History Literature / DarthBane

* DuelToTheDeath: Bane and Zannah's climactic fight in "Dynasty of Evil"x

* DuelToTheDeath: Bane and Zannah's climactic fight in ''Dynasty of Evil''.

* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: {{Inverted}}. During the ten-year TimeSkip in "Rule of Two", Darth Zannah went from a 10 year-old child who was strong in the Force but had no training to a powerful Sith sorceress capable of [[MindRape using the Force to thoroughly and completely break someone's mind]] [[AFateWorseThanDeath until whatever's left is begging for death]]. In that same time skip, Johun went from age 19 to 29, but because he was assigned to Chancellor Valorum, he spent more time learning politics than practicing with his lightsaber and Force abilities. As a result, when he and the other Jedi face off against Bane and Zannah in the climax, Johun himself is the weakest fighter in the room. Granted, he and Zannah had never even met before then, much less fought, but if that had, he would have been all but guaranteed victory.

* AVillainNamedKhan: ''Kaan'' but close enough.

* LancerVsDragon: Johun and Zannah never actually fight one-on-one, but they do briefly fight when Johun and Sarro Xaj team up on her during the climactic fight in ''Rule of Two''. It ends when Johun goes to help the Jedi fighting Bane. Later, they face off very briefly when [[spoiler: Zannah sneaks up behind him and cuts his hand off, then kills him.]]

** Sarro Xaj in ''Rule of Two'' is even bigger than Bane and just as fast.

* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: When Bane realizes he is close to death and the Jedi are on the verge of discovering them, he implores Zannah to kill him, take up the mantle of Darth Lord, and escape so the Sith Order will survive. She TakesAThirdOption.]]

* IneffectualLoner: Bane has no friends, which turns out to be FridgeBrilliance when you look back on the series and realize it. He does have comrades-in-arms once he joins the Sith army, but comes to realize that at the end of the day, the only one he can truly rely on is himself.

* IneffectualLoner: Bane has no friends, which turns out to be FridgeBrilliance when you look back on the series and realize it. He does have comrades-in-arms once he joins the Sith army, but comes to realize that at the end of the day, the only one he can truly rely on is himself.

* IneffectualLoner: Bane has no friends, which turns out to be FridgeBrilliance when you look back on the series and realize it. He does have comrades-in-arms once he joins the Sith army, but comes to realize that at the end of the day, the only one he can truly rely on is himself.

* ClarkKenting: A rare {{Justified}} example. In "Rule of Two", Zannah infiltrates the Jedi temple on Coruscant by disguising herself as Jedi Padawan Nalia Adollu. Her only alteration to her appearance is dying her blond hair black. Justified because it's established that Zannah and Nalia look very similar, it's been five years since anyone on Coruscant has seen Nalia, and Zannah uses the Force to mask her connection to the DarkSide.

* MeaningfulName: Darth ''Bane'', of course. Also [[spoiler:Darth Andeddu, who created a method to achieve immortality. [[GrandTheftMe Sort of]].]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Bane was already an elite soldier before his Force sensitivity was discovered and he began Sith training. After getting demolished by Sirak, being forgotten by most of the academy, and having his connection to the Force crippled he ends up taking several more. Reading ancient texts in the archives, meeting Githany who repairs his Force connection and tutors him, while receiving private sword lessons from Kas'im.

* AchillesHeel: A Chekhov's Weakness variant. In ''Rule of Two'', Bane's orbalisks are unable to fully protect him from the combined electrical current of five force pikes. Later, [[spoiler. Bane takes the full force of his own powerful force lightning attack when Master Worror traps himself and Bane in a force bubble, causing enough damage to nearly kill Bane.]]
* AdaptationDistillation

* AccidentalMurder: The whole plot of "Dynasty of Evil" begins when miners on Doab try to kidnap a prince, and kill him by mistake.

* EvilIsPetty: A Jedi makes the distinction between a Sith and a Dark Jedi. A Sith wants to take over the Galaxy, kill all the Jedi and crush all their enemies. A Dark Jedi is much less grandiose, generally concerned with wild hedonism. Shortly thereafter, we get a look at Set Harth, who is exactly that, and while he does last a long time, never becomes some galaxy-shaking threat like a proper Sith.

* {{Tykebomb}}: Rain, [[spoiler:who becomes Darth Zannah]].

* MenaceDecay: '''{{Inverted}}'''. Zannah still has some humanity left when Bane finds her, but by the time skip, she's fully embraced her role as a Sith.