Dynasty of Evil Discussion

I won't put up any spoilers just yet, but wondering what you guys thought? I thought it was pretty good, although there were some holes and contradictions and the whole thing felt rushed. Definitely worth the read though.
And whoever said this would be a mind **** to Gideon is right. Darth Bane could have been every single sith lord in his order.

What role did andeddu play? Was he powerful?

Originally posted by BoratBorat
What role did andeddu play? Was he powerful?

Spoiler:
After Bane obtains Andeddu's holocron he originally refuses to give Bane his knowledge, so Bane absorbs his own spirit into the holocron, the two spirits battle, and Bane leaves Andeddu screaming in pain quickly and effortlessly and rips the knowledge out with force. That being said, it is noted that Andeddu had been an extraordinarily powerful Sith Lord, and that he was at his strongest when their spirits did battle.

As far as what happens at the end of the book:

Spoiler:
It's left ambiguous as to who won the battle for Zannah's body between Bane and Zannah though it is hinted that it is Bane and that he now resides in her body.

Spoiler:
I don't think it's ambiguous. He went into her body and it became a batter of wills. It's pretty obvious that Bane won even though they tried to pull some BS and make people question the entire Rule of Two Legacy and who really was in each body. Personally, I think Bane's ripping the knowledge out of the holocron technique is one that shouldn't exist because it's ridiculous. Instead of spending time learning the holocron he can just rip out the knowledge and if his mind is capable of internalizing everything without exploding, then he's set.

Also, he has some pretty cool new techniques in this one, and Darth Cognus looks to be very powerful. I worry less about Bane and Cognus and more about Set and what he plans to do with the knowledge of Andeddu.

Andeddu is getting beat to death; I'm tired of hearing about him already.

Still need to read it, though. Maybe once I get done with my current book.

Originally posted by REXXXX
Andeddu is getting beat to death; I'm tired of hearing about him already.

Still need to read it, though. Maybe once I get done with my current book.

His power is still unknown, although we can say his knowledge is quite extensive. Although this brings up an interesting point. If he knows essence transfer, why didn't he transfer his essence into the many people that found his holocron? And there's a whole in tbe book where he apparently spent all of his time on Prakith, whereas he was originally a sith lord before the Great Hyperspace War and escaped to Prakith. So dunno his history.

In ROTS when Anakin pulls his saber out on Sidious his left hand clenches and unclenches.... OMG HES BANE!!!

I think this twist was pretty retarded. It showed that Bane was a coward and didn't really accept being replaced. Zannah had him beat with her ridiculous sith magic and he just couldn't handle it.

Hmm seems its getting difficult to like bane... hes becoming more and more of a gary stu.

An why is andeddu always getting his ass handed to him? First bane and then a sith pretender.

It's tough to tell. Karness Muur, who was older than Andeddu, was one hell of a powerful force and combined with Morne, was more than a challenge for Krayt and 2 of his sith. Andeddu seems to be knowledgable, but lack the necessary combat skills.

I felt they should have wrote the plaguies novel instead of ROT, or written about andeddu when he was alive.

As for revan i'm sure they left out writing him because when we play kotor we actually shape his character so i don't think writing a novel about him was a good idea.

I rather see books about freedon nadd and andeddu when they were alive.

WTF was up with Zannah's super strong Sorcery at the end? Have we seen that demonstrated any other time?

I thought that it was still Zannah and that she just absorbed some attributes from Bane. I basically just dont see any reason for Bane to have lied had he won.

**** if I know...
THe force powers in this novel seemed wacked out a life stealing orb, a cacoon of DS energy, the evil tentacles... WTF!

Peculiar... definitely EU mentality, though.

yeah i was going to say the same thing typical eu.

Personally I would rather see a book on Freedon Nadd. It's obvious he was one of the very top dogs and Bane stated that his holocron took around 10 years to learn.

Freedon would be cool, but I presonally like the mystery left open towards the Ancient Sith. Writing a book on him would kill that. It'd probably worth it though. Better him than that Andeddu book they were planning. I'd love it if they'd make more comics from that time period (as long as they scrap the current comic authors. the new comics suck).

Yea I agree, I'm glad they're focusing more on the ancient sith than new crap. Then again, the new Star Wars game pretty much contradicts everything we've known about that time period, without any canon authority.

I would like a book about Darth Ruin... That would be awesome.