Thursday, November 3, 2011

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis-James Luceno

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis


James Luceno

Del Rey, Dec 27 2011, $27.00

ISBN: 9780345511287



After killing his Master, Sith Lord Darth Sidious looks at the corpse of the late Muun Darth Plagueis with amusement as he concludes the assassination went perfectly. He muses back sixty-five years ago when his dead Master killed his Master Darth Tenebrous. However, although recruited, mentored and trained by Plagueis, Sidious had a different ambitious outcome that went well with the Sith tradition of the acolyte, when ready, killing the master.



Whereas his master sought the ultimate power of eternal life and could use the force to save the dying, Sidious seeks total power; thus he killed his mentor. His alter ego Palpatine rises in the galactic government until he becomes the emperor, but continues the plan of eradicating the Jedi in order to totally rule of the galaxy. Like Plagueis, Sidious vows to never allow his chosen acolyte Skywalker to kill him.



Going down a parallel path to the prequel trilogy, James Luceno fills in the story of Plagueis and Sidious (who mentioned the tragic fate of his former master to Skywalker in the Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith film). The clever story line is filled with action, but what makes it work is readers seeing the same events referenced in or occurring in the prequel trilogy from the jaundiced Sith perceptions. In spite of knowing what is to come in the Prequel trilogy and the New Hope trilogy, this insightful relativity works brilliantly to enhance that knowledge from the dark side of the force as the Sith value system becomes better understood.



Harriet Klausner

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