in Labyrinth of Evil where I said to myself "Gee, I wish I had known that before reading the EP3 novel."

So, if you're trying to find out whether reading Labyrinth of Evil will give you any important information that you would have otherwise missed before reading the EP3 novel or watching the movie, I would have to say the answer is most definitely no.

An excellent prequil to the third movie.

The first half of this book, admittably, starts off a little slow. Somewhere near the middle it fires up and intensifies. It goes in a pattern of 1)dividing the story: between the perspectives of Anakin and Obi-wan, and the of everybody else on Coruscant, and of course the villains; and 2)chapters of character developement, with plenty of pages of plot and depth that were left out in the first two movies. Want to know the origin of Grievous? It's in there. What about the plots of Sidious to rule the galaxy? That too. And, what about Anakin and Obi-wan following Dooku, and all the space battles in-between? Yup, all that too. A good buy. Just don't stop half-way in the middle.

James Luceno, walking EUncyclopedia, returns once more with yet another of the type of novel he's best suited to write. His particular strengths and weaknesses are ill-spent on smaller novels such as Agents of Chaos; however, with his comprehensive grasp of GFFA minutiae, he's very well suited to novels such as Cloak of Deception and this newest, Labyrinth of Evil (and to an extent, The Unifying Force), which exist as much to tie multiple plots together into a comprehensive, coherent whole as to tell stories of their own. Here he manages to take a very impressionistic view of the Clone Wars, told piecemeal in various media and through various relatively unconnected novels, and meld it all into a whole, as well as tying events back to pre-TPM and doing his best to make it look like there actually has been a lot more structure and continuity and causality in the stories we've gotten of the Clone Wars than there really has been.

There's not really much need to talk about his style; by now you already know whether you like it or not. He has an odd mix of typical third-person POV and near-omniscient viewpoint, without a particularly memorable writing style and with a sometimes-annoying but often useful and fun (at least to the more-than-casual Star Wars fans like me) tendency to infodump and show off just how much he knows about what he's writing about.

This novel doesn't stand terribly well on its own, but then it's not supposed to. It's more a summation and drawing-together of what's gone before in anticipation of Revenge of the Sith. To that end, the first two-thirds of the book follow a very straightforward connect-the-dots plot, with the dots being a lot of fun action sequences and the connectors being lots of encyclopedic, almost history-bookish descriptions tying together all that's gone before. Then, for the final third, the book takes a dramatic turn for the better -- and more exciting (especially for me, since I've been keeping myself spoiler free for Revenge of the Sith) -- as the book leads straight into what will prove to be the HUGE opening moments of the final Star Wars film.

Here we see Anakin and Obi-Wan, Mace and Yoda all in fine form. Padmé, Bail Organa, Mon Mothma and other familiar faces also all show up. Dooku, while not quite as fleshed-out as in Dark Rendezvous, is still an interesting character. Palpatine and Sidious are as good as we've ever seen them, if not better (and worse). And finally, finally we get an introduction to the character of General Grievous, whom we've seen in comics and television shows but has been conspicuously absent from the novels. Also in this book we've got some pointed political commentary that those leaning more to the right probably won't particularly appreciate, we've got a fine antecedent for a key moment in ANH, and, in true Star Wars fashion, plenty of dis-arming and other dis-memberment.

In the end, this is for the most part an okay Star Wars novel that blossoms in the end into one of the better ones, and leaves you salivating for Revenge of the Sith.

This is a quick-paced, fun read that effectively sets up Ep III...Luceno also does a great job of tying together all the Clone Wars Novels, Dark Horse Comics and Clone Wars Vol I Cartoon series...however, it must be a great disappointment to him, and of some potential confusion to the reader, that these scenes and events often contradict the plot of the new Clone Wars Vol II micro-series...having recently finished reading this book, and currently catching the nightly airings of Clone Wars Vol II, it's kind of like listening two different versions of the same story...nevertheless, I recommend this novel for SW fans, especially if you don't take the contradictions too seriously

I have yet to find a star wars book that I absolutely hated, and this book is not an exception to the rule. Whether I (or anyone else) tell you I hated or loved the book, it's not gonna change what you're gonna do. If you're a star wars fan that loves to see the movies continued through books, then you are going to read it (and you should!). If not, why are you reading reviews on these books anyway? Get a life :)

This novel was a great lead-up to Episode III. In fact, it would have been great had George Lucas made this and Episode III as a two-part movie. The story was sound, the excitement and anticipation were there, and the transition between scenes (as well as to Episode III) was seamless.

I particularly liked the hunt for the elusive Darth Sidious, which gave the story a touch of mystery. Another thing I liked was the airtime given to General Grievous, which was greater than the airtime given to him in Episode III and developed his character. Grievous was a star in this novel.

4.5 Stars.

I loved this book. I was skeptical because I've read some not-so-great Star Wars novels lately but this was one of the best I've come across. I particularly loved the dialogue and exchanges between Anakin and Obi-Wan. The last chapter, in particular, was so bittersweet.

The novel is a great lead-in to Revenge of the Sith. I highly recommend it.

Labyrinth of Evil was the first Star Wars book I've read. It provides a good introduction to Episode III and interesting insights on General Grivious' character while explaining some questions left unanswered in Attack of the Clones.

What I found undesirable about the book is James Luceno's excessively verbose and complicated writing style. I constantly feel like he's trying to impress readers with his vocabulary or knowledge of the Star Wars universe. Also, if you've never read previous Star Wars book, you may find it difficult to understand certain words or passages since it presumes knowledge from previous books.

I'm sure diehard fans will love/need this book. But for casual Star Wars fans, you can sit this one out and still be able to enjoy the movie.

Jonathan Davis continues as the definitive Star Wars narrator on this novel of the hunt for Darth Sidious. This story and Revenge of the Sith pack a wallop seldom matched in the Star Wars extended universe. The troika of Sidious, Tyranus and Grievous brings an excitement to the saga that the Luke Skywalker years cannot match. I hope Lucas devotes many future novels to the new reign of the Emperor.

I just have to say that this book was great. It went into great detail about the different technologies in the star wars universe. The story line was just great leading right up to the 6th film and left no questions unanswered. I know the plot and story line comes from George Lucas but James Luceno really brings it to life. I won't doubt that if this book was to be made a movie that it would be a smash hit. The detail that James Luceno goes into is a great help to someone who just can't visualize the things being said. I absolutely loved this book. It was a great tribute to the saga.

Reading this book, I had already seen Revenge of the Sith as well as the Clone Wars Cartoon Network series that led up to Revenge of the Sith and I must say, to see a book come in and present its own version of the attack on Coruscant was disappointing. While I'm sure there are enough fans out there who haven't watched the Clone Wars, there are probably more that have and it changed a lot of the storylines used for the last moments before the opening of Revenge of the Sith. While I'm not saying the Clone Wars version of the attack on Coruscant is the only real version of the story, the book could have redeemed itself but explaining things that readers who had not seen the Clone Wars would be wondering. For example, in Revenge of the Sith, the first time you see General Grievous, he is coughing and wheezing badly. Without seeing the Clone Wars, you would not know why. The book also gives no explanation as to why. Finally, the political undertones that permeate this book are sickening. This is supposed to be the Stars Wars universe not the current US Presidency/Congress plotlines set in the Star Wars universe. All in all, as much of a fan of the Star Wars movies and books, this is by far my least favorite book I have read in the series and I will not be in any rush to read it again.

I like Star Wars but dont really enjoy watching the Prequel Movies mostly because the Acting is too weak. I dont really live for Star Wars but Ive enjoyed reading the prequel Novels rather than watching the movies wich I dont even plan on buying the DVDs.

The Prequel Novels are Great, and While this book doesnt stand to well as a story of its own, it is a very good setup for the Revenge of the Sith Novel.

So Episode 3 has actually been split up into a trilogy of its own in Novel form with "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader" being the 3rd following immediatly after Revenge of the Sith.

My only complaints about this book is that the Raid of Corruscant and The Capture of Palpatine was a bit more interesting in the Cartoon series Clone Wars vol.2

This book seemed to forget about telling us how grievous got his cough.

Labyrinth of Evil is a good book. Luceno did a good job of writing the book and adding a lightsaber duel with Mace Windu and General Greivous. Luceno also did a good job writing the attack on Coruscant and the kidnapping of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Anakin showed his true power by bringing the roof and walls down on Dooku, Obi-Wan, and himself. It was smart to finally let the jedi know about Darth Sidous and Dooku's affiliation with him.

this book is amazing from the very begining to the very end it rocks its very awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i loved the charecters the plot and how the author wrote the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a very good book. I have read this book and Revenge of the Sith. In my opinion this book is a little more action packed and adventerous. It all starts out when Obi-Wan and anakin are searching Cato Neomioda for the trade federations leader Nute Gunray. Anakin who is no longer Obi-wans padawan is acting a little more vaderish. I reccomend this book for any die hard star wars fan.

This book reads just like Lucas directs his movies. I really like how it plays out the events just before ROTS and how ROTS picks up right after Labyrinth ends. It kept my attention the entire time. This is the first novel, since I read Treasure Island when I was 12, and now not the last, that I have read not required by professors for class. I have already seen ROTS twice and now I'm looking forward to reading in more detail what goes on. I highly recommend Labyrinth of Evil.

Do you want to know who trained Darth Sidious? If Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas actually placed the order for the clone army? Who killed Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas and why? How Count Dooku found and was trained by Sidious? How Jango Fett was actually recruited as the template for the clones? It's all here!

I was pleasently surprised by this book. I would highly recommend this book to any Star Wars fan or anyone who enjoyed SITH as much as I did. The author's writing style is excellent and he stays true to the movie characters. The best part about this book was how it ties together EpII and EpIII nicely up to beginning of EpIII.

I thought it was a great book...until I read episode III. If you are a diehard star wars fan, read labyrinth of evil and it will help you understand why episode III starts off the way it strangely does. 3 1/2 stars. (no where near a great star wars read)

I am only giving this 2 stars, however unfairly, since I havn't read the book. I thought Clone Wars Vol. 2 tied into Revenge Of The Sith. How does this tie in as well? If anybody can answer that, without giving away anything, I'd love to know before purchasing.

This book added pieces of information and backstory to characters of the movies. This really helps with understanding what takes place in the movies and the relationships and inner thoughts of the main characters. I definitely recommend it to Star Wars fans and those who may just be fans of the movies.

I felt like I was getting dragged all over the place in this book. But there is no one better to drag you around than Luceno. He gives you enough backstory to keep you up to speed and makes sure you know enough interesting details to make you feel like an Expanded Universe expert.

The story jumped from Anakin/Obiwan's adventures, to the bad guys plotting, to the politics on Coruscant. It took a lot to keep up sometimes, but the ending sure did pay off. The ending was as climatic and and fast paced as any adventure loving reader can ask for.

This book is marketed as the prequel to Revenge of the Sith, and it is true that the last chapter of this book and the first chapter of ROTS could have gone in the same book. They lead right into each other.

It's really good, if you dig Luceno's style.

This book reads just like Lucas directs his movies. I really like how it plays out the events just before ROTS and how ROTS picks up right after Labyrinth ends. It kept my attention the entire time. This is the first novel, since I read Treasure Island when I was 12, and now not the last, that I have read not required by professors for class. I have already seen ROTS twice and now I'm looking forward to reading in more detail what goes on. I highly recommend Labyrinth of Evil.

starwars laby of evil was ok it was mostly about anikan turning evil because emporer palintine made him.i,d give it five stars cause it was one of the best books iv ever read.i read a lot of starwars books but this is the best iv ever read.