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The Revenge of the Sith novelization by Matthew Stover can give some clues on this, if you are willing to accept it as canon, too.

The first point is that, in the book, Yoda blames himself for the destruction of the Jedi Order. He sees it as his own personal failure, and specifically his failure in not teaching "the living Force" as Qui-Gon did. This comes from a scene that was originally going to be in Episode III but was ultimately cut and now is only in the book (or you can watch the unfinished version of it in the deleted scenes portion of the Blu-Rays). In that scene, Qui-Gon contacts Yoda through the Force and teaches Yoda how to survive death in spirit. There's still a hint of this scene in the film when Yoda tells Obi-Wan he will teach him to communicate with Qui-Gon as well.

So, in other words, Yoda doesn't trust his own teachings anymore. He feels they ultimately failed the Jedi and he is no longer the teacher to create the new Jedi order that follows the living Force. He goes into retirement, studying how to become a spirit like Qui-Gon and maybe over time influence events after death. That's mostly his plan at least...until The Empire Strikes Back, of course.

Second, as to Luke & Leia: Obi-Wan actually wanted to have Luke & Leia trained in the Force, especially to make up for the failure to train Anakin properly. But Yoda forbids it. Here is the relevant exchange in the book:

>[Obi-Wan:] "I can take the boy, Master Yoda, and you take the girl. We can hide them away, keep them safe--train them as Anakin should have been trained--"

>"No." The ancient Master lowered his head again, closing his eyes, resting his chin on his hands that were folded over the head of his stick.

>Obi-Wan looked uncertain. "But how are they to learn the self-discipline a Jedi needs? How are they to master skills of the Force?"

>"Jedi training, the sole source of self-discipline is not. When right is the time for skills to be taught, to us the living Force will bring them. Until then, wait we will, and watch, and learn."

So here you have Yoda already implementing what Qui-Gon is now teaching him: to let the Force decide the shape of things to come, rather than stick to the old ways that, in Yoda's view, ultimately failed the Jedi. Edit: This might also be why Obi-Wan makes no moves to train Luke, either, at least not for a while. Only when the living Force brings Luke to him after the Sand People attack does he think maybe it's a sign to move toward it. Which makes the scene in the novel still fit.

All of this makes sense to me, but again you would've had to have read the novelization of Episode III to get most of this.

Agree about anakins shift. To make it more understandable check out the novelization of episode III by matt stover. EpIII should have really been two movies and a lot of stuff was cut out that really ought to have been in there.

There is a lot of talk about this being one of the best star wars books of all time
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-III-Revenge/dp/0345428846

http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-III-Revenge/dp/0345428846

Metzen is better than George Lucas, but his writing bears the same problem in that his characters bear very little resemblance to human beings or how real, mortal people would act. Almost every single line of spoken dialogue I can remember in a Blizzard game is either a line of exposition, a statement about the plot, or a hamfisted and Designated^TM character moment where someone just explains how they feel instead of showing how they feel.

But just like how Matthew Stover managed to make something actually intriguing and fascinating out of Revenge Of The Sith in his novelization of the movie (seriously, read this freaking book), I will say that several of the authors hired to work with the Warcraft universe (Richard A Knaak and some of Christie Golden's work) have actually managed to make some pretty good work. The War of the Ancients trilogy has some pretty good moments, as does Stormrage, Lord of the Clans, Tides of War and maybe The Shattering. So there is potential for some of these characters--Anduin, Jaina, Baine, Thrall--to be human and engaging, it's just buried under Metzen's poor talent for writing character.

Looks like it might be from the Ep III novelization: http://smile.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Episode-III-Revenge/dp/0345428846?sa-no-redirect=1

It's the novelization of the film. https://www.amazon.com.au/Star-Revenge-Matthew-Woodring-Stover/dp/0345428846/ref=asc_df_0345428846/?tag=googleshopmob-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=341791521299&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17607195911059810782&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9069170&hvtargid=pla-451696910097&psc=1

May the force be with you

I would highly recommend getting into one of the Star Wars comic series'. My favorite of all of them is the Darth Vader series. A fantastic read.

As for my own wishlist; the only Star Wars item I have that's less than $10 is the novelization of Episode III.

Shatterpoint pretty clearly shows Mace has been through the orbit of the dark side more than most jedi out there. Also, even if those novelizations are not cannon, they can still take character development inspirations from there.

The Revenge of the Sith novelization also built up Mace pretty well. Read up - they are a much better composed story than the movie.

Kanan The Last Padawan

Shattered Empire

Kanan focuses on Kanan before he becomes a rebel and shows a bit of the relationship between him and his master and what happened to him before and after Order 66.

Shattered Empire takes place the day after ROTJ. Main character is Shara Bey (Poe Dameron's mom). She crosses path with several key characters we know.

I would also recommend Guardians of the Whills. It's not a comic but it's a short story focuses on Baze & Chirrut leading up to the events of Rogue One. You get to see how Baze gets the weapon he uses in the movie.

Would also recommend Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover. This is NOT what I would call a movie adaptation. This is what ROTS should've been. The author still touches on the key points from the movie, but he takes a few creative liberties and ultimately I enjoyed this book WAY more than the movie.