True...Bitterness is for the shallow minded.. Even Plagueis master, Darth Tenebrous died happily when he realize that his apprentice orchestrated his death....
@@eliminator1472 Angry??? Plan??? those are puny reasons because Apprentices are always meant to kill their masters once they grew more powerful.. That is why Darth Bane created the Rule of Two so that the Sith can turn the inevitable into their advantage "It is inevitable, it is the way of the Darkside" -Darth Bane
Now reading this comment again. I don't know. I think he would have lost his thought of mind soon after he realized he wasn't gonna live. He was most likely in a state of panic and rage.
I love how Palpatine's voice slowly morphs into his Sidious voice by the end as he finally claims his throne as THE Sith Lord. Props to the guy playing him. He may not be Ian McDiarmid himself, but he puts his own delightful spin on it.
If you killed someone like your master that’s has all the death side energy. That power goes to you meaning . This if death Vader sidous he be 10 times more powerful
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eatIzqwB2dA.html Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life. (John 11:25-26) "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Did you ever watch the sitcom The Nanny? Yeah, the narrator here is Niles, the butler from that show. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vjz8SH-dv6E.html
@@benjaminhopley3045 I don't think that's the case. You just are smarter because you outsmarted your master and hopefully have their secrets. If that really was the case, they would have easily have defeated the Jedi. The Sith Master/Apprentice structure is learning and pushing each other as the master has to make sure he stays unattainable to be defeated by the student while also training him to do so. Sidious cheated Vader of this after Vader lost to Obi, tried to find new apprentices against him, and challenged him to get out of his depression and turn it more into anger.
Absolutely. And the narrator, Daniel Davis, is brilliant. He is the actor who played Professor Moriarty in 2 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Yea til filoni makes an animated series on it and completely retcons it I love filoni and everything he makes but I specifically bought ahsoka because she’s his child and for him to completely negate her story like that in a 15 min section cartoon made me understand to never buy a “canon” novel again
As Palpatine said: "ironic". That a powerful Sith master like Plagueis would die like this. Half-drunk and asleep, an easy target for his ambitious apprentice.
It's also ironic that Palpatine himself would die in pretty similar fashion. So "drunk" on the power of the Dark Side while he was torturing Luke that he couldn't sense Anakin's betrayal coming.
Its also shameful, because he didn't challenge Plagueis at his best, like Bane prescribed. He waited until old age, lingering wounds and complacency made him vulnerable. Sidious did not exalt his mastery beyond any shadow of a doubt, he was still so afraid of his master that he needed to wait for an opportunity.
@@KaiserAfini Yeah. Then again, all three Sith lords in the novel, from Tenebrous onward, played rather fast-and-loose with the Rule of Two, as I recall. I doubt Bane would've approved of it.
Palpatine saying “I could fix you, heal your broken body, torn mind, but I won’t.” He could fix Anakin if he wanted to, maybe even heal him damn near 100%. But we all know that his suit wasn’t designed to heal him, but to make his suffering worse, pain worse, everything. Sith operate like that but damn, he is so brutal.
"Teacher yes, and for that I will be eternally grateful. But Master?!...NEVER!!!" that line always stuck with me from the first time I heard this story.
Palpatine was so sinister towards the end of this awesome novel This is why Star Wars Legends will always be the true Star Wars canon to me because its stories like this that make Star Wars so awesome
I always pictured that Sidious just quickly stabbed Plagueis in his sleep with his lightsaber, but props to Plagueis for holding his breath for Palpy’s 8 minute soliloquy.
This explains how Sidious was truly manipulative and basically used Plagueis right from the start. It also explains how he needed his master and needed to learn from his master like literally, right from the start in order to over throw him. I just love it. He also explains the truth of how the Sith gain power and then overthrow their masters when the plan is complete.
@@jackqtvsstuff715 For awhile, it _did_ seem like Sidious wanted to execute Plagueis' plan so they could achieve immortality and rule the galaxy together. To me, that's one of the most interesting things about the Plagueis novel. You see Palpatine's beliefs change over time.
“I needed to learn from you. No more. No less. To learn all of your secrets, which I trusted you would eventually reveal. But what made you think I would need you after that? Vanity perhaps? Your sense of self importance?? You’ve been nothing more than a pawn, in a game played……by a genuine master”. Chills Man. If only THIS type of dialog ever made it to live action. We only see the surface level of Palpatine’s brilliance in the films. The man is a calculating mastermind.
"Rest easy in your grave, Plagueis. In the end, I will be proclaimed Emperor, the Sith will have had their revenge, and I will rule the Galaxy." The music during that part was so damn fitting.
I like that this book, in explaining Sidious' origin, didn't make have him corrupted by Plaguies...only unleashed. He is Pure Evil and never needed to fall. He just needed a little guidance.
I absolutely LOVED Palpatine's arc and character portrayal in this book. Luceno actually _did_ humanize Palpatine, even added a touch of tragedy to his character (he was basically born to be a monster), but did it in a way that did NOT make him sympathetic.
"Star Wars Legends is a pathway some consider to be non Canon, to some." "Is it possible for these great and wonderful stories be Canon?" "Not from a Mouse."
0:01 To me, this just confirms Kreia's philosophy. The Force is not an ally, nor a tool or beast which can be broken to one's will. It betrays Plagueis. It betrays the Jedi. And later, it betrays even Palpatine himself.
@Dustin Rowley I think the force will submit to luke tho because luke is not trapped by the dogma of the jedi nor the insanity of the sith. He threw himself at his father's and the force's mercy and trusted it. Disney seems to keen to rewrite that but screw them.. there Satanist/sith phycophants. Luke possibly the strongest force user ever. Probably could of beaten Sidious at both their peaks.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eatIzqwB2dA.html Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life. (John 11:25-26) "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Yes! The dark side, the light…they’re just self reflected manifestations of a more unified, ubiquitous and indifferent constant! The force has no allegiances or sides or preferences. It is anything and EVERYTHING there is.
@@leonwilliams9589 Indeed, I believe the chosen one, if he realized his potential, would unify in balance the two ultimate concepts of the jedi and sith. Jedi surredered themselves to the force as its puppets, Sith tried to dominate it and bend it to their will. The Chosen One in balance, would bend the force to his will, and at the same time, his will would be the will of the force, so, no contradictions, he doesn't lose his individuality, he just expands it to the infinity, truly aligned with the force as a whole.
Except Darth Sidious threw out the rule of two, after "winning" the war, and tried to make himself immortal - thereby dooming the sith in the end. For better or worse.
@@131313chemistry Except, even before taking Sidious in the fold , Plaguies himself indicated that the main purpose of the rule was no longer applicable. It's ancillary purpose of course, that of preventing infighting by limiting the number of Dark Lords to two is still valid.
No, Bane wanted the apprentice to challenge the master flat out strength to strength. That's why he went for the holocron of Darth Andedu, he was afraid that Zannah would just wait until he was to old to fight back. Bane would consider Plagueis weak, yes. He would also hate Sidious for cheating and possibly being the weaker Sith.
@@darthbane3937 Yet Bane deemed patience and cunning to be the best tools for a Sith. he's behavior with Zannah is contradictory he already knew she was stronger than him in the force.
@@blackeagle041 Strength in the Force does not mean you could win. If Palps was an idiot, it wouldn't matter how strong he was. Now if she prepared some trap on the battlefield and held back a skill until the right moment, that is cunning. Bane wanted the title wrenched away from the master in battle. Yes, that is flawed because as the Plagueis novel flat out says, most Sith weren't willing to lay down and die in battle then train another so they could do the same. He lambasted Kaan for thinking of the greater good but Bane was almost Jedi, wanting to die if he was to weak. In a way I can see why. Marshal skills are still important. Sidious was one of the best with the lightsaber and Force but how much better could he have been with years of combat experience or at least the satisfaction of killing Plagueis in a fight. Think about it. Sidious's first battle with a Jedi master was with Windu and the gang. Maybe unrecorded, he dispatched a knight or 2 but not much more than that. Maul was powerful but not as much as Sidious. As Rex said to Ahsoka experience outranks everything. In the political arena, Palps is a grand master but in a fight, master at best. Other Jedi don't have the chance to regularly fight with Force users either like in the Sith Wars. In that way, they are all somewhat novice with Sidious's power and interlect seeing him through. If he'd fought in the Force wars, he would've been even more powerful.
Truly, one of the greatest Expanded Universe books ever written. James Luceno did an outstanding job with this book. Much better writing than anything Disney made, in my opinion at least.
Sidious: *In a sadistic way slowly kills and humiliating him physically and mentally*. Plagueis in his mind: "just shut the fuck up and let me die in peace".
This scene perfectly shows the Rule of Two - ironicly... the Apprentice, having grown powerful enough is settling his accounts with the Master... Even better it shows how Darth Sidious has taken the mantle from his Master... and enjoying every single moment of it... I absolutely love the metaphor how the "Dark Side whispers" to them... And yes, the entire speech is totally Palpatine a.k.a. Darth Sidious - smooth, philosophical and powerful... absolutely LOVE this... this Novel is probably the best EVER Legends novel... second only to the Darth Bane Trilogy.
@@rippingtons60 It didn’t affect it. Tarkin takes place between the two trilogies before they had done much in that time frame. There was only one season of Rebels at that point.
@@rippingtons60 He wrote it before Disney made the continuity switch, and it slipped into the new canon due to the time it released, much like the Heir to the Jedi novel.
@@sulljoh1 But you’re reading a novel so why wouldn’t you want a man in-depth, masterful prose scene? Anyway, Palpatine didn’t say he killed him in his sleep.
@@wesrm1 I like the novel and admire James Luceno as a writer. I read many of his books! But this book screws up too many plot points from the movies. Palpatine DID say that his master was killed in his sleep. Yoda did say there were only two sith. Etc. James could have worked harder to make a story that didn't disrupt existing concepts IMHO.
@@nathanstice8456 I think he would've found a way to kill Anakin Skywalker. He would probably use Dooku to carry out the final stages of the grand plan. He would have the droids and clones turn on the Jedi, and make it seem like the Jedi are the true threat to peace in the galaxy. He could then install Dooku as his puppet emperor. He would then use his vast wealth to develop a planet-killing weapon. I think he would be much more cautious than Sidious. He would only reveal the weapon when his power was truly threatened. Plageuis would essentially be an immortal dark lord ruling from the shadows, similar to vitiate. I suppose the force would find a way to return balance to the force by creating another being with an extremely high midiclorian count.
@@SlashinatorZ Plagueis' plan would've worked, and been the final end of the Jedi, or at least far worse for the galaxy. Palpatine undid himself by betraying Plagueis.
nope, lucas kinda hated the EU. what THIS proves is that a lack of lucas is not the reason the new stuff fails. it's trying too hard to BE lucas's star wars.
He took inspiration from the EU and obviously vice versa, but you can't say it was "Lucas' Star Wars", he didn't write most of those books and had nothing to do with the storyline, even if he knew abt some of the content. He was very involved w the clone wars stuff during the prequels, but all the old Grandmaster Luke era stuff had almost nothing to do with George Lucas
@@pathevermore3683 You mean that he disagreed with Luke getting Married as a Jedi, and having a family? Lol, your implication is too hyperbolic when compared to the reality.
To be honest he is speaking fax plaguis did many very unwise things during his tutorship of sheev palpatine and the fact that his master was much more reasonable noble and understandable than him and he killed him for his own ego but then neglected to think maybe the same could and would happen to him for a student raised to be like him Using sideous to do the chores of the sith dignitaries : Oh that mandated sith rule of two destroy the jedi duty : while he tries to control life itself when the job is not even yet done he overestimates himself highly...How do you almost die to a bunch of no body mercenaries when you are the Sith lord of the galaxy like legit all darkside energy in the galaxy or almost all of it flows through you because you covet it like no ther but you cant defeat or see the betrayel coming? Sideous has never once been caught off guard like that when he did it was with a man so imbued with the darkside that his sith spirit literally showed 0 signs of lightside presence and he legit flipped that cosmic energy seconds from betraying him
@@kieranforde3787 True but underestimating someone ability to change their moral ways is different than underestimating someone's power out of hubris i still think it was a grave error since he got vader into the darkside due to his love for padme and potential familly He should of known he would do anything to have that But then again Vader did commit mass Genocides that would be make hitler gawk over the span of 30 years non stop
@@schaddenkorp6977 You people over the net are so spoiled does everything need a point to prove right or wrong can't i just make an observation is that not clear i am making a reflective comment on the words that was Wence said
Since they've been canonizing a whole roster of stuff from Legends that essentially are copy-pasted from there, they might as well consider this book 100% canon since, as far as I'm aware, it doesn't contradict anything they've made canon. They haven't even made any canon stories about Sidious' past.
@@an-animal-lover Tales of the Jedi style adaptation called Tales of the Sith, but 20+ minute episodes. One arc would focus on the young Palpatine and his rise to power from his young days on Naboo, when he killed his entire family and became Plagueis' apprentice, when he stole Maul from Mother Talzin and trained him, when he killed Plagueis, something from during the clone wars, during the Empire era and if they gotta add something from the sequels, add some stuff when he moved his spirit to Exegol and had his "son" cloned, who was the father to Rey
Eh I mean just the dumb oh palpatine and plagueis kinda having something to do with anakins conception or palpatine knowing how to do what plagueis can do with the midichloriones
Notice plagueis' face is actually looking towards the reader....the Jedi is leaning against a cavern image design image graphic on the cover..... That's how BIG plagueis' true image is
It says in the book that Plagueis was challenging Sidious. He was also drunk so he probably wasn't in the state of mind to think any of that sort of thing
I'd imagine he was probably just terrified with facing his death. The one thing he feared more than anything. Losing his power and dying into nothingness.
One of my favourite Star wars novels for sure. I only wish Plagueis had died in a different way. It doesn't make sense to me that he didn't find a way to heal himself from the injuries he got from the maladians considering how afraid of death he was.
This entire bit of the book gave me chills to the core, and Imperial pride! Even now listening again, it is still chilling, fascinating and brilliantly written
If it were properly executed, it would have been perfect. But this is why I had no trouble with Sidious returning in TROS. He is the true villain of the Skywalker Saga.
I wouldn't have had an issue with it had it been thoughtfully executed. The entire trilogy was disorganized. For them to unexpectedly bring back one of the most important characters in SW during the opening credits of thr final film is absolutely ridiculous to me. It then seemed like they ran out of true villains and story so they had to just push him in there. To bring back the greatest of the sith Lords that way then to kill him in as basic a death as possible was silly. That last movie was the worst SW film imo.
Palp seems smart enough to know his style of ruling would have lead to rebellion. Had he just allowed some freedom and growth in its people, he would still be ruling, and we would have been spared those awful sequel movies.
I think because everything in that one was true. It also showed what Plagueis could have accomplished years down the line. He could've either told a Jedi's midi-chlorians to scram or cut him off from the Force since midi-chlorians serve as intermediaries. He could've made some Jedi his slaves with the mind powers like he did that yinchorri given time. Sidious wanted to know why Plagueis thought he would be needed. Ommm because I promised to make you immortal without you having to rely on essence transfer, that's why you needed me.
Sidious is oozing with bitterness... This scene just prove that Sidious is FAR BENEATH Darth Bane...Vengeance and bitterness is beneath the true Sithari...Even Emperor Vitiate or Darth Revan will be disgusted by Sidious' bitterness....
His personality was not fit for the ROT era he's too egotistical in legends (canon they screw up his character way too much). he's powerful likely stronger than most Sith (the ROT was not a perfect ascension of power given differeing skill sets etc)
@@LokiTheClever According to Darth Bane book 1, All the ancient lords are egotistical, self-centered and short-sided... Bane look at them with contempt and discuss because these traits makes them easy to manipulate and always lead to the downfall of the Sith that is why Bane destroyed them all and build a new Sith Order...
This is just a taste of the power of the true EU, and the book was so good in giving the backstory of Palatine, his early day scheming, and how he rises to power.
I was rather unhappy reading the book, discovering Plagueis lingered for such a long time. I felt it diminished Sidious as a Sith Lord since he had training wheels on for such a long time. But when in the end he revealed that from very first moment he was chosen as an apprentince he was working towards undoing of Plagueis was just so fitting and in line with his character in the movies. Plagueis thought he ended rule of two, and that he was working towards his grand plan, while rule and it's teachings lived on in Palpatine, who was true architect of Sith's grand plan being fulfilled.
Evangellion version by Shinji to Asuka: It was Asuka Langley Soryu who came to Japan, determined to become the best Eva Pilot ever. It was Asuka who then set her sights on a seemingly weak and meek young man and procided to his denigration calling him baka, pervert, weak and housebroken man. Asuka who took him as a partner sharing a home but reserving the bathroom for herself and filling the house with her stuff, sleeping next to him without worrying that Shinji's hormones would be thrown off by her immodesty. “It was Asuka who criticized the early efforts of her partner, and who once kissed him "becouse she was bored". It was Asuka who denigrated her teamate in public for being a hesitant coward and yet who allowed herself to be fooled by her insecurities and mind raped by Arael. Asuka, who turned away her duty to protect the humanity to focus entirely on herself, in an egotistical quest for glory. Asuka, who had the temerity to criticize his teamate for having afection to Rei calling her a doll. Asuka, who attempted to turn his equally capable teamate into a mere househusband and doormat. And Asuka, who watched complaining about the japanese houses while he did all the house work on Misato's apartment. Asuka The Great who in his time truly was, except at the end, truly trusting that she was an adult and self dependant and failing to realize that she would not be able to do all by herself. Asuka the Great, who based her whole self worth on being and Eva Pilot! Whose pride never allowed him to question that she could be wrong! I'm sorry, but Sidious The Reason You Suck Speech is perfect, especially if you've lived with someone who has been bitching at you and you haven't retorte. Someone else should take a note.
