• Star Wars: Darth Plagueis

  • By: James Luceno
  • Narrated by: Daniel Davis
  • Length: 14 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (27,511 ratings)

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Star Wars: Darth Plagueis

By: James Luceno
Narrated by: Daniel Davis
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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

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great all around book

loved every second of this great book. I enjoy stories like this one that fill in blank parts that had you previously guessing.

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Great Book

This book was very well written, keeping the reader in suspense and wondering what will happen next. The Narrator pulls off the different voices of the characters in excellent fashion. The sound effects were great to. Highly recomend this book.

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Fantastic book, my favorite of all time

Every single part of this book is well written and every single part is important. The reading by Daniel Davis is phenomenal; he definitely has a knack for it. It strengthens the Star Wars saga and, in my opinion, is essential for Star Wars canon (even though I don't think it is anymore). I must have listened to this more than 10 times over the past few years.

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Fills in the blanks

This fills in the blanks that help you understand the siths plan that happen over the first three movies. Really neat to see the progression of Darth Sidious! A great book and worth the read!

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it's a wonderful in-depth look

I really enjoyed this because it had so many secretive and powerful moments that made smaller insignificant theme more important because of what you know about the characters highly recommended I had to listen to it twice because there were so many secretive nuggets

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A good performance of one great tale.

A favorite of mine in written from made even more so by a good overall performance.

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One of my favorites Starwars books.

Masterfully written and performed. This is one of those books you can listen to over and over again!

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brilliant look into the dark side of the force...

Brilliant all round, fills in soo much for the planning and execution of the prequel movies. and gives a truly in depth look at Palpatine, Plagueis and the darkside, can't get enough of it thankyou.... just need the tenebrous way now

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generally good.

A little too much political negotiations, the backstory of the Sith was the best part.

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What Episode 1 Should Have Been

Would you listen to Star Wars: Darth Plagueis again? Why?

Intrigue, twisting background story of how the Sith set the wheels into motion.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Gave a deeper look at Palpatine and his motivations and interactions with familiar and new characters

Which character – as performed by Daniel Davis – was your favorite?

Darth Plagueis

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Star Wars Episode 1: Sorry about that other one, forget that this is far superior...

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