Darth Bane

What I mean is, there was infighting between them—they nearly destroyed themselves to the point where Darth Bane established the Rule of Two, which created a cycle of betrayal between the two Sith, with the Sith apprentice always eventually having to betray his Sith master. Also, it took them about a thousand years to regain power over the galaxy, and when they finally regained power, they only kept it for 23 years until the Empire was defeated by the Rebels. So, the Sith weren’t really all that good at gaining power and keeping it, right? Does that mean the Sith weren’t all that smart after all?

In my opinion, the problems that came with their philosophy, which they ultimately failed to address, made them unintelligent. If they were more intelligent, they would have addressed the flaws in their philosophy to make it more sustainable. Sure, Palpatine managed to fool the entire galaxy, but once the Sith regained power, they only kept it for a short period. They weren’t good at staying in power once they finally had it. They failed to learn from historical patterns, address fundamental flaws in their system, build sustainable power structures, and recognize that fear and betrayal are not viable long-term strategies. These flaws in their philosophy made their rule unsustainable and doomed to failure.

IMO I would love something like this, it could be really cool to see the Sith empire and how Darth Bane made the rule of 2

I just finished the trilogy and I personally found it to be absolutely amazing I think Bane is an incredible character and could do some ridiculous things with the force. But what are your guys' opinions on the books?

If the Orbalisks were beneficial to Bane in so many ways, like the guy could literally withstand lightsaber blows repeatedly, and they fueled his anger, and he could handle the pain they brought him, why did he want them off? Obviously they had to be removed eventually after a few of them were killed in a fight and they began poisoning him. But before that If they had so many benefits what was his reason for taking them off?

It’s the Holiday season and I have been looking for Star Wars book ideas. I know someone who’s only legends experience is the Darth Bane trilogy and the Heir to the empire trilogy plus outbound flight.

What would be some good books to follow up on those? I would appreciate it.

Over the weekend, I decided to build LEGO minifigures of the Sith Lords under Darth Bane’s Rule of Two. During the process, I researched and learned quite a bit about several Sith Lords which I had only been vaguely aware of. It took me a long time, but I can now proudly say that I am finished.

For the four most recent Sith Lords, I just used their official LEGO minifigures. I considered giving Darth Maul a cape to fit in with the other Sith, but ultimately decided that it was unnecessary.

I based Darth Bane’s minifigure off of his appearance in Legends, with the bald head and the black robes. At first, I tried to build a minifigure based on his Sith armor in Canon, but I could not find proper parts for it, and the closest things I could find looked either too goofy, or too inaccurate. The torso and legs come from a spare Darth Sidious minifigure I had, and the tattered cape comes from a dementor. I’m honestly not sure where the head came from. I also added a gold piece to the emitter of his lightsaber.

Darth Zannah’s minifigure was relatively simple to build. Once finding a proper head and hairpiece was out of the way, all I had to do was take an Imperial Pilot minifigure’s torso and legs, add a black cape, and build a double bladed lightsaber. During my research, I found that Darth Zannah is left handed, so I made sure to reflect that in which hand holds her lightsaber.

Darth Cognus was an interesting one. I was fortunate enough to have a spare Saesee Tiin minifigure to get the Iktochi headpiece from, and used a Shadow Guard for the cape, legs, and torso. I think the head formerly belonged to Belatrix Lestrange from the Harry Potter line, but I’m not quite sure. At first, I was going to give her a lightsaber, but upon doing some research, I found that she doesn’t actually use a lightsaber in any official material. While I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that she eventually built one and learned how to use it, I decided not to give her one for the sake of accuracy. Instead, I gave her a pair of daggers from the Lord of the Rings line to represent the vibroblades she used in the Darth Bane Trilogy.

Darth Tenebrous was a challenging build, but quite fun to figure out. As it turns out, it is very hard to depict a Bith in LEGO form without a specialized headpiece. The solution I came up with was extending his gas mask to cover his entire face, and adding Egghead (from the Batman line)‘s head extension to the top of his head. Is it perfect? No, but I’m proud that I came up with a solution at all. For the body, I used a mixture of parts from various LEGO lines, including Star Wars (the legs), Ninjago (the torso), and Hidden Side (the shoulder pads). I gave his lightsaber a dark grey hilt to match official artwork.

For Darth Plagueis, I decided that my previous custom minifigure was not up to my standards, so I improved it significantly. Namely, I actually gave him visible eyes, and a better saberstaff. I also gave him a Dracula-style collar, and a life support system/shoulder pad combination around his neck. The collar is just a short cape flipped upside-down, and the shoulder setup is taken from General Cryptor from the Ninjago line. Overall, I think this one might be my best.

While I didn’t end up including them in the final photo, I also made minifigures of Lumaiya, Carnor Jax, and Darth Caedus. While they are important and powerful in their own right, their claim to Darth Bane’s lineage is questionable at best. Lumaiya’s head is an Imperial V-Wing pilot’s, while the torso and legs belonged to Nebula from the Marvel line. The portion of the cape behind her head is an upside-down sand trooper shoulder cape, and the lightwhip is a lightning piece attached to a hook and lightsaber hilt. Carnor Jax is basically just a hybrid between a Shadow Guard and a Praetorian Guard, with a custom weapon. Finally, Darth Caedus uses Han Solo’s hair, General Veers’ face, and an Imperial Gunner’s body, accessorized with a lightsaber, black cape, and armor from the Ninjago line.

And for those of you still reading this, here’s an image I thought you might get a chuckle out of.

I really, really enjoyed the series.

Minor Spoilers Ahead:

My favorite character was probably Zannah (with Bane as a close second). I just love how cunning, intelligent and ambitious she is.

The action scenes were incredibly written and filled with tension.

There were only two characters I did not care for:

1. Sirak (hated how his first fight with Bane ended)

2. Set Harth (what was the purpose of him and SPOILER why couldn’t he have been killed off?)

Aside from those, this was a fantastic trilogy (probably my favorite book trilogy).