• 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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George Lucas Star Wars outshines Disney even still

Disney needs to go sit in a corner for screwing up everything in star wars

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Unlimited Powaaaaar *shoots lighting from fingers*

Great work, demonstrating the assention of Palpitine was a young diplomat to the know Darth Sidius and the backroom negotiations and influence of the powerfull Darth Plagueis and the reasons being what you see on the fist two episodes of classic Star Wars movies.

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Great Story Line

DEFINITELY movie material.... grabbing story line, good amounts of galactic politics when it gets boring it’s about to get really interesting... guaranteed!
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A story that deserves a trilogy of its own.

The best starwars book, Ive read and its a pity that it Still has the matkino of legends. The story and the performance of the voice actor is briliant, and it explains a lot of the political stuff from TPM. Every star wars fan should get to read or listen to this epic story About the Dark side.

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Prequel to Episode 1

Great look into where Palpatine comes from and explains events leading up to episode one.

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Awesome storyline

The backstory of Darth Sidious and his Master is definitely worth the read. Darth Plagueis grooms Darth Sidious to be the villain we love to hate.

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Great story, great performance.

Long time Star Wars fan and this is a fantastic story that adds depth to the skywalker saga and this audible version is fantastically narrated

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Great

great book, very much enjoyed it and the sound effects made it even more enjoyable to listen too really captures the imagination

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love the extra info. could have used more action

I love the book love the background information that it gives you on sidious and plagueis. I had no idea that it took place at the point that it did in the Star wars story. could have used more action and a longer chapter on how sidious became such a master of the lightsaber that he could fend off Mace windu and Yoda and defeat 4 Jedi Masters. aside from that fantastic novel I would read more about that history if they wrote more books about it.

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Perfect Sith Sotyline

This book is everything I love about the sith. The story adds so much to the Prequels, which I love dearly, despite all of the weird internet hate they get just because people want to fit in. I am rather sad that I will never get to see this book adapted into a show as it truly deserves to be. Such an underrated story.

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