Star Wars: Darth Plagueis

By: James Luceno

Narrated by: Daniel Davis

Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

He was the most powerful Sith lord who ever lived... but could he be the only one who never died?

“Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise that he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying." -Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith

Darth Plagueis: one of the most brilliant Sith Lords who ever lived. Possessing power is all he desires. Losing it is the only thing he fears. As an apprentice, he embraces the ruthless ways of the Sith. And when the time is right, he destroys his Master - but vows never to suffer the same fate. For like no other disciple of the dark side, Darth Plagueis learns to command the ultimate power... over life and death.

Darth Sidious: Plagueis’s chosen apprentice. Under the guidance of his Master, he secretly studies the ways of the Sith, while publicly rising to power in the galactic government, first as Senator, then as Chancellor, and eventually as Emperor.

Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious, Master and acolyte, target the galaxy for domination - and the Jedi Order for annihilation. But can they defy the merciless Sith tradition? Or will the desire of one to rule supreme, and the dream of the other to live forever, sow the seeds of their destruction?

©2012 James Luceno (P)2012 Random House Audio

Consistently enthralling.

This story fills in a lot of holes from the first of the prequels and really fleshed out palpatine, his motivations, and shined a light on how he crawled over everyone to become the Sith Emperor of the galaxy.

amazing peformance, story is slow but worth it

yeh basically what I said in title. blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

Exemplary of the EU's Everlasting Superiority

A story, like the rest in the EU, the likes of which Disney could never match or even compete with, so they erased it. A definite must listen, fantastic story and worldbuilding, great narration. Daniel Davis especially does an excellent impression of Palpatine.

Beautifully Read

It was %95 politics and %5 action and story-building, but overall an amazing StarWars novel.

The dark side grows

The rise of Palpatine is chronicled here, though named for his master Plagueis. You get both stories and the origin of Maul to boot.

Filled with political machinations, subterfuge, and sith philosophy this novel is a great addition of knowledge to those that seek a better understanding of the rise of the Emperor.

The vocal performance is top notch and the delivery is paced well. The story is years long but feels exciting and insightful at the same time.

Though relegated to Legends by the House of Mouse, this time is essential sith lore. Enjoy!

1 Disappointment

The only bad thing about this listen is that I wish it could've lasted longer. Absolutely phenomenal.

Brilliant

Shame this is not canon. I could not ask a better backstory. I don’t envy the person who has to come up with a canon Darth Plagueis story.

Should be next movie.

This book should be made into the next movie. It should be made exactly page by page. Read/listen to this book five times. Never gets old.

Great atmosphere and sound effects

Pretty much every scene has some sort of atmospheric background track playing, it's great and really helps with immersion. The voice modulator effects were awesome, really helped me keep track of the characters and setting. Droids whirring, birds chirping (iirc), music cues, crowds chattering, it's really neat.

I wish I could go back in time and listen to/read this before I watched Phantom Menace for the first time - it clears up so many details that I wondered about at the time.

Darth Plagueis

Fun listen with a better explanation of the events in episode 1. Too bad this was not included as a stand alone Star Wars Story.