Darth Sidious' Speech To A Dying Plagueis (Star Wars: Darth Plagueis)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2022
- The passage is an excerpt from chapter 30. Chancellor Palpatine had just been appointed. Sidious and Plagueis head to Plagueis' penthouse to celebrate. They are big drinkers. Plagueis feels that it is too much and tries to stop, but Sidious forbids it. Sidious tells Plagueis his speech for tomorrow's senate meeting as he is drinking. Plagueis started to nod out. Sidious regarded this as the ideal chance to murder his master and provide a speech in the process.
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"Let's go over the second part of the speech, shall we. You useless old fool. It was Hego Damask as Darth Plagueis who came to Naboo, determined to suck the planet dry of plasma and set the Trade Federation up as its overseers. It was Hego Damask as Plagueis who then set his sights on a seemingly confused young man and, with meticulous skill, manipulated him into committing patricide, matricide, fratricide. Darth Plagueis who took him as an apprentice, sharing some of his knowledge but withholding his most powerful secrets, denying the apprentice his wishes as a means of controlling him, instilling in him a sense of murderous rage, and turning him to the dark side. It was Plagueis who criticized the early efforts of his apprentice, and who once choked him in a demonstration of his superiority. Plagueis, who denigrated him in private for hiring an inept assassin to carry out the murder of Senator Kim-and yet who allowed himself to be tricked by the Gran and nearly killed by mercenaries. Plagueis, who turned away from the Grand Plan to focus entirely on himself, in an egotistical quest for immortality."
In case any of you want to follow along.
"By the Force!! Even when he's murdering me, this guy won't shut up!!"
-Darth Plagueis. Probably.
Funny joke.
That should be on a shirt🤣
Tenebrous was too proud to think that Plagueis would have the guts to kill him.
Plagueis was too proud to realize that he had lost focus and was getting sloppy.
Sidious was too proud to understand that Vader, while broken, was not beyond redemption.
Arrogance is the bane of Sith.
actually was beyond redemption.
Dolph recognized that as Kueller.
“You’ve been nothing more than a pawn in a game played by a genuine master. The Sith’Ari.”
“Darth plagueis the wise who forged the most powerful Sith Lord the galaxy has ever known yet forgot to leave a place for himself.”
TEACHER YES BUT MASTER...... NEVER
This book is an absolute masterpiece. It explores the Sith plot in great detail, explains the real reasons behind everything that happens in the Prequels, and also brilliantly shows Palpatine's rise to power and how monumental Darth Plagueis's role in it was. Moreover, it completely changes the way you look at the events of The Phantom Menace. I can't watch the movie now and not think about the real reasons behind the Naboo blockade, about the fact that just before Palpatine met with Qui-Gon and the team on their arrival from Tatooine, he'd just spoken to Plagueis, the fact that before Qui-Gon and the team went to Naboo, Plaguies was watching them from afar and had a vision about Anakin's future, the fact that just before Palpatine went to Naboo to congratulate Padme, Obi-Wan and Anakin on their victory, this scene had occurred on Coruscant. James Luceno has woven Hego Damask into the story so well, it becomes hard to believe he hasn't appeared in the movie at all.
This novel was one of the best things that came from the EU. James Luceno is one of the greatest Star Wars authors.
This novel is my favorite, and James Luceno is my favorite author.
Combine that with the great episode of Tales of The Jedi where Dooku falls to the dark side. This happens perhaps a day after he killed Plagueis and lost Maul. Now he turns Dooku to the dark side.
I love the statements that Palpatine makes during this speech only to go on and make the same mistakes in terms of the grand plan.
Such brilliant writing in this novel.
Sith Lord makes same mistake as master classic element of irony now comes the part where we throw our heads back and laugh. Ready?
It's funny that Sidious wasn't outright deceiving Anakin. Plagueis could prevent others from dying. Sidious only twisted the story in his own direction but Plagueis knew power. The only thing is that Sidious never had any ambition to train Vader with such a power.
That is because Sidious is the endpoint of the Sith dynasty. He is pure evil at it’s most raw state and he is the most powerful in terms of raw power as well. Both politically and in the dark side. The ultimate tyrant of both the dark side and of government. This all begins with Bane and the rule of two, where he decides there needs to be a culmination of political cunning and deception for the sith from here on out as opposed to just brute strength and fighting on the battlefield with their army in useless zealotry.
Palpatine doesn’t even respect or serve the force. He only serves himself and actively preys on the force as it’s something to be dominated. It’s interesting to see the stark difference between Plagueis’ death and Tenebrous’ death. When Plagueis kills his master it’s almost this heartwarming “oh but the great plan is really coming along!” But with Sidious it’s all malice and, like I said, pure evil. He is the Sith line perfected. The great irony is he ends up giving birth to Rey who is ultimately Good. Go figure lol.
But to get back to my point. Vader was never more than a tool to Sidious. Vader was never truly evil, he always had a bit of good in him and was capable of redemption. He was never as strong as Sidious either, he could only take him down with the help of Luke. The force is balanced when he finally is able to depose Sidious. It’s interesting how Sidious keeps on searching for new talent but there’s really nobody who can be his apprentice truly because he is the Sithari. When his “apprentice” kills him it’s not to take his place, it’s to redeem himself and die. Thereby ending this Sith dynasty.
@@mistadopeyyI think Maul was ultimately the end of the Sith dynasty, since he was the only “apprentice” that had actual training. Even in the Clone Wars we can see how Maul uses manipulation tactics to posses power, similar to Palpatine.
@@ToroBravo144 to be fair dooku and anakin already had jedi training before becoming sith.
@@ToroBravo144That is Canon Maul in Legends Maul lacked the IQ for anything else other then unarmed combat, physical abilities, double bladed lightsaber use, jar kai fighting, and stealth missions Legends Maul had a high potential higher then most but it still was not as high as Abeloth, The Skywalkers, The Solos Under Leias Line, The Mereks, Sidious, Yoda, Dooku, Mace, Plagueis, Or Malgus.
In Canon Maul was meant to be Sidious successor before his crippled state on Naboo and before The Skywalkers were discovered his potential surpassed everyone except for Abeloth, The Father, The Daughter, And The Skywalkers yeah.
My head-canon is that Darth Vitiate never died, and that he is the “Dark Side” whispering to Sidious.
Ironically Palpatine also underestimated Plagueis. You notice how tbe subtlety of his control and the reach of Sidious' foresight falls without his counsel. It is still mighty, but pride clouds him from having the introspection needed to hold the galactic throne in the face of the rebellion.
To be fair
That wasn't a matter of a lack of foresight
It was believing he could break Luke and that Anakin would stay on his leash.
"Death rattled his lungs, and he died" is such a good line.
I absolutely love Palpatine now, seriously used to just love Vader and Luke and Kenobi. But the true master is Palpatine, he is the only one to have taken on all of them, Yoda, Mace Windu, Luke, Vader, everyone. And won, the Windu fight was obviously because Palpatine could feel Anakin, he knew if he was in a position of defense and being defenseless, he’d have a greater chance of turning Anakin in the moment because he had to choose right then and there, either he lives, or Anakin will not know how to save Padme. Not knowing, that that is the choice that put the nightmare in motion.
I know, right?! I had a blast reading this novel. In-depth research on Palpatine and even his master, Darth Plagueis, was done masterfully by James Luceno. This might be his best novel. And my favorite Star Wars novel.
@@buntsbooks yes!
@Aemond Rivera The question I have to ask is: How did Plaguise not sensed Palpatine's betrayal with The Force?
@@Sweet_Z_Official plot armor. Really a silly story if Plagueis is supposedly the most powerful sith at this point.
I'm truly disgusted at Lucas' idea for cute little teddy bears to defeat Palpatine and his elite troops in Return of the Jedi.
This scene alone is 1 reason of many to make a Darth plagueis series. Such an amazing story. Light years ahead of the dribble they cooked up for the sequels
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That would reference In the Book "Maul Lockdown!!!" When Sidious seed Maul to Cog Hive 7 prison to retrieve a nuclear weapon that he would give to Vossa and her allies to exempt Plagues life!!!
So as it showed here, and we know, Palps fomented a rebelion. He should've known what to look for before the rebels ever gained momentum, but he got arrogant.
The rebels didn't have the same resources the Separatists did.
Daniel Davis must voice Plagueis again.
This is the best novel in the EU. I would love for a series to be invested in using this text, verbatim, as the source material.
Ikr? This novel is a masterpiece.
@@buntsbooks - and the audiobook is such a magnificent performance from the voice acting, to the effects, the transitions and music. Honestly, for me, it's like the movies you can watch anytime, no matter how many times you've seen them. I can cue this recording up, listen to it anytime and be as satisfied as the first time I listened. I read the novel first and enjoyed it. The audio production took it to another level.
Star Wars Legends always will be the Real Star Wars Canon for me
My Star Wars canon is all of George's six films, Dave Filoni's Clone Wars and all the EU.
@@buntsbooks I am sorry but clone wars doesnt fit Legends
@@halilkural9958 Maybe to you.
this has to be the best book about evil
If you can, could you upload bits of the Death Troopers book, I'm particularly interested in the lungs screaming bit.
Plagueis anihilation was plentiful way way more drawn ouf then Tenebrous was yeah.
I have got to buy this book!! 😃
Oh, you definitely should! I highly recommend it.
Did Plagueis had the time to teach Sidious the way of cheating death ? It is surprising that Sidious killed him before learning this power. Because at the end of the story, Plagueis was finally able to do it.
Palpatine only kept Plagueis alive until he was able to learn all he needed from Plagueis. So, to answer your question, perhaps.
I think the point is that even plagueis himself never quite figured it out. He was obviously able to manipulate the midichlorians to an extent, but he couldn’t keep himself alive forever, even if he might have been able to extend his lifespan significantly.
The fact that Plagueis never returned makes me think he was never able to cheat death by time Palpatine killed him
Maybe he was able to stop aging, but it didn't make him invincible.
@@jimcorleone7861 I doubt it
i wonder if vader, maul and dooku could take plagueis.
Plague is is challenging himself?
Funny how SW will change the rules for the plot. Here-somehow Plagueis can’t sense Palpatine’s betrayal yet Palpatine can’t sense Vader’s betrayal because according to Lucas, Vader’s betrayal was out of love for his son. What?
Did you not hear what Palpatine had said?
"Just how we clouded the minds of the Jedi, I clouded yours."
He was drunk but even when he was aware, Plagueis did nothing to retaliate assuming he couldn’t be executed. Its hubris.
Palpatine always had an ability to hide himself, even from his master.
Remember when he killed his family Plagueis didn't realize he did it with the force. Palpatine has always done well at hiding himself from everyone.