Drew Karpyshyn’s “Darth Bane: Path of Destruction” put a tidy symbolic bow on two pieces of Sith lore that are known to the Jedi in “Episode I”: 1) That the Sith have been extinct for […]
Darth Bane’s presence in the Disney canon is sparse: Terry Brooks introduced him as the originator of the Rule of Two (one Sith master, one apprentice) in the “Phantom Menace” novelization, then Mark Hamill voiced […]
Drew Karpyshyn delivers a fun, fast-paced — and mostly forgettable — addition to “Star Wars” lore with the inexplicably titled “Annihilation” (November, hardcover), the fourth book overall, and Karpyshyn’s second, in the “Old Republic” series. Like most […]
“Star Wars” novels have been on quite a Darth kick lately. “The Old Republic: Deceived” introduced us to Darth Malgus, and the much-hyped upcoming “Darth Plagueis” will explore Darth Sidious’ mentor.
Ki Adi-Mundi (in “The Phantom Menace”): “The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.” Yoda (later in the same movie): “Two there are always, a master and an apprentice.”