#rots novelisation
‘This story happened a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it. It is a story of love and loss, brotherhood and betrayal, courage and sacrifice and the death of dreams’
I’ll take whatever Matthew Stover was having when he wrote the Revenge of the Sith novelization-
“This is how it feels to be Anakin Skywalker, forever: The first dawn of light in your universe brings pain. The light burns you. It will always burn you. Part of you will always lie upon black glass sand beside a lake of fire while flames chew upon your flesh.”
“This was not Sith against Jedi. This was not light against dark or good against evil; it had nothing to do with duty or philosophy, religion or morals. It was Anakin against Obi-Wan. Personally. Just the two of them and the damage they had done to each other.”
“But even in the deepest night, there are some who dream of dawn.”
“In the end, the shadow is all you have left. Because the shadow understands you, the shadow forgives you, the shadow gathers you unto itself—And within your furnace heart, you burn in your own flame.”
“This is Obi-Wan Kenobi: A phenomenal pilot who doesn’t like to fly. A devastating warrior who’d rather not fight. A negotiator without peer who frankly prefers to sit alone in a quiet cave and meditate.”
“Everything dies. In time, even stars burn out. This is why Jedi form no attachments: all things pass. To hold on to something—or someone—beyond its time is to set your selfish desires against the Force.”
“Obi-Wan looked down. It would be a mercy to kill him. He was not feeling merciful”
“This story happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it.”
I’m not joking- this is the kind of writing I aspire to have. Matthew Stover’s work on this novelization is perfection.
