Darth Zannah

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"I chose to pass my knowledge on to only one. I created a legacy so resilient that now, you come before me."

―An illusion of Darth Bane, to Yoda^[src]

Darth Zannah was a Dark Lord of the Sith and the Sith apprentice of Darth Bane, who was trained to carry their master's teachings and the Rule of Two forward after a war between the Sith Order and the Jedi Order.

Biography[edit | edit source]

Approximately one thousand years prior to the Invasion of Naboo, the Sith Lord Darth Bane enacted the Rule of Two. This teaching mandated that there would only be two Sith at any given time; a master to embody power, and an apprentice to crave it.^[2] As part of the Rule of Two, Bane took on an apprentice,^[1] Darth Zannah,^[3] upon whom he passed his teachings.^[1]

Zannah escaped the notice of the Jedi Order. After Bane's defeat, his apprentice carried on the Rule of Two, which allowed the Sith to survive in secret while the Jedi falsely believed that the Sith had become extinct.^[4] Although the historical records were not accurate about the identity of Bane's apprentice or how Bane died,^[5] he supposedly died in a duel with Zannah on the Inner Rim world of Ambria, a pattern which would be repeated by almost all Sith thereafter.^[3]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Darth Zannah was first mentioned, albeit indirectly, in the episode "Sacrifice" of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.^[1] Zannah was first identified by name in the magazine Star Wars Helmet Collection 2.^[3]

Darth Zannah was Darth Bane's apprentice in *Star Wars* Legends.

Darth Bane's apprentice was first mentioned in Terry Brooks' novelization for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace^[6] and was female. Brooks' novel was based on backstory notes by Star Wars creator George Lucas.^[7]

The character of Darth Zannah originally appeared in the first issue of the comic series Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith that was released on April 18, 2001.^[8]