Darth bane the rule of two ebook

Only by defying the most sacred traditions of the Sith can Bane hope to triumph—and forge from the ashes a new era of absolute power. Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody the power, the other to crave it. Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action and thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side.

Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy. But one remained: Darth Bane, the most powerful Sith Lord ever. And now, in secret, he is setting out to build his new Sith Order, with which he intends to rule the galaxy, with his new apprentice by his side.

In 19 BBY , [25] shortly before the end of the Clone Wars, General Grievous kidnapped Palpatine, which was a plan orchestrated by Sidious, in order to bring Anakin Skywalker to the dark side and replace Dooku as his next apprentice.

Palpatine's capture led to Kenobi and Skywalker to be dispatched to rescue him aboard the Invisible Hand. During a lightsaber duel aboard the ship , Skywalker defeated and disarmed Dooku. Sidious then betrayed his apprentice by encouraging Anakin to kill the Sith Lord, paving the way for Skywalker to take the older man's place. After Dooku's death, Sidious and his Jedi rescuers eventually made it back to Coruscant.

Studentless again, Sidious seduced Skywalker to the dark side by telling him about Plagueis upon discovering his fears that Amidala, his secret wife , would die in childbirth.

Skywalker initially revealed Palpatine's secret to Mace Windu , who then attempted to arrest the Chancellor. Skywalker, however, was forced to turn on the Jedi to save Palpatine from being killed, leading to Windu's death. Sidious issued Order 66, [22] causing the biochips to activate and brainwash the clone troopers into turning against their Jedi Generals , [38] while Vader purged the Jedi Temple on Coruscant under Sidious's order. Vader then executed the Separatist Council , at the behest of Sidious who no longer required their service, while Sidious proclaimed himself Galactic Emperor , reorganizing the Republic into the First Galactic Empire.

However, neither Sith Lord was destroyed. Sidious survived his battle with Yoda who subsequently fled into exile.

Vader sustained grievous injuries in his duel with Kenobi, and was rebuilt as a cyborg encased within life support armor. Despite learning of Amidala's death, Vader accepted his new role as Sidious' apprentice, renouncing his former identity as Skywalker.

Sidious also tried to create a dyad with his own apprentice, Darth Vader. Yet, even with the Chosen One at his side, Sidious was unable to form the dyad. He started to doubt if dyad was possible at all if two most powerful bloodlines in the galaxy — Palpatine and Skywalker —could not produce such a bond. The Inquisitors were fallen Jedi who escaped the purge by swearing fealty to the Sith. During the Imperial Era , Vader taught the Inquisitorius , a group of former Jedi who had turned to the dark side, and were tasked with hunting down the remaining Jedi, though the Inquisitors themselves only served the Sith and were not considered Sith apprentices, being mere dark side adepts.

The scientist considered Vader a ceremonial apprentice, and therefore believed that his cybernetically enhanced creations were superior to the Sith Lord. Sidious had grown to doubt Vader as an apprentice, and considered replacing him with one of Cylo's creations.

Vader regarded Cylo's work as heresy, his creations as abominations; however, the Emperor chastised Vader who was also a cyborg. He reminded Vader that, as an apprentice, it was his duty to learn rather than preach doctrine. Vader, however, eventually proved himself to his master and killed each of Cylo's creations and Cylo himself.

He recounted that it took generations before the Sith could return to power through him. He also remembered his former apprentices, Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus, and considered them tools in his ascension to ultimate power. He credited Vader as his ideal apprentice, but Vader dismissed the Emperor's words as false flattery, believing that Sidious would have made a similar speech to any of Cylo's warriors had they succeeded in defeating him.

Vader endeavored to turn Luke Skywalker to the dark side, believing their combined power could kill Darth Sidious. Upon learning the existence of Luke Skywalker , Vader's secret son and the Rebel pilot who destroyed the Death Star , both made plans to use Luke to overthrow each other. Vader desired for Luke to help him overthrow Sidious, so the two could rule the galaxy.

Sidious, on the other hand, planned to have Luke kill Vader and then replace him as Sidious's apprentice. While trying to recover the Emperor's respect before Cylo's death, Vader became aware of his parenthood after the bounty hunter Boba Fett discovered the pilot 's name and informed Vader of this.

Promising his master that Skywalker would either choose joining them or be killed by his hand, Vader managed to capture the crew of the Millennium Falcon on Cloud City and manipulated Luke into saving his friends. Skywalker then found Vader and the two engaged in a duel. Vader defeated his son by severing Skywalker's right hand before telling him that he was his father. Vader then offered Skywalker the chance to join him and overthrow the Emperor and bring order to the galaxy.

Skywalker, however, refused and plunged himself into the shaft only to be rescued by the Falcon. Sensing Vader's grief, Sidious decided to retrain his apprentice in the ways of the Sith. In the aftermath of his failure to bring his son to the dark side, Vader unearthed some secrets about Amidala's death before the Emperor summoned him to the Imperial Palace. Believing that Vader had regressed from a powerful Sith Lord to a grief-stricken widower, Sidious destroyed his apprentice's cybernetic limbs before leaving him on Mustafar as test of Vader's resolve to survive.

He also sent his Sith assassin , Ochi of Bestoon , to test Vader's abilities without relying on the Force. Vader rebuilt himself, captured Ochi and traveled to the hidden Sith world of Exegol to discover the Emperor's plans. Finding Sidious there, Vader mocked Sidious' title as his master and declared himself to no longer be his apprentice. Though none of them were Sith, Sidious declared that they all had the potential to replace Vader. Vader killed the Emperor's servants, but was ultimately overpowered by Sidious who used a mountain of kyber crystals as a display of the unlimited power in his possession.

He inflicted pain on the kyber, a living entity connected to the Force, in accordance with the traditions of the Sith. As Vader felt the crystals ' pain through the Force, Sidious issued an ultimatum to him—to share in his power, but as an apprentice once more. Ultimately, Vader returned to his master's side after experiencing a vision of his son, Luke Skywalker, telling him that he could destroy the Emperor.

Vader turned against his Sith Master, destroying Sidious in order to save his son. After Luke turned himself over to Vader, Luke attempted to turn Vader back to the light side of the Force. Vader refused his son's pleas and the two traveled to the Death Star where Sidious awaited. Vader subsequently died as the last Sith Lord in the lineage that began under the Rule of Two. Once in the Emperor's Throne Room , the Emperor welcomed Skywalker, promising to complete his training, yet Luke affirmed the Emperor to be gravely mistaken and that he would not be turned like his father.

Eventually a duel broke out between Luke and Vader, ending with Luke cutting off his father's hand. Luke spared Vader's life, however, and declared that he had become a Jedi like his father before him.

Sidious attacked Luke in anger, [55] using Force lightning to attack the Jedi for refusing to join him. This final act of sacrifice redeemed Anakin who died peacefully, [56] restoring balance to the Force [53] as the prophesied Chosen One.

The deaths of Sidious and Vader ended the Sith lineage that dated back to the creation of the Rule of Two. But while the Sith's destruction was foretold in the Jedi prophecy of the Chosen One, it did not mean the end of the dark side of the Force.

Using the knowledge he gained from his late master, Plagueis, Sidious resurrected himself in a cloned body. The transference was flawed, however, and Sidious found his spirit tethered to a weak, decaying vessel.

Aided by the Sith Eternal, the revived Emperor oversaw the continuation of the Contingency from Exegol, where a massive invasion fleet was built to enforce his future Sith Empire. Sidious also sought a new apprentice to train; the grandson of Vader and nephew to Luke Skywalker, Ben Solo 's strength with the Force was prodigious as a result of his Skywalker bloodline. Neither Snoke nor Kylo Ren were Sith; nevertheless, they were both strong with the dark side of the Force. With the destruction of the Jedi Temple of Luke Skywalker , Sidious' efforts to turn Solo to the dark side of the Force succeeded as the fallen Jedi apprentice joined the Knights of Ren by killing their leader.

Although Snoke had trained other apprentices before Ren, he regarded Ren as his most promising student. Snoke believed that as part of the Skywalker bloodline, Ren had the right balance of the dark side and the light in him due to his heritage as Darth Vader's grandson. Thirty years after the defeat of the Sith, [63] Ren assassinated Snoke [64] in an act worthy of the Rule of Two. In destroying his master, Ren had passed the final test in his training, achieving ascendance through his full submission to the dark side.

Snoke's reason for existing had also been fulfilled; [2] by using the former Supreme Leader as a proxy, Sidious circumvented the Sith tradition that required the apprentice to ascend by killing the master who trained him.

The discovery of a dyad in the Force presented Sidious with an opportunity to regain his unlimited power. A year after the Battle of Crait , [65] Sidious broadcasted a message announcing his imminent return. Deeming the phantom Emperor a threat to his rule, Ren obtained Vader's wayfinder and tracked Sidious to Exegol. The Emperor revealed himself as the source of all the voices in Ren's mind, including Snoke and Vader.

He offered to help Ren succeed to the Throne of the Sith as the galaxy's new Emperor in exchange for killing his granddaughter, the Jedi apprentice Rey. Rey confronted her grandfather after learning about their connection.

During the Battle of Exegol , Sidious urged Rey to submit to the dark side by sacrificing him, freeing his soul from its temporary vessel and allowing Sidious to possess Rey. The power of their Force-bond restored Sidious' body, and he resolved to rule alone as Emperor once more. Wookieepedia Explore. Star Wars. Clone Wars Droids Ewoks. Administrators' noticeboard IRC Discord.