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Outside of Shatterpoint, Stover is proving to be a truly horrible writer in terms of consistency and clear narrative. Great at smearing the white pages with vivid, poetic descriptions of Sammy Jackson swinging a purple saber, but otherwise inconceivably horrible at anything resembling coherent prose.
All of his other Star Wars novels are testament to the contrary. Revenge of the Sith vindicates the premise of the prequel trilogy in a manner the movies themselves do not and does wonders for the characterization of several key players who underwhelmed to varying degrees in the films, chief among them Anakin Skywalker. In Shadows of Mindor he writes the best Luke, Leia, and Han since the OT as far as I've read, and Traitor as a whole happens to be my favorite Star Wars book of all. If you haven't read all of them, you really should, and with respect to whatever it is you're all complaining about with Plagueis: wait until you read it (or have the entire thing spoiled) before dismissing it. I don't know what Stover's involvement here is, but he and Luceno have written many of the best Star Wars books to date. I can't fathom a collaborative effort failing to satisfy.