I went with Maul. Vader is a close second, but I feel that his good beginnings and redemption in ROTJ excludes him.
Maul gave a new face to the Sith and he had an outstanding presence in my mind. His death was pretty cheap, but I thought his look fleshed out the mysterious and dangerous Sith.
Maul should have had a larger role in episode one.
@ABWorsham:
@aequitas:
Darth Vader is my choice…in case you expand the Sith Lords I would go w. Bane and his Aprentice Darth Zannah.
Are Bane books a good read?
The first is the best but they are all sort of ‘meh.’ There seems like there should be something really cool going on there but they always seem kinda just mean. I’ve read all three hoping the author would figure out what story he wants to tell and because it seems there should be something in the premise. I’m unwilling to say they are bad but then I’m also unwilling to say they are good.
I think Bane (who is a villain) needs a nemesis, his own villain so to speak. But that character would be the hero and it would no longer be Bane’s story. The irredeemable villain’s point of view at least judging from these books isn’t really as interesting in practice as it is in theory.
Palpatine (Sidious) . He is the Dark Lord that the Jedi were looking for and he was hiding in plain site. I do not recall any other Sith that were able to do that but I have not read all of the books. Palpatine pulled it off in front of the Jedi Council filled with all of the masters, including the strongest of them all, Yoda, which Palpatine ended up forcing into hiding. Without Palpatine we would not have had a Darth Vader.
Maul should have had a larger role. It seemed a waste for him to die as quickly as he did.
As to Palpatine hiding in front of the unipressive Jedi Council…some of us in the RPG community call that script immunity or our favorite appellation “Gamemaster Crap.”
The only time I really paid any interest to palpy was in Timothy Zahn’s last book Allegiance. And then only because he was talking to Mara Jade. Now there is an awesome character.
@skinny1:
Palpatine (Sidious) . He is the Dark Lord that the Jedi were looking for and he was hiding in plain site. I do not recall any other Sith that were able to do that but I have not read all of the books. Palpatine pulled it off in front of the Jedi Council filled with all of the masters, including the strongest of them all, Yoda, which Palpatine ended up forcing into hiding. Without Palpatine we would not have had a Darth Vader.
In the Legacy of The Force novel series Jacen Solo before he became the Sith Lord Darth Caedus could ‘hide’ in the Force mask his presecence and he taught Ben Skywalker who also taught his Mom and Pop (Luke and Mara Jade.) Jacen could even hide from Luke. It is not unreasonable to think that Sidious also knew this technique although that would be considerably before the time of Jacen Solo.
@skinny1:
Palpatine (Sidious) . He is the Dark Lord that the Jedi were looking for and he was hiding in plain site. I do not recall any other Sith that were able to do that but I have not read all of the books. Palpatine pulled it off in front of the Jedi Council filled with all of the masters, including the strongest of them all, Yoda, which Palpatine ended up forcing into hiding. Without Palpatine we would not have had a Darth Vader.
In the Legacy of The Force novel series Jacen Solo before he became the Sith Lord Darth Caedus could ‘hide’ in the Force mask his presecence and he taught Ben Skywalker who also taught his Mom and Pop (Luke and Mara Jade.) Jacen could even hide from Luke. It is not unreasonable to think that Sidious also knew this technique although that would be considerably before the time of Jacen Solo.
Based on the movies alone Palpatine (Sidious) is my favorite. He is so good with persuasion and using it to get what he wants.
@skinny1:
Based on the movies alone Palpatine (Sidious) is my favorite. He is so good with persuasion and using it to get what he wants.
Sounds like my ex-wife.
So who’s side are you guys for? Republic or Sepertist?
@ABWorsham:
So who’s side are you guys for? Republic or Sepertist?
the FETT’s side!….
>he is no good to me dead!..
“The Sarlacc found me somewhat indigestible, Solo.”
@ABWorsham:
So who’s side are you guys for? Republic or Sepertist?
The Empire.
I’m reading Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader. It’s a good read.
I have to apollogize, I meant the book “The Rule of Two”…not the path of Destruction…
@aequitas:
I read “Path of Destruction” and had a chill after I was done w. the book…I recommend it worth reading it since it is explaining the rule of two…
It gives you another point of view of the star wars saga movies…
Yoda in Episode I, I think comes to the conclusion that were a Sith aprentice is, there is a Sith Lord…The Sith Lord trainees the youngling untill the aprentice owerpowers and/ or is able to kill him…
Maul could have been the best, but they underplayed him in ep. 1. They should have expanded his backstory (and given him a better death)
Darth Maul should have lasted longer.
@Brain:
Darth Maul should have lasted longer.
He’s the only good thing in that piece of ….
Was grevious a Sith? or was he just a robot?
Was grevious a Sith? or was he just a robot?
He didn’t have the force, he was more a machine for war, he didn’t even have his own lighsaber just killed people for theirs.
Was grevious a Sith? or was he just a robot?
He was actually more cyborgish. And rule of 2 - Tyrannus & Sidious were set as the Sith.
Was grevious a Sith? or was he just a robot?
He was actually more cyborgish. And rule of 2 - Tyrannus & Sidious were set as the Sith.
He was a droid and a guy on crack.
According to Wikipedia,
Grievous becomes a security chief for the Intergalactic Banking Clan. San Hill, leader of the clan, notices Grievous’ strategic genius and skill in battle. He is mentioned to the Confederacy of Independent Systems leader, Count Dooku. Led by Darth Sidious, the Sith Lords conspire to draw Grievous into the Separatist army. Despite Hill’s generous offers, however, Grievous refuses to lead the Separatist army.
During an attack by the Republic’s armies on the clan’s base, Grievous’ shuttle explodes and crashes. Grievous is mortally wounded in the crash, kept alive by a transfusion of blood from the deceased Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, and Dooku’s mastery of the dark side; his shattered body is taken to the planet Geonosis, where most of it is replaced with a droid exoskeleton that complements his natural reflexes. Hill approaches him and offers him the chance to live again in a cybernetic body and lead the Separatist army. Grievous initially resists — he would rather die a warrior’s death than watch his body sustained by technology — but Hill eventually persuades him by appealing to his desire for revenge. In actuality, this was Hill’s plan all along, as the Separatists had booby trapped Grievous’ shuttle themselves, meaning to leave the General with no other choice than to accept. Dooku then trains him in lightsaber combat until he is one of the best duelists in the galaxy, and whips his resentment of the Jedi into a frenzy. The metamorphosis is then completed, leaving Grievous one of the most fearsome warriors of the Separatists’ army.
