An origin story doesn't imply tragedy. Given his age it it can pretty much dovetail to the time of the fall of the pre-Rule of Two Sith and the beginnings of the Republic.
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An origin story doesn't imply tragedy. Given his age it it can pretty much dovetail to the time of the fall of the pre-Rule of Two Sith and the beginnings of the Republic.
OK, if you insist!
Pretty sure those events would be out by about a hundred years.
/\ I was quoting you to someone else making the exact same comment, not criticizing you.
I am done with this topic.
I am done with this topic.
Chancellor Palapatine (sp) said in Episode 2 that the Republic had stood for a thousand years, Yoda was about 800 wasn't he?
He did, but Obi-Wan in SW4 said that the Jedi protected the Republic for over a thousand generations...who to trust?
900 in the Original Trilogy, but he said he'd trained Jedi for 800 of those years, so he arrived on the scene not that long after the time of Darth Bane.
He did, but Obi-Wan in SW4 said that the Jedi protected the Republic for over a thousand generations...who to trust?
That appears to have been obliquely addressed in TCW when the black bladed lightsaber was said to have been taken from the temple by the Mandalorians during "the Old Republic", indicating that if not the actual event, something along the lines of the EU's Ruusan reformation is indeed canon.
This also seems to figure into Palpatines "once more the Sith will rule the galaxy" line from RotS as well as mentions of the Old Sith Empire in the TCW's slaver arc. Then there's Windu's line: "the oppression of the Sith will never return."
All of which seem to indicate that the Republic fell and the Sith rule for a time (perhaps even centuries) until their own infighting weakened them enough for (presumably) the Jedi to lead an uprising and (almost) wipe them out.
Small addendum: Ki Adi Mundi also stated that "the Sith have been extinct for a millennium."
He did, but Obi-Wan in SW4 said that the Jedi protected the Republic for over a thousand generations...who to trust?
Anyone but Obi-Wan!
Obi-Wan's "truth from a certain point of view" outlook on life aside, he did the best he could. He just didn't bother to finish off Anakin/Vader on Mustafar as he probably should have.
You always have to get a Skywalker to finish what a Kenobi started.
You always have to get a Skywalker to finish what a Kenobi started.
He did, but Obi-Wan in SW4 said that the Jedi protected the Republic for over a thousand generations...who to trust?
That appears to have been obliquely addressed in TCW when the black bladed lightsaber was said to have been taken from the temple by the Mandalorians during "the Old Republic", indicating that if not the actual event, something along the lines of the EU's Ruusan reformation is indeed canon.
This also seems to figure into Palpatines "once more the Sith will rule the galaxy" line from RotS as well as mentions of the Old Sith Empire in the TCW's slaver arc. Then there's Windu's line: "the oppression of the Sith will never return."
All of which seem to indicate that the Republic fell and the Sith rule for a time (perhaps even centuries) until their own infighting weakened them enough for (presumably) the Jedi to lead an uprising and (almost) wipe them out.
Small addendum: Ki Adi Mundi also stated that "the Sith have been extinct for a millennium."
If I understand you correctly, the timeline goes like this?
1. The Old Republic (lasts thousands of generations)
2. The Sith Empire (unknown length of time but possibly centuries)
3. The (New) Republic (lasts a thousand years)
4. Palpatine's Rule (roughly 25 years)
More like the Republic had been at war with the Sith over a thousand years ago. The Galactic Republic had known peace since the defeat of the Sith (with Darth Bane being the lone survivor). The government likely reformed after the Sith were defeated as those planets would have been added into the Republic.
Obi-Wan's "truth from a certain point of view" outlook on life aside, he did the best he could. He just didn't bother to finish off Anakin/Vader on Mustafar as he probably should have.
You always have to get a Skywalker to finish what a Kenobi started.
Kenobi didn't want to fight Anakin in the first place, in the novel he left Anakin's fate up to the Force.
Darth Bane isn't canon, but of they do a movie about the start of the old Republic I can see Tom Hardy playing Darth Bane.
True, but like I said: should have finished him off. It might have saved the galaxy a lot of carnage over the next quarter-century. Of course, had he made sure to kill Anakin on Mustafar there'd be no Darth Vader to help fuel and drive the Star Wars universe that we know and love.
Of course, had he made sure to kill Anakin on Mustafar there'd be no Darth Vader to help fuel and drive the Star Wars universe that we know and love.True, but like I said: should have finished him off. It might have saved the galaxy a lot of carnage over the next quarter-century.
I can't see Kenobi killing somebody who was like a son to him. But their duel on the Death Star did have a symmestry with their duel on Mustafar, it was the original intent of their final meeting but I did like it when Vader told Tarkin, "Escape is not his plan, I must face him alone."
I thought soembody sadi upthread that the Sith can't be come Force ghosts.
They can't. I should have chosen my words more carefully, because it wasn't really his spirit.
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The "spirit" was an illusion created by the dark side to prevent Yoda from completing his mission on Moraband. Darth Bane couldn't become a sentient spirit the way Yoda, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Qui-Gon became. But the illusion was based on the man who actually existed at one point in Star Wars' past. Darth Bane is canon.
Yeah, when Terry Brooks was working on the novelization of The Phantom Menace, Lucas told him all about Darth Bane.
