Book of Sith The Book of Sith was a collection of Sith historical writings assembled into a single book by Darth Sidious . It was bound sometime around 19 - 18 BBY , shortly after the Sith Grand Plan succeeded at dismantling the Galactic Republic , exterminating the Jedi Order , and in placing Sidious in undisputed control of the known galaxy . The book assembled a group of philosophical and journalistic writings by various dark siders spanning from writings by Palpatine himself , all the way back to the Second Great Schism nearly 7 , 000 years prior . Besides Sidious , authors included Sorzus Syn of the old Sith Empire , Darth Malgus of the reconstituted Sith Empire , founder of the Order of the Sith Lords Darth Bane , Nightsisters leader Mother Talzin , and Sidious ' own master , Darth Plagueis . History . As a result of , which saw the Jedi Temple ' s occupants and stewards executed as traitors to the Republic , the Archives were opened to Sidious ' exploration . It was in the ruins of the Temple that he uncovered many of these ancient documents , and compiled them into a single volume . Each of the documents had marginal notes hand - written by the various people who held them over time . These included Yoda , Mace Windu , Quinlan Vos , Count Dooku , and Asajj Ventress . Sidious added his own marginalia after assembling the documents into the book , and Darth Vader made his own notes after being made to study the texts by Sidious . In 24 ABY , the book was rediscovered by Luke Skywalker amid the ruins of the Emperor ' s storehouses of Mount Tantiss on Wayland , after stumbling upon a chamber that , until that year remained hidden . Rather than turn it over to the New Republic Historical Council when he discovered it , Skywalker took the book into his own possession . He feared it may have contained dangerous secrets which could not be made public , and kept it for study before deciding on its fate . Besides Skywalker , the only other individuals aware of his discovery were his wife , former Emperor ' s Hand Mara Jade Skywalker , and his sister Leia Organa Solo . He did , however , implement page numbers into the text and put them into chronological order for the New Republic Intelligence Service ' s reference , as part of a favor for Wedge Antilles and his wife , Iella Wessiri Antilles of the NRI wanting to review the book . Sections . Sorzus Syn ' s chronicle . These pages are from the chronicle of Sorzus Syn , a Dark Jedi survivor of the Second Great Schism who was among the exiles who first arrived on Korriban after being exiled from Republic space . She details her encounters with and opinions of the Sith Pureblood species , her experiments in alchemy , and the origins of the old Sith Empire . Darth Malgus ' s war journal . During the Outer Rim campaigns in the opening years of the Great Galactic War , Darth Malgus kept a journal to record his thoughts and experiences . These pages recall some of his struggles in the first years of the war . " The Rule of Two " . " There is only two ; one to embody the power , and the other to crave it . " Some time after the end of the New Sith Wars and Darth Bane ' s foundation of the Rule of Two , he collected philosophies that would guide the Sith Order for the next thousand years , entitling his work " The Rule of Two " . " Wild Power " . " Wild Power " , an instructional manual by Mother Talzin exploring the Nightsisters ' use of the dark side and their role as dark side mercenaries in the galaxy . " The Science of Creating Life " . A scientific journal by Darth Plagueis with notes about his experimentation with and manipulation of the Force . " Absolute Power " . Darth Sidious ' s manifesto , " Absolute Power " , about the philosophy and political manipulation that marked his rise to power and established his Empire .