Should Darth Sidious return once more?

Do you think the post-ROTJ EU might benefit from another resurrection?

Personally, I don't believe it would, what i would like to see, is a story of our dear ol' Palpatine as a younger man.

personally, i think it would be sad.

Originally posted by truejedi
personally, i think it would be sad.

Originally posted by Elok Quintly
Do you think the post-ROTJ EU might benefit from another resurrection?

It didn't benefit from the first one.

in the fact that they bring the same villian back for a THIRD go-round, instead of thinking up a believable villian.

Originally posted by truejedi
in the fact that they bring the same villian back for a THIRD go-round, instead of thinking up a believable villian.

Dark Empire is a cosmic disaster (though I do kinda like the idea that Palpatine should return -- in some fashion -- perhaps a Force-less clone? Perhaps an attempt by dark side adepts is made that is foiled by Luke Skywalker, a la Jedi Academy?

Anyways, it's canon, and I'm petitioning for Matthew Stover to novelize DE, bring it up to date, so we can scrap the damn comic.

Make the shit less stinky, as it were.

i'd like to see the Rule of Two reconstructed and an even better sith than Sidious to rise up eventually, but doubt that'll happen.

darthbanelives
i'd like to see the Rule of Two reconstructed and an even better sith than Sidious to rise up eventually, but doubt that'll happen.

WTF is wrong with you. The idea of the Sith carrying on post-RotJ is even more obnoxious than the idea of Palpatine carrying on.

I just happen to like the sith didn't realize that was a crime....if you think the sith are going to be gone i'm almost certain you're wrong...they'll always survive somehow until star wars is done. And star wars doesn't really look like its getting ready to stop to me...

Yes, it is criminal. Read the KMC rules.

The Sith were completely eradicated because the death of Sidious destroyed the Sith Order which balanced the Force. Have you even watched the movies?

Which is why, thankfully, every post-RotJ Sith are considered... pretenders.

It's all part of my master scheme.

👆

I don't like the fact that Sidious came back as being even more powerful. I think Anakin should have destroyed him in his [Sidious] most poweful state.

Originally posted by mattatom
Personally, I don't believe it would, what i would like to see, is a story of our dear ol' Palpatine as a younger man.

I am with you on there. 😈

I believe this would have an entirely negative effect. I wouldn't mind exploring a young Palpatine in his training, though I imagine the novel would just fellate him to no end, but bringing him back AGAIN post-ROTJ would just make me sad.

That is always a possibility Rex, but as long as we don't get Drew writing them, it should be fine 🙂

Indeed, a good majority of fans possess disdain for Dark Empire and Palpatine's resurgence. The two most noted reasons being that the story is perceived as unoriginal and in direct contradiction to the prophecy of the Chosen One.

However, the Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia states that joining the Sith and ultimately being an instrument of destruction (for both the overinflated Jedi Order and Palpatine's eventual deposition) is what lead to the balance. Accordingly, the book appears to posit that it wasn't merely the death of Palpatine that brought balance, although it does claim the imbalance was initiated by him.

As far as unoriginality is concerned; as I have stated earlier, there have been plenty of villains aside from Palpatine in the Star Wars mythos--none of which, perhaps aside from the Yuuzhan Vong, have matched Sidious as a threat. Villain recurrence has worked in other properties, and I don't see why it can't necessarily function in this capacity as well. Although admittedly, it does carry the risk of dilluting the menace of Darth Sidious. Villain decay is a terrible trap.

I rather see the origins of palpatine and how he became the twisted monster he is.

Funny how Palpatine sometimes look completely harmless and gives the impression that you can have a beer with him.

Sith is just a name. Krayt represents all that the sith stand for except for the rule of two, its idiotic for him to want the validation of dead sith.

Considering that the Sith as a group don't give a crap about rules and part of their ideology is in fact transcending rules through strength and power, its always struck me as odd that a Sith has to be 'officially' given membership to qualify. If I was a sith and some whiny ghost came up to me and said 'You're not a Sith, stop calling yourself that', I'd be like 'Shut up, *****. Try and stop me,' and pimpslap him.

Besides, according to Kreia being a Sith simply means you follow their teachings. That seems right to me.