For fans interested in learning more about the Sith and their intricate Grand Plan to bring down the Republic and the Jedi, Darth Plagueis adds some intriguing and disturbing depth to the backstory of the Prequel Trilogy. But part of Palpatine’s effectiveness as a villain always has been the mystery surrounding him, and the novel craftily leaves the shroud of secrecy in place over some aspects of his character where revelation would do more harm than good to the saga. So are some of the other longstanding questions about Palpatine’s past, before and after he became a Sith apprentice. In Darth Plagueis, those questions are finally answered. Ever since, Star Wars fans have wondered how much of Palpatine’s tale was true and how much was Sith fabrication – and whether that murdering apprentice might even have been Sidious himself. In the ominous opera house scene in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Darth Sidious lures Anakin Skywalker to the dark side with the legend of Plagueis the Wise, a Sith Lord who had discovered the power to stop death but who couldn’t save himself from murder at his apprentice’s hand.
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