The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise wookieepedia fandom. The revenge of the sith, he seems pretty confident that he killed plagueis years before the prequel trilogy. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the. So powerful and wise was darth plagueisthat he could manipulate the dark side of the force to save others from dying. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading darth plagueis. Or rather, to be more accurate, he killed plagueis when the latter was barely conscious after ingesting large amounts of alcholol. After her foster mother is murdered by a bounty hunter, she discovered that she is strong with the force as she fights him, and seeks a renowned jedi master, luke skywalker, who trains her to become a jedi. But to give you an exact time frame that plagueis was killed by palpatine would have been the night before palpatine became chancellor. However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had been reinstated, and the novel was to be released on january 10, 2012.
Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. With the exception of a handful of passages for dramatic effect, the entire book is told from the thirdpersonlimited point of view of either plagueis or sidious. As an apprentice, he embraces the ruthless ways of the sith. The book follows the story of darth plagueis, and he is the main character, but in reality the star of the book is palpatine, and we learn how he went from being a teenager, to being a sith lord and supreme chancellor. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the name of the galactic senate of the republic, youre under arrest, chancellor. He and plagueis drank wine all night as plagueis forced palpatine to recite his speech over and over. I can see a younger palpatine being as manipulative, and possibly being intelligent enough to begin potent scheming at a young age, but the voice and look seem hard to transplant. This is essentially the origin story for palpatine darth sidious and the majority of the book follows the rise of his career as a politician bolstered by his apprenticeship to darth plagueis. Initially, the story explores the rise of plagueis as a sith lord.
Due to snokes short, damaged yetnarrow head vaguely similar to plagueis munn ancestry and his mastery over the force, many fans believed this to be a clear. Largely thanks to some stuff in the narration of the book such as palpatines father apparently having a paternity. The star wars prequels are unjustly maligned by many, as they contain a number of compelling sequences, with star wars. Darth plagueis star wars legends is an excellent book. Then, as is the way of the sith, he was murdered by hisapprentice. In the book, it is revealed that palpatine had discovered plagueiss secret to immortality, using this. He is also the author of the fantasy novel hunt for.
When palpatine told this story to skywalker, skywalker countered that it was only a tragedy for plagueis, and for the apprentice it was a happy ending. Plagueis speaking to female staff member at an academic university student center. Sheev palpatine darth sidious star wars character ian mcdiarmid as palpatine in return of the jedi 1983 first appearance the. 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 he had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. Plagueis extended his left hand to touch him on the crown of the head. In his public guise as magister hego damask ii of the. Books the official darth plagueis discussion thread. Palpatines arc has been thoroughly explored both in the star wars films and in various supplemental works, so theres little new ground for luceno to cover once he gets to plagueis recruiting palpatine as an apprentice. All quotes from darth plagueis book chicago public library. I found it to be a really rich expansion to the star wars universe. It was originally scheduled for release in october of 2008, but its release was canceled.
The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise know your meme. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he. Mira palpatine is the sister of rey, given away to a woman on jakku at an early age. It might be nothing new for a regular reader of the in, but it was new for me. The ultimate classic on palpatine is james lucenos darth plagueis. But as we come to see decades later, during the battle of endor, his overconfidence was his undoing, and that overconfidence could have led him to wrongly believe plagueis was dead.
When the book was then cancelled it didnt bother me. I had never really been that curious about palpatine or his master. Palpatine darth plagueis speech in japanese youtube. The opera house scene in revenge of the sith has galactic repercussions. The first part of the book, detailing plagueis efforts to harness the power of the force to grant immortality, has. The book is split between darth plagueis and palpatine. From this day forward, the truth of you, now and forever more, will be sidious. The first part of the book, detailing plagueis efforts to harness the power of the force to grant immortality. 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.
Darth plagueis vs darth sidious battles comic vine. Palpatine stared at the floor, then genuflected, uttering, it is my will to join my destiny forever with the order of the sith lords. You may be looking for the legends novel darth plagueis. The rise of darth vader, cloak of deception, and labyrinth of evil, as well as the new jedi order novels agents of chaos i. A sith lord with the ability to manipulate life and death, plagueis is the mentor and murder victim of palpatine darth sidious. The book makes palpatine seem like a pawn of plagueis until he makes a speech at the end revealing the truth. In star wars the phantom menace, we never got to see the death of plagueis, or darth plagueis at all for that matter.
Palpatines jab at the jedi during his darth plagueis. Palpatine tells anakin the story of darth plagueis the wise and hints that the sith could manipulate midichlorians and prevent death this scene leads many fans to believe palpatine was responsible for bringing anakin into existence. Palpatine kills his father after a mutual hate statement, and right. According to the official novel by james luceno, plagueis hadnt slept for years, a. Palpatine was talking to anakin about darth plagueis in revenge of the sith. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the final decades of the old republic beginning approximately 67 years before the battle of yavin in a new hope. From star wars revenge of the siith, theater talk between palpatine and anakin dubbed in japanes. It is the most indepth look at the longterm plan of the sith to. Sheev palpatine c is a fictional character in the star wars franchise created by george lucas. I just finished darth plagueis by james luceno, published by del rey. For this section of the commentary bethany and mark of the star wars report podcast return to discuss chapters 4 through 7 with me. Going back to palpatines speech to anakin in star wars. Based on the nownoncanon plagueis novel and supreme chancellor palpatines speech to anakin skywalker, the theory iterates that plagueis could manipulate life and death.
Emperor palpatine has force lightning, and a disfigured face. Narration for the audio version was performed by daniel davis. Plagueis had the same weakness as vader his breathing device failed when hit by force lighting. If they were to battle before the assassination attempt, i think plagueis would win. Initially credited as the emperor in the empire strikes back 1980, palpatine is also known by his sith identity darth sidious. Trained by darth tenebrous, plagueis mastered the art and science of midichlorian manipulation. This book focuses on two sith lords namely darth plagueis and his apprentice darth sidious aka palpatine. Privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers statistics cookie statement mobile view. Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise.
Star wars books about palpatine youtini reading guide. He was too young to be trained in the ways of the sith, in any case, but he was the perfect age to bond with a faterh figure who would listen to all his troubles and coax him inexorably over to the dark side. The implication is that the jedi hold back information about the sith and dont openly teach their padawans about the legends and ways of the sith which is very much probably true. James luceno is the new york times bestselling author of the star wars novels millennium falcon, dark lord. Everything palpatine really did when he killed plagueis star. I think plagueis would have died during his assassination attempt if sidious hadnt saved him. The novel takes the phantom menace menace and adds a second layer to the film it didnt have until i read this novel. Here is part two of our ongoing commentary of the star wars novel darth plagueis if you missed part one, click here to check it out. In my opinion, it does what a star wars novel can do at its best, augment the films for the better. Eventually darth plagueis became so powerful that the only thing he feared waslosing his power. Martin luther king reads the darth plagueis copypasta. But, i guess, the best part is getting into the head of a sith. Was darth plagueis still alive after anakin was born. Why is it that when palpatine brings up darth plagueis the wise, he says its not a story the jedi would tell you.
Martin luther king reads the darth plagueis copypasta speech synthesis. 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. Obsessed with eternal life, he experimented with ways to cheat death and create new life from the midichlorians. The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise once, not so long ago, there was agreat sith lord called darth plagueis. Episode iii revenge of the sith, in which palpatine frames his life as a legend to lure anakin skywalker to the dark side of the force. And then theres mcdiarmids iconic voice which characterizes palpatine as an evil silvertongue.
To be honest, when a darth plagueis novel was announced back in 2007 it didnt really excite me. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis. Star wars legends star wars legends book 19 kindle edition by luceno, james. While i am sure sidious craved the coveted rank of sith mastery, i suspect he may have killed him at the moment he did during the book star wars da.
Of course since the book is legends now, none of the following really matters. The voice in this video was entirely computergenerated using a textto speech model trained on the speech patterns of. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the force to. Jedi eclipse, the unifying force, and the ebook darth maul. Some thought this book would humanize palpatine by showing his origins. As master and disciple, plagueis and palpatinewho took the sith moniker. Palpatine at this point is a better duelist and via feats is faster then plagueis, while plagueis is fast enough to contend,palpatine is still faster then he is thus he has the advantage. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character, darth plagueis, and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midichlorians that. The sith see themselves as cutting out the dead weight of the universe. The character is first mentioned in the 2005 film star wars. 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. Almost as soon as palpatine shows up, the novel is pretty much all about palpatine, rather than his master.
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