History Literature / DarthPlagueis

* CurbstompBattle: Plagueis vs. Captain Lah and the crew of the ''Woebegone''.

* ContinuityNod: Tons and tons; Luceno gets an A+ for effort. [[spoiler: The Sun Guards of Thrysis; Naga Sadow, Exar Kun, and Darths Vectivus, Cognus, Bane, Zannah, Ramage; Mother Talzin and the Nightsisters of Dathomir; Palpatine's background as an award-winning pilot; Komari Vosa and the Bando Gora; The Mandalorian Death Watch, Galidraan, and the True Mandalorians; the taozin, etc.]]

-->Plagueis: Sidious had a gift for subterfuge that surpassed the talents of any of the Sith Lords who had preceded him, including [[BeyondTheImpossible Bane]].

* ManipulativeBastard: Plagueis notes that Palpatine has a gift for manipulation that surpasses any Sith before him.

* WorthyOppponent: Darth Venamis [[spoiler: to Darth Plagueis. Briefly.]]

* VillainProtagonist: Carrying on the tradition established by the ''DarthBane'' series.

* FallenHero: Dooku. Still a Jedi Master during the events of the novel, Dooku is portrayed as an ethical but disenfranchised man whose disgust for corruption leads him to confide in [[EvilAdvisor Palpatine]].

* FallenHero: Jedi Master Dooku embodies this trope. [[spoiler: His conversations with Senator Palpatine reveal an ethical man with genuine dissatisfaction with the Republic. Needless to say that Palpatine [[UnwittingPawn uses this to his advantage]].]]

* FallenHero: Jedi Master Dooku embodies this trope. [[spoiler: His conversations with Senator Palpatine reveal an ethical man with genuine dissatisfaction with the Republic. Needless to say that Palpatine [[UnwittingPawn uses this to his advantage.]]

* SmugSnake: Plagueis, Maul, and Naboo's King Veruna all [[HoistedByHisOwnPetard suffer from this]] to varying degrees.

* ManipulativeBastard: Darth Plagueis notes that Palpatine has a gift for manipulation that surpasses any Sith before him.

* TheChessmaster: Darth Plagueis, who is intent on executing his order's ancient Grand Plan to achieve control of the galaxy. [[spoiler: Though the ''true'' Chessmaster of the story is Sidious.]]

* TheAntiChrist: [[spoiler: Palpatine is introduced as a young son of a nobleman who exhibits prodigious intellect and a proportionately high disregard for common morality. He is also said to be a delinquent, having a history of petty crime and being directly responsible for the deaths of two individuals as well as someone who is willing to murder his entire family without ''too'' much prompting]]
* BadassBookworm: Darths Plagueis, Sidious, ''and'' Maul
* BigBad: Plagueis, as the titular character and Master of Palpatine, appears to be this at first. [[spoiler: At the end of the novel, however, it becomes all too clear that Darth Sidious [[DragonInChief had usurped the mantle]] long before his own [[KlingonPromotion ascent]]]]
* EmperorScientist: Plagueis is a [[BadassBookworm lethal combatant]] and seeks to [[GalacticConqueror conquer the galaxy]] like all other Sith, but he puts particular emphasis on the esoteric nature of the Force[[spoiler:, conducting extensive experiments in attempt to directly control midi-chlorians]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Palpatine and Plagueis

* AffablyEvil

* BigBad: spoiler: Plagueis, as the titular character and Master of Palpatine, appears to be this at first. [[spoiler: At the end of the novel, however, it becomes all too clear that Darth Sidious [[DragonInChief had usurped the mantle]] long before his own [[KlingonPromotion ascent]]]]

* EmperorScientist: Plagueis is a [[BadassBookworm lethal combatant]] and seeks to [[GalacticConqueror conquer the galaxy]] like all other Sith, but he puts particular emphasis on the esoteric nature of the Force[[spoiler:,conducting extensive experiments in attempt to directly control midi-chlorians]]

* EmperorScientist: Plagueis is a [[BadassBookworm lethal combatant]] and seeks to [[GalacticConqueror conquer the galaxy]] like all other Sith, but he puts particular emphasis on the esoteric nature of the Force[[spoiler: ,conducting extensive experiments in attempt to directly control midi-chlorians]]

* BadassBookworm: [[spoiler: Darths Plagueis, Sidious, ''and'' Maul]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Plagueis, as the titular character and Master of Palpatine, appears to be this at first. At the end of the novel, however, it becomes all too clear that Darth Sidious [[DragonInChief had usurped the mantle]] long before his own [[KlingonPromotion ascent]]]]
* EmperorScientist: [[spoiler: Plagueis is a [[BadassBookworm lethal combatant]] and seeks to [[GalacticConqueror conquer the galaxy]] like all other Sith, but he puts particular emphasis on the esoteric nature of the Force, conducting extensive experiments in attempt to directly control midi-chlorians]]

* TheAntiChrist: [[spoiler: Palpatine is introduced as a young son of a nobleman who exhibits prodigious intellect and a proportionately high disregard for common morality. He is also said to be a delinquent, having being directly responsible for the deaths of two individuals as well as someone who is willing to murder his entire family without ''too'' much prompting]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Plagueis, as the titular character and Master of Palpatine, appears to be this at first. At the end of the novel, however, it becomes all too clear that Darth Sidious had usurped the mantle long before his own [[KlingonPromotion ascent]]]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Plagueis, as the titular character and Master of Palpatine, appears to be this at first. At the end of the novel, however, it becomes all too clear that Darth Sidious had usurped the mantle long before his own [[KlingonPromotion ascent]]

''Darth Plagueis'' is a novel by James Luceno set during the final decades of the Old Republic (beginning approximately 67 years before the Battle of Yavin in ''A New Hope''). The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character, [[EmperorScientist Darth Plagueis]], and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midi-chlorians that connect the Force to its users. After [[KlingonPromotion betraying and murdering his way to the head of the Sith Order]], Plagueis's journeys lead him to discover a young noble named [[TheAntichrist Palpatine]]. [[EvilOverlord Sensing enormous potential]] in the youthful malcontent, Plagueis ensnares Palpatine in the Sith ways and grants him the Sith title of Darth Sidious. The remainder of the book concerns itself with the relationship between these two Sith Lords and how their pursuit of power disrupts [[TheForce The Force]] and inevitably leads their fruitful partnership to a lethal conclusion.

* EmperorScientist/MadScientist: [[spoiler: Plagueis is a [[BadassBookworm lethal combatant]] like all other Sith, but he puts particular emphasis on the esoteric nature of the Force, conducting extensive experiments in attempt to directly control midi-chlorians]]

''Darth Plagueis'' is pivotal in that its content is heretofore unexplored. The history of the saga's BigBad is detailed, as are new insights (as experienced through the eyes and actions of the Sith) to galactic events that lead to the Empire's rise. The novel spans decades and even encroaches well into the events of ''The Phantom Menace'', featuring (to varying degrees) characters like [[TheChamberlain Chancellor Valorum]], [[FallenHero Count Dooku]], [[VillainousGlutton Jabba the Hutt]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Nute Gunray]], [[TheObiWan Obi-Wan Kenobi]], and [[TheChosenOne Anakin Skywalker]].

Tone-wise, ''Darth Plagueis'' is more cerebral, with more emphasis on history, mysticism, and politics than outright action, affording it a similar nature to Luceno's other prequel-era Palpatine-centric novel, ''Cloak of Deception''. It was released January 10th, 2012.

''Darth Plagueis'' is a novel by James Luceno set during the final decades of the Old Republic (beginning approximately 67 years before the Battle of Yavin in ''A New Hope''). The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character, [[EmperorScientist Darth Plagueis]], and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midi-chlorians that connect the Force to its users. After [[KlingonPromotion betraying and murdering his way to the head of the Sith Order]], Plagueis's journeys lead him to discover a young noble named [[TheAntichrist Palpatine]]. [[EvilOverlord Sensing enormous potential]] in the youthful malcontent, Plagueis ensnares Palpatine in the Sith ways and grants him the Sith title of Darth Sidious. The remainder of the book concerns itself with the relationship between these two Sith Lords and how their mutually opposing goals inevitably lead their fruitful partnership to a lethal conclusion.

''Darth Plagueis'' is a novel by James Luceno set during the final decades of the Old Republic (beginning approximately 67 years before the Battle of Yavin in ''A New Hope''). The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character, Darth Plagueis, and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midi-chlorians that connect the Force to its users. After betraying and murdering his way to the head of the Sith Order, Plagueis's journeys lead him to discover a young noble named Palpatine. Sensing enormous potential in the youthful malcontent, Plagueis ensnares Palpatine in the Sith ways and grants him the Sith title of Darth Sidious. The remainder of the book concerns itself with the relationship between these two Sith Lords and how their mutually opposing goals inevitably lead their fruitful partnership to a lethal conclusion.

''Darth Plagueis'' is pivotal in that its content is heretofore unexplored. The history of the saga's BigBad is detailed, as are new insights (as experienced through the eyes and actions of the Sith) to galactic events that lead to the Empire's rise. The novel spans decades and even encroaches well into the events of ''The Phantom Menace'', featuring (to varying degrees) characters like Chancellor Valorum, Count Dooku, Jabba the Hutt, Nute Gunray, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker.