Why Darth Nihilus Makes Palpatine Look WEAK - Star Wars Explained 

"He is already dead, it is simply a question of how many he kills before he falls." Darth Traya

Fun Fact - The hunger was also eating away his physical form, so in a successful attempt to keep himself alive he bonded his spirit/consciousness, and his force to his robes and mask. Another Fun Fact - His mask is still somewhere in the galaxy cursed with his soul and hunger. Rumor says who ever wears it will be possessed by him, the dark side of the force and the hunger that was eating away at him.

I love how Nihilus legit spoke in some weird voice that nobody could really understand, makes him even creepier

Drain Life was hardly unique to Nihilus though. What was unique about his Drain Life was the sheer scale of it

I gotta admit, Darth Nihilus is my most favorite Sith Lord. His power level, abilities, knowledge, danger level and everything makes him look like he can take anyone in a fight

"He cares nothing for the Sith or its teachings… or the Jedi. And when the Jedi are dead, he will feed on the galaxy, the Republic, and eventually, consume the Sith as well."

I saw Darth Nihilus at the gym once on the bunch press. Dude, makes EVERYONE look weak with the plates he was lifting.

Ah Darth Galactus, one of my favorite characters from the three Kotor games, and a real powerful beast. Another power I THINK he had allowed him to use the Force to hurl the Ravager through hyperspace, as I don't believe that component of the ship was still functional, and like Galactus, there were times when Darth Nihilus was on a clock, and taking too long could mean death. He was a lot of un in Kotor 2. I always thought it was weird how hus ship's "crew" were still alive, barely, but it was like their life-force, and even consciousness, had been devoured, and there was nothing left of them, as the people they gad once been. Truly the Lord of Hunger, indeed.

I wish we could see more of him one day, seeing more of his horrific power and signature design

So did Nihilus control his flag ship completely, to where he was the only thing keeping it together and moving, or did he lift it long enough for it to be repaired and usable again? Because if it’s the former then that would be insanely impressive!

Nihilus was a brilliant concept. The epitome of a tragic character with nothing to lose.

I've always loved Nihilus' design. I just now started playing KOTOR2. Can't wait to face him!

He makes Palpatine and Darth Vader look like children this guy needs his own Star Wars movie.

You can't even look at Nihilus as a man, he was more like a walking embodiment of the Dark Side. The Jedi Exile was likely the only being in the entirety of Galactic history that could have taken him down, because of their unique relationship with the Force. Had they not crossed paths Nihilus would have drained all life from the Galaxy.

All of that was great because it made The Exile the ONLY person in the Galaxy that could stop Nihilus. Master-level skills, but similarly wounded in the Force to keep him from just obliterating her/him.

I saw somewhere that he was Dark Skinned with Dreads before he was transformed into Darth Nihilus I want nothing more than to know Darth Nihilus has Dreads

A favourite of mine too! 😍 01:48 05:32 05:46 ⚡ - With that mask alone, he strongly resembles the grim reaper and rightly so! ☠

Being around Nihlius is like having a constant uneasy feeling each second

From all that I remember from Kreia, she described him as a Wound in the Force, or maybe malignant cancer? Either way, with something summarizing him like that and how he just keeps "eating" i figured him just this literal *_V O I D_* in barely contained human form, which would make sense why he'd be more powerful than Sidious. I mean, being a literal black hole in human form capable of draining entire planets just by being nearby and _still_ be hungry to keep going's enough to say you're better than some dude who can cast super thunder in movies and cast super magic storms in Legends?

This guy makes Sideous look like a puppy

Would love to see a deep dive into Jedi Master Belth Allusis... but I don't think there's enough material for that yet.

I wish we got a movie on dart nihlis

Interesting fact this force heal that drains life was also used in the Jedi Outcast series an old game that was focused on Kyle Katarn 😁

Nihilus was more like an empty husk controlled by the Dark Side though...

I don't know if there's enough material for a whole video each, but what about some on the characters from the Old Republic Era like Darth Marr, Darth Thanaton, and/or Darth Jadus from the Empire for example

I've always thought of darth nihilus as the most powerful and terrify sith ever. More powerful in terms of sheer raw force power than sideous and more brutal and menacing than darth vader.

if They ever wanted to make Star Wars horror movie, it would be KOTOR 1 and 2 times with this Chad Sith Lord as a main Jump Scare :o

Nihilus and Vitiate both seem to be raw force potential waaaaay off the charts. Vitiate was emperor of an army of Sith including other dark lords who were badass af. Palpatine is tactically the best, but his rule was kinda weak though. 20 years Vitiate was around for 1500 years, he's the energizer bunny of Sith he just kept going, and going, and going...

It seems that Darth Nihilus was the so called Force God that Darth Veciate Was hoping to become with all of these abilities. In his own twisted way he became something of the Sith Ari.

I wish Disney would do movies or a series set in the Old Republic era, or even earlier. The origins of different species in the galaxy far far away would be interesting to see.

Could you do a video like this on Lord Scourge? Feel like not enough is covered on one of my favorite characters

It sounds like the inception theme song slowed down in the background. Impressive you got it past the filter

Nihilus is my fav ever since I played KOTOR 2 on my og xbox as a kid

4:39 you forget Gaelen Marak. He moved an imperial star destroyer with telekinesis.

I would like to see mother housing and the other night sisters? Love your video's GG

nomi sunrider also can strip your force ability completely

This guy literally ATE a freaking planet. A. PLANET. OF JEDI. People who think Vader could stomp this guy, holy shit that makes me laugh

It's not a question of "who was stronger". Nihilus was written as an average Sith, but who happened to develop a particularly deadly and unavoidable ability. Nihilus is NOT powerful, masterful, knowledgeable or cunning. He is in fact pretty weak overall. What makes him dangerous is his tremendous connection to the force, being a literal bottomless sink collecting force energy. That's what allows him to hold a battleship together, and that's why he craves the force energy of all who live. It's a simple characteristic, and the only relevant way to counter that terrifying ability was to make him try to feed on a wound himself, which resulted in him transfering his force energy to the force wound he tried to feed upon. What remained after this move was a shadow easily defeated by a pretty average jedi in terms of power, Meetra Surik. Well, that was the relevant way in terms of proper writting, the one that was envisioned when he was designed... Let's ignore the idiotic addendums exonerating X,Y and Z characters for some reasons, just because fanboys and fangirls were outraged at the thought that their beloved favorite character could be killed by a simple plot device such as Nihilus' feeding. Yes, Nihilus' force drain was written to be universally unavoidable except when interacting with force wounds. Like it or not, it was written this way and it was what made the character actually relevant to KotOR II's plot and overarching philosophy and deconstruction of the force concept. And yes, it means that when he was designed, he could theoretically kill anyone he sensed, who was in range, and who wasn't a force wound.

Darth Nihilus didn't become the Senate though :)

kinda funny how the strongest siths had the shortest reign during pre and post mandolorian war era and surrounded with betrayal alot

Exceptional lore video thankyou very much (:

Already added to my "Force and Physicality" Playlist

A my opinion Darth nihilus may have started out as a dark lord of the Sith but towards the end was more akin to a dark force of nature. All but Unstoppable all-consuming, and I don't believe he is truly dead as long as his mask and robes remain there's a chance for him to possess another living body and come back. I wish they would do a Darth Nihilus storyline in Canon

Darth nihlus is my fav character and you just made me like him even more you are a great at what you do keep it up

Great video !

I’d love to see a video like this about Malgus.

Galactu- I mean Darth Nihilus *HUNGERS!*

he might be the coolest sith ever. he needs a movie or a show all his own. also, correct me if im wrong, but wasnt is body also technically none corporeal? Like, he was more a dark shadow then a physical entity...??

Ah Darth Nihilus…one of my favorite Sith!

Darth Sidious is the most powerful Sith ever, that's just a fact. He literally took on the two most powerful Jedi ever. Nihilus is certainly one of a few likely in the same area of power though along with Emperor Vitiate, Exar Kun, Darth Revan, and possibly Dartj Plaguies (based off the fact Sidious was to afraid to face Plaguies in open combat back around TPM). Darth Sidious ability with force lightning alone is insane; he literally destroyed almost a fleet of ships. He was the best Sith duelist ever as well by the time of ROTS, though perhaps Vader became a better duelist then him by TROTJ.

I got it don't know why I didn't think of him earlier Revan could literally cut through ALL of the Modern Day so called Sith basically kill his way right up to Palpy and well... really mess his stuff up.

I’d really like to see some movies or something that show us how Siths like Nihilus were absolute monstrosities in the galaxy. I wonder if a wound in the force could take Abeloth.

Great video and easily my favourite with lord

Love to hear about Darth Traya or Lord Scourge!!

Everybody gansta' till Nihilus is hungry

I just realized mitochondria and midochlorians are 2 different things

He was slowly rotting into the dark side of the force. The insatiable hunger for force energy was terrifying. Definitely the scariest Sith of all time. Like a Sith vampire.

Yeah, Palpatine was powerful but definitely it at the level other the top tier Sith Lords. But what made Palpatine dangerous was that he was much more political and strategic. He played the king game of subterfuge and brought down both the Republic and the Jedi.

I want Disney to do a series about Nihilus. Also Revan and Malak.

Euhm just saying that it wasn’t Darth Reven who set off the mass shadow generator, but Meetra Surik (better known as the Jedi exile).

He basically was the Grim Reaper of the Star Wars universe in his time

Darth Sidious: I’m gonna destroy a planet with my Death Star!!! Darth Nihilus: oh you meant that planet?! Oops I ate it…

Wow, Darth Nihilus was a total badass. With all of his abilities and share power, I wonder how a battle him between Palpatine would go down.

There's a lot of people on Reddit who would STRONGLY disagree with you. I don't go either way, but you should have a look.

If anyone wants to chime in, I’ve got a question. Why would a Sith Lord like Niihilus bother with saber combat? His particular power set made using a lightsaber against him seem pointless. He can basically suck the soul out of you just by merely being near you. He can essentially kill you with a thought. That’s not something a saber can defend you against. A saber won’t help you against Nihilus’ deadly voice either. Doesn’t seem like Nihilus would have enough experience with saber combat to be any good at it.

Man hit new game plus and kept going.

Considering the info this guy gives us about darts nihilus’s telekinesis abilities brings me to believe he’s a literal cannon starkiller

Darth trea abiloth the father brother and sister the wills some of original jedu members maybe. Some original sith species maybe. Ummm jus thinking of few I'd find interesting idk if uve done this style video for any of them or not tbh but I did enjoy this video and the way u did it a fair amount more then your normal content which is really good and I also enjoy. Jus my thoughts. Hope u see this and all is well

I wonder, i know that nihilus wants to eat all the energy of the universe, but i wonder if he knows that if he did that he would basically have nothing to feed on at somepoint and he would starve, but i do agree the he is way more powerfull then sideous

One eats planets the other got picked up and tossed in a hole

The Sith's answer to John "Earthquake" Tenta. Darth Nihilus was a walking natural disaster, but on a grander scale.

He would be the Perfect character for a Sttar Wars Horror Movie or series rated R tho 😈

These scales and feats are suppose to compliment the Jedi who oppose them or have done similar things

If someone ever makes a live action standalone movie or TV series of this terrifying sith lord,it must be good enough to do justice for him in legends otherwise,it's gonna be met with a great amount of criticism and potentially dislike

Oh it's easy for Sith to use the light side to heal. It's basically "the force" version of skipping out on a hospital bill. I think it's called "force deadbeat."

Explore Darth Bane Powers next

Also did you know that? with the mask or the robs just of itself if someone else puts it on its just going to gain more power. To also let you know. If you take the mask or the robes off it can basically Force grab the entire physical body life drain of the person completely Palpatine can only handle so much out of a time because he's still physical though has the wise mind. Though Nihilus doesn't get tired. Though Palpatine still learns

For real though, I've thought this since forever.

Both sides could only retain or find 10 or so. If a Jedi found a new temple the were told. And then the sith could find a new temple.

Nice job detaling hes powers, and how scray he realy was... but here is my problem, when u have sith with this kind of power, how can enyone call Sidious the greatest Sith to ever live??( i dont blame u for this i blame Disny)

Darth bane in darts Anna would be nice

Awesome Vid

I think you guys are very wrong on sense of his lightsaber skills he was trained in all old sith forms and was a master of all of them he also did fight with both hands but mainly one hand. He was also the most powerful sith and most terrying at the time to ever exist as he couldn't be killed by any physical lighsaber attack as he was a physical entity feeding of living force to stay physical in a spiritual way and red force lightening is the most power form a sith can use and he wielded it the only reason he was defeated was because he met another wound in the force Meetra Surik just like him and force drain doesn't work on a wound in the force he was also weaker at that point but beat meetra surik in the original fight but it kept going and eventually nihilus faded because he couldn't feed hence why trays set that trap because she knew if he didn't fall for it, it meant extinction of jedi and sith that's how terrifying nihilus was even sidious years later feared him

I thought his lightsaber style was atra manua

do one on jacen Solo/ Darth Cadeus

Bane killed the man and his son to fight off Githanys poison. So he did use the same ability as Nihlus. Their fear helped him stave off effects of poison.

In terms of lightsaber combat, Lord Sidious absolutely CRUSHES Lord Nihilus 100% of the time. That being said however, if (and I stress the word IF) Lord Nihilus is able to use his Force Drain ability (I think that's what it's called) then Lord Sidious would be dead before he even had a chance to kiss his own Sith ass goodbye. Which in my opinion makes Lord Nihilus one of only two Sith Lords who could defeat and kill Lord Sidious, the other OBVIOUSLY being Lord Vitiate. And a fight between Lord Sidious and Lord Vitiate would essentially break down like this: a normal battle ensues, Lord Vitiate toys with Lord Sidious, then finishes the match...I mean fight...with the Sith Spine Buster, followed by the Sith Bottom, followed by the Sith Elbow. Then of course killing Lord Sidious. Finally ending with Lord Vitiate looking out of the Chancellor's Office at the Corusant skyline, raising one eyebrow, and saying: "if you smell-l-l-l-l-l what Emperor Vitiate is cooking". Now regarding Lord Nihilus against either Lord Sidious OR Lord Vitiate, the ONLY way Lord Nihilus would know he's been in a fight would be if Lord Vitiate used his own Force Powers against Lord Nihilus. Note how I DIDN'T include Lord Sidious, and that's simply because as powerful as Lord Sidious was in the Force, both Lord Vitiate and Lord Nihilus would OBLITERATE Lord Sidious. If Lord Vitiate somehow managed to prevent Lord Nihilus from using his Force Drain ability, then it would be an even 50-50 match-up. However, IF Lord Nihilus was able to use his Force Drain ability then, just EXACTLY like Lord Sidious, Lord Vitiate wouldn't even have enough time to bend over and kiss his own Sith ass goodbye. Just my own personal opinion anyway.

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Is darth nihilus the Star Wars version of galacticis from marvel both eat a planets in some way

Funny this showed up as I’m replaying KOTOR 2 for the 5th time lol

Didn't know he was this strong. I wonder how a fight between him and Vader would go

My opinion is this: somehow Darth Sidious is able to witness first-hand Darth Nihilus using his abilities to the fullest extent. Darth Sidious then says: "well, SHIT! I'm fucking toast. I just hope I have enough time to kiss my own ass goodbye" Darth Nihilus then proceeds to use Force Drain to kill Darth Sidious with absolutely NO effort whatsoever, then Darth Nihilus: *BURP* "Excuse me". Hahahaha.

While Sidious ' fan Boys see him as the most powerful... there are other sith that had far greater abilities. Not to take anything away from Palpatine... he was powerful... but an older Vader took him out in a way some others would not have suffered. Even Vader surpassed Sidious (while still in his prime) and killed him in hand to hand combat. That is very impressive. Sidious was not the most powerful... yet still very impressive!

Possibly the best Sith Lord ever conceived. Absolute awesomeness incarnate.

TBH Palps looks weak AF compared to a plethora of ancient Sith.

Question: Why didn't Darth Nihilus feed on planets like geonosian or nahboo, they have a high population so wouldn't it make sense for him to feed on them kind of planets?

Who was the last Sith that the Jedi knew of 1,000 years before the Phantom Menace?

starkiller also moved a entire stardestroyer

If Sidious was so powerful, y didn’t he use the force to destroy planets. Yet he built planet destroying machines. Sidious used weapons and Vitiate used rituals to drain/destroy life on a planetary scale. Darth Nihilus’s mere presence and hunger was enough to leech life where even multiple Jedi along with the 2 billion force sensitive Miralukas were present and couldn’t stop him.

But after so many wars over the temples lives lost. The Jedi and and Sith stopped attacking each other's temples so both sides could survive.