Star Wars: Lords of the Sith Star Wars: Lords of the Sith Star Wars: Lords of the Sith is a "Star Wars" novel by Paul S. Kemp, published in April 2015. Set between the film "" and the novel "", it features Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine facing off against revolutionaries. "Lords of the Sith" was one of the first four novels published in the franchise after Lucasfilm redefined "Star Wars" continuity in April 2014. In "Lords of the Sith", Vader and Palpatine find themselves hunted by revolutionaries on the Twi'lek planet Ryloth. With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most of
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith state to fight a Sith Lord. These are a few examples of many descriptions of characters' feelings and inner narrative. There are even some humorous lines added in, including extra dialogue in the battle between Grievous and Obi Wan - Grievous says, "I was trained by Count Dooku," and Obi-Wan replies, "What a coincidence; I trained the man who killed him." An official prequel novel, "Labyrinth of Evil" () by James Luceno, was published in 2005. It is set near the end of the Clone Wars and directly before the events of "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith".