Star Wars Legends: Darth Plagueis

The tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, from his birth arranged by Darth Tenebrous to the Naboo Crisis and his death at the hands of Darth Sidious. Based on the Star Wars Legends, created by George Lucas and Lucasfilm.
**A quick note on Star Wars canon: This video is based on Star Wars Legends, also known as the old Expanded Universe, which includes most Star War material (movies, books, comics, games) created before the re-canonization of Star Wars under Disney in 2014.
The new Star Wars canon therefore is based on the 7 movies, the Clone Wars and Rebels TV show, and any other new canon books or comics released after April 25th 2014.*
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[@thethirteenthdoctor1716]

Hey @civilizationex can you do harry potter vids?

[@lj7420]

*I love your videos, please do Legends on **_Tyber Zann_** **_Jacen Solo_** & **_Count Dooku_*

[@superthorc6894]

Do you know the story Darth Plagueis the wise? We do now

[@gavinsmith9871]

Superthor c I thought so. It’s a story CivilizationX would tell you.

[@mikeor-]

I wonder why Palpatine said that the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise was a Sith Legend if it was canon and was in his experience.

[@mikeor-]

It's not a story the Jedi would tell you, but lucky for us, we have Civilization Ex instead.

[@duhkilljoy6572]

It's not a story the Jedi would tell

[@mikeor-]

But a story Darth Sidious would.

[@mikeor-]

But this channel would.

[@PhantomRedKnight]

Because the Jedi didn't know about Darth Plagues nor his existence.

[@jordanthomas7798]

PhantomRedKnight They knew about Hego Demask

[@milesgrant3507]

You guys see the last EP haha

[@rayanhey2411]

Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise? I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life.... He had such a knowledge of the Dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful....the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did .Infortunnately , he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.

[@amandag.6186]

Is it possible to learn this power?

[@Rickzilla]

@@amandag.6186 Not from a Jedi.

[@Rock-my2ko]

And not from a mouse

[@socialmedia4637]

*Can I haz power?*

[@mikeor-]

@@Rickzilla But from a Sith.

[@rfx1761]

The ironic thing is that he discovered how to use Midi-Chlorian to "Eliminating Sleep" but he was killed in his sleep.

[@roigergoololo3966]

"Ironic. He could save others from sleep, but not himself."

[@patrickpalen931]

It was induced by wine intoxication, courtesy of Palpatine 😈

[@GanzoHasashi1911]

Magister Damask says “Never drink and discuss politics with your friends, younglings”

[@mikeor-]

But that's not a story the Jedi would tell you.

[@CrazySaVaunT]

If only he could have used his midi-chlorians to metabolism alcohol/intoxicants to sober up fast enough to realize that he was going to die and might have stopped Sidious from killing him somehow.

[@benderthepirate]

One of the best Star Wars stories ever written!

[@charlzfn4094]

👍🏼

[@andresjim6490]

Totally agree

[@theadversarylight-bringing6980]

No cap!

[@Kona_AJ]

...and one you wont hear from a Jedi

[@Siavh]

Darth revan is probably better but this fire as well.

[@somarriba333]

I love how Tenebrous, Plagueis, and Sidius were hiding in plain sight and even interacted with Jedi. Growing up with The Emperor ruling, I'm so used to Sith having power and being so formal. Always being called "Your Highness" and Vader always kneeling to his master. When before all that, they seemed almost equal.

[@darthvectivus7792]

What can I say we did what we had to do my friend.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Yes the last few members of the order of the Sith Lords really were the phantom menace. Hiding in plain sight right under the noses of the Jedi and they still never suspected or knew the truth until it was too late. The dark side blinded them

[@mikeor-]

Plagueis succeeded in his experiment, because just nine months after he "failed," a slave named Shmi Skywalker gave birth to a fatherless son named Anakin. Anakin was conceived by the midi-chlorians, which Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious used to create a being out of pure Force energy. So in a way, Plagueis himself was Anakin's father. There is no other reason to explain how Palpatine turned him into Darth Vader so easily. Yet one of the wisest lessons taught by the Skywalker Saga is that nobody is truly beyond redemption. Anakin redeemed himself by destroying the Sith (twice), and fulfilling the prophecy of the Chosen One.

[@Camaraocompao]

There are sources who say Anakin was a spawn of the Force to react tô the Sith tappin in Midi clorians

[@Nihoolious]

Plagueis didnt succeed. The wording of "counterstrike" is chosen specifically because it was the efforts of the force itself that brought Anakin into being. It took the Sith's attempt to create life and redirected it into its own Chosen One with a predetermined destiny leading to the eventual destruction of the Sith order.

[@WhydoIsuddenlyhaveahandle]

Just Plageuis. Sidious helped with the balance tip but the act of creating Anakin, where the "force gave way, as if in flight from him" was all Plageuis. Right from the novel

[@sc_art5408]

Plagueis is my favorite Sith Lord. Please, keep the Star Wars content coming!

[@williamkrause5831]

He's one of my favorites too, but I like Palpatine, Vader, and Vitate more.

[@ManahManah77]

I like how Veruna tried to kill Plagueis. Nothing subtle. Just a nuke. That's style.

[@azistis_5539]

And people still hate the prequels despite this tragedy of Darth Plagueis and the Clone troopers And the best designed vehicle in star wars the HAVw A6 Juggernaut

[@darkwolf4434]

I love Episode 3

[@NotoriousTim]

I don't hate the setting and lore that the prequels added, just the execution of the story itself in the movies.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Notorious Tim true I think it worked best in episode 3.... the setting and time period was quite interesting the execution was lacking however

[@xg3990]

You're both wrong. The original trilogy was so mind numbingly boring. The prequels were far better. And I HATE star wars

[@VanSwagger]

To be fair, most of this stuff came after the movies to make those films"better"

[@TKinfinity01]

I never knew the Legend of Darth Plagueis was a story I’d been told.

[@BlyUehara37]

The Darth Plagueis book in the best Star Wars novel ever made So many good stuff in there

[@jakestarwars7165]

Kedovil53 yeah but sadly it’s ok legends now

[@aamirrazak3467]

Yeah it really was awesome and added some fantastic lore as well

[@guilherme5094]

This story would make a great movie. But not from a mouse.

[@hnlong8531]

They would make him a female 🤦

[@nohbuddy1]

Cause Lucas sure made those prequels well

[@nohbuddy1]

@@hnlong8531 Oh no god forbid you get a female sith lord

[@isaiahaldhafera9752]

@@nohbuddy1 some of us had the gift of the dub so the dialogue never sounded awful, plus those movies had tons of iconic locations and character designs which is more than i can say about the sequels 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@isaiahaldhafera9752]

@@nohbuddy1 that's not the point, everybody loved Ventress and Ahsoka back in the day, the point is that disney nowadays would rather genderbend a known character before making an original one because god forbid you take a risk

[@socialmedia4637]

Now, this is a story all about how my life as chancellor was flipped-turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute Just sit right there for a while I'll tell you how I became the Emperor of the first Galactic Empire

[@HamCubes]

A banker who’s also a dark lord? Bwahahaa! Plagueis is my favorite!

[@Neferu35]

Plagueis, the Master of Banksters !

[@fredblakey-lodge932]

And I'm the dark lord of the intergalactic society of accountants!

[@SuperSaiyanD48]

Well, as the old tasteless joke goes, if we've got a universe with space Nazis, we might as well have space Jews.

[@SuperSaiyanD48]

@Cult Mechanicus That is actually even *more* fitting.

[@TheBacknblack92]

@Cult Mechanicus secretly funding both sides of the war that they set up to gain power. Hmmmmm...

[@JuanMongeJ-3Dmo]

Let me congratulate you, for your darth revan , bane and now plaeguis explanations. They are of amazing quality, you guys deserve lots of followers and views.

[@janwitkowsky8787]

Palpatine was never named Sheev in the Legends continuity. The book Darth Plagueis actually stress that, with Palpatine's introduction, the boy had chosen to be mononymous.

[@williamkrause5831]

he chose to be monoymous cus he hated his first name. Offically, his first name is still sheev

[@TheBacknblack92]

If i were named sheev id choose to be monogamous too

[@carnage0685]

@@williamkrause5831 Late, but legends is considered UNofficial.

[@carnage0685]

@@williamkrause5831 Late, but legends is considered UNofficial.

[@joanjosephcastillo5788]

Hey Plagueis... ...why the long face?

[@aaroncohen2700]

I find it funny how Plagueis straight up disbelieved in ghosts so much that he annoyed a ghost into going away.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

This story really is more compelling if you hear it during a bubble opera.

[@jmgmarcus808]

Maxi Chlorian is what I use when my swimming pool has its period.

[@orangevening]

I'm glad I finally heard the full tale of Darth Plagueis the wise

[@berzerkbankie1342]

Awesome video

[@narri214]

And I've never clicked on a video so fast. I'm glad I'm early.

[@thedarkestfateful]

The politics and sly maneuvering of Darth Plagueis is my canon for Phantom Menace.

[@kevinzhao9524]

Palpatine: Tell me Anakin, did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? Anakin: Not. yet. Palpatine: It's t r e a s o n then.

[@NapoleonBonaparteMAGA]

You know you're serious Duty when you have an audible commercial

[@FlightSimHistorian]

The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural......

[@fredbarker9201]

Flight Sim Historian is it possible to learn this power ?

[@FlightSimHistorian]

@ Fred Barker - Not from a Jedi.....

[@jakecollinsworth5159]

The prequals are the best

[@abthedragon4921]

Great, another Sith video. Well done.

[@aamirrazak3467]

The Sith are really interesting imho

[@JackMMcMullan]

i find it funny that Darth Tenebrous was the same species as the Cantina Band

[@aamirrazak3467]

Tenebrous idea of possessing the chosen one was really interesting I guess that’s why Plageuis also sought immortality

[@disneyboy3030]

Someone should make a fan edit that add's Darth Plageis to Episode 1 and follow the events you described.

[@ruminantplaythroughs]

Great video, awesome explanations! However, Palpatine's first name in the Legends continuity is not "Sheev"; he just doesn't have a forename there. I don't remember the exact reasons behind this, but it is explained in the book "Darth Plagueis" by James Luceno.

[@ruminantplaythroughs]

@Lockjaw I guess I'm not wrong. Look it up on Wookieepedia: _"Disgusted by his father's incompetence, and infuriated by his mother's willingness to tolerate the situation of their family, it was not long before Palpatine discontinued the use of his given name as an act of spite. From then on, he demanded to be referred to exclusively by the name of his aristocratic family."_ It *is* explained like this in the Novel "Darth Plagueis" by James Luceno, though it is not canon anymore, but "Legends". starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Palpatine/Legends

[@pasta8tp727]

Thank God for your series! It explains a hell of a lot more about the ninth movie...

[@amandag.6186]

If I hear one person say "have you ever hear the tragedy of Darth plagueis the wise" I am gonna go civ Gandhi and nuke the star wars Galaxy

[@BathoryVampyr]

have you ever hear the tragedy of Darth plagueis the wise?

[@amandag.6186]

@@BathoryVampyr shhhhh you hear that? It's the sounds of trillions of nukes blowing up the star wars galaxy?

[@134590174]

You do dat. & Hurry up about it.

[@illevarslendetyrann]

Civilization Revolution reference o.o

[@amandag.6186]

@@illevarslendetyrann no, that's any civ game with Gandhi, except civrev, you can only have one nuke

[@andrewforte3852]

They should most definitely make this a movie. Disney make this happen.

[@purple1085]

Wouldn’t this be a kickass movie?

[@mgvillanmp478]

Awesome man been patiently waiting for this

[@procyon6370]

The Acolyte series description involves "Rising Dark Side powers near the end of the High Republic Era", and we know the HR ends around 82 BBY, so we could see Tenebrous (or someone similar) and Plagueis.

[@kholt1776]

Great as always. Thank you for this!

[@Kasey_Barkle]

One of my favourite books canon or legends. Wonderful visual breakdown

[@Marc_Araujo]

Darth Tenebrous is severely underrated...my favorite Sith.

[@partypatindustries]

Best book I have ever read, and this vid nailed it in a nutshell! 👌 11 outta 10

[@GanzoHasashi1911]

Been wanting to read this one for a while to get myself back into reading in general with a familiar source material I love, just finished it last night and was amazed how much it held my attention. So much detail that pertains to the EU and has you reevaluate our opinion on TPM when you see the gears in motion. Of course, Plagueis and Palpatine prove to be enticing protagonists that come off more as anti-heroes as you see their mastery in deception and using any means necessary to achieve their plan. Must read for any Star Wars fan and arguably Top 5 EU/Legends novel.

[@MrArby343]

Closest to Gray Sith there was

[@aamirrazak3467]

Just finished it one of if not the best Star Wars books imho it was incredible tenebrous Plageuis and Sidious and the entire story were fantastic

[@TheTrueSpottedStripe]

The more I think about it, the more I realize where I went wrong.

[@wheattoast1971]

I just started read the Darth Plagueis book. I love it so far!

[@IaMaPh1991]

Can we please have a Star Wars Story movie about Tenebrous and Plagueis? That would be awesome. Id also settle for an Exar Kun movie as well.

[@jakestarwars7165]

IaMaPh1991 but tenebrous is legends

[@franciscomm7675]

Another civilizationEx, another smile on my face. May i recommend you do a series on emperor valkorion, who lived hundreds of years and was probably the most powerfull sith lord of legends canon. He is also know as vitiate

[@CivilizationEx]

Will definetly do that at some point :)

[@franciscomm7675]

@@CivilizationEx thanks, keep up the good work. Vitiate is so interesting

[@BigBroTejano]

I really look forward to Snoke one day having his own video... so we may lean of this fascinating character in all his fleshed out details... who totally wasn't just tossed aside because there was no plan for him or the new trilogy and a certain director decided to just kill any of the plots his predecessor started in Force Awakens because "yolo! I've got a theme and it's KILL everything that's old! So no JJ I'm not using the outline you wrote, any of it, even though you started this trilogy and will be directing the 9th movie. Just consider yourself lucky I didn't have the Knights of Ren in this movie to, because I would have killed them off to(something Rian himself literally said about the KoR because he didn't know what HE would do with them)."

[@LipzHaha]

Rian is such a pretentious piece of shit.

[@Spartiatai300]

They should have made Snoke out to be Darth Plagueis. It would make the prequels, main series and sequels all tie together into one big story.

[@andrewforte3852]

@@Spartiatai300 I agree.

[@phantomsidious2934]

@@Spartiatai300 it would have complete sense to do that, a throwaway line from Luke referring to snoke as plagelus would have been enough, but rian Johnson doesn't have sense so...we got nothing..

[@shitrowersdo]

You're all talking as though Rian and JJ didn't directly work together on the storyboard......... Y'all need to calm down, star wars is a dumb goofy space opera that rarely makes sense or even has all that decent a story, it's always been that, and I've always loved it regardless, you're taking this all a little too seriously hahahaha

[@josephlowry4320]

When I watched Revenge of the Sith, Darth Plaguies is quite an fascinating sith lord in the Star Wars galaxy, this story about him is really brilliant, the Legends, canon is much cooler.

[@lj7420]

*I love your videos, please do Legends on **_Tyber Zann_** **_Jacen Solo_** & **_Count Dooku_*

[@wesrm1]

I want to thank you for making such a thorough and compelling video based on James Luceno’s novel. I hope Luceno gets the commission to write a Snoke novel. Andy Serkis said the character is several hundred years old. In the Force Awakens novelization, Snoke says he watched the Empire rise and fall. Based on how ancient he is and his ability to maneuver himself to become Supreme Leader of the First Order, I see the potential for a novel on the level and scope of Darth Plagueis. I’m looking forward to the Snoke comic coming in mid-September. Hopefully that will give some more insight into the character. I think he might be a Grysk. What do you think?

[@hectoraliegbe9429]

The idea that Snoke is hundreds of years old seems to be disregarded with the release of Episode IX.

[@sultanzod6720]

The sad truth of the Sith, is their downfall is caused by their arrogance. Plagueis could have possibly lived if he wasn't so into himself being powerful. Maul would have stayed in one piece of he didn't play with his Jedi and finish the job. Palpatine needs to stop using lightning, he hurts himself or gets chucked into a reactor.

[@genom27]

You left out the part where Plagueis’s essence survived and he takes on the identity of Supreme Leader Snoke.

[@hectoraliegbe9429]

This claim is now proven false, with the release of Episode IX.

[@swedichboy1000]

Could you cover the Yuuzhan Vong war?

[@jasonboyd2479]

Fascinating.Video !!!! Thank you for the whole story. Parts I didn’t know. Great job!!!

[@ultratankie]

I find it very satisfying that A’Sharad Hett started his journey to become Darth Krayt in order to destroy Vader and Palpatine, and yet it was only because Krayt was foreseen centuries earlier that Vader and Palpatine rose to power.

[@phantomsidious2934]

Great job! Been reading the novel recently, a fortunate coincidence!

[@sabrinafojo2490]

We need a Darth Plagueis Movie or at least a Mandalorian episode pls

[@theblade1251]

Never gonna happend tbh

[@tengkualiff]

Why do people keep asking me if i know his story or not?!

[@Lord.Plagueis]

Plagueis did not create the explosion, subtext mining did. Plagueis just used it as a means to an end...

[@nicogrey1728]

If plagueis had maxxi clorians from tenebrous, then his conciousness could survive after Palpatine murdered him

[@errinwright3700]

Really dope! As usual!

[@danielmunoz2220]

I heard that he was quite the wise man, how true is this?

[@biofriik]

Wise enough to keep the ones he cared about from dying.

[@hueylongdong347]

@@biofriik But not himself

[@jamariojackson4289]

Agent Smith ironic

[@Lyrog]

Yes, now I can finally heard the tragedy that reach the man.

[@lil2177]

Plagueis is probably the most important character because he made sideous and anakin.

[@lil2177]

And initiated the clone army

[@carolynbird8271]

I just found you because my bf watches your videos and now we watch them together

[@davidschori2417]

In Canon: Sheev Palpatine In Legends: Palpatine

[@malopez18]

Just amazing!

[@DANI-sx4ki]

This is the tragedy of darth plagieus

[@ProxyGaming.]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life... He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful... the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. It's ironic he could save others from death, but not himself.

[@hannesimmcdiarmid3086]

WE ARE SITH

[@wiktorgrabowski3659]

Great video!!!

[@59rlmccormack]

Will ya do a vid on Palpatine’s Legends history?

[@unagami8226]

Haha, serves you right for ruining my preparation to be immortal.

[@celdur4635]

This is the first time, in at least 4 years, that a video from this channel has been suggested to me. Wtf happened? i used to watch you all the time CivEx.

[@CivilizationEx]

Not sure, maybe you have to check the notification settings cause I've been posting vids every week the whole time. Well at least you have plenty to look through now lol.

[@kelliem8750]

Am I the only one that sees Darth Tenebrous's voice like Bane? (From batman "The Darth Knight Rises.")

[@dickrobot]

Your Plagueis illustration makes it look like he has a mustache and beard. This must be his bartender phase.

[@nathanhorton5751]

You should do one on Malak or malguis

[@reaganhayden5165]

we now know the Tragedy of Darth plagueis the wise

[@markusskram4181]

Great video

[@animationfanatic2133]

did he also teach Palpatine to spin and scream like an absolute maniac

[@azza8504]

This isn’t a story the Jedi would tell us

[@thereal4114]

I'm pretty sure Plaegus didn't arrange the gas explosion. It was Tenabrous's enemies.

[@KA_RA25]

I feel like they left it open for pluegis to come back I still feel he's not dead as well as palpetine is not dead in the rise of a Skywalker movie. But sideous was dead before we heard of the movie so I still feel things arnt certain just yet. He may be influencing things From behind the scene.

[@phoenix21studios]

Dude was alive in episode 1 but instead we got....Pod Racing.......

[@Dragonwolfworm]

This needs to be canon and made into a netflix series.

[@entrippyZ]

DiD yOu hEaR ThE tRaGeDY oF dArK PlAgEuS dA wIsE?.

[@seanranklin2234]

Great vid man

[@Savsgames]

Darth plagueis the arrogant...

[@arjyadebsengupta8159]

Has anyone heard the tragedy of my friend the Wise?

[@coffeecaveman123]

Disney should revert to the old expanded universe.

[@dudexyzu9415]

Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth plagues the wise... it’s not a story the Jedi would tell you.. oh wait we already know from this video

[@scottg9206]

“.....Using telekinetic strangulation to kill kerred santhe, a wealthy industrialist, and philanthropist, and bicyclist.”

[@majorkalashinikov1277]

did you know the story of the tradegy od Darth Plegueisthe wise?

[@LuizFernando-cu2xy]

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