Darth plagueis is one of the best star wars books that ive read. He is the mentor and murder victim of future emperor sheev palpatine a. It was originally scheduled for release in october of 2008, but its release was canceled. Star wars last jedi theory links snoke, palpatine and. Darth plagueis, by james luceno, is one that has the potential to do just that. Darth plagueis is a novel by james luceno that tells the backstory of the dark lord of the sith, darth plagueis. Darth plagueis is a fictional character in the star wars franchise, first mentioned in star wars. This star wars 9 theory explains how palpatines return in the rise of skywalker connects darth plagueis to kylo ren and snoke. According to george lucas, plagueis was a muun, a thin, narrowfaced species of alien with a flair for finances. My immediate answer yes yes yes yes, but im getting ahead of myself. I do love james star wars books, he really does his homework and creates an incredible plot with good action, character and. That said, the newer novel tarkin, written by the same author. A star wars book, darth plagueis, detailed the story of this sith, who was palpatines master.
Detailing palpatines apprenticeship, and revealing more about his master, darth plagueis that he told anakin about, the novel veers into new territory for the star wars series. It notably established plagueis to be a muun just as lucas proposed. Why snoke is so facinated with darth vader star wars the last jedi. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith who was so wise and so powerful that he could influence the midichloreans to create life. However, sue rostoni later stated that the book had.
Snoke seems to be missing his lower jaw, which is similar to an injury darth plagueis received years before the phantom menace when he was training palpatine. The tragedy of darth plagueis the wise, from his birth arranged by darth tenebrous to the naboo crisis and his death at the hands of darth sidious. The force awakens, theories abounded about the true identity of the apparent mastermind behind the first order, supreme leader snoke. One of the most popular theories postulates that snoke is actually emperor palpatines onetime sith master darth plagueis reincarnated. Find books like darth plagueis from the worlds largest community of readers. The force awakens, in which he is introduced as the supreme leader of the first order, a rogue military junta formed from the fallen galactic. Books ive only really been a star wars fan for about a year now so i knew nothing of anything in legends, and this book is probably better than any of the canon books ive read so far. Jedi eclipse, the unifying force, and the ebook darth maul. Since 2015, fans have been speculating what the true identity of supreme leader snoke andy serkis is and his background. Star wars last jedi snoke theory is another link to. I would be thrilled if snoke is plagueis, but at the same time, the plagueis novel is one of my alltime favorite star wars books and if it were somehow brought back mostly into canon i would also be thrilled. Like all sith lords before him, he craves absolute power.
A star wars book, darth plagueis, told the story of the charactersbackstorybut. It would be actually disappointing for me if snoke doesnt end up being darth plagueis. His history and characteristics from new canon source materials are recorded below, followed. The following contains major spoilers for star wars. Darth plagueis is arguably one of the finest star wars novels ever written.
In the force awakens, his history was very much guarded, with plot points teasing he was a new regal leader cut from the. George lucas has said that plagueis was a muun, a thin, narrowfaced species of alienwith a flair for finances. Theory linking snoke, palpatine and darth plagueis makes total sense a new star wars theory makes a convincing case for darth plagueis being linked to both snoke and palpatine. You will never look at the prequels in the same light again. Darth plagueis, a star wars legends novel written by james luceno released on january 10, 2012. The only time you hear the words darth plagueis in all of the star wars movies, you hear the motif that also happens to be the main motif of snoke. This episode we talk about the darth plagueis theory in star wars episode 7. I mean, just imagine it, it is likely that darth plagueis used his abilities to control midichlorians to conceive anakin skywalker, and it is also impied that he trained palpatine but. His story was massively expanded upon in the 2012 star wars legends novel darth plagueis, written by james luceno. Episode ix, specifically the characters of palpatine and snoke. New snoke theory is another link to darth plagueis star wars supervillain snoke has often been tied to darth plagueis in fan theories and theyre continuing to come thick. Net that what happened in the book was approved by the top levels of lucas licensing. Today we explain who darth plagueis is, and what he has to do with star wars.
Goodreads members who liked darth plagueis also liked. This books are approved by disney to be considered canon movies is not the be all in star wars, movies are a small % of actual star wars. The last jedi as fans scrambled to discover the true identity of the new villain and master to kylo ren, supreme leader snoke. James luceno takes darth plagueis down the dark path and never looks back. I do love james star wars books, he really does his homework and creates an incredible. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life. The rise of skywalker film and novel we learned that both palpatine and snoke were clones. He is a cgi character voiced and performed by andy serkis. Darth plagueis created brothers palpatine and snoke star wars 9 the rise of skywalker will see palpatine and snoke revealed as the creations of darth plagueis. This means he was still somewhat involved in the creation of a canon for his universe. Star wars 9 palpatine theory how the rise of skywalker. New york times bestseller the best star wars publication to date. It is turned out that he is in fact a dark side version of the mummy. The novel covers the later life and machinations of sith lord darth plagueis real name hego damask ii, over a roughly fiftyyear period predating and culminating concurrently with the climax of the phantom menace.
Snoke was portrayed by andy serkis via motion capture in the films star wars. No the clone of sate pestage isnt far from being the almost dead hego damask darth plagueis. Darth sidious, who later frames his history and reputed ability to control natural phenomena of life and death as a legend used to lure anakin skywalker to the dark side of the. The character was created by george lucas as early as the first draft of revenge of the sith dated april 2003 and possibly earlier. A star wars book, darth plagueis, told the story of the characters backstory but it is no longer considered star wars canon. Star wars episode 7 the darth plagueis theory youtube. The darth plagueis theory is predicated on the idea that the sith lord weighs as heavily with lovers of star wars as the star trek baddie khan noonien singh does with fans of that rival science. Supreme leader snoke is a fictional character in the star wars franchise.
I do love james star wars books, he really does his homework and creates. The force awakens supreme leader snoke played by the ever talented andy serkis is in. Abrams, lawrence kasdan, and michael arndt for the 2015 film star wars. In fact, palpatine informed kylo ren that he created snoke to dry ben solo to the dark side. Episode viii the last jedi, the first two installments of the star wars sequel trilogy, released in 2015 and 2017 respectively. Part of the initial arrival at darth plagueis was born out of a fan desire for everything in star wars to be connected, in the same way, fans speculated rey was a.
A masterpiece of intrigue, republic politics and finance, and most of all, an insight into the workings of the sith. Darth plagueis the wise is a dark lord of the sith and master of darth sidious, the emperor palpatine. Donate to help improve frequency and quality of content. At long last, the star wars story of the mysterious sith lord darth plagueis and his apprentice, darth sidious, is revealed.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading star wars. James luceno is the new york times bestselling author of the star wars novels millennium falcon, dark lord. Boil those rumors down and they all return to darth plagueis in one way or another. What if he simply appropriated a failed darth plagueis clone body. Darth plagueis audible audiobook unabridged james luceno. This story is canon the back story of darth plagueis and darth sidious was developed handinglove with the highest authorities at lucasfilm, to ensure that nothing contradicts george lucass vision of his creations. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. However, darth plagueis was released in 2012, before lucas sold star wars to disney. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Heres why supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis this rumor has been circulating for months, and it doesnt look like its going to stop anytime soon. The snoke is plagueis theory was born out of early speculation for star wars. Andy serkis says supreme leader snoke is not darth plagueis. Its like the line darth plagueis the wise starts the motif, which you only hear once, with his fricking name.
There is no evidence that directly proves or disproves that snoke is plagueis, but it. Actually the clone wars cartoon is also as canon as it gets, and darth maul came back in the clone wars, after eps 1 when he was cut in half. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably. The rise of darth vader, cloak of deception, labyrinth of evil, as well as the new jedi order novels agents of chaos i. What really happened to snoke in the last jedi spoilers star wars. However, this book is no longer canon, so we cannot assume that plagueis backstoryspecies are the same in the new star wars canon.