History Literature / RevengeOfTheSith

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Deconstructed. As seen throughout the entire Clone Wars multimedia campaign, relations between the Jedi Council and the Chancellor's Office have become increasingly strained over the course of the conflict. Despite everything at stake, these cracks have finally reached the breaking point here (and especially in the wake of the revelations of ''Labyrinth of Evil''). Neither party trusts the other anymore and things have deterioriated enough that the senior Jedi are now openly discussing forcibly removing Palpatine from power. [[spoiler: This breakdown of relations, of course, is all part of Palpatine's long game. He wants the Jedi to move against him (especially after they learn he's Darth Sidious), frame them for an attempted coup (no matter that it's completley justified), and use that as his legal and political justification for Order 66.]]

* ContinuitySnarl: A few minor details, but surprising considering how much the novel references other EU books. In one scene, Palpatine attempts to sow doubt about Darth Sidious's existence in Anakin, suggesting there is no evidence of his existence and he could be a fabrication, and Anakin doesn't bother to bring up the holographic recording he and Obi-Wan found of Sidious in the preceding book, ''Literature/LabyrinthOfEvil''. The opening chapters of the book also suggest that the Republic is losing the war when the previous book suggested the exact opposite.

* ContinuitySnarl: A few minor details, but surprising considering how much the novel references other EU books. In one scene, Palpatine attempts to sow doubt about Darth Sidous' existence in Anakin, suggesting there is no evidence of his existence and he could be a fabrication, and Anakin doesn't bother to bring up the holographic recording he and Obi-Wan found of Sidous in the preceding book, Labyrinth of Evil. The opening chapters of the book also suggest that the Republic is losing the war when the previous book suggested the exact opposite.

** Palpatine managing to get a drop and kill two out of four Jedis in milliseconds is also given an explanation. A screech he lets out before lunging at the four is actually a powerful technique meant to stun its targets, as such everyone but Mace himself had been put at complete disadvantage.

He's not designed for it.\\

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: The book's depiction of Grievous is far less organic than the one in the movie. He never coughs, and the narration states that he doesn't even breathe. He is also described as incapable of laughter.

* ContinuitySnarl: A few minor details, but surprising considering how much the novel references other EU books. In one scene Palpatine attempts to sow doubt about Darth Sidous' existence in Anakin, suggesting there is no evidence of his existence and he could be a fabrication, and Anakin doesn't bother to bring up the holographic recording he and Obiwan found of Sidous in the preceding book, Labryinth of Evil. The opening chapters of the book also suggest that the republic is losing the war, when the previous book suggested the exact opposite.

** Padmé's medical status is also given a few fixes.
*** Nobody knew she was having twins because Padmé herself asked her medical droid to keep the baby's sex a surprise, and it apparently took that overly literally.
*** Padmé ''doesn't'' die of a "broken heart" (although that certainly doesn't help), but because Anakin/Vader's attempted murder of her by ForceChoke caused internal injuries that the medical droids in question missed because they weren't designed to work on humans, and under the circumstances it wasn't safe to bring her to any doctor that was.