The Death of Darth Plagueis: Fan-Reading

Today we will be celebrating one of the greatest Star Wars Novels ever written by dramatically reading one of its most famous scenes.
All credit for this story goes to Lucasfilm and author James Luceno.
If your interested in checking out this book for yourself, here is a link: www.amazon.com/Darth-Plagueis...
I do NOT own the movie footage used in this. Star Wars is owned by Lucasfilm, Disney, and Fox.

[@EvanNova95]

I had a bunch of Darth Plaguies images on hand, a desire to increase my upload rate, and the book on my desk, so I figured…..why not?

[@brianrunyon266]

Very nice. You should do more of these. Listened to the audio book version, great work by the narrator.

[@nostalgianetwork1225]

I was hoping the voice in Sidious's head was going to say "Dew it"

[@holyarchangelmichael]

Excellent narration. I really enjoyed it. I hope that you continue to do fan readings because the ones you have done so far have been great.

[@Jedi_Spartan_38]

Please cover some of the Republic comics (or will Fanalysis be continuing to cover them). Also would you consider doing more non force user verses series?

[@ariesstorm9577]

Amazing work. Really loved the use of imagery (so well done to those amazing artists as well). I can’t wait to reread this novel. Almost picked up off my shelf a few days ago, but instead I went for Path of Destruction. I plan to read and cover the Rule of Two era (beginning with the Darth Bane trilogy, followed by Darth Plagueis, possibly Darth Maul Shadow Hunter and ending by reading the Dark Lord Trilogy. Looking forward to any future fan readings that you’ve got planned. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

[@aliceinthewired]

Plagueis' arc is pretty sad. He acquired so much power that he became deluded to the point where he thought he was beyond being slain. Hubris almost got him killed earlier in the novel during his dispute with Senator Pax Teem. This final experiment and attempt at self aggrandisement sealed his fate.

[@redjirachi1]

Palpatine did say it was a tragedy

[@aliceinthewired]

@Darth_ Madara Plagueis would have found another apprentice. Though I doubt that the apprentice would have been as exemplary as Sidious.

[@cheese3416]

Staraudiobook (.com) has the audiobook and 80 other star wars books

[@darthbane3937]

Give him a few decades and his hubrous could have proven true when he got really good. Testing that against an apprentice out to kill you instead of a controlled lab is not the way.

[@aliceinthewired]

@@darthbane3937 A controlled environment is the last thing he had.

[@TheReignofHorror]

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

[@peterparker1683]

No matter what happens I will never forget you, GreyJedi, Reti4, Antoine Bandale, And Jenssarai1. The true OGs of the KZbin Star Wars Community

[@kieranholmes8086]

Reti, grey Jedi and Antoine recently went on holiday together. I don’t know what’s going on with fanalysis though

[@andremartins8521]

There’s nothing worth fanalysing over these days :/ Rey? HA

[@AtheistBulldozer]

Jenssarai1 has had his account hacked. Please spread the word. Maybe he can get help.

[@rossholt9352]

@@AtheistBulldozer I haven't watched any of the council forcecast guys in a long time. And yesterday I decided to look up Jenssarai1 to see what he was up to. I saw a dozen anime streams with a ton of dislikes. How do we know he's been hacked?

[@youngsmitty347]

@@rossholt9352 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5y5eKyLhNN1rNE

[@redjirachi1]

A single lapse in judgement would also kill Palpatine 36 years later. Like master, like apprentice

[@DanieleMulas-up7np]

Typical Star Wars fans : OMG The Mandalorian Evan, an intellectual : The actual Tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise.

[@nickthepick8043]

Yeah, I can agree with this sentiment. There's the casual Star Wars fans who care about the spectacle: Last Jedi, Clone Wars returns, Mandolarian, etc. But then there's us intellectuals who love: Kotor II, Darth Plagueis, Battle of Jabiim, Dark Rendezvous, Dark Lord the rise of Darth Vader, etc.

[@birgenc8977]

I AGREEE THE SİTH AND THE Dark side is most cool star wars terms

[@nickthepick8043]

@@Fulcron13 Yeah, I can concede to both. Sorry there, I was being a bit of a jerk.

[@Alarcj7]

And believe there are several people who don't even know how Plagueis died.

[@DanieleMulas-up7np]

@@Alarcj7 Several ? More like hundreds of thousands of ignorant normies who fancy themselves as diehard fans, but it's already a stretch if they watched TCW and Rebels lol

[@irvingramirez2335]

My desire is for a devoted fan to create an incredible animated fan film of darth plagues and this is the closest thing C: thank you

[@ZorroTheWevile]

Wish granted!!!

[@fallenknighttyler8695]

Jensaarai1 seems to have been hacked. Make sure your channel is secure man!

[@Jedi_Spartan_38]

Reti4's interpretation of Plagueis's death scene: "It's not even planned though that's the thing... he's just like oh, he's gotten drunk, ha, cool."

[@jkr1025]

That was my interpretation. He hadn't made his mind up at the time, but Plagueis's intoxication was the deciding factor.

[@Saiyef96]

I think Jensaarai1’s channel got hacked. The comments on all his videos got turned off and videos of Doraemon got uploaded.

[@robgeorge4581]

Happy Thanksgiving Evannova95! This art is pretty good. Great delivery btw. Palpatine: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? Me: Yeah, Ive bought the and read the novel by James Luceno, and watched a fan reading by the Jedi KZbinr Evannova95. His apprentice looks a lot like you. Palpatine: Execute Order 66

[@robgeorge4581]

Omg thank you so much for the heart Evan!

[@emzonik8851]

8:31 - I belive that this is the proof that AT THE TIME Palpatine did not desire immortality, just power and influence untill he makes the sith eternal rulers of the galaxy. He wouldn't have lied to Plagueis in such a moment. Untill the dark times, during which his arrogance and self confidence increased to an unhealthy level, Palpatine was truly devoded to Darth Bane's cause. And we still see that in ROTS, he is HAPPY that his new apprentice was going to eventually become more powerfull than him, he says that himself to yoda, he wanted that, as every Sith Master of Bane lineage should.

[@austinames9340]

You ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

[@mirandalockey7334]

No

[@austinames9340]

@@mirandalockey7334 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 he ones he cared about... from dying.

[@MastaKilla63]

That was a pretty good reading! I like the image at the end. Went very well with the quote "Outside, the summits of the tallest buildings were guilded by the first rays of daylight.". Not bad at all!

[@yashmandla1234]

For a Sith Lord Plaugus wasQ actually really chill, he actually considered Sidious his equal, with by the nature of the rule of two ment he had failed

[@TheRagingNacho]

One of the greatest scenes in all Star Wars

[@tardarsauce3355]

I really love your collaborative assessment on the book with GreyJedi and the others. I also love and agree with your idea that Plagueis should have recruited Dooku if he wanted to rule the Galaxy with an apprentice

[@darkarpatron]

Hey Evan, sorry to be off topic but Jensaarai1's channel seems to have been hacked. That or he's really shifted gears with his content. In case he is unaware and because I don't really know otherwise, do you think you should contact him and let him know?

[@vaderkid31]

Came to thus video to look into the same thing. Thought it seemed really odd

[@Klaus99999]

His channel is gone completely now. Not sure who deleted it but it’s gone.

[@lapplandkun9273]

he's been hacked. It was confirmed by the man himself.

[@mr.god.complex]

Oh my god I haven’t watched you since I was like 10 and you’re still uploading!

[@jkr1025]

Hi Evan, I don't know if you've seen Jensaarai's channel recently, but it looks like he's been hacked! Do you know what's going on by any chance?

[@DarkSteven17]

Today officially marks 10 years since this book was released!

[@Dargili]

Genuinely look forward to these.

[@Daldi564]

Damn. That some good reading. Can't wait to see what you do next.

[@MastaKilla63]

Oh man! I didn't even see this on the homepage! I'm so sorry I missed it! Watching now.

[@andybrummel5555]

great book! fun video as always. ty Evan.

[@tbmb9531]

The artwork added to this is tremendous

[@f.e.areproduce5298]

Few ideas i've got : 1 Darth Bane and Darth Zannah vs Darth Krayt and Darth Nihl , first master and apreantice from Rule Of Two vs Master of Rule Of One with most trusted servant .

[@zackthezabarak739]

Great video Evan!

[@ariesstorm9577]

@Evannova95 can you please let Jensaarai1 know he's KZbin account has been hacked (if he doesn't know already). A few of us have reported the livestream and two of his recent videos have had the comments switched off so none of us can directly let him know. I hope things get sorted. Thanks dude 👍🏻

[@christophersandidge8257]

Damn. That was pleasant. Thank you. I love this book, and this part in particular. A very nice reading. You rival the guy that did the audio book. You should read the whole thing.

[@bigbird2240]

Fan fic where dooku sensed this and saved Plagueis

[@Aztechaemenid]

An excellent reading. You really captured the characters personas in your voice and your images really add a lot to the scene. But something I've been disappointed by about this entire exchange, ever since I first read it years ago, was just how one sided it was. Sidious' monologuing his triumph over Plagueis is cool and very much in keeping with Sith tradition of Dun Moch, but I still would have preferred more confrontation. Regardless, awesome work. Hope you do more of these.

[@spartan-6364]

To be fair, Luceno wanted to have a more traditional confrontation but eith Lucasfilm or George Lucas(or both) said that Plagueis was definitely killed in his sleep, and the most Luceno could change was Plageyie being killed in his sleep by having Palpatine trick him into getting atrociously drunk and killing him then

[@benwild8706]

Your Tenebrous Way has long been a favourite and I enjoyed this too, despite the fabulous reading of the official audiobook this brought something different and enjoyable. You should do more! Incidentally, since first listening to the audiobook a pressing query for me is I wonder what Sidious did with the droid and his new body. This story, for me, is still canon. It was a towering achievement and the best example of supporting media.

[@CompositeCreativity]

As far as 11-4D (the droid) is concerned, there is limited information on what happened to him after this in Legends: 11-4D is said to have likely been one of the droids present during the scene in the book "Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil" (also by James Luceno), in which a group of droids ambushed the Aurek Team (a group composed of agents from the Senate Bureau of Intelligence or SBI, some ARC troopers, and a few Jedi including Mace Windu) when they tried to look for the Sith base that Darth Sidious had set up in "The Works" (the worst part of Coruscant). This took place around the same time as the Battle of Coruscant before Palpatine staged his own kidnapping at the hands of General Grievous. Other than Windu (who went off to protect the planet), Sidious and a droid contingent killed the rest of this group after they found out who he was. Later on, 11-4D is said to have been present for another important moment later. Remember the scene from "Revenge of the Sith" where Vader was first fitted with his armor? The droid was there, too. Both these statements were made by Luceno, but Lucas never officially confirmed them as canon.

[@benwild8706]

@@CompositeCreativity Interesting stuff, thanks.

[@darrius4746]

Thanks for it. Do more in the future

[@thegunslinger8806]

See now that's how you make an expanded universe Kathleen Kennedy...OH WAIT! THAT'S RIGHT! You wiped it out! you had 400 page books and comics galore and now its all "legends". Thanks Evan this was a star shinning bright in my week.

[@lukewarren9069]

This was stellar, Evan.

[@jonathanbowling2904]

We need a Darth Plagueis movie, even if it's fan made. Perhaps Star Wars Theory could do that.

[@mikeor-]

Sidious: 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 knowledge of the Dark Side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. Anakin: He could actually save people from death? Sidious: The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. Anakin: What happened to him? Sidious: He became so powerful... the only thing he was ever 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. Anakin: Is it possible to learn this power? Sidious: Not from a Jedi...

[@cj_wit_the_lunch_tray3231]

Whats goody evan! When u makeing more verus match ups? Ive been thinking yoda vs nihlius. Anakian vs sion. Darth bane vs kyle katarn. Depadolba vs darth zannah. And asaijj ventruss vs darth nylon

[@seriousnesstv7902]

Plz upload more man!

[@StevenZissimos]

That was an awesome read! So for a future vs video, would you consider doing Anakin Skywalker vs Darth Malgus?

[@leseratte3546]

Evan I have a question for you. How do you feel about the Canon Comic darth vader feats ? I personally like this darth Vader altough sometimes he is really to powerful. So what do you think?

[@zackthezabarak739]

I hope your channels secure, I know it seems like half your comments mentioned it, but jensaraai seems to have been hacked and I you two are my favorite KZbinrs.

[@jordanthomas7798]

Nice vid Ev

[@ShadowCritias]

Can you do Top 10 or Top 5 of your Favorite & best Star Wars Vs Series episodes

[@gundamfan7541]

So there's one matchup that might be something to look into doing for the next season if youre able to. Galen Marek Aka the original Starkiller vs Jaden Korr the MC of Jedi academy.

[@JojoushiPWI]

Damn i was just re- watching your Kyp Durron vs Plagueis video!

[@patmiller2588]

Kevyn yea an he said Kyp Durron will beat Darth Plagueis lol yea rite

[@aliceinthewired]

@@patmiller2588 How do you account for the black hole feat? Even for top tier Force Wielders that's quite an accomplishment.

[@patmiller2588]

Lord Krius but plagueis

[@JojoushiPWI]

Pat Miller i can't argue too much with his reasoning. He gave his reasons from source material as well as his insight. And Kyp was an absolute monster in the force. I mean, absolute monster. Keeping up with EU Luke Skywalker in a few categories is just a feat in itself o.o.

[@CompositeCreativity]

@@patmiller2588 "But" nothing. Plagueis can't compete with a feat like that.

[@jacobt1027]

Welp Conner got hacked

[@Darklordcomp]

So, It looks like Jensarai's channel got hacked and is now playing Dorumon Episodes, unless he's found his true calling

[@jaylanmayhew589]

Hey Evan I haven't quite seen this match but how would you feel about exar kun vs revan as a suggestion for a new vs.

[@dimond360_]

Do you think you would ever bring back the how powerful was series back against to change stuff up? Maybe like one on Kam Solusar, Saba Sepatine, lord Kaan,Kasimm or Adi galia I don’t know just a thought

[@jbdougy9290]

Our guy Jensaarai1 is BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

[@odlaneR15]

Yo this intro so damn catchy

[@callmeroachok]

im a big nerd and I wanna learn more about Star Wars you should revive the how powerful was series it’s such a great layout and so detailed

[@andremartins8521]

Does anyone know what’s going on with Jenseraai’s channel? Did he get hacked?

[@darksavant3571]

What happened to jensaarai? Was his channel hacked?

[@emzonik8851]

I wonder how Plagueis was able to drink with this respirator covering his face.

[@bigbird2240]

Imbibed through his nose it’s in the book

[@johngiron1270]

Can u please make more videos like these I am a big fan

[@BuckShooha]

Are you planning on doing the whole book or just an excerpt?

[@zackthezabarak739]

Xanatos vs Komari Vosa. Dass Jeneer vs kanan jarrus.Cal Ketsis vs Darth Wredd. Padawan Anakin Skywalker vs Quinlan Vos. Sora Bulq vs Jains Solo. Darth Scion vs Darth Marr. Lucien Draay vs Ki adi mundi. Antares Draco vs Quigon Jinn. Xanatos vs Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Jedi Leia Organa vs Arryn Leneer. Chewbacca vs Embo. Darth Malgus vs Luke Skywalker ( dark empire).

[@skywalkernight]

Hey Evan. Big fan of your channel and a fan of the rest of the jedi councils videos. Hopefully you know that Conner's channel has been hacked. If possible could you let him know that we as fans are with him and hope the situation is resolved soon. Thank you.

[@skywalkernight]

To further help with this upvote Jensaarai's help request. This is the link to it: support.google.com/youtube/thread/21815538?hl=en To anyone who can help get this info to Google quickly please spread the link around.

[@dcguy3]

EvanNova, not sure if you're aware, but it looks like Jensaarai's channel has been hacked for a couple days now? Do you have any way to contact him and tell him?

[@Alarcj7]

Back in the old days, we had mates like Antoine, DuduFilm, Jenssarai, Fanalysis, Evan and the EU. Now we have Stat Wars “Merchandise” theory, Stupendous Wave, Star Wars Comics and Star Wars Reading Club (I actually like SWRC). And we’ve got Disney running Star Wars. This is all my opinion, but blimey! The fandom has indeed changed, hasn’t it?

[@fionajohnson7136]

Jordi Studios Disney isn’t ruining Star Wars Kathleen Kennedy and the other people working on Star Wars are ruining Star Wars not Disney, if Disney was that bad than the marvel movies would suck but they don’t.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

@@fionajohnson7136 This comment aged horribly

[@socialaccount0000]

I'd love to see Kal Kestus (Jedi: Fallen Order's main protagonist) face off against the likes of Asajj Ventress, Savage Opress, etc. As while Kal does show some impressive feats, he has little to no lightsaber/force training. And was able to defeat Inquisitors despite this total lack of training. Imagine if he actually did get training...

[@foreignroninl1555]

Hey Evan, do you take suggestions for your versus series? If so, I have one that I think would be a very interesting match up: Exar Kun vs Darth Krayt Both are fallen Jedi-turned-Sith Lords who are also masters of Niman.

[@jimpat2489]

This is a very good matchup that noone seems to want to do evidently

[@foreignroninl1555]

jim pat Yeah I don’t understand why none of the main Star Wars versus series channels have done this matchup yet.

[@Apocalypse-iv2df]

daaaamn, Palpatine REALLY hated his master

[@thomasmckenna9873]

You planning on doing video about Jedi master Kenth Hamner form Legends ?

[@anthonypeltier4039]

My favorite character. Killed not by his apprentice, neither by fate nor even hubris, but the mismanagement of the tyrants that own his universe; the mouse sith himself.

[@Aj9Livess]

I liked it. Wouldnt mind more

[@michaelsnedker5446]

yo enough with the versus s do people stories, those are always good

[@loganberlew3191]

You should do a starwars story on Tahiri Vaelia

[@jakartianspann3675]

You have more match ups to do now that we have the second sister, ninth sister, and cal from jedi fallen order. Please make some versus vids with them

[@charliewenger7682]

You do a great young Palpatine

[@justincarter1217]

PLEASE DO A VS OF OBI WAN AND YODA VS ANAKIN AND SIDOUS DURING EPISODE 3

[@tibbletz157]

My friend and I need a revan vs Kyle katarn please. No one else has it

[@StevenZissimos]

Yo could you do a video for Darth Maul (TPM) vs Mara Jade Skywalker?

[@MelonManCrybaby]

Mace Windu vs Jacen Solo?

[@bigbird2240]

Hego finally met someone more cunning than him

[@ryansanico6539]

Nice EvanNova95 good story telling. Do you think we should have a Darth plagueis solo film,or do think we are going to see Darth Plagueis in Star Wars EPISODE 9?

[@CompositeCreativity]

Why would Plagueis be in that movie? They're already bringing back Palpatine, who is a major enough villain on his own.

[@CompositeCreativity]

Darth_ Madara Yeah, Disney can’t be trusted with that franchise after the debacle that was TLJ. There’s no way they could do Darth Plagueis or anything from the EU justice.

[@rossbaker7400]

would you guys do a rule of 2 discussion trying to find as many members as possible and and how powerful it cold of become if not for vader :)

[@coggnus9656]

As Plagueis mentioned, there were 30 Sith Lords in a millennium leading up to him and Sidious. Its disappointing that most of them are unnamed. So much potential for story telling.

[@rossbaker7400]

@@coggnus9656 I know there is less than 10 i could name but If palpatine found someone else instead of vader I wonder how much stronger the rule of 2 would be if given 5 more sith lords on from sidious

[@serhthegreat6440]

Anyone know why Connor's channel has a bunch of weird stuff on it, and also why the comments are turned off?

[@bensanders4700]

Seth Whigham his channel has been hacked

[@serhthegreat6440]

@@bensanders4700 Thank you, that sucks.

[@matthewaguilarschnitzer6518]

Another good versus idea is Exar Kim vs Revan

[@memine8795]

Matthew Aguilar Schnitzer that's a versus video I suggested long ago

[@abstraction6212]

I guess kun

[@kankan1083]

Can you make s versus series video canderous ordo vs boba fett or cad bane

[@kgkivela]

I love Star Wars and no a good bit but why is yoda Jedi the worst if u go back to revan age the Jedi masters refused to help the war then banes time they made an army of light then after the war they gave up power. So my question was yoda Jedi more involved as generals then peace keepers? Please help with a video

[@GuardianKyle]

Who else want's EvanNova to read an entire Legends book for us?

[@tonybreez2480]

Can please do a how powerful video on mace windo also please talk about his planet am a new subscriber thanks

[@alexanderestes9680]

do how powerful was Darth Nihilus

[@lapplandkun9273]

I don't know if the versus series are being put on hold, and I know how much you utterly despise the disney sequels, but you wouldn't mind pitting kylo ren or using him in your versus series up against an opponent of equal or similar caliber? We have three movies and a few comics focusing on him so it should be enough information.

[@lukewarren9069]

Hey Evan. I'm not sure if you know about this. However, Jensaarai's channel has been hacked and said hacker is now uploading pirated anime. Also, because of this whole situation, it puts Jensaarai's actual content at risk of being erased by the hacker!

[@BryanEshbaugh]

👍 Awesome

[@joshuadecker1043]

I know this is off topic but can you do Plo Koon vs Corran Horn?

[@EvanNova95]

Thats intriguing.

[@joshuadecker1043]

I thought so too. I was mulling those 2 over and wondered who would win. I was also thinking teams of plo koon and Shak tii vs Corran and mara

[@scottlemoire381]

I think your next match or the one after should be Qui Gon Jinn vs Dass Jenier. Come on you have to see how good that would be. I believe you’d be best for this match or Reti4. Please at least acknowledge this possibility. It would be very close.

[@MetalHead-hk5mt]

Do a versus battle with luke skywalker and darth nihilus

[@Alarcj7]

Want to see those Prequel Memes fans knowing how did Plagueis die.

[@graemestrachan4499]

I don't suppose you fancy doing the whole book.😉

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

Reposting my old deleted comment : Average Disney fan : OHMEGEHRD TEH MANDALORIAN !1!!!11! Evan, a true man of culture : The literal Tragedy of Darth Plagueis

[@mangzyyt]

Does it ever upset you that you make more in-depth content, and you have been at this longer than other Star Wars Fan Channels (Such as Starwars Theory) and your channel has not nearly grown as exponentially in the years you’ve been doing youtube?

[@Alarcj7]

This is what I like from him, he proved me that you don't need to be famous to be great.

[@TheBrunarr]

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise..?

[@bigbird2240]

What if 114 d was working for the Jedi

[@neilvarma]

Hey my dude