How Sidious hooked up w/ the Sith

History of the Jedi Knights and Sith Lords
Organized by
Mike LJ
Based on George Lucas? Complete Vision of Star Wars

DARTH PLAGUEIS THE WISE

Imperius was eventually slain by a Dark Jedi called Plagueis the Wise, a former Jedi and master of the techniques of the Rodar Wizards of Perdonis. Plagueis was a half breed from Tindell 5, the fifth planet in the Tindell Star System, half human and half Disonian. Plagueis actually tracked Imperius down with his own kyber crystal, and basically forced Imperius to teach him the ways of the Sith, before Imperius could find what he deemed a proper successor to succeed him. Imperius had it in his heart to slay Plagueis after training him if he could or simply accept a more powerful Sith such as Plagueis would successfully slaughter him. Either way, it was an acceptable sacrifice for Imperius. Imperius learned the wickedly regenerating ways of the Rodar Wizards, and Plagueis the self-destructive path of the Sith Lords.

While training on the planet Skaggis, Plagueis sliced off Imperius? arms, sliced Imperius in half from head to hip, then finished Imperius off with a Force tornado when Imperius was 52 years old. After Plagueis completely defeated Darth Imperius, Plagueis became a Sith called Darth Plagueis. Soon afterwards, Darth Plagueis apprenticed a young boy from Naboo, Dantius Palpatine. Plagueis paid Palpatine?s parents a large sum of money to not allow Palpatine to be taken by the Jedi for training. Plagueis dubbed the young lad Darth Sidious. Plagueis had several kyber crystals and eventually gave Palpatine one of these kyber crystals.

By means of the kyber crystals in conjunction with Sith magic and Jedi training, Plagueis had discovered a method for transferring the spirit from an old body to a cloned one by manipulating the microscopic midichlorians. He was never able to make a clone body he could successfully transfer his spirit into, but was able to remain young longer than a Sith typically could, being that most Sith would age very rapidly due to the destructive nature of the dark side.

The kyber crystals were forged by the Rodar Wizards of Perdonis and scattered throughout the Galaxy, about 100,000 years before the events of Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Perdonis was a twin planet, which means it was composed of two planets that have collided and merged with each other. Perdonis was located in the Clatock star system near the Fride Beltway. The Rodar Wizards were powerful warlocks who could harness the powers of th Force. They found a way to create crystals that could highly concentrate the power of the dark side. These crystals were reputedly made from crystal ore harvested on the planet Mimban. The Rodar Wizards were greatly feared in their part of the galaxy as the most evil persons alive at that time. They made the Sith look like nuns. The kyber crystals were made so that a dark side Force user could boost their powers greatly by possessing the crystals.

Unbeknownst to Plagueis, Palpatine had found a far more potent kyber crystal than anything Plagueis had. Palpatine located it on the planet Moovis, which he purchased from Ushkar Madcra, a bounty hunter who sold it as junk. This potent kyber crystal made Palpatine too powerful for his master to control. On the planet Skaggis, Palpatine slew Plagueis as he slept. Plagueis never even saw it coming. Like his master, Imperius, before him, Plagueis was slain on Skaggis at 52.

RISE OF THE SITH

Palpatine took on an apprentice named Voltres, calling him Darth Venom, or alternatively Darth Voltres. Darth Voltres, while still an apprentice himself, apprenticed Darth Orcron and possibly others, breaking the Sith Rule of Two. Palpatine found out and sliced Darth Voltres in half, from head to torso, then hunted down and slew Darth Orcron as well. (It is possible one of Voltres? surviving students trained Asajj Ventress of Rattatak, who claimed to be a Sith warrior when Count Dooku discovered her.)

Undaunted, Palpatine sought out a new apprentice. He found a very young Zabrak on Iridonia named Khameir Sarin. Succeeding Palpatine?s tests, Khameir Sarin began to be known as Darth Maul. Before the Sith revealed their existence to the Jedi, Darth Maul succeeded in slaying 3 Jedi: Barco Trellius, Roro Fergus and Ji-Dis Flar. Darth Maul revealed himself to the Jedi, as shown in The Phantom Menace. The Sith markings made Maul?s identity as a Sith clear to the Jedi.

Some of the Jedi in The Phantom Menace were in fact the most powerful Jedi in history. Not only was Yoda of Grentarik one of the most powerful Jedi ever, but so were some of his colleagues on the Jedi Council including Plo Koon of Dorin, Yarael Poof the Quermian, Even Piell the Lannik and, of course, the amazing Mace Windu. Yarael Poof was trained by Zinkor Dawn and Even Piell was trained by Haccor Topkin.

Mace Windu came from Erberius and was trained by Cloto Nervon on the planet Ophuchi. Mace Windu in turn trained Depa Billaba, Ipto Follers, and his nephew, Usby Thape. Mace Windu fought Dark Jedi Barkius Zok. Let us not forget Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Qui-Gon Jinn was born on the planet Hargithon, but his parents moved to Racine. The Jedi often went to Racine to find Jedi, and there they found Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan was born on the yellow rocky world of Pilegias. As a very young boy, he was found on the planet Kelchase and given by his parents to the Jedi Order

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