Darth Zannah is so underrated, she proved to be a worthy heir to Darth Bane, she learned from the best but she also developed her own skills, which are the only reason she defeated him. I always wanted another book about her and cognus.
Zannah was pretty dope, liked the sith sorcery aspect of her character, that's not often done in universe. But sadly it does elude at the end that darth Bane took over Zannah's body by shattering her personality during essence transfer. After the attempt, Zannah's hand twitched just like bane's did.
@@Jacob-qz9fo I took it as, she won that battle. But a bit of bane was left over. Which is why I think another book or two would have been great. Explore that aspect a little more.
What I like about bane behavior towards zannah when she was a child is that he was never extremely cruel to her. He would discipline her when necessary. Even when she got older, he was never unnecessarily cruel to her. He stayed cold and continued to see her as just his successor.
Yes indeed! He had to be sure not frighten her, or alienate her against him. The dark side invited rivalry and strife but Bane circumvented that. A brilliant master.
@Anu Sol We do know Cognus's apprentice was Darth Millennial. Beyond that we don't know any until Darth Gravid and his apprentice whose name I forget. After that we don't know anything until Darth Tenebrous, although we do know his master was a twilek. Tenebrous was a Bith who's real name was Rugess Nome, a starship designer who designed the sith infiltrator in episode 1. His apprentice was Darth Plagueis, a Muun whose real name was Hego Damask, the head of the intergalactic banking clan. His apprentice was Darth Sidious, who had first Darth Maul, then Darth Tyrannus, then Darth Vader.
Never thought I would voice the Lord of the Rule of Two, but it was a lot of fun to work on this project with you, dude! It was a daunting one for sure, so good work! Looking forward to more collaborations in the future! And our "Zannah" did an amazing job :)
As always it's a pleasure to have you aboard my friend! I've enjoyed many ventures with you over the years but this is the highlight for me! Love it and you
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What a fascinating character. Her relationship with Bane was one of the best master and apprentice relationships in the entire series, and to think it was a Sith one!
Just literally finished the audiobook trilogy 10 minutes ago and the end makes me believe Bane actually succeeded in the transfer and was pretending to be Zannah because she was going to say Darth Cognus' name but she caught herself and definitely the hand twitching was suspicious. Technically, he would no longer be Bane, and he would rather keep the transfer secret just in case he needed to use it on Cognus.
You're not alone many fans think that :) Click read more if you want the answer the author gave. Zannah won :) confirmed on a reddit AMA more than once. The author himself confirming it.
Hands down, Bane trilogy were the best SW books for me, it was like a honey to read, I felt excited just like a little kid when I firstly read this. There was something both exremaly cruel and ruthless but also extraordinary intelligent about Banbe and Zannah, just like sith should be, 180 degrees different than pathetic ''sith'' written by Disney
that exchange between bane and zannah at the 19:00 mark really is a good explanation of the rule of two. It really paints Bane as a great teacher and he is humble enough to know that one day she must surpass him if he a good enougjh teacher...Makes me wonder how Bane is compared to Sidious in this regard..I mean if you think about it Sidious didnt teach Vader sh1t. He was just using him as a tool (obviously he would) so who really is the better sith? Sidious because he probably would have never been challenged or Bane who was challenged and succeeded but in a way that respects the rule of two. think if you are a follower of the sith rule of two, Bane is the better sith in this regard
That was a very good story, but only repeated from the Darth Bane series. Please do another story which tells us what happened to Darth Zanna from her duel with Bane, until her loss to Darth Cogness.
well the writer alone knows that answer. Cognus took Millennial as her apprentice but Zannah's fate was unknown as the Sith Lord may have done a Thrawn- left the galaxy for the unknown regions. I too, would love to know the fate of Zannah
Zannah has even been dropped from canon; Bane appeared in I believe Rebels in an episode Disney did not show where Bane, Revan and I believe Andeddu talk to Ezra I think it was. Bane only says "My apprentice" never naming said apprentice. Her lightsaber was one point, in Greivous' collection and influenced Darth Maul's lightsaber design. In her own way Shri in Ahsoka, reminds me very heavily of Lord Zannah as she too is a blonde human female though Shri is a Dark Jedi if anything where Zannah is a fully-trained Sith Lord. Personally I'd love to see Lord Zannah return to the canon in some form or other
I absolutely LOVE the stories of Darth Bane & Darth Zannah so much and this video was 10/10 amazing! The writing, Narrating, and the Voice Acting was amazing. I do wish there was a little more visuals related to each part of the story, but the visuals were fine and did the job. Keep up these amazing videos and I’ll look for more like these with more Star Wars characters. Thank you
This was fantastic! It's great to see some appreciation for some of the lesser known lady Sith in the EU. Also the voice for Zannah sounds a lot like Merrin from Fallen Order!
I finished Darth Bane Explained yesterday and woke up this morning with Darth Zannah in mind! Fantastic! Two tales that marked the beginning of the modern Sith Order. Goddess Demoness, amazing voice acting and Luke as well! Congratulations to the whole team behind this project!
The voicing acting is amazing, would loved to have seen more scenes with the characters, other than that, loved every moment of it, keep up the good work🥰👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks for this! Zannah is my favorite Sith Lord! I hope one day to see her in Canon I think Sith Sorcery is so cool and would love to see it on screen! Great video and great voice acting!
The ability to drag someone’s unfathomable subconscious horrors to the surface and make them that persons new reality in order to shatter their sanity leaving their mind in broken madness is an awesome and terrible power. Cyndra experienced the full power of the dark side…even clawing out her own eyes couldn’t save her from the unconscious horrors crawling through her mind, ripping it to shreds.
@@treblazer Thank you. I consider myself a Star Wars lore master, well from a certain point of view anyways…I’ve read all the books,seen all the movies and shows and studied the legends lore extensively for my own interests. The dark side is a truly terrifying reality warping power that can only be fought effectively by other force users or by using ysalamir tree lizards from the planet myrkr. If you wish to see more examples of the dark side unleashed in its purest, most powerful form, look up the exploits of Abeloth aka the bringer of chaos otherwise known as the beloved queen of the stars. Nobody calls her queen of the stars willingly mind you, only because they have no choice.
@@jastermereel6949 Oh i myself am a “Loremaster/ Lore Enthusiast” i am OBSESSED with the Dark Side, the Sith, Nightsister Magicks, Dark Jedi, all of it! I think the Sith especially don’t get as much shine as they should for being so powerful and capable fighters and masterminds! I can’t wait for shows like the Acolyte where we’ll get to see more of that hopefully and I would ABSOLUTELY LOOOVE a Rule Of Two era series that starts off with Bane and Zannah and works it’s way all way up to Plagueis and Sidious
Darth Zannah is undoubtedly a very powerful Sith Lord. She deserves to be in the top ten, and she is number eight on my list. This is because I think Exar Kun is slightly more well-rounded than her, and Darth Bane is fundamentally stronger than Zannah, given that she needed to use all of her strengths to beat him. Darth Bane is fifth strongest, after Darth Plagueis, Darth Revan, Darth Vader, and Darth Sidious.
I remember when I bought this book about 8 years ago from WH Smith, no joke I must of read it from cover to cover maybe 5 times, I was absolutely fascinated by the bane trilogy read all of them multiple times but ROT was my absolute favourite!!! Great video by the way👍👍!
@@SWCentral alright G. sorry for the late reply handset problems. Anyway nice reply thanks really appreciated👍, if your kicking about the game sometime link me do a few FP or WZ...... Peace
Darth Zannah is awesome . Call me crazy , but I would've MUCH preferred they resurrected Darth Zannah instead of Sidious in the latest trilogy. We NEVER seen a FEMALE SITH LORD in the films before , it would've been something New and exciting. Don't you think ? 🤔
Lord Talon was in the original idea for The Force Awakens then Kathleen put her woke feminazi hands on it and said; "Mary Sue white human Jedi? Yes, sultry seductive Lethanese Twi'leki babe Sith Lord? Hell no..." and so we were robbed of all chance at a beautiful female Sith Lord. Here's to hoping Shri at least becomes a formidable female Dark Jedi
I really wish that another trilogy could be made about zahnna and cognus in the same vain as the bane trilogy. It could show the tiny shred of bane that may have survived emerging occasionally in zahnna from time to time. Do you realize that zahnna killed the sith’ari? How incredible is that
*Hits blunt* Yo, what if Zannah was the Sith'ari all along? I always think back to the moment she shielded herself from Darth Bane's lightning. Not just any lightning either... Enhanced ritual lightning, in the shape of a thunder storm. Zannah, at the age of 9, shielded that. Imo, she was the dark side incarnate and Bane was meant to teach her the new ways so she could cement his legacy. But yeah another trilogy god yes! The author of the book is actually wanting to bring these stories to life again. We can only hope Disney reaches out to them and get's the ball rolling.
@@SWCentral I like the idea of that! I definitely want to see more cognus and zahnna adventures for sure. Would love to have that confirmed in a new trilogy
@@SWCentralher being the Sith'ari makes even more sense when we look at Bane's most defining features: Bane is a scholar of the old Sith and a teacher foremost. He is the personified Sith altruist. From the moment on he discovered Darth Revan's holocron, he changed into someone who's whole life is centered around the creation and stability of a new Sith order. It is like he was made and folded by the dark side to be the best forefather for the true Sith'ari to develop the true Sith order. *Cough cough* Kreia was right, the force sucks *cough cough*
@@erikevenson4303 For sure someone can read the books :D always encourage that. But the idea of this video is actually a summary of the story haha, much shorter than reading 3 books. Great for anyone who doesn't have the motivation to read but does enjoy a listen, no? :P
Own the first 2 books hard cover. I’ve read the third twice but I need to own it. Casting: Bane = Dave Bautista. Zannah = Alyvia Alyn Lind or any of her sisters. Original choices: Michael Clark Duncan - is now deceased and Margot Robbie has aged out.
I'm still interested in a series told from the point of view of Sith. Zannah seems like a good place to start. The success of Andor shows that when you shed the burden of Canon great storytelling can still be done.
A theory i came across somewhere in a rabbit hole is Bane is really Zannah over a life essences transfer ritual he did in their last battle.. thats why her hand started twitching in the end of the book. Just like how his hand trembled towwards the end of the trilogy.. crazy how i just remembered this being i read them books yrs ago in rehab
My favorite trilogy ever, there should never ever be legends…… I just refinished all 9 books of the fate of the Jedi, why couldn’t Disney just followed this path?
I'm convinced that when zannah killed bane, it was nothing personal at all. The rule of two demanded his death as she increased in power, she knew he would be in her way. On the other hand, who knows what more they might have accomplished if they worked together for longer....and God in my mind, zannah is soooo hot. I had to say it man, such hotness should not go unrecognized 😆
Darth bane time zone oh well, under my honest opinion this worked to great affect, ensuring the survival of the Sith and for 1000 years the fish were hiding in plain sight, and in Plainview with the Jedi, but they were fools not to see the dark side right in front of them, and when the time was right, the Sith, Lord Darth serious, brought the Sith back to the rightful place of ruling the galaxy and ensuring the complete eradication and destruction of the Jedi
I used to think bane was the strongest sith ever back when i was noob in star wars lore but then i realized that plagueis would destroy bane in a fight 😂
As is the way of the Sith. Only the Strong survive. "Two there should be. No more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it."- Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith.
sorry she is not, the episode Bane was to be in has never been acknowledged by Disney on top of that, Bane says "My apprentice" but never names Zannah nor does he refer to his apprentice other than just that
@@claudijatzandrapova3347That version of bane in the clone wars series is a joke. The true Darth Bane is shown in the trilogy of Bane novels expertly written by Drew Karpyshyn. I am Canon. Long live the Sith!!!
Because he is one of the best father figures ever written. "Stern but fair" is how your kids respect you even if you can only spend a few hours with them per week.
You know, this is actually convenient considering I was researching Darth Bane cause I saw a post of "peak Darth Bane could defeat peak any other Sith" so was just looking around to see if I could see any evidence that could back that up lol
Peak Darth Bane lost to Darth Zannah so I don't think that makes sense haha xD - Unless we're walking about armoured Bane, that's different. But even then, Zannah knew the armous weakness: lightning. Bane is super powerful, he could disintegrate people who came too close to him, or even transfer his own essence between bodies like Tenebrae. However that's how he ultimately lost hist fight.
I had Zannah feels watching Ahsoka as Shri just feels like the ancient Sith Lord though her saber is dark orange whereas Zannah's was purple in the comic version
This is one interpretation another on is that bane is very much alive and took over zana's body. which im pretty sure is how the book said it ended. not that zana had completely defeated bane and stopped him essents transfer. I really wanted to know what happens next. one of the best star wars book series. Fate of the Jedi is amazing but it is 9 books.
If you like that ending, fair enough :) - If you want to know what the auhtor said about this click read more. The author of the book confirmed on reddit, that Zannah indeed won battle of wills. She came out on top and Bane's spirit was thrown into the void. Zannah then trained Cognus, who in turn trained Darth Milennial. I would love if Bane actually did win, but I like the fact that Zannah succeeded him. In the proper manner :)
Dude, I am officially offering my services to voice any side character you need voiced. 100% official home studio, with quality vocals. Because the vocal quality of some of the side characters is heartbreaking 💔
Though there is nothing concrete about this in Canon I assume that Darth Zannah is Darth Bane because of the tremors in her hand at the end of the 3rd book and the explanation of a failed attempt of essence transfer ritual in said book, furthermore I put to you my fellow nerds that Yoda has met with the force spirit of Darth Bane(animated series)which Exponentially adds backing to my claim as according to Darth Andeddu's teachings in his holocron regarding the attempt and as a result failure of the essence transfer ritual.(your soul is lost to the void)
Awesome comment 🙂 unfortunately it can't be so though... Lemme explain! The author of the actual book confirmed that Zannah won the duel... So I guess that seals that haha. Yoda didn't actually meet Darth Bane I'm afraid... And also the encounter it's self present a major plot hole. Firstly, the entire scenario is an illusion created by something guiding Yoda, it's not related to the real Darth Bane he was just used in this scenario. As for the plot hole... Well, Yoda actually says he recognised Bane and also knew he created the rule of two. This is a plot hole. It's impossible for Yoda to know what Darth Bane looks like... The fact he recognised him means Yoda somehow saw Banes appearance (only possible through his holocron) which is cited nowhere haha. So plot hole it is... Anyways, Bane is trapped in the void for sure. Question is, is there a way back from the void?
Maybe a rude question, but what accent do you have? A few of your vowels sound like the most intense Scottish accent I've ever heard, like how you pronounce sounds like "play" as "pleh", but most other parts of your speech sound like a very mild rural UK accent that I'm not familiar enough to identify.
Zannah lost when bane did the essence transfer. That's why at the end she was moving her left hand the same hand that bane had trouble with. She lost n bane won
Sorry friend, I don't want to ruin your ending but.... Click for spoiler The author comfirmed that it was Zannah who won... The tremble is as I stated, a mental scar that will be their forever.
I thought the ending left it uncertain if Bane had been successful in dominating Zannah, mostly because the tremor in her hand. Leaving the story unanswered I wanted to know who won in the end. I'm curious what convinced you that Zannah won.
@@WookieeRage As someone mentioned, the Author of the book confirmed this a couple times :) I saw it most recently in a AMA on reddit. Give it a google it has some awesome QnA about Bane!
That's a new one for me xD never been called similair to that before haha. I do wonder why I sound that way to you :p I'm British and have a heavy notherner accent (Think GoT and the starks). Durcing recording I'll pronounce it bit harder so people can understand me more clearly. Other wise my words merge together and i'll be talking too fast for you to keep up.
@@SWCentral Because i also wouldn't rule out an underhanded tactic with her being an assassin and all, but would be cool if Cognus actually was more like Bane and sought to learn and master much more than we saw of her capabilities, perhaps with really potent tk and telepathy, lightning even. Things Zannah never bothered with
Before Vitiate's immortality ritual Zannah would turn Scourge into a mindless wreck. The Scourge we see in SWToR however who can no longer feel emotion would probably be immune to Zannah's madness spells and would eventually best her in lightaber combat.
@@iso-didact789 Ye. Scourge later on committed treason tho and ditched the empire. I think Darth Zannah And Bane vs Vitiate would be an easy vitiate win tho he could just freeze them and turn them to ash
We have no visual reference for Bane + Zannah (video wise) and I didn't want the entire video to be random fan-made photos. I opted to use cool Star Wars footage in general. The colours are also inverted in some cases.
@@The-Blue-Knight That was the moment she truly fell to the dark side. I always wondered why she didn't get more emotional when her cousin found her again. Then I remember, ah, yeah, Sith are dicks xD
there isn't one. The author is trying hard to get licensing by Lucasfilm and Disney though but currently this trilogy is it as far as Zannah is concerned. Her master was meant to appear in either Clone Wars or Rebels as a Sith ghost but Disney refused to allow it to be aired
You should read the Bane trilogy of books ( or lesson to them) Who cares about di$ney Canon. They have dropped the ball when it has come to star wars. The novels tell how Darth Bane came to power and created the rule of two. It adds way more to the lore of star wars then anything di$ney has ever made. It also has Darth Zannah, Dark Lady of the Sith and heir to the Darkside. 😉
@@Darth-Zannah yes, I read the Darth bane novels already. That’s why I’m trying to find the continuation or something close to it, but there doesn’t seem to be one.
Pretty much xD - To become a Sith, your single priority was the survival of the order and to strengthen the next generation (Or atleast it was during this time period for the video).
@@SWCentral not really. There must be 2. But at the same time there can only be 1. I don’t know how sith think that a method of disorder could ever win against a force that requires balance.
Sidious liked opera, Vectivus was a miner and businessman first; not all Sith only focused on destroying all Jedi and conquest. My own OC Sith, Darth Ravennia; is a bibliophile, someone who loves books or in her case holocrons and studying the Force. With many missing Sith between Millennial and Gravid there still is potential for more of these outliers
Good question. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that a Sith female will use their attractiveness to their advantage, therfore they would take efforts to preserve their looks possibly. That being said, age comes for us all. Palpatine looked pretty regular until the whole lightning situation hehe.
@@SWCentral I was HOPING, as a nerdy straight guy who never quite matured, that the answer would be that Dark Side can use force to enhance the body of the weilder. Muscles for men, bust and hip-waist raio for women, stamina for both. With Sith ladies, especcially apprentices, using implied sexuality and prowess to their advantage.
@@SWCentral Force sensitivity, to light or dark , is a genetic trait in SW canon. Rey nee Palpatine Skywalker is enshrined as that fact. One would think that Sith female would want to mate with Force sensitive male of her species, to conceive a potently sensitive child. Towards that end she has to overcome her female romantic rivals. Both Force sensitive or not. So being physically fit, attractive amplifying sexual selection traits , would be a good use for Dark Side Force manipulation.
with Talon, she's a Twi'lek who are seen as one of the most aesthetically-pleasing of all females in the galaxy. Maladi, Zannah and Lumiya before her cybernetics- were all gorgeous naturally. The Dark Side tends to corrupt the user, like Darth Traya say. Traya looks like a grandmother due to her long-time Force use. Darth Zash attempted to use the same Tenebrous ritual to take her apprentice Darth Vox's body which would mean an aging female taking a much younger female form if you made your Sith Inquisitor female; so whilst they aren't using the Dark Side directly for beauty it could be. In canon, the Nightsisters Asajj Ventress and Merrin are attractive compared to the Night Mother who is very aged and even Morgan is still attractive currently in Ahsoka despite the Witches of Dathomir also being proficient Dark Side users
😅 He was like a mad man sith gone haywire and he would have never reached his own full potential if not for his apprentice. Darth Zanna was a bad bitch literally.
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dude TYSM I could NOT get through the final audiobook. The guy does a great bane but an AWFUL Zannah lol. Now I can finish the story!
Offering Zannah my voice was fun! But it is time for the Goddess Demoness to rule over the sith.
You rocked it🤟🤘
Your voice sounded like Jaesa Willsaam. Fits all the more properly
@SWTOR Angels I want you sexy girls!😘
You did great! I almost thought it was from a recording of a syndicated audio book.
Ah yes my favorite Sith thank you!!!!
Darth Zannah is so underrated, she proved to be a worthy heir to Darth Bane, she learned from the best but she also developed her own skills, which are the only reason she defeated him. I always wanted another book about her and cognus.
@@WeaponsRemorse that is sad, but i did find a zannah fanfiction that continues her story that is quite satisfying.
@@AndreNitroX Mind sharing a link.
Please?
Zannah was pretty dope, liked the sith sorcery aspect of her character, that's not often done in universe.
But sadly it does elude at the end that darth Bane took over Zannah's body by shattering her personality during essence transfer. After the attempt, Zannah's hand twitched just like bane's did.
@@Jacob-qz9fo this is a common misconception but even the author correct it by saying zannah won but bane left some influence in her
@@Jacob-qz9fo I took it as, she won that battle. But a bit of bane was left over. Which is why I think another book or two would have been great. Explore that aspect a little more.
What I like about bane behavior towards zannah when she was a child is that he was never extremely cruel to her. He would discipline her when necessary. Even when she got older, he was never unnecessarily cruel to her. He stayed cold and continued to see her as just his successor.
Yes indeed! He had to be sure not frighten her, or alienate her against him. The dark side invited rivalry and strife but Bane circumvented that. A brilliant master.
Strict, but fair.
Sounds like a good father figure
@@pedrovargas2181 no. Just no. He didn't love her in any way.
@@pedrovargas2181 No. Good fathers love and care for their children. Bane would have killed her without hesitation if he'd thought she was too weak.
This is going to be great. Zannah is of the most interesting Sith Lords ever. It's a shame she never got a novel series of her own with Cognus.
I hear the author Drew is waiting for the day they reach out to him again so he can bring his work to life in canon! We can hope!
@Anu Sol We do know Cognus's apprentice was Darth Millennial. Beyond that we don't know any until Darth Gravid and his apprentice whose name I forget. After that we don't know anything until Darth Tenebrous, although we do know his master was a twilek. Tenebrous was a Bith who's real name was Rugess Nome, a starship designer who designed the sith infiltrator in episode 1. His apprentice was Darth Plagueis, a Muun whose real name was Hego Damask, the head of the intergalactic banking clan. His apprentice was Darth Sidious, who had first Darth Maul, then Darth Tyrannus, then Darth Vader.
@@iso-didact789 Great comment!
@@SWCentral Thanks.
I think that would be a good sequel to a Darth Bane trilogy
Never thought I would voice the Lord of the Rule of Two, but it was a lot of fun to work on this project with you, dude! It was a daunting one for sure, so good work!
Looking forward to more collaborations in the future! And our "Zannah" did an amazing job :)
As always it's a pleasure to have you aboard my friend! I've enjoyed many ventures with you over the years but this is the highlight for me! Love it and you
Thanks so much for your hard work! Do you have a patreon?
@@eren34558 Our voice actors have donation pages I believe and we also have a Patreon for the channel :) we appreciate you thinking of that kind of support! Lemme know if you want a link to any of those!
Yo your Darth Bane voice is amazing. I literally was listening to you voice him as I was playing Elden ring. Was an amazing backdrop! Haha
What a fascinating character.
Her relationship with Bane was one of the best master and apprentice relationships in the entire series, and to think it was a Sith one!
Just literally finished the audiobook trilogy 10 minutes ago and the end makes me believe Bane actually succeeded in the transfer and was pretending to be Zannah because she was going to say Darth Cognus' name but she caught herself and definitely the hand twitching was suspicious. Technically, he would no longer be Bane, and he would rather keep the transfer secret just in case he needed to use it on Cognus.
You're not alone many fans think that :)
Click read more if you want the answer the author gave.
Zannah won :) confirmed on a reddit AMA more than once. The author himself confirming it.
I deeply enjoy and appreciate your telling of the story. Zannah is one of my favorite sith !
I appreciate you listening! Much love friend
Hands down, Bane trilogy were the best SW books for me, it was like a honey to read, I felt excited just like a little kid when I firstly read this. There was something both exremaly cruel and ruthless but also extraordinary intelligent about Banbe and Zannah, just like sith should be, 180 degrees different than pathetic ''sith'' written by Disney
that exchange between bane and zannah at the 19:00 mark really is a good explanation of the rule of two. It really paints Bane as a great teacher and he is humble enough to know that one day she must surpass him if he a good enougjh teacher...Makes me wonder how Bane is compared to Sidious in this regard..I mean if you think about it Sidious didnt teach Vader sh1t. He was just using him as a tool (obviously he would) so who really is the better sith? Sidious because he probably would have never been challenged or Bane who was challenged and succeeded but in a way that respects the rule of two. think if you are a follower of the sith rule of two, Bane is the better sith in this regard
That was a very good story, but only repeated from the Darth Bane series.
Please do another story which tells us what happened to Darth Zanna from her duel with Bane, until her loss to Darth Cogness.
Fan made stories is something we will experiment with in the future!
well the writer alone knows that answer. Cognus took Millennial as her apprentice but Zannah's fate was unknown as the Sith Lord may have done a Thrawn- left the galaxy for the unknown regions. I too, would love to know the fate of Zannah
Zannah has even been dropped from canon; Bane appeared in I believe Rebels in an episode Disney did not show where Bane, Revan and I believe Andeddu talk to Ezra I think it was. Bane only says "My apprentice" never naming said apprentice. Her lightsaber was one point, in Greivous' collection and influenced Darth Maul's lightsaber design. In her own way Shri in Ahsoka, reminds me very heavily of Lord Zannah as she too is a blonde human female though Shri is a Dark Jedi if anything where Zannah is a fully-trained Sith Lord. Personally I'd love to see Lord Zannah return to the canon in some form or other
Thanks for the support 😢
Disney "canon" should aways be ignored.
I absolutely LOVE the stories of Darth Bane & Darth Zannah so much and this video was 10/10 amazing!
The writing, Narrating, and the Voice Acting was amazing.
I do wish there was a little more visuals related to each part of the story, but the visuals were fine and did the job.
Keep up these amazing videos and I’ll look for more like these with more Star Wars characters. Thank you
Thank you! I am trying to improve the visual reference on-screen with every new video! Thanks for watching
This was fantastic! It's great to see some appreciation for some of the lesser known lady Sith in the EU. Also the voice for Zannah sounds a lot like Merrin from Fallen Order!
Tina Abacos iirc is Merrin's VA. I see where you're going with it but I don't think Tina is on TH-cam though Goddess does a superb job here
I finished Darth Bane Explained yesterday and woke up this morning with Darth Zannah in mind! Fantastic! Two tales that marked the beginning of the modern Sith Order. Goddess Demoness, amazing voice acting and Luke as well! Congratulations to the whole team behind this project!
Ah thanks for watching them! Really glad you liked it!
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I bet but this was simply a Masterpiece‼️👏🏿
@@darthj9349 Thank you :3
Thank you for doing a video on Darth Zannah she is so underrated and her and Darth bane are my 2 favorite sith because of the books
The voicing acting is amazing, would loved to have seen more scenes with the characters, other than that, loved every moment of it, keep up the good work🥰👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you for the lovely comment friend!
@@SWCentral you’re welcome 😊
One of my favorite book series. The audio book is great.
The way they portray the Siths is brutal. Cold blooded killers
Amazing video!!!! Can see the time and effort u spent on this and it shows on the quality. Love ur longer explained videos. Great detail
Finally I can learn about Darth Zannah and Bane in a condensed but elaborate format! Very good job
Thanks for this! Zannah is my favorite Sith Lord! I hope one day to see her in Canon I think Sith Sorcery is so cool and would love to see it on screen! Great video and great voice acting!
Thank you :D
The ability to drag someone’s unfathomable subconscious horrors to the surface and make them that persons new reality in order to shatter their sanity leaving their mind in broken madness is an awesome and terrible power. Cyndra experienced the full power of the dark side…even clawing out her own eyes couldn’t save her from the unconscious horrors crawling through her mind, ripping it to shreds.
@@jastermereel6949 😩 soooo good!
@@treblazer Thank you. I consider myself a Star Wars lore master, well from a certain point of view anyways…I’ve read all the books,seen all the movies and shows and studied the legends lore extensively for my own interests. The dark side is a truly terrifying reality warping power that can only be fought effectively by other force users or by using ysalamir tree lizards from the planet myrkr. If you wish to see more examples of the dark side unleashed in its purest, most powerful form, look up the exploits of Abeloth aka the bringer of chaos otherwise known as the beloved queen of the stars. Nobody calls her queen of the stars willingly mind you, only because they have no choice.
@@jastermereel6949 Oh i myself am a “Loremaster/ Lore Enthusiast” i am OBSESSED with the Dark Side, the Sith, Nightsister Magicks, Dark Jedi, all of it! I think the Sith especially don’t get as much shine as they should for being so powerful and capable fighters and masterminds! I can’t wait for shows like the Acolyte where we’ll get to see more of that hopefully and I would ABSOLUTELY LOOOVE a Rule Of Two era series that starts off with Bane and Zannah and works it’s way all way up to Plagueis and Sidious
Darth Zannah is undoubtedly a very powerful Sith Lord. She deserves to be in the top ten, and she is number eight on my list. This is because I think Exar Kun is slightly more well-rounded than her, and Darth Bane is fundamentally stronger than Zannah, given that she needed to use all of her strengths to beat him. Darth Bane is fifth strongest, after Darth Plagueis, Darth Revan, Darth Vader, and Darth Sidious.
I remember when I bought this book about 8 years ago from WH Smith, no joke I must of read it from cover to cover maybe 5 times, I was absolutely fascinated by the bane trilogy read all of them multiple times but ROT was my absolute favourite!!! Great video by the way👍👍!
Wow! Time flies... Can't believe it's been so long since the book was written. Appreciate you!
@@SWCentral alright G. sorry for the late reply handset problems. Anyway nice reply thanks really appreciated👍, if your kicking about the game sometime link me do a few FP or WZ...... Peace
Darth Zannah is awesome . Call me crazy , but I would've MUCH preferred they resurrected Darth Zannah instead of Sidious in the latest trilogy. We NEVER seen a FEMALE SITH LORD in the films before , it would've been something New and exciting. Don't you think ? 🤔
Lord Talon was in the original idea for The Force Awakens then Kathleen put her woke feminazi hands on it and said; "Mary Sue white human Jedi? Yes, sultry seductive Lethanese Twi'leki babe Sith Lord? Hell no..." and so we were robbed of all chance at a beautiful female Sith Lord. Here's to hoping Shri at least becomes a formidable female Dark Jedi
I really wish that another trilogy could be made about zahnna and cognus in the same vain as the bane trilogy. It could show the tiny shred of bane that may have survived emerging occasionally in zahnna from time to time. Do you realize that zahnna killed the sith’ari? How incredible is that
*Hits blunt* Yo, what if Zannah was the Sith'ari all along?
I always think back to the moment she shielded herself from Darth Bane's lightning. Not just any lightning either... Enhanced ritual lightning, in the shape of a thunder storm. Zannah, at the age of 9, shielded that.
Imo, she was the dark side incarnate and Bane was meant to teach her the new ways so she could cement his legacy.
But yeah another trilogy god yes! The author of the book is actually wanting to bring these stories to life again. We can only hope Disney reaches out to them and get's the ball rolling.
@@SWCentral I like the idea of that! I definitely want to see more cognus and zahnna adventures for sure. Would love to have that confirmed in a new trilogy
Disney is too busy appealing to liberal propaganda to make a good starwars movie, or any movie now days for that matter
@@SWCentral
I bet that Drew has the stories ready to publish and is waiting for decent leadership at Lucasfilm.
@@SWCentralher being the Sith'ari makes even more sense when we look at Bane's most defining features:
Bane is a scholar of the old Sith and a teacher foremost. He is the personified Sith altruist. From the moment on he discovered Darth Revan's holocron, he changed into someone who's whole life is centered around the creation and stability of a new Sith order.
It is like he was made and folded by the dark side to be the best forefather for the true Sith'ari to develop the true Sith order.
*Cough cough* Kreia was right, the force sucks *cough cough*
AHH HAHAHAHAHA ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤🖤🤍 Your Darth Zannah voice is awesome! Love New Sith Wars lore! An era of Star Wars that needs more content honestly.
Bro this is so good really looking forward to see more of this, i think i'm gonna rewatch it a couple of times, it's almost like a movie
Thank you! Yeah it's defo movie length haha. Hopefully our future projects will be just as good if not better :D - Appreciate you
just read the darth bane books.
@@erikevenson4303 For sure someone can read the books :D always encourage that. But the idea of this video is actually a summary of the story haha, much shorter than reading 3 books. Great for anyone who doesn't have the motivation to read but does enjoy a listen, no? :P
@@SWCentral the audiobooks are around too. its a good listen, but thanks for this. good voice-overs!
@@erikevenson4303 Appreciate you :D
I never expected that the start of Zannah sith legacy would be her having a little bit of Bane inside her lol.
My favorite Sith girl. "I am not a kid. Boooom. I am a Sith."
Own the first 2 books hard cover. I’ve read the third twice but I need to own it. Casting: Bane = Dave Bautista. Zannah = Alyvia Alyn Lind or any of her sisters.
Original choices:
Michael Clark Duncan - is now deceased and Margot Robbie has aged out.
I'm still interested in a series told from the point of view of Sith. Zannah seems like a good place to start. The success of Andor shows that when you shed the burden of Canon great storytelling can still be done.
A theory i came across somewhere in a rabbit hole is Bane is really Zannah over a life essences transfer ritual he did in their last battle.. thats why her hand started twitching in the end of the book. Just like how his hand trembled towwards the end of the trilogy.. crazy how i just remembered this being i read them books yrs ago in rehab
Nice Darth zana pic u used and godess demoness did an amazing voice acting as zana,props to her
I loved her book cover image more; cowled in her robe with a purple marking on her cheek but it does not show the Sith Lord in full profile sadly
It wouldnt be a surprise if Zannah and Bane's souls combine due to the transfer.
And Zannah's power increased because of it.
My favorite trilogy ever, there should never ever be legends…… I just refinished all 9 books of the fate of the Jedi, why couldn’t Disney just followed this path?
omg I didn't know Darth Zannah had the SEXIEST voice in the entire galaxy!!
I'm convinced that when zannah killed bane, it was nothing personal at all. The rule of two demanded his death as she increased in power, she knew he would be in her way. On the other hand, who knows what more they might have accomplished if they worked together for longer....and God in my mind, zannah is soooo hot. I had to say it man, such hotness should not go unrecognized 😆
In the book Hetton is a count of Sereno head of one of the six major families that rule the planet.
Darth bane time zone oh well, under my honest opinion this worked to great affect, ensuring the survival of the Sith and for 1000 years the fish were hiding in plain sight, and in Plainview with the Jedi, but they were fools not to see the dark side right in front of them, and when the time was right, the Sith, Lord Darth serious, brought the Sith back to the rightful place of ruling the galaxy and ensuring the complete eradication and destruction of the Jedi
If only Disney had made this novel to movie…….smhhhh
As Elton John once sang; 'The bitch is back'. She did more to help the Jedi than any Jedi just as the reverse is true of Vader!
Can't disagree xD
I used to think bane was the strongest sith ever back when i was noob in star wars lore but then i realized that plagueis would destroy bane in a fight 😂
As is the way of the Sith. Only the Strong survive.
"Two there should be. No more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it."- Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith.
Darth Zannah is also Canon.
sorry she is not, the episode Bane was to be in has never been acknowledged by Disney on top of that, Bane says "My apprentice" but never names Zannah nor does he refer to his apprentice other than just that
@@claudijatzandrapova3347 Check Canon Darth Bane in Wookiepedia. Lucasfilm also confirmed Darth Zannah is Canon.
@@claudijatzandrapova3347That version of bane in the clone wars series is a joke. The true Darth Bane is shown in the trilogy of Bane novels expertly written by Drew Karpyshyn. I am Canon. Long live the Sith!!!
Listening to this and your Darth Bane Video has been an amazing pastime.
Glad you liked them!
ive watched this video every week since i found it, its an amazing story. And good voice acting imo.
this humbles us, thank you kindly
That laugh at the end was so chilling 🤘
The voice actress is incredible!
So thats why darth zannah sounds different from the Darth Bane Books!!
Why does Darth Bane feels like a cold but actually caring dad to Zannah?
Because he is one of the best father figures ever written. "Stern but fair" is how your kids respect you even if you can only spend a few hours with them per week.
What an amazing story.
Darth zannah is by far my favorite sith
Great job guys
ahh my favorite sith.. too bad Karpyshyn didnt write a 3 book story about her.
Thank you darth zannah incredible story of your life for knowledge is power thank you
Shin Hati was indeed a hottie(From Ahsoka series). She looks like Zannah.
She's female and blonde for sure :p
We’ve never seen Darth Zannah at full power she wasn’t at her peak when she fought bane she still grew afterwards
Excellent job💥💯
Thank you!
awesome video and greetings to you master sam and master peter 👍👍
LOVE dARTH zANNA .. HER AND ASAJII VENTRES ..... MADE RESPECT 4 THEM TO ... AND DARTH COGNUS ...
You know, this is actually convenient considering I was researching Darth Bane cause I saw a post of "peak Darth Bane could defeat peak any other Sith" so was just looking around to see if I could see any evidence that could back that up lol
Peak Darth Bane lost to Darth Zannah so I don't think that makes sense haha xD - Unless we're walking about armoured Bane, that's different. But even then, Zannah knew the armous weakness: lightning.
Bane is super powerful, he could disintegrate people who came too close to him, or even transfer his own essence between bodies like Tenebrae. However that's how he ultimately lost hist fight.
My favorite Star Wars character! Let's go!!!
I like it. Great job. :)
Daal is the closest character we will have to her in media
I had Zannah feels watching Ahsoka as Shri just feels like the ancient Sith Lord though her saber is dark orange whereas Zannah's was purple in the comic version
This is one interpretation another on is that bane is very much alive and took over zana's body. which im pretty sure is how the book said it ended. not that zana had completely defeated bane and stopped him essents transfer. I really wanted to know what happens next. one of the best star wars book series. Fate of the Jedi is amazing but it is 9 books.
If you like that ending, fair enough :) - If you want to know what the auhtor said about this click read more.
The author of the book confirmed on reddit, that Zannah indeed won battle of wills. She came out on top and Bane's spirit was thrown into the void. Zannah then trained Cognus, who in turn trained Darth Milennial. I would love if Bane actually did win, but I like the fact that Zannah succeeded him. In the proper manner :)
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Dude, I am officially offering my services to voice any side character you need voiced. 100% official home studio, with quality vocals. Because the vocal quality of some of the side characters is heartbreaking 💔
You're welcome to join our Discord and express an interesit in voice-roles if you like! - We are actually looking :) - discord.gg/YDrR3Dq
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wow, very well done video
Thanks! We put a lot into this. We have our "Darth Bane Explained" video coming very soon so be sure to come back :D
What a Masterpiece‼️👏🏿
This is fun. Keep it up! ❤️
I love it!!
Though there is nothing concrete about this in Canon I assume that Darth Zannah is Darth Bane because of the tremors in her hand at the end of the 3rd book and the explanation of a failed attempt of essence transfer ritual in said book, furthermore I put to you my fellow nerds that Yoda has met with the force spirit of Darth Bane(animated series)which Exponentially adds backing to my claim as according to Darth Andeddu's teachings in his holocron regarding the attempt and as a result failure of the essence transfer ritual.(your soul is lost to the void)
Awesome comment 🙂 unfortunately it can't be so though... Lemme explain!
The author of the actual book confirmed that Zannah won the duel... So I guess that seals that haha.
Yoda didn't actually meet Darth Bane I'm afraid... And also the encounter it's self present a major plot hole. Firstly, the entire scenario is an illusion created by something guiding Yoda, it's not related to the real Darth Bane he was just used in this scenario. As for the plot hole... Well, Yoda actually says he recognised Bane and also knew he created the rule of two. This is a plot hole. It's impossible for Yoda to know what Darth Bane looks like... The fact he recognised him means Yoda somehow saw Banes appearance (only possible through his holocron) which is cited nowhere haha. So plot hole it is...
Anyways, Bane is trapped in the void for sure. Question is, is there a way back from the void?
@@SWCentral if Drew Karpyshyn said it is so, then I concede to your point sir 👏🤝
In some ways kreia would be proud of zannah.
Using simple persuasion on a weak minded individual to gain information.
Loved this!
Glad you enjoyed!
I wish that was Bane's voice in the audiobooks.
Magnificent
Darth Zannah is my favorite Sith Lord in Star Wars Expanded Universe and She is my sexy girl.
Maybe a rude question, but what accent do you have? A few of your vowels sound like the most intense Scottish accent I've ever heard, like how you pronounce sounds like "play" as "pleh", but most other parts of your speech sound like a very mild rural UK accent that I'm not familiar enough to identify.
What is the animation with the blue people used in this video, from?
Game trailers for SWTOR, the colour is inverted on many scenes.
Zannah lost when bane did the essence transfer. That's why at the end she was moving her left hand the same hand that bane had trouble with. She lost n bane won
Sorry friend, I don't want to ruin your ending but.... Click for spoiler
The author comfirmed that it was Zannah who won... The tremble is as I stated, a mental scar that will be their forever.
"brevity is the soul of wit."
Is there more of the story with Darth Zannah and Darth Cognus?
Unforunately no :( we only hear whispers and references after the story here.
I thought the ending left it uncertain if Bane had been successful in dominating Zannah, mostly because the tremor in her hand. Leaving the story unanswered I wanted to know who won in the end. I'm curious what convinced you that Zannah won.
It was confirmed by Drew Karpyshyn himself that Zannah won.
@@muhdaqeel7330 I am glad she won, but also kind of liked not knowing. Such a great trilogy.
@@WookieeRage As someone mentioned, the Author of the book confirmed this a couple times :) I saw it most recently in a AMA on reddit. Give it a google it has some awesome QnA about Bane!
@@WookieeRage Link please?
@@muhdaqeel7330 sorry, link to what exactly?
I still say Bane was successful with hos ritual in the end. N possessing different bodies till palpy
OMG your voice listening to a South Park Canadian. I can see your head bobbing up and down, buddeh.
That's a new one for me xD never been called similair to that before haha. I do wonder why I sound that way to you :p I'm British and have a heavy notherner accent (Think GoT and the starks). Durcing recording I'll pronounce it bit harder so people can understand me more clearly. Other wise my words merge together and i'll be talking too fast for you to keep up.
@TK421
Dork. I bet you like picturing dude's heads bobbing up and down.
What game are the two twilex children from?
SWTOR :)
i wonder what Zannah vs Cognus would look like
Me too, probably insane sorcery and some elegant saber fighting
@@SWCentral Because i also wouldn't rule out an underhanded tactic with her being an assassin and all, but would be cool if Cognus actually was more like Bane and sought to learn and master much more than we saw of her capabilities, perhaps with really potent tk and telepathy, lightning even. Things Zannah never bothered with
Darth Zannah vs Scourge
I love Scourge but Zannah probably takes this one...
Before Vitiate's immortality ritual Zannah would turn Scourge into a mindless wreck. The Scourge we see in SWToR however who can no longer feel emotion would probably be immune to Zannah's madness spells and would eventually best her in lightaber combat.
@@SWCentral Really he should be Darth Scourge it makes zero sense that in 300 years he never got the Darth title.
@@iso-didact789 Ye. Scourge later on committed treason tho and ditched the empire. I think Darth Zannah And Bane vs Vitiate would be an easy vitiate win tho he could just freeze them and turn them to ash
Why show Vailyn and Zakuul etc.. ?
We have no visual reference for Bane + Zannah (video wise) and I didn't want the entire video to be random fan-made photos. I opted to use cool Star Wars footage in general. The colours are also inverted in some cases.
@@SWCentral I suspected as much, good call !
Sad start. I wish the Jedi didn't kill the animal so Zannah could still be part of the light.
Rip her cousin.
Wow shooting those people that offered her help. Sith really are sick.
@@The-Blue-Knight That was the moment she truly fell to the dark side. I always wondered why she didn't get more emotional when her cousin found her again. Then I remember, ah, yeah, Sith are dicks xD
@@SWCentral ya
I mean even without that, Zannah had a natural affinity for the dark side.
Can someone please tell me what the Zannah continuation story is and where it could possibly be found?
there isn't one. The author is trying hard to get licensing by Lucasfilm and Disney though but currently this trilogy is it as far as Zannah is concerned. Her master was meant to appear in either Clone Wars or Rebels as a Sith ghost but Disney refused to allow it to be aired
You should read the Bane trilogy of books ( or lesson to them) Who cares about di$ney Canon. They have dropped the ball when it has come to star wars.
The novels tell how Darth Bane came to power and created the rule of two. It adds way more to the lore of star wars then anything di$ney has ever made. It also has Darth Zannah, Dark Lady of the Sith and heir to the Darkside. 😉
@@Darth-Zannah yes, I read the Darth bane novels already. That’s why I’m trying to find the continuation or something close to it, but there doesn’t seem to be one.
All they ever talk about is the force. They don’t like sports? Or food? Or anything other than the force? 😆
Pretty much xD - To become a Sith, your single priority was the survival of the order and to strengthen the next generation (Or atleast it was during this time period for the video).
@@SWCentral not really. There must be 2. But at the same time there can only be 1. I don’t know how sith think that a method of disorder could ever win against a force that requires balance.
Sidious liked opera, Vectivus was a miner and businessman first; not all Sith only focused on destroying all Jedi and conquest. My own OC Sith, Darth Ravennia; is a bibliophile, someone who loves books or in her case holocrons and studying the Force. With many missing Sith between Millennial and Gravid there still is potential for more of these outliers
what is the video from?
A mixture of different star wars games 😊 SWTOR, Kotor, Kotor remake teaser.
When we gonna get a live action Darth bane and Darth Zannah !!!!
I wish!
Why are Sith women so well endowed? Does the Dark Side negate need for plastic surgerons?
Good question. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that a Sith female will use their attractiveness to their advantage, therfore they would take efforts to preserve their looks possibly.
That being said, age comes for us all. Palpatine looked pretty regular until the whole lightning situation hehe.
@@SWCentral I was HOPING, as a nerdy straight guy who never quite matured, that the answer would be that Dark Side can use force to enhance the body of the weilder. Muscles for men, bust and hip-waist raio for women, stamina for both. With Sith ladies, especcially apprentices, using implied sexuality and prowess to their advantage.
@@SWCentral Force sensitivity, to light or dark , is a genetic trait in SW canon. Rey nee Palpatine Skywalker is enshrined as that fact. One would think that Sith female would want to mate with Force sensitive male of her species, to conceive a potently sensitive child. Towards that end she has to overcome her female romantic rivals. Both Force sensitive or not. So being physically fit, attractive amplifying sexual selection traits , would be a good use for Dark Side Force manipulation.
with Talon, she's a Twi'lek who are seen as one of the most aesthetically-pleasing of all females in the galaxy. Maladi, Zannah and Lumiya before her cybernetics- were all gorgeous naturally. The Dark Side tends to corrupt the user, like Darth Traya say. Traya looks like a grandmother due to her long-time Force use. Darth Zash attempted to use the same Tenebrous ritual to take her apprentice Darth Vox's body which would mean an aging female taking a much younger female form if you made your Sith Inquisitor female; so whilst they aren't using the Dark Side directly for beauty it could be. In canon, the Nightsisters Asajj Ventress and Merrin are attractive compared to the Night Mother who is very aged and even Morgan is still attractive currently in Ahsoka despite the Witches of Dathomir also being proficient Dark Side users
How can the full story end as soon as she becomes the master?????
😅 He was like a mad man sith gone haywire and he would have never reached his own full potential if not for his apprentice. Darth Zanna was a bad bitch literally.
Very noice
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