Narrative Style
Stover makes frequent use of second-person narrative when describing a character's emotions ("The first light in your universe brings pain") and often introduces and describes characters with simple declarative statements ("This is Obi-Wan Kenobi", "This is what it feels like to be Anakin Skywalker", etc.) These literary devices are repeated at key points in the story.
There is also heavy use of metaphor as a means of foreshadowing; for example, Anakin's eventual fall from grace is set up by descriptions of his fear as a dragon, one he thinks he can conquer by embracing the dark side of the Force. The narration makes use of events in the previous films to describe him as a character, particularly his childhood as a slave and the death of his mother.
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