Darth Plagueis

> "Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying."
> — Palpatine
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**Darth Plagueis**, remembered as **Darth Plagueis the Wise**, was a male Muun Dark Lord of the Sith and heir to the lineage of Darth Bane. Plagueis mastered the art and science of midi-chlorian manipulation. Obsessed with eternal life, he experimented with ways to cheat death and create new life from the midi-chlorians. In his public guise as Magister **Hego Damask II** of the InterGalactic Banking Clan, Darth Plagueis backed the rise and fall of certain star systems, businesses, and crime lords, earning him many enemies and putting the Galactic Republic into turmoil.

One of Plagueis's greatest contributions to the history of the galaxy was training Darth Sidious in the ways of the Sith and the Dark Side of the Force, whom he incited to take control of the galaxy and bring about a new age of the Sith. For decades, he had helped Sidious, known publicly as Sheev Palpatine from Naboo, rise to the position of Senator and played a hand in his apprentice's election as the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic in 32 BBY. Together, they instigated the Invasion of Naboo as well as the war that would destroy the Jedi Order and the Republic in years to come.

In the year 34 BBY, Plagueis and his apprentice discovered the apparent survival of the Shan family, a lineage of powerful Force-sensitives that descended from the ancient Sith Lord Darth Revan. Hoping to gain the potential of a descendant of Revan, Sidious sent his own Sith apprentice Darth Maul to kidnap a young Jarik Shan, though he would end up being unsuccessful. Sensing danger in Revan's bloodline, Plagueis berated Sidious for not having them eliminated entirely, though Sidious angrily dismissed his concerns in his own mind.

In truth, Plagueis sensed that the young Shan was connected to the prophecy of the Sun and Moon, though in what way he was unsure; Plagueis was wary of supposed prophecies. His fear in such things only grew with the emergence of the "Chosen One" in the form of a young boy named Anakin Skywalker; Plagueis was concerned at the possibility of the boy prodigy being conceived by the Force as a means of destroying the Sith. During the Naboo Crisis, Plagueis received a vision of a cyborg clad in dark armor — confirming his fears that Skywalker would change the course of history in the galaxy. Not wanting the Jedi therefore to train the boy, he ordered Sidious to have Darth Maul kill Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in order to prevent his catastrophic Force vision from becoming a reality.

When it was ensured that Sidious would be elected to the office of Supreme Chancellor, Plagueis planned to be appointed Co-Chancellor of the Republic so that he might advise Sidious from the dark and devote himself to his own research; but his apprentice had other plans. Sidious, convinced that his master had outlived his usefulness, eventually killed the Muun in his sleep the night before his election and eventually rose to become ruler of the Galactic Empire.

## **Appearances**

* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 1: Beginnings* — "Chapter 4: Introductions" (first appearance)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 1: Beginnings* — "Chapter 6: From the Shadows" (hologram only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 37: Revenge" (first mentioned)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 2: The Clone Wars* — "Chapter 73: The Phantom Apprentice" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 7: Teachings of the Sith" (mentioned only) (first identified as Darth Plagueis)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 9: Sidious Revealed" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 10: A Sith Lord Rises" (mentioned only)
* *Sun and Moon* — "Unexpected Encounter" (voice only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 15: Letting Go" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 33: Peace, Quiet, and Augury" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 72: World Between Worlds" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — Mid-Credits Scene (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 6: Children of the Force* — "Chapter 1: Shadowlands" (mentioned only)