Darth Malgus

Darth Malgus was a male Sith Lord of the Sith Empire by 3,653 BBY, during the Great Galactic War. He led Sith forces in the Invasion of the Jedi Temple during the Sacking of Coruscant, a move by the Sith Empire to bring the Galactic Republic and their Jedi defenders to their knees and assert the dominance of the Sith in the galaxy. Malgus, accompanied by a strike force utilizing a captured Republic shuttle, succeeded in killing a substantial amount of Jedi defenders before the Sith fleet arrived. By the end of the engagement, the Sith had destroyed the Jedi Temple, killed half of the members of the Jedi High Council, and disgraced the Jedi Order in the eyes of the Republic.

Biography


In 3,681 BBY, the Sith Empire, believed to have been destroyed over a thousand years earlier, emerged from hiding and launched a series of assaults against the Galactic Republic, the galactic government, in what would come to be known as the Great Galactic War. In 3,653 BBY, twenty-eight years after the war's beginning, the Sith forces contacted the Republic with their wish to negotiate an end to the conflict. While delegates from both sides met on the Core World of Alderaan to form a peace agreement, the Sith moved in on Coruscant, the Republic's capital. In preparation for the Sith fleet's attack, a group of the strongest Sith warriors were sent in advance to destroy the planet's defense grid mainframe located within the Jedi Temple.

Darth Malgus, a male Sith Lord, accompanied by a female Twi'lek, arrived at the Jedi Temple before the Sith fleet began their assault. A squad of Temple security guards stood their in their way, but Malgus wasted no time in killing them before they could deal with the threat. A female bounty hunter, observing the sight from a recess in the face of the Temple, took this as her cue, and infiltrated the Temple via a maintenance hatch as her colleagues strode in through the main entrance.

Malgus and the Twi'lek were confronted by a male Human Jedi and a group of his allies, and while the adversaries remained motionless, a Republic shuttle crashed through the Temple's main entrance and came to a halt behind the Sith. The craft's hatch opened to reveal at least twenty-five Sith, who proceeded to ignite their lightsabers and join the Twi'lek and the bounty hunter in attacking the Jedi and their security forces.

In the midst of the action, Darth Malgus fought against his adversaries, Force gripping one Jedi and smashing him against debris, while he unleashed Force lightning against another. Soon, he engaged the leading Jedi who had originally stood in his way. They locked sabers for a moment before the Sith kicked him away, and as the Jedi briefly struck two opponents, Malgus threw his lightsaber at the Jedi, who barely avoided it as he leaped into the air. Malgus took the opportunity to Force push him through a pile of debris and, both retrieving his weapon and Force jumping toward the Jedi, drove his lightsaber into the ground where the Jedi had been only a fraction of a second earlier&mdash;he had managed to quickly avoid the strike and was already back on his feet. The two then dueled before the Sith Lord managed to drive his lightsaber into his opponent's abdomen. As the Jedi died, Malgus told him how the Jedi had been deceived&mdash;and now that the Sith had returned, the Republic would fall.

The Sacking of Coruscant had begun, and while Sith forces led by Lord Angral took control of the Senate Building and killed the Republic's Supreme Chancellor, the Sith armada had begun their bombardment of the Jedi Temple, while Sith ground forces had also moved in on the Jedi's sanctuary. As the Temple Precinct burned around him, Darth Malgus strode away from the carnage. Soon after, the Temple was destroyed.

Personality and traits
Darth Malgus was a confident being, boldly entering the Jedi Temple and confronting a group of Jedi with only a Twi'lek for backup. When the captured shuttle crashed through the Temple's main entrance and skidded along the walkway, Malgus held his position while the Jedi around him prepared to flee if necessary. During his duel with the leading Jedi, he tapped into the dark side of the Force, using it to fuel his body for combat.

Powers and abilities
Darth Malgus utilized many Force powers during the attack on the Jedi Temple, including saber throw, Force push, Force jump, and Force lightning. He was also proficient in the handling of a lightsaber, using this skill during combat in the Temple to gain the upper hand in his duel with a Jedi and, ultimately, to impale him.

Behind the scenes
Darth Malgus first appeared in the "Deceived" trailer to the upcoming video game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. In the trailer, the Sith&mdash;voiced by Jamie Glover &mdash;serves as narrator, though the character does have at least one line of dialogue, when he kills his Jedi opponent. Thus far, the trailer has been the character's only appearance.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived
 * Star Wars: The Old Republic "Deceived" trailer

Notes and references
Sith no-identificado (Saqueo de Coruscant)