Why the Dark Side Itself HATED this Ancient Sith Artifact - Star Wars Explained

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[@chadflanaganCFC]

Didn't know this was a thing before this video, but it's easily become one of my favorite Sith artifacts as the parallels it has to "The One Ring of Power." or even more accurately Soul Edge from the Soul Caliber series is just awesome.

[@mrfancypants8699]

Wonder if it would even occur to the Sith to seek out guidance from the Light side of the Force in the interest of self-preservation if this Staff was so dangerous..

[@OmarrMcinnis]

It probably blocked that thought from even occurring in the user's mind to protect itself. The rule of two would apply here but in one specific way.. It would need a person who is a WOUND in the force and someone who was a PARAGON. These two people would like the BENDU. Two people who are in the middle of the Force but their paradigm would be the complete opposite of each other in how they became aware of the Force and how they apply it. Like say Luke and Revan. Or Mace Windu and DARTH Vader (not Anakin Skywalker). Each one must start firmly on one side of the Force but feels a pull to the other working together to have a chance to destroy it. As it took both to destroy it anyway. The two would form a Dyad in the Force and create a Nexus of power the staff just couldn't contemplate. Thus creating a cognito Hazzard (SCP Universe) mentally trapping it in storm of Force power that is very much known to it (cognito) but just baffled at why they are working together in rare harmony to destroy it. Kind of like GOUKEN and AKUMA working to deal with a threat that Bison wouldn't cross. If that makes sense...

[@OmarrMcinnis]

@@sparxedwards8 Kyle Katarn is one. Like Luke he has no problem using the light side mainly but like Luke they both use dark side abilities and won't hesitate to pop one in ya... Yeah, Luke and Kyle likes using guns or blasters. Remember at Jabba's Palace Luke tried to end it all by SHOOTING Jabba, probably going for a headshot. That's a no-no for most Jedi. As Han Solo taught us... SHOOT FIRST... SHOOT AGAIN UNTIL ITS DEAD...

[@willg.7775]

The Sith wouldn't. They deem the Jedi as a weaker insult.

[@DarthCuddlefluff]

Depends on the Sith really.

[@Gamingwiththedog]

Maybe the Sith would no longer be Sith in there mind if they use the light side

[@KingEdwardMMVIII]

Recently got back into Star Wars after a decade. Just want to say this channel deserves some praise. Seems like they're uploading daily. Keep it up! Love it

[@enoughothis]

When even the Sith say "hard pass" you know it's messed up.

[@Achuidian179]

Am I the only one thinking that the Darkstaff and “The One Ring to rule them all” of Tolkien Lord of the Rings are similar?

[@LiShuBen]

I love it when MTG images find their way onto these videos :)

[@Userkaf_II]

This is the lore I really like! Covering all of the unknown or less known aspects of the Star Wars universe! Also Exar Kun is my favorite Jedi/Sith! Dude is just a straight beast!

[@r.pinheiro549]

Agreed! Kun is my favorite too!

[@richv1893]

At last something so terrifying that Both the Sith and Jedi knew it had to be destroyed.

[@OmarrMcinnis]

This artifact truly terrified me.

[@anthonyyoutubefan7567]

The Dark Staff. I like it. It almost seems like an object that could only be wielded by Darth Nihilus. It also sounds a lot like something that parallels The Nameless. Something that relates to and embodies The Anti-Force. I wonder what The Mother of The Path Of The Open Hand would think of an artifact like this? I'm still hoping that objects like this have something to do with some of the formation and mentality of The Nihil. The Eye Of The Sun...I like that, too. Yet another example of The Ashla and Bogan of The Force.

[@OmarrMcinnis]

BINGO... GIVE THIS PERSON A CROSS HILT LIGHTSABER...!!!👍💯👍💯

[@freedomdude5420]

No force wield would not comprehend, the relationship of the staff and Nihilus. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich of horrors, a great story. The Jedi and Sith would be force to work together because of this marriage of this couple. Trillions of lives would jump to hyper space just hearing Nihilus coming to there system. It was bad enough he ate worlds in the original timeline.

[@bobbydeuce6486]

I don’t think that would work so well. The Dark Staff was basically a being of domination in and of itself. Darth Nihilus would need to succumb to the staff in order to achieve symbiosis or vice versa. Nihilus was a Sith meaning that his objective was domination over the force. Two dominant personalities can’t exist in unison. They will always battle each other into submission. Regardless of how Nihilus achieves symbiosis the staff would feed whenever it was used. This would force Nihilus to feed more than he normally would making him a slave to the staff. This doesn’t even consider that the staff is a singing sword and actually talks to people. It manipulates people. I think Nihilus would eventually be consumed himself in a great act of the staff and the force. Like Rivan being thrown through time. However I’ll say that the event that would destroy Nihilus would most likely destroy the galaxy.

[@jayt9608]

​@@bobbydeuce6486 Actually, by the end, Darth Nihilus seems to have died or transcended the physical plain becoming a terrible rent in the Force himself. Much as he was defeated by attempting to feed on Revan's acolyte, he and the staff would likely attempt to consume each other. Thus they would either cancel one another out or grow even more monstrous. I shudder to contemplate which would be the more likely occurrence.

[@thalmoragent9344]

​​@@freedomdude5420Yeah, Nihilus with this Staff would 100% be a Galactic terror. Maybe the Father from Mortis would send the Son out as an Enforcer to stop this unholy Duo, and have him bring the Staff back and lock it away in the Well of the Dark Side on Mortis.

[@robertagu5533]

You'd think the "Darkside" a bit hypocritical.. it should "love" many such things for as many as it seems to hate. IN such cases if it hates them, truly does, an SO much... Why not just prevent it's creation to start with? Or "fate" someone on the opposite side to end an destroy it PERMANENTLY or influence bunch of strong darksiders to do so?? Since apparently its one of the Evilest things in need of destruction next to LOTR's the "One Ring" EXCEPT with quite a bit more an WORSE attitude. Or at least the Darkside of the Force shoulda took steps to put it in its place. Maybe as far as to enslave it to specific sorta Sith perhaps an other such means. ESPECIALLY since narrator said apparently the Sith AND Republic decided to team up, for once, to subdue or destroy this thing

[@OmarrMcinnis]

Imagine something so EVIL that the Sith feared for even the safety of others. That's Thanos level destruction. In Latin there is a saying for the outcomes for EVIL such as this: "CARTEGO DELENDE EST..." It means " COMPLETE AND TOTAL DESTRUCTION. Something like this is only satiated when it leaves NOTHINGNESS in its wake.

[@Userkaf_II]

_Carthago Delenda Est_ means "Carthage must be destroyed" and apparently much have been said by Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War. Edit: correction by Cato Senectute

[@OmarrMcinnis]

​​@@Userkaf_II Exactly... Something like this MUST be destroyed or there will be NOTHING left...

[@darthparallax5207]

Carthage Delenda Est was the ending of so many speeches by Seneca it was basically *hold my beer* "AND ANOTHER THING" in Latin lol. "WE HAVE TO BUILD A WALL TO KEEP THE DARKSTAFF IN AND CARTHAGE OUT > : ( "

[@darthparallax5207]

*Cato But yeah. Furthermore it is my consideration that Carthage must be destroyed. FYI destroy Carthage PS you guys still haven't destroyed Carthage yet? L move. By the way do you have time to talk about our lord and savior DESTROY CARTHAGE Guys I think we should really start thinking about destroying Carthage

[@darthparallax5207]

Every King and Steward of Gondor from Isildur to Denethor: "I will keep the Ring from Sauron" Elrond: DESTROY IT!

[@Pyro-et9vs]

The dark staff sounds kinda like the One Ring from the Lord of the Rings. An object so powerful that all were tempted by it’s power. An object so powerful, that it’s own desire of domination and chaos were it’s own downfall.

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

Exar kun pretty easily overpowered a sith artifact that folded darth nox, and that was a exar kun before he was crowded as dark lord of the sith by marka ragnos, exar kun was far beyond any sith of his era when it comes to raw force power potential acknowledge abilities and skills imagine if he had found the pool of acknowledge like abeloth did.

[@Userkaf_II]

Exar Kun is my favorite legends character. Exar Kun is just awesome!

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

@@Userkaf_II too bad Dave filoni will ruin him

[@Userkaf_II]

​@@alsimmonshellspawn6021 Is he with Disney?

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

@@Userkaf_II yes

[@inmybloodboxing.1992]

Al ? Fancy finding you here, may the force be with you.

[@kaidorade1317]

The Dark Staff is nearly the One Ring of the SW universe. I love this!

[@Gor85]

This is extremely terrifying! It's terrible. Really scary story. Glad it's destroyed. Even Sidious would be terrified. Nihilus would definitely used it Thanks. May the Force be with you too. See you soon :)

[@industrialidiocracyband]

I am currently running a star wars d&d game set in the old republic era and the BBEG is actually wielding this item. Thanks for the video on it this will help me so much!

[@YourLifeWasting]

You have any room for more players?

[@mmachampion89]

Ill be darth sion

[@idigamstudios7463]

Is the BBEG wielding the staff? Or is the staff wielding the BBEG?

[@industrialidiocracyband]

@@idigamstudios7463 Kinda both it's a very convoluted plan lol

[@maxxdahl6062]

Ugh I hate star wars with D&D rules, way too complicated/time consuming rules for star wars, give me the old school D6 star wars instead (with fan updates) anyday.

[@johncio91]

I wonder what would happen if Abaloth got a hold of it some how

[@GalaxyShift]

excellent vid. really enjoying the ancient dark side lore.

[@Zer0_._]

Nice picture of Amonkhet, BTW. It's a pretty cool plane in the Magic universe.

[@themis828]

Cool lore video!!

[@kyleslavik6324]

Truly it's a frightening weapon the darkstaff I read it's personality on the wiki it's scary as hell I'm glad it got destroyed in the final year of the clone wars and the light side ultimately destroyed it and a rare occasion where dark side and light side worked together but ultimately go light side that kind of a weapon needs to be eliminated.

[@CoolioPs-hb1jy]

I believe it was a long forgotten sith that imbued their very essence to the staff through truly horrific acts using the force, worse acts than even Nihillus was capable of, maybe one of the four sages that many sith looked to as the first, as a possibility to who's essence was attached to the staff, and the reason why every being who wielded it was in effect eaten, was because the staff and the essence of this lost sith fed on them to try and escape, it's the very same reason it was trying to destroy the force, believing that with nothing left, including the force, they'd finally be free'd from the staff and left to reshape in their image, also same reason every being who came in contact with it wanted to destroy it, may have been the staff willing them to destroy it so then the sith being was ultimately either free'd or destroyed.

[@tracylester7504]

hhm for some reason I don't think it was fully destroyed even when it shattered into oblivion what if and its a big if like before it activated and as it shattered its pieces were flung into time randomly to unknown times and places but shattered as it was it's consciousness was also fractured to the point it couldn't do anything

[@lobolopez7746]

Why are they even thinking that ray would be good for a new movie got to be crazy to think it would any good .

[@Ozarkwonderer]

Where or wat was your source material for this crazy bit of lore. I've never heard of this staff and have been a Star wars fan for a long long time and traded notes with alot of like minded fans. This was fantastic

[@jaredquinney204]

I never even heard of this dark object

[@carycomic1954]

I wonder if it was one-and-the-same as the Darkstaff of Annihilation from "World of Warcraft"? If so, the proto-Sith Lord who created it might have been Mimiron, himself! Misusing the Forge of Whills (punny misspelling intended) at the subtle urging of Yogg-Saron.

[@JakeTheStakeNowIn3D5024]

The Stupendous Wave where did you get the creepy music at the start of the video? I really dig it.

[@michaelhiltz7846]

You know what would be a sick animated starwars show? If they took a bunch of artifacts/characters/planets/whatever. And each season focus on one of the aforementioned and create 5-8 origin stories. With 1 episode being the true backstory. You could have an entire season explaining the experiment that went wrong to create the dark staff and let the fans guess which episode was the real origin story

[@shirtlessmatt6862]

Going backwards in time is much more difficult to do and theoretically impossible in our universe so if it could in deed travel backwards in time it would be truly unbeatable

[@unitedyoutuber1497]

What if the Darkstaff was, in fact, actually from a completely different universe ( _not the Star Wars one_ ) entirely?

[@AdonanS]

You mean like that universe with the anti-force? I could believe that. Maybe the senrience of the staff comes from a being from that universe trapped within the staff.

[@starc.]

@@AdonanS its described as a rival to the force itself doesnt even make much sense how some random dude made it

[@EQ_EnchantX]

@@starc. It's will and power conjured itself into existence through some random guy. It has nothing to do with the power of the creator.

[@ssjgirthy]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="518">8:38</a> the darksaber threw me off 😭😭

[@daveonwheeler7412]

Sith Empire returns

[@malcolmtudor8039]

This sounds like the Wand of Orcus.

[@PrimetimeD]

Very interesting lore.

[@Hydra1377_]

What is his video background music? It sounds so good.

[@A21-EDITS21]

The DarkStaff is gonna be in the story I'm working on about Darth Revan and Bastila Shans descendants where I made Darth Rivan apart of the Shan family taken by the brotherhood of darkness in 1053 BBY when he was 4 years old, and after learning about how Revan was saved by love he turned his goal into power, and wanted to gain the power of immortally like the sith emperor himself but he was defeated of course. He made a crystal so he can store the store force energy in it and use the energy to have enough power to drain Almas of life to become immortal. I loved the idea of the staff and I decided to use it in my story.

[@drjedi99]

Could Darth Sidious manage to overcome the will of the staff? Or worse if Abeloth were to gain possession of the staff which one them, Abeloth or the staff itself, would overcome the other? Yes what I'm proposing is essentially power leveling (ala DnD terminology) but it does make me wonder could Legends Luke subdue or destroy it?

[@matthewmohri9990]

"Hey Beavis, those ladies are just scared of our Dark Staff..." Butthead "Oh Yeah...Boing Oing Oing Oing Oing!!!" How I imagine Beavis and Butthead would think if they learned about the "Dark Staff". I want to know if there was ever a "Dark Pez Dispenser".

[@chasehatchett4756]

Lol <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="331">5:31</a> is that Amonket from Magic the Gathering? 😂😂😂

[@nachinachi5085]

I bet the Sorcerers of Rhand would loved to have that staff.

[@Ethan-zs2ep]

Wild video. Never even knew rhis artifact once existed. Its my 3rd fave. First is the staff marka ragnose made which could strip the midaclorians from a pwrson and bestow them upon a person with no midaclorians. Essentially granting the force to those who deserve it and stripping it from those who do not. My second is the simple mask. I do not remember its name but once donned you could look like anyone or anything. But would cause extreme agony as long as its worn.

[@ashwinramani6696]

Which Darth Revin? The same one who helped to take down Emperor Vishiat aka Tenabray?

[@stretopovermind9680]

- "But what can it actually do?" Whatever the plot requires.

[@magikarpkingdom9698]

Question, since it was an ultimate enemy of the force, could apologe wield it since she had a similar twisted view of the Force in general?

[@nearoikthadorbadwagon1224]

This is one of the few times that I’m actually a bit terrified of Star Wars. 😢

[@OmarrMcinnis]

This is THANOS level... It probably blocked that thought from even occurring in the user's mind to protect itself. The rule of two would apply here but in one specific way.. It would need a person who is a WOUND in the force and someone who was a PARAGON. These two people would like the BENDU. Two people who are in the middle of the Force but their paradigm would be the complete opposite of each other in how they became aware of the Force and how they apply it. Like say Luke and Revan. Or Mace Windu and DARTH Vader (not Anakin Skywalker). Each one must start firmly on one side of the Force but feels a pull to the other working together to have a chance to destroy it. As it took both to destroy it anyway. The two would form a Dyad in the Force and create a Nexus of power the staff just couldn't contemplate. Thus creating a cognito Hazzard (SCP Universe) mentally trapping it in storm of Force power that is very much known to it (cognito) but just baffled at why they are working together in rare harmony to destroy it. Kind of like GOUKEN and AKUMA working to deal with a threat that Bison wouldn't cross. If that makes sense...

[@starc.]

@@OmarrMcinnis relative to the context of the star wars universe its above thanos level

[@kevinmay7935]

reminds me of the artifact Crenshinibon from The Forgotten Realms. a sentient artifact of immense power and unparralleled evil, which drew its powers from the sun itself. beautifully and terrifyingly evil concept. their only real flaw is they need a wielder

[@jazzabags8948]

Imagin if Abiloth or the Son used it or got used by it

[@MeadowEdits]

You telling me that the dark staff had the ability to resurrect the dead? That’s insane!

[@freedomdude5420]

What if it is not just dark artifact but a wound in the force, this could explain alot of it's dangerous and horrifying abilities. Be thankful that the Lord of Hunger didn't tough it. That staff and him would seem to be a match made from heaven, did I said heaven, I mean hell.

[@OmarrMcinnis]

It probably blocked that thought from even occurring in the user's mind to protect itself. The rule of two would apply here but in one specific way.. It would need a person who is a WOUND in the force and someone who was a PARAGON. These two people would like the BENDU. Two people who are in the middle of the Force but their paradigm would be the complete opposite of each other in how they became aware of the Force and how they apply it. Like say Luke and Revan. Or Mace Windu and DARTH Vader (not Anakin Skywalker). Each one must start firmly on one side of the Force but feels a pull to the other working together to have a chance to destroy it. As it took both to destroy it anyway. The two would form a Dyad in the Force and create a Nexus of power the staff just couldn't contemplate. Thus creating a cognito Hazzard (SCP Universe) mentally trapping it in storm of Force power that is very much known to it (cognito) but just baffled at why they are working together in rare harmony to destroy it. Kind of like GOUKEN and AKUMA working to deal with a threat that Bison wouldn't cross. If that makes sense...

[@docbaker3333]

When even Other Sith Lords think that your artifact is too powerful and even the dark side hates it. You know you fucked up big time.

[@scottmccrea1873]

Sounds a lot like *Stormbringer* the sentient black blade from the Elric stories. "I am a thousand times eviler than thou!"

[@Taliesin-xd7ke]

Just like the One Ring, 'power' is the illusion promised.

[@savoivkovic4197]

Dark side: I trap the thing you break it Light side: got yea

[@jdmmike7225]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="518">8:38</a> Dark Sabre or Dark staff?!?! LMAO Just messing with ya, great video. This thing definitely shouldn't be wielded by anyone, way too dangerous.

[@brettbibb2559]

Where did this story come from in the Lore?

[@beaucarroll17]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="516">8:36</a> "Dark Saber?"

[@fluxz_Loves-Theo-Theotokos]

Audio?

[@kevincalgta]

What is the dark stuff fell into the hands of Darth serious would he been able to become even more powerful or would he choose to destroy the item or if Darth Vader got his hands on it would he destroy the item because the dark staff possess the will of its own

[@drakethesnek6429]

I don't think the dark side has a "will." The force is unitary, not binary. The binary comes from the emotions used to access the force. "Negative" emotions imbalances the force, while "positive" emotions balance its energies. This is why there can be no such thing as a "Grey" jedi. The will of this staff must have come from a sith spirit.

[@jasonfirewalker3595]

I think it just needs love. Ima gunna give it a hug.

[@cindypfeiffer8776]

Sun eye where leafs take light pupilizing black and heres as flatwhite as the shade of Darkness holding the reflection 3 side in itself pull 2 colors too around puplilzing black so you can see colors felding times call depth so we can see 😮 alkmashun old way of make. It like scient

[@nicholasmaude6906]

A dark-side object that is so powerful and evil that even the Sith wouldn't touch it? It sounds almost like an SW dark-side version of Sauron's ruling-ring.

[@strangequark64209]

Where did you find this lore? I must read it!!!

[@gustavosampaio5859]

A logical explanation of the will of the Darkstaff is Abeloth, the only known entitie with an anti-force power

[@dimmufan88]

Imagine making this into a movie and Keanu is Darth Revan

[@xodiff8986]

Darth nihilus would be amazing with this

[@otterwithagun1982]

This is the first time I have ever heard of time travel in the SW universe.

[@philipbell915]

The amount of MTG art in these videos is hilarious

[@davidjacobs7465]

I kinda wonder how it would react to darth nihilus trying to wield it or if maybe darth nihilus would sense the power in it and try to absorb it instead of wield it.

[@djmoonbass]

Where was this from? Like what official story?

[@crackin2000]

The skull on Skeletors staff is his own skull from the distant future.

[@princeofpokemon2934]

Of all the dark side artifacts and other objects I've seen or heard of in Star Wars, this one is no doubt the most dangerous out of all the others. The Dark Staff is more dangerous than Palpatine and Nihilus combined!

[@ZeldaSam1]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="121">2:01</a> - <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="125">2:05</a> Oh my Lord!!!

[@dannybutts6877]

Wait a second . . . I thought revan died in swtor . . . How the hell did he get flung the future?

[@elsapoelsapo1821]

DRUG'S

[@Theunscrupulousone]

It’s Darth Rivan. Not Revan

[@tyrellrivera]

So, the actual Dark Side of the Force did not hate the staff, as it seemed to be powered and possessed by such. However, it would seem that some dark side users did attempt to destroy it.

[@michaelme8360]

Unintentionally called it the Dark Saber at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="519">8:39</a> mark.

[@kingshadow8782]

Bread and Butter🍞

[@SidorovichGaming]

This... thing... is beyond the Force. Maybe it wields Anti-Force? Because it is simply too much. I liked the good ending where it got destroyed.

[@NinjaTheEvan]

Isn't this the staff of Marka Ragnos? Couldn't it also bestow force sensitivity?

[@lordofpain3476]

The dark staff was possessed by the spirit of its creator.

[@lukechen5642]

The Marker from Deadspace?

[@Gamingwiththedog]

Dang it I was going to write a fan fiction about the dark staff using Sith sorcery to take over a body

[@xitheris1758]

So, it's the One Ring?

[@JWesker1998]

Imagine if Darth Nihilus got his hands on it.

[@b.t.harris9005]

If Abeloth was an artifact

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

You know that something is bad when even the Sith refuse to use it.

[@nicknoga564]

Reminds me of the One Ring…

[@TheGamingWard]

Lets goooooo

[@TheShadow14150]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="517">8:37</a> the darksaber? I thought a Jedi built that 🤣

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

You call it Darksaber at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="518">8:38</a>

[@ccclement5030]

Sup

[@MrDiplomatSwag]

So the force is not the end all be all of the star wars universe? There are other powers out there that rival it?

[@annamesser6880]

I love how IRL, a lightsaber would be godsend but in Star Wars lore, some dude picks up a stick and is like “ Brother, look, I found something. could it be an artifact?” Shows that if aliens exist, they would find our stuff fascinating and we find theirs fascinating

[@GoldenLeo777-tp2rg]

I wonder what sidious thanks of the artifact.

[@matthewjohnson8556]

I want a movie of thi! 😈❤️‍🔥😍

[@jconnor117]

Wow this sounds like something out of D&D. Just hearing this story makes me feel sick to think that something so evil in legends existed in Star Wars lore.

[@Xogroroth666]

Again INCORRECT!!!! A hammer has no feelings. It is a tool. So is the Force, a tool, it does not have emotion.

[@tainoman7905]

Its almost like the One ring from LOTR

[@RhettWilliams-jo7ze]

Bruh if I hear "the force itself" one more time I swear I'm going to lose my effing mind.

[@idigamstudios7463]

You say 'destroyed it' What if it went back in time. Absorbing the power of the Eye to ensure it's own creation.