The Force in Star Wars Legends as of 2015

Some noted in Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide that the timeline on Palpatine's entry indicated that he killed off Plagueis long before what was depicted in Darth Plagueis. Force & Destiny seems to support that notion: he kills Plagueis, then takes Maul as his apprentice, then orchestrates the invasion of Naboo.

That seems more fitting than what was before.

Maul canonically powerful imo

lol I was just about to PM you the rest of Maul's excerpt.

Originally posted by Zenwolf
That seems more fitting than what was before.

Agreed. I didn't really like the implication that Plagueis was anything more than a vaguely guiding presence for Palpatine. The Legends book Darth Maul: Lockdown did its best to mitigate that notion, too.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Thanks, quan.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Some noted in Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide that the timeline on Palpatine's entry indicated that he killed off Plagueis long before what was depicted in Darth Plagueis. Force & Destiny seems to support that notion: he kills Plagueis, then takes Maul as his apprentice, then orchestrates the invasion of Naboo.

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Thank god for that.

Originally posted by ares834
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Thank god for that.

Yeah. This book is pretty generous with Palpatine compared to pretty much everything else. He's mentioned more than pretty much anybody and the highest accolade is his.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Yeah. This book is pretty generous with Palpatine compared to pretty much everything else. He's mentioned more than pretty much anybody and the highest accolade is his.

Unlikely, quan. But anything's possible.

Here you go, ares834:

Palpatine's Legends research of the dark side and Force traditions continues {this book mentions multiple times that vast repositories of knowledge and Holocrons were confiscated by Imperial authorities for Palpatine's study} and also emphasizes that Vader himself continues to expand his knowledge and power.

Then we have the Big Daddy himself, who is suggested to be perhaps history's most powerful Sith Lord for the first time in the new canon.

It also identifies him as a master of what the book earlier described to be the upper echelon of Cosmic Force power, namely farsight.

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
@Tempest @NewGuy: Uh, you do realize Temp's scans were already in my post, rofl?

Yeah but he highlighted two sections and made a point that I hadn't considered, which is what I was referring to more than anything.

editing before the storm

On the other hand the sentence immediately before was talking about him being the most powerful dark sider...

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Unlikely, quan. But anything's possible.

Here you go, [b]ares834:

Palpatine's Legends research of the dark side and Force traditions continues {this book mentions multiple times that vast repositories of knowledge and Holocrons were confiscated by Imperial authorities for Palpatine's study} and also emphasizes that Vader himself continues to expand his knowledge and power.

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Thanks.

Originally posted by ares834
On the other hand the sentence immediately before was talking about him being the most powerful dark sider...

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Originally posted by ares834
Thanks.

np

Here's the page on Imperial Inquisitors. Apparently no one but Palpatine knows their true population, they're skilled interrogators as is depicted in Star Wars: Rebels, and its extremely rare that one is defeated in combat.

Also apparently Orphne from that one mindscrew TCW episode is a Force user?

Why did you have to remind me of that character. 🙁

Also is this book canon, legends, or some weird mixture of both?

Wait isn't this book about Legends? Or is that the other scans on here?

I'm digging those Inquisitor stuff though, I hope they are explored just as much as they were in Legends in this new canon.

The book helixes canon info with Legends, framing the latter as actual legends, distorted and embellished.

It's a mix of both yeah. It has a picture of who I assume is Kanan in it.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
The book helixes canon info with Legends, framing the latter as actual legends, distorted and embellished.

So then is the stuff with Vader, Palps and Inquisitors canon or is that Legends? Or if it's not stated as being Legends or something like that, it's canon?

Originally posted by Zenwolf
So then is the stuff with Vader, Palps and Inquisitors canon or is that Legends? Or if it's not stated as being Legends or something like that, it's canon?

The book never says. The book itself doesn't have a Legends or canon stamp on it, nor are sections labeled as such. All the book does is repeatedly urge readers to be mindful of distortions, embellishments, deceit, historical errors in the history of the galaxy, Jedi, and Sith, especially the early stuff.