Most of his story will probably transition into canon in the future, and is still worth the read. Darth plagueis is one of the best star wars books that ive read. Although an excellent book widely considered a fan favorite, darth plagueis now falls under the banner of legends tiein fiction from the vast star wars expanded universe conceived before disney bought lucasfilm and essentially hit the reset button on all those novels, comics and. With all the theories of plagueis in movies and what not. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis.
Have you heard the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise. Plagueis himself survives well into the events of tpm. While darth plagueis can stand on its own, several short stories were published concurrently in novel reprints and the star wars insider matthew stovers the tenebrous way and lucenos own restraint and endgame. Darth plagueis was a great book, and out of most of the legendsera stuff seemed the easiest to slot into the new canon. In the second novel created in collaboration with the lucasfilm story group. Plagueis later appeared as the protagonist of the nownoncanonical legends novel star wars. To cut this short how important do you think darth plagueis is in the canon and how important you think he will become moving forwards. Buy products related to darth plagueis book products and see what customers say about darth plagueis book products on free delivery possible on eligible purchases. It has always been official fan fiction, like the rest of legends. That said, the newer novel tarkin, written by the same author.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading star wars. No the novel plagueis isnt part of the disney canon continuity. I hope we get a canon darth plagueis movie, featuring palpatine, maul, quigon jinn, dooku and sifodyas. Star wars story group member debunks palpatine and anakin. Disney has finally made revan, plagueis and several other sith lords, now canon, all thanks to the star wars episode 9 rise of skywalker book. Darth plagueis book vs new darth maul comics timeline self. In the new canon what do we actually know about darth plagueis. So, even if you werent a fan of the first book, i would urge you to pick up the rest of the books. In the second novel created in collaboration with the lucasfilm story group, bestselling star wars veteran james luceno gives tarkin the darth plagueis treatment, bringing a legendary character from a new hope to full, fascinating life. Novel does not contridict canon and its overall guality book. 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. Heres why supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis this rumor has been circulating for months, and it doesnt look like its going to stop anytime soon. Is the novel darth plagueis by james luceno considered canon in the star wars universe no. A neverending line of sith can be ruled out by simply looking at darth sidious master, darth plagueis.
A star wars book, darth plagueis, detailed the story of this sith, who was palpatines master. It would be weird for one of the movies to namecheck. Episode iii revenge of the sith by palpatine to anakin skywalker. This means that the character could conceivably reenter the core saga but with a new interpretation subtly or even wildly different in the future. Darth plagueis hego damask was a male muun dark lord of the sith and master of darth sidious, first referenced in star wars. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, palpatine explained to the. Jul 18, 2017 lets discuss everything we know for sure about darth plagueis using only canon sources. This was a great book to fill in so many blanks for star wars fans, i really enjoyed it. Over the next month or so we will be taking the book in parts and doing an indepth commentary. The publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. His experiments in the dark side with darth sidious inadvertently caused the creation of anakin. We know that plagueis indeed existed, according to the book tarkin. Despite the title, this book is just as much about darth sidious as it is darth plagueis, delving into the backstory of their first meeting, upbringing. 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 that this book is to be considered on par with the clone.
Yoda recognizes darth bane and darth plagueis were correct. Darth plagueis has been an somewhat important character ever since the opera scene form revenge of the. Star wars canon already explains how palpatine survived. As for the third book, the trilogy was wrapped up with awesome fight scenes. The nice thing about darth plagueis legends novel is it is one of the books that shows the legend of darth plagueis, but at the same time keeps him mysterious, because we dont really know what happened. Jedi lost, by cavan scott just about as far back as we can go with current canon media, this one dives into the backstory of christopher lees notorious darth tyranus, the sith formerly known as dooku, following him from childhood to roughly a decade before phantom menace with a framing story set during the clone wars. It confirmed some details and events to be canon, too. Since the darth plagueis novel is no longer canon, is it weird for a. 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. Darth sidious, who later frames his history and reputed ability to control natural phenomena of life and death as a legend used to lure anakin skywalker to the dark side of the force.
His apprentice darth sidious killed him via disabling him with force lightning first, then killing him with choke. Jan 10, 2012 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. From deep in the tunnel resounded a squealing electronic wail, and at the same time, almost as if the cave system were gasping for breath, a searing wind tore. At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his apprentice, darth sidious, is revealed. Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power. Saga darth plagueis importance in canon, how important is he really.
Saga darth plagueis importance in canon, how important. The pacing might not be up to a sevenyearolds expectations, and the political maneuvering might be over his head or just plain boring to him. I remember hearing that plagueis being a muun came from gl himself when james luceno was writing the darth plagueis novel, but weve seen how gls input in old eu hasnt really stuck around in the new eu. Darth plagueis book vs new darth maul comics timeline. Hes not the sort of boldly despicable villain that you love to hate. Darth plagueis shortly before the lucasfilm canon reset, takes a rather different tone with his villainous protagonist. Darth vader legends vs darth plagueis battles comic vine. Feb 16, 2015 learn the story of darth plagueis the wise.
Since there is no evidence that darth plagueis learned the body hopping trick himself, there is no reason to believe that darth sidious was anyone other than himself. Disney just made revan and plagueis master canon youtube. Did you ever hear the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise. The character of darth plagueis is canon, however, as he was mentioned on screen by chancellor palpatine in star wars. However, this book is no longer canon, so we cannot assume that plagueis backstoryspecies are the same in the new star wars canon.
Save for sidious, no sentient being in close to five thousand years had set foot in the shr. It was originally scheduled for release in october of 2008, but its release was canceled. Star wars fans have, and theyve long thought that it may hint at darth sidious, a. Unfortunately, i think too many of the important story elements have already been contradicted for no good reason in tcw and new canon. Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise, first mentioned in star wars. Star wars canon already explained how the emperor survived return of the jedi. This story is canon 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read star wars. Find books like darth plagueis from the worlds largest community of readers.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Darth plagueis was a male dark lord of the sith who, at some point prior to the invasion of naboo, chose sheev palpatine, a human from naboo, as his apprentice. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. New york times bestseller the best star wars publication to date. In the new canon what do we actually know about darth.
Another work by luceno, tarkin, is still considered canon, and reintroduces a few elements of. Darth plagueis is the only dark lord of the sith that was mentioned in the movies, so it would be rational to assume that they make him the antagonist of the new trilogy in. But certainly better conceived and executed than most star wars eu books. Yodas story and conclusions are found in the recent canon comic star. Though most of plagueis back story is now non canon, he is still a figure in the new continuity thanks to references to him in revenge of the sith and the book tarkin.
However the author who made the novel has made references to it in the canon novel tarkin. Darth plagueis and darth sidious, master and acolyte, target the galaxy for. When darth plagueis betrayed him, darth tenebrous took his. Why the book isnt called the tragedy of darth plagueis the wise ill. In order to get to the bottom of this, i picked up the novel darth plagueis by james luceno. 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.
A star wars book, darth plagueis, told the story of the characters backstory but it is no longer considered star wars canon. Jan 10, 2012 this wasnt just another star wars novel. The rise of skywalker novelization introduced a new path for immortality developed by darth plagueis that would be utilized by his apprentice darth. The novel covers the later life and machinations of sith lord darth plagueis real name hego damask ii, over a roughly fiftyyear. Darth plagueis legends star wars explained youtube. Under the guidance of his master, he secretly studies the ways of the sith, while publicly rising to power in the galactic government, first as senator, then as chancellor, and eventually as emperor.
All we really know about him now is that he was the master of darth sidious, who killed him in his sleep. I read and loved darth plagueis but with all the recent changes to what is and isnt canon im losing track theres a common theory that supreme leader snoke is darth plagueis, most are discounted because plagueis is a muun. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably wrong. Read it, or, if you are illiterate, listen to the audiobook available in all good legitimate audiobook sellers and also youtube. Given the intent of the book depict a maul vs vader fight when. Goodreads members who liked darth plagueis also liked. The novel darth plagueis was written before the disney takeover, and after they appropriated the rights they decided that everything that happened outside the movies and tv series is no longer canon. The tragedy is an alternative star wars saga fan fiction story written by brandon rhea. I think the issue would more likely be that it may bore him. Starwars submitted 2 years ago by baconi44 i know the darth plagueis book is no longer canon, but does anyone know which one precedes the other so i can read them in order. James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back.
I thinkt by the time of anakins birth hes dead, killed in his sleep when not looking. You may be looking for the legends novel darth plagueis. The legends information featuring darth bane and darth plagueis are. Shame, i thought it was rather inspired to make him a. Darth plagueis star wars legends mass market paperback october 30, 2012. The character of darth plagueis is only mentioned in two canon sources. According to george lucas, plagueis was a muun, a thin, narrowfaced species of alien with a flair for finances. If you know the answer to this question, please register to join our limited beta program and. But give examples of that raw power that will help him defeat caedusrevan. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably. Darth tenebrous did indeed have plans for possessing the body of his apprentice using some specially crafted maxichlorians. Tarkin is canon and there is a palpatine pov chapter where he heads down to the sith shr. Click download or read online button to get star wars darth plagueis book now. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.
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. Darth plagueis does not make any appearances throughout the current film canon, but is mentioned when palpatine explains his story to anakin skywalker about. Dec 01, 2014 darth plagueis was a great book, and out of most of the legendsera stuff seemed the easiest to slot into the new canon. The character of plagueis as he was established in legends, including his species muun and birth name hego damask, have yet to be revealed in current canon. Darth plagueis by james luceno, narrated by daniel davis. In other words, this is the story of plagueis and palpatine. Darth plagueis joins many threads from the eu into the canon of star war orthodoxy the movies. Saga darth plagueis importance in canon, how important is. He is the mentor and murder victim of future emperor sheev palpatine a. They expand on the roles and actions played by darth tenebrous and darth maul during the course of the book. Overall, i was pleased to see how james luceno built darth plagueis, darth sidious, and darth maul into truly compelling and evil characters.
Books similar to darth plagueis goodreads share book. Im sorry, but last i checked, revan can do a lot more than what traya, his master, taught him. Theres a book called darth plagueis, its easily one of the best written star wars franchise fiction books, if not the best. Everything we know about darth plagueis in star wars canon.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read darth plagueis. However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had been reinstated, and the novel was to be released on january 10, 2012. Given how masterful james lucenos eponymous 2012 novel about plagueis was, it seems a. Itd be great to see it promotedrehabilitated to canon status, though what the likelihood of that is in practice i dont know. Unfortunately, disneys takeover of lucasfilm rendered large swathes of star wars material non canon, including plenty of stories involving maul, palpatine and plagueis, such as james lucenos 2012 darth plagueis novel, and the date of the assassination is far harder to place as a result. No, not four stars on any absolute scale of literary merit. Darth sidious was the apprentice and murderer of plagueis. Darth plagueis is the type of star wars expanded universe book that begs a deeper look. Whats in the book thats actually been undone by the new canon. Over the years, tom has built a strong relationship with aspects of the various fan communities, and is a moderator on some.
However, in the past, star wars has always been pretty flexible on whats canon about the events in the now legends universe. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Nov 26, 2019 atleast some books like darth plagueis, labyrinth of evil, kenobi can be considered canon. Although an excellent book widely considered a fan favorite, darth plagueis now falls under the banner of legends tiein fiction from the vast star. Narration for the audio version was performed by daniel davis. Though this has been retroactively removed from the star wars canon and put into the socalled legends category of the extended universe, elements of the story are still deemed canon and are confirmed as such in the more recent, canon novel tarkin, also by james luceno. It shows how plagueis became a sith lord, how he tried to unlock the secrets of life which is important in episode 3, and how he recruited palpatine to be his apprentice. Although the book is titled darth plagueis, it is really about both plagueis and sidious. 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. Plagueis was never really shown to be all that efficient in lightsaber combat. First off, for all the people who say plagueis was probably made up by palpatine for rots. The tragic story of a clone who tried to be darth vaders friend legends duration.