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Darth Plagueis The Wise
"Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying."
-- Palpatine
Darth Plagueis, also known as Darth Plagueis the Wise, was a Muun Dark Lord of the Sith, heir to the lineage of Darth Bane and a master of midi-chlorian manipulation, who lived during the century leading up to the Battle of Naboo. Obsessed with eternal life, Plagueis experimented with ways to cheat death and create new life from the midi-chlorians.
He played a large role in galactic events, inciting Darth Sidious, whom he trained in the ways of the Sith and the dark side of the Force, to take control of the galaxy and bring about an age of the Sith. Sidious, concerned with being replaced as Plagueis' apprentice, eventually killed the Muun in his sleep. The legend of Plagueis was later used by Sidious to sway Anakin Skywalker to the dark side, though Plagueis himself remained a mysterious figure to the Jedi and their allies well into the time of the Galactic Alliance.
Biography
Darth Plagueis was a Muun, in the Sith lineage of Darth Bane, who reigned in the time around 60 BBY. By the time of the Galactic Alliance, nothing was known of Plagueis' origins, and no one was sure how he came to train Palpatine. At some point, though, he took on Palpatine, a gifted student, as his apprentice and named him Darth Sidious. Plagueis would spend a lifetime seeking power over death.
Plagueis and Sidious
"Tell me what you regard as your greatest strength, so I will know how best to undermine you; tell me of your greatest fear, so I will know which I must force you to face; tell me what you cherish most, so I will know what to take from you; and tell me what you crave, so that I might deny you."
?Darth Plagueis
Sidious learned from Plagueis over the course of decades, during which Plagueis taught his apprentice everything he knew to prevent the power he had amassed from being lost forever. During Sidious' training, Plagueis gave his apprentice access to his Sith holocrons. Plagueis' lessons involved forcing Sidious to face his fears, denying him of pleasures, and taking from him the things he loved. He taught Sidious that emotions such as envy and hatred, though necessary to master the dark side, were simply means to the end of casting aside usual notions of morality for a greater goal. Plagueis also lectured his apprentice on the means of taking power, with the eventual goal of control over the galaxy.
Sidious, meanwhile, began training his own apprentice, Darth Maul, without Plagueis' knowledge, and may even have trained other apprentices before Maul. Sidious would not kill his master, however, until he understood the lessons of Plagueis and had become powerful enough to defeat him.
The death of Darth Plagueis
"He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then, his apprentice killed him in his sleep."
?Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker
Plagueis, who had discovered a way to prevent death with the Force, intended to explore an extreme application of his power?the ability to create life from nothing, using the Force to directly manipulate the midi-chlorians found in a living being's blood. When the Dark Lord revealed his plans for this experiment to Sidious, Sidious grew concerned. When Plagueis then stated that a being created in this manner would be the living embodiment of the Force, Sidious realized that his master intended to create his replacement, and determined to kill Plagueis before that happened. Plagueis never suspected his impending death. Shortly after, at some point between 52 BBY and 46 BBY, Sidious murdered Darth Plagueis as he slept.
Legacy
"Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?"
?Palpatine
Plagueis' experiments in creating life may have succeeded. It was speculated that Plagueis initiated his plans before dying, and according to the Sith Lords, it was Plagueis who influenced the midi-chlorians to conceive Anakin Skywalker. Though Plagueis purportedly taught Palpatine all he knew, Palpatine himself was unable to use Plagueis' teachings to cheat death through the Force, and was forced to rely on clone bodies to hold his spirit instead.
Sidious spoke little of Plagueis to his apprentice Darth Tyr!@#$, and in the following decades only gave hints to his apprentice Darth Vader. However, he did use Plagueis' story to seduce Anakin Skywalker into becoming Vader. The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, Palpatine's Sith legend, told of Plagueis' abilities to create and preserve life; according to Palpatine, the tragic irony was that though he could keep others from dying, he could not save himself. Skywalker, seeking Plagueis' power to save his own wife Padm?, later apprenticed himself to Palpatine.
When historians in later years were unable to find much information on Plagueis, they suspected that Palpatine had destroyed everything about his master. The Ingo Wavlud M!@#$cript, one of the few sources of knowledge for the Jedi on the Sith and Sidious, revealed information on Plagueis to the Galactic Alliance and New Jedi Order.
Personality and traits
"You must begin by gaining power over yourself; then another; then a group, an order, a world, a species, a group of species? finally, the galaxy itself."
?Darth Plagueis
Darth Plagueis was a mystic, a devotee of the dark side, and a lover of things otherworldly and arcane. Obsessed with the prospect of eternal life and ideas of spontaneous generation, he remained focused on matters of the material world, though in later years Darth Vader mused that Plagueis had also desired a way to preserve the immaterial self after the death of the body.
Plagueis was wise, and his apprentice Palpatine believed that the extent to which he turned his sight inward was the source of his power and knowledge. Plagueis believed that power was to be gained incrementally, beginning with the self and culminating with control of the entire galaxy. As Plagueis' own powers grew, he became afraid of nothing but losing that power. Nonetheless, though the death of the master by the hand of the apprentice was the usual means of Sith succession, Plagueis never saw his own death coming.
Powers and abilities
"Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself."
?Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker
Plagueis was a master of esoteric and unnatural aspects of the Force. With it, he was able to manipulate the essence of life, a power Palpatine believed was directly tied to his inward sight. Plagueis could save others from death and, when his power was applied to the extreme, create new life from the midi-chlorians found in all lifeforms. Plagueis even discovered the ability to retain one's identity in the Force while becoming one with it, but this manner of surviving death did not appeal to him, as he was not concerned with the nonmaterial world.
-- Palpatine
Darth Plagueis, also known as Darth Plagueis the Wise, was a Muun Dark Lord of the Sith, heir to the lineage of Darth Bane and a master of midi-chlorian manipulation, who lived during the century leading up to the Battle of Naboo. Obsessed with eternal life, Plagueis experimented with ways to cheat death and create new life from the midi-chlorians.
He played a large role in galactic events, inciting Darth Sidious, whom he trained in the ways of the Sith and the dark side of the Force, to take control of the galaxy and bring about an age of the Sith. Sidious, concerned with being replaced as Plagueis' apprentice, eventually killed the Muun in his sleep. The legend of Plagueis was later used by Sidious to sway Anakin Skywalker to the dark side, though Plagueis himself remained a mysterious figure to the Jedi and their allies well into the time of the Galactic Alliance.
Biography
Darth Plagueis was a Muun, in the Sith lineage of Darth Bane, who reigned in the time around 60 BBY. By the time of the Galactic Alliance, nothing was known of Plagueis' origins, and no one was sure how he came to train Palpatine. At some point, though, he took on Palpatine, a gifted student, as his apprentice and named him Darth Sidious. Plagueis would spend a lifetime seeking power over death.
Plagueis and Sidious
"Tell me what you regard as your greatest strength, so I will know how best to undermine you; tell me of your greatest fear, so I will know which I must force you to face; tell me what you cherish most, so I will know what to take from you; and tell me what you crave, so that I might deny you."
?Darth Plagueis
Sidious learned from Plagueis over the course of decades, during which Plagueis taught his apprentice everything he knew to prevent the power he had amassed from being lost forever. During Sidious' training, Plagueis gave his apprentice access to his Sith holocrons. Plagueis' lessons involved forcing Sidious to face his fears, denying him of pleasures, and taking from him the things he loved. He taught Sidious that emotions such as envy and hatred, though necessary to master the dark side, were simply means to the end of casting aside usual notions of morality for a greater goal. Plagueis also lectured his apprentice on the means of taking power, with the eventual goal of control over the galaxy.
Sidious, meanwhile, began training his own apprentice, Darth Maul, without Plagueis' knowledge, and may even have trained other apprentices before Maul. Sidious would not kill his master, however, until he understood the lessons of Plagueis and had become powerful enough to defeat him.
The death of Darth Plagueis
"He became so powerful, the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then, his apprentice killed him in his sleep."
?Palpatine to Anakin Skywalker
Plagueis, who had discovered a way to prevent death with the Force, intended to explore an extreme application of his power?the ability to create life from nothing, using the Force to directly manipulate the midi-chlorians found in a living being's blood. When the Dark Lord revealed his plans for this experiment to Sidious, Sidious grew concerned. When Plagueis then stated that a being created in this manner would be the living embodiment of the Force, Sidious realized that his master intended to create his replacement, and determined to kill Plagueis before that happened. Plagueis never suspected his impending death. Shortly after, at some point between 52 BBY and 46 BBY, Sidious murdered Darth Plagueis as he slept.
Legacy
"Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?"
?Palpatine
Plagueis' experiments in creating life may have succeeded. It was speculated that Plagueis initiated his plans before dying, and according to the Sith Lords, it was Plagueis who influenced the midi-chlorians to conceive Anakin Skywalker. Though Plagueis purportedly taught Palpatine all he knew, Palpatine himself was unable to use Plagueis' teachings to cheat death through the Force, and was forced to rely on clone bodies to hold his spirit instead.
Sidious spoke little of Plagueis to his apprentice Darth Tyr!@#$, and in the following decades only gave hints to his apprentice Darth Vader. However, he did use Plagueis' story to seduce Anakin Skywalker into becoming Vader. The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, Palpatine's Sith legend, told of Plagueis' abilities to create and preserve life; according to Palpatine, the tragic irony was that though he could keep others from dying, he could not save himself. Skywalker, seeking Plagueis' power to save his own wife Padm?, later apprenticed himself to Palpatine.
When historians in later years were unable to find much information on Plagueis, they suspected that Palpatine had destroyed everything about his master. The Ingo Wavlud M!@#$cript, one of the few sources of knowledge for the Jedi on the Sith and Sidious, revealed information on Plagueis to the Galactic Alliance and New Jedi Order.
Personality and traits
"You must begin by gaining power over yourself; then another; then a group, an order, a world, a species, a group of species? finally, the galaxy itself."
?Darth Plagueis
Darth Plagueis was a mystic, a devotee of the dark side, and a lover of things otherworldly and arcane. Obsessed with the prospect of eternal life and ideas of spontaneous generation, he remained focused on matters of the material world, though in later years Darth Vader mused that Plagueis had also desired a way to preserve the immaterial self after the death of the body.
Plagueis was wise, and his apprentice Palpatine believed that the extent to which he turned his sight inward was the source of his power and knowledge. Plagueis believed that power was to be gained incrementally, beginning with the self and culminating with control of the entire galaxy. As Plagueis' own powers grew, he became afraid of nothing but losing that power. Nonetheless, though the death of the master by the hand of the apprentice was the usual means of Sith succession, Plagueis never saw his own death coming.
Powers and abilities
"Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself."
?Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker
Plagueis was a master of esoteric and unnatural aspects of the Force. With it, he was able to manipulate the essence of life, a power Palpatine believed was directly tied to his inward sight. Plagueis could save others from death and, when his power was applied to the extreme, create new life from the midi-chlorians found in all lifeforms. Plagueis even discovered the ability to retain one's identity in the Force while becoming one with it, but this manner of surviving death did not appeal to him, as he was not concerned with the nonmaterial world.
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