Whoa! Amazing first part to the series! Your attention to detail, especially in your fight scenes, is absolutely astounding! I don’t think I’ve ever read anything nearly so elaborate in fanfiction! And kudos to giving Luke a realistic fall - this is our golden boy and beautiful, bright-eyed perfect hero. If he’s gonna fall, it’s gonna take a LOT, not just one conversation gone wrong or even a betrayal from a friend. Weeks, months, of plotting and torture and brainwashing and losing everything and everyone, which you did an amazing job of depicting! Fascinating story on a deep, psychological level. Great job and moving on to part two!

Very well-written!

This... is... amazing.

Great story

I’m out of breath after this chapter. Vader and Luke... they both are devastated. Beautifully written.

That was a fucking good story. Holy shit.

A gloriously beautiful descent to darkness. So slow and subtle, yet amazing in every way, very well done!

The most terrifying and manipulative Palpatine I’ve ever seen. Psychological torture and mind games galore. I didn’t think I would enjoy this as much as I did empire’s son, but I’m glad I’ve been proven wrong.

Wow. Massive and amazing work. Characterization was really well done. I will start the next one right away.

This fic left me breathless. I love your writing style, how brilliantly you write all the characters, Luke's slow descent... Palpatine's manipulations were FANTASTIC to read, and I've spent the last chapter on the edge of my seat begging Luke not to kill Vader. This was so realistic, and just— ugh I love it. I expect I'll be rereading A LOT in the future :)

Thank you so much for writing, and I can't wait to see whatever you wrote for the sequel!

To anyone else who was bothered by the misuse of the word "impeachable" throughout this story and its successors, you can rest easy knowing that the author has been PM'd on the matter. Either (s)he'll fix it or (s)he won't.

I just discovered this fic and binged the entire second half in one day. I love it and I hate it and I want to go curl in a corner and cry! I've been starving for this fic for years, cannot wait to read the rest of the trilogy! Thank you!

Best SW fic ever. Bookmarking.

Read this last year. Been searching and reading high and low for another great fanfic... noting competes so looks like I’ve found myself coming in for a second sitting of this fabulous story!

Good golly, Miss Molly. That was fantastic. Binged the whole thing in a couple days. You really captured just how terrifying a hyper manipulative Palpatine can be. Bravo.