This is a tale of the rise and fall of darth plagueis as much as it is the rise of darth sidious. In the first chapter, darth plagueis, apprentice, kills his master, darth tenebrous. He then panicked and it all went downward from that. If you like this style of video, be sure to leave a comment. Tenebrous had the warning signs yet he ignored them. Darth tenebrous was very powerful in the force, and a talented lightsaber. On page 15 plagueis kills his master tenebrous and tells him yes, master, your death comes at my bidding. Darth plagueis james luceno tenebrous and plagueis tied up together is getting to be a theme with me. Darth plagueis to darth sidious star wars books, star.
Darth plagueis is one of the best star wars books that ive read. Darth plagueis, page 1 read online free books archive. Now as a fan of the star wars expanded universe, i consider most of the books to be canon on some level, but the above statement seems to imply. Darth plagueis the tenebrous way is a short story written by matthew stover and illustrated by brian rood for star wars insider. His rise to power and wealth and financial dealings gives you a good tour of many of the groups and organizations that make the galaxy run. Darth plagueis also explains that plagueis did not intend to follow the rule of two. Darth tenebrous was very powerful in the force, and a talented lightsaber duelist, a trait that he passed on to his secret apprentice, darth venamis. Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise.
We travel back in time to learn the story of hego damask, secretly darth plagueis, beginning with the death of his master darth tenebrous. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life. Plagueis studied the screen affixed to the droids flat head. Star wars rpg, clone wars, star trek, jedi sith, sith lord, aliens, darth bane. This book focuses on two sith lords namely darth plagueis and his apprentice darth sidious aka palpatine. In his public persona as nome, he was a legendary artisanal starship designer with a reputation spanning the galaxy.
James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back. Initially, the story explores the rise of plagueis as a sith lord. Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise. The characters of tenebrous and plagueis are depicted as being powerful enough in the force to be able to sense these little guys. Darth plagueis the wise was the perfect sith complement to darth sidious.
To we who live in the force, normal life is little more than pretense. Darth plagueis he was the most powerful sith lord who ever lived. He was so obsessed with his power that sidous says that it was his. Narration for the audio version was performed by daniel davis. Darth tenebrous did indeed have plans for possessing the body of his apprentice using some specially crafted maxichlorians. A masterpiece of intrigue, republic politics and finance, and most of all, an insight into the workings of the sith. Jedi eclipse, the unifying force, and the ebook darth maul. This lead to the death of satine and the completion of mauls takeover of mandalore, further complicating the war.
In episode 1, when quigon was reporting to the council about his battle with darth maul, master mundi was the first to deny the existence of the sith. James luceno, perhaps the most gifted expanded universe writer, is up to the task of following the rise of sidious. Darth tenebrous, also known as rugess nome, was a male bith dark lord of the sith of the lineage of darth bane. Plagueis thinking of his former master, darth tenebrous. Tenebrous was also proficient in force speed, using it to attempt to escape the cortosis mine and used the force to shield himself and plagueis from a bombs explosion. Star wars books, star wars art, sith lord, ebro, anakin skywalker, star wars. Detailing palpatines apprenticeship, and revealing more about his master, darth plagueis that he told anakin about, the novel veers into new territory for the star wars series. This book gives insight to to turn an apprentice into a master. It introduces darth plagueiss sith master, darth tenebrous, who later appeared briefly in the novel darth plagueis. Darth plagueis star wars 9780345511287 by luceno, james and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
Tenebrous compelled a forcesensitive muun female to seduce caar and thus create a child strong in the force, darth plagueis. The novel details plagueis overthrow of his own master darth tenebrous. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith so powerful and so wise he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life, palpatine explains. A sith lord with the ability to manipulate life and death, plagueis is the mentor and murder victim of palpatine darth sidious. You said yourself that perpetuation with purpose is the way to victory, and so it is. The tenebrous way by matthew woodring stover goodreads. James luceno is the new york times bestselling author of the star wars novels millennium falcon, dark lord. The dark lord shows up in the opening of the plagueis novel which is a story i doubt youve heard. The book is almost entirely about sidious, not plagueis. Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power. New york times bestseller the best star wars publication to date. Imagine being me and reading about a male sith lord whose name in my native language means pregnant. The back story of darth plagueis and darth sidious was developed handinglove with the highest authorities at lucasfilm, to ensure that nothing contradicts george lucass vision of his creations. When satine called for obiwan and the jedis help, mundi denied the request because of mandalores neutrality during the clone wars.
Trained by darth tenebrous, plagueis mastered the art and science of. See more ideas about sith lord, star wars sith and sith. Tenebrous is a brilliant scientist who blends his species natural intelligence and mathematical gifts with his power in the force. Darth plagueis, by james luceno, is one that has the potential to do just that. I cant speak much for darth tenebrous, as he died in the very beginning of the book, but i do believe that much like darth plagueis, he had an obsession that clouded his judgment. Darth plagueis, a sith lord who knows the dark side so well that he has power over life and death, joins forces with his apprentice, oneday emperor darth sidious, to try to dominate the whole galaxy. However, he immediately had a premonition of plagueis death at the hands of darth sidious, and promptly fled.
Tenebrous went into plagueiss cells and stole plagueiss talent of foresight. Mainly cause darth plagueis was the most powerful sith to exist in all star wars history. Goodreads members who liked darth plagueis also liked. Darth plagueis is arguably one of the finest star wars novels ever written. We can intuit that plagueis own end will come by sidious. When darth plagueis betrayed him, darth tenebrous took his opportunity to infect his apprentices body. How sidious befriends him, and primes him for his role. Top 5 reasons supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis comic book news. The character is first mentioned in the 2005 film star wars. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. How darth plagueis killed his master darth tenebrous youtube. Darth plagueis kills darth tenebrous narration youtube.
Tenebrous turned away from him to address the treddroid. Music to tenebrouss auditory organs, plagueis was certain. Find books like darth plagueis from the worlds largest community of readers. Im pretty sure that book was removed from canon and posting a. The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise, from his birth arranged by darth tenebrous to the naboo crisis and his death at the hands of darth sidious. Darth bane would appreciate our efforts, the sith master was telling his apprentice as they stood side by side in the crystalline cave that had drawn them across.
Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith who was so wise and so powerful that he could influence the midichloreans to create life. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis. Me reading the darth plagueis book and discovering darth tenebrous. The rise of darth vader, cloak of deception, labyrinth of evil, as well as the new jedi order novels agents of chaos i. It was originally scheduled for release in october of 2008, but its release was canceled. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading darth plagueis. Darth tenebrous was the master of darth plagueis the wise. Darth plagueis, remembered as darth plagueis the wise, was a male muun dark lord of the sith and heir to the lineage of darth bane. At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his apprentice, darth sidious, is revealed. Perhaps this was why they were so successful together.
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