It was originally scheduled for release in october of 2008, but its release was canceled. It is published by del rey books on 10th january 2012. This book focuses on two sith lords namely darth plagueis and his apprentice darth sidious aka palpatine. Darth tenebrous was a rationalist in his approach to the force, which he believed to be nothing more than a very potent tool. Darth plagueis audiobook is the mysterious story of sith lords revealed in a fascinating way. The history of darth plagueis from the star wars franchise. Tenebrous turned away from him to address the treddroid. Dont pick this book up for some light reading on the beach. The tenebrous way by matthew woodring stover goodreads. The novel details plagueis overthrow of his own master darth tenebrous. Darth plagueis is a densely packed book with many characters spanning several decades of the star wars timeline. Readers follow plagueis on his midichlorian experiment journey and palpatine on his rise through star wars politics. Darth tenebrous was the master of darth plagueis the wise.
As one would expect from the man who trained darth sidious, plagueis is a master manipulator of public figures and events. Darth sidious, who later frames his history and reputed ability to control natural phenomena of life and death as a legend used to. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading darth plagueis. The combination of these two elements by luceno is a. 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 by luceno, james from amazons fiction books store. Darth plagueis the wise is a dark lord of the sith and master of darth sidious, the emperor palpatine. 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. Several years before hego damask iis birth, his father, a forcesensitive muun named caar damask, who worked as a middleranking banking clan agent, met renowned starship designer rugess nome by chance on high port space center.
In star wars canon, its unknown who trained darth plagueis. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis. Luceno manages to juggle the numerous character voices well with a. Star wars legends star wars legends book 19 kindle edition by luceno, james.
Here are a few of my thoughts and opinions of the novel star wars. He is the mentor and murder victim of future emperor sheev palpatine a. Darth plagueis star wars 9780345511287 by luceno, james and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. It is an absolutely astonishing story that weaves elements from all across the saga together, answering questions you never realized you had. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the final. The book is authored by james luceno and lies in the category of science fiction audiobook. I just finished darth plagueis, and it was excellent. In my opinion, it does what a star wars novel can do at its best, augment the films for the better. Nome, in his capacity as reigning dark lord of the sith darth tenebrous, had been searching for the right. At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his apprentice, darth sidious, is revealed. Darth tenebrous, also known as rugess nome, was a male bith dark lord of the. This is a novel part of what is known nowadays as legends in the star wars novel series, in other words, noncanonical anymore featuring the events of the life of darth plagueis and his apprentice darth sidious.
Randy thom the empire strikes back, denny delk revenge of the sith medical droid in the empire strikes back that tends to luke skywalker in the bacta tank after the wampa attack on hoth, and replaces lukes hand darth plagueis book pdf. He had two apprentices with the titles of darth venamis and darth plaugueis, one of which would go on to train darth sidious. 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. Imagine being me and reading about a male sith lord whose name in my native language means pregnant.
His alien species was some kind of things called muuns, but who cares about them, anyways. To be honest, when a darth plagueis novel was announced back in 2007 it didnt really excite me. Books ive only really been a star wars fan for about a year now so i knew nothing of anything in legends, and this book is. Tenebrous trained many students including most of the best well known dark lords of the sith, darth thorr the best known user of force lightning was trained by tenebrous, darth vitus a brief dark. Me reading the darth plagueis book and discovering darth tenebrous. Episode ix hasnt come out yet, so its possible we could get some type of revelation in the movie or a novel tie in. 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. This is a very good star wars novel, set before and during the events of the prequel trilogy. We can intuit that plagueis own end will come by sidious.
And as we know from revenge of the sith, plagueis had equal sway over life itself. How sidious befriends him, and primes him for his role. Darth plagueis james luceno he was the most powerful sith lord who ever lived. Darth tenebrous did indeed have plans for possessing the body of his apprentice using some specially crafted maxichlorians. Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power. Although the book is titled darth plagueis, it is really about both plagueis and sidious. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back. The book is almost entirely about sidious, not plagueis. Books similar to darth plagueis goodreads share book. The intergaltic banking clan, trade federation, corporate trade alliance, black sun, bora. Tenebrous appeared in lucenos 2012 novel, darth plagueis, as the master.
Reading darth plagueis is a crossing the threshold moment for any star wars eu fan. Darth plagueis and darth sidious, master and acolyte, target the galaxy for dominationand the jedi order for annihilation. Plus, its even been confirmed snoke has no connection or involvemen. I just finished darth plagueis by james luceno, published by del rey. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Darth plagueis was master of the sith sometime before the beginning of the clone wars. Enochf darth plagueis was a skinny bad guy dark lord who liked to play god, but was unsuccessful at acting. Plagueis studied the screen affixed to the droids flat head. When darth plagueis betrayed him, darth tenebrous took his opportunity to infect his apprentices body. He was so obsessed with his power that sidous says that it was his.
But unlike the bane trilogy, there was a lot more to this book than just death. Find books like darth plagueis from the worlds largest community of readers. Like the darth bane trilogy, this had a lot of deaths. Listendownload darth plagueis audiobook by james luceno. The novel takes the phantom menace menace and adds a second layer to the film it didnt have until i read this novel. His history and characteristics from new canon source materials are recorded below, followed by a summary of apocryphal legends material biography. Darth tenebrous born mitch qyrann, was a gotal dark lord of the sith and started the darth title. Goodreads members who liked darth plagueis also liked. 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 goodreads share book. Instruct the probe to evaluate the properties of the secondary lode. However, he immediately had a premonition of plagueis death at the hands of darth sidious, and promptly fled. 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. I found it to be a really rich expansion to the star wars universe.
Tenebrous had a fixation with comprehending and shaping the future, which his apprentice, darth plagueis, considered to be a product of his bith intelligence, which was grounded in mathematics and computation. As excellent as they are, somehow the audiobook versions are even better. Music to tenebrous s auditory organs, plagueis was certain. The dark lord shows up in the opening of the plagueis novel which is a story i doubt youve heard. This star wars 9 theory explains how palpatines return in the rise of skywalker connects darth plagueis to kylo ren and snoke. Or will the desire of one to rule supreme, and the dream of the other. 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.
I had never really been that curious about palpatine or his master. What was one of the most memorable moments of star wars. However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had been reinstated, and the novel was to be. When the book was then cancelled it didnt bother me. Darth plagueis, by james luceno, is one that has the potential to do just that. 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. They expand on the roles and actions played by darth tenebrous and darth maul during the course of the book. It introduces darth plagueiss sith master, darth tenebrous, who later appeared briefly in the novel darth plagueis. Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise, first mentioned in star wars. Star wars 9 palpatine theory how the rise of skywalker. By the end of the book, however, plagueis by a comfortable margin.
Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Mainly cause darth plagueis was the most powerful sith to exist in all star wars history. Plagueis grew so powerful that he even prevented a book being written about him revealing his secrets. 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.
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