Is Darth Bane An Interesting Character?

Take it away!

I'll start by saying, not really - in fact, not at all.

However, I'm curious to see what others took away from the trilogy that I may have missed, or if anyone agrees.

No, not really.

I mean, the early part of POD was pretty good, the card game and his relationship with the bartender, the part where the realization that he killed his father sends him into a depression and his strength in the Force crumbles, leaving him in a difficult position in the academy.

I liked that even the grandfather of the Sith himself was not a born psychopath.

After that he turned into the generic "might is right" villain.

The card game and everything was cool... until the bartender started reciting the Sith code.

Not really tbh

What character potential he had in PoD is completely stripped from him in the next two novels.

Yeah -- in PoD and DoE anyways. Also, he was pretty decent in Jedi vs. Sith, tbh.

His legacy is also, of course, one of the most important in the Star Wars mythos, it's just it wasn't the proper writer to execute said legacy in novel form.

Originally posted by MythLord
Yeah -- in PoD and DoE anyways. Also, he was pretty decent in Jedi vs. Sith, tbh.

His legacy is also, of course, one of the most important in the Star Wars mythos, it's just it wasn't the proper writer to execute said legacy in novel form.

Somebody agrees with me that DoE > RoT? Yay.

Nope. He's a pathetic villain sue void of any depth whatsoever.

Originally posted by MythLord
Yeah -- in PoD and DoE anyways. Also, he was pretty decent in Jedi vs. Sith, tbh.

His legacy is also, of course, one of the most important in the Star Wars mythos, it's just it wasn't the proper writer to execute said legacy in novel form.

Bane is Star Wars' No Man's Sky.

Lmfao 👆

Originally posted by FreshestSlice
This thread is asking if Bane's a good character, not a good concept.

Then no. I prefer Zannah a lot more.

Zannah's character exposition in the novels is also woeful, lol.

Originally posted by ILS
Lmfao 👆

It's a shame because before the BT came out, he was this legendary character with nigh unlimited potential ( from a storytelling point of view ).

Then he was turned into "Bane goes to sith academy, Bane fights, Bane goes to try to find artifacts, Bane fights, Bane goes to try to find artifacts, Bane fights, Bane goes to try to find artifacts, Bane fights."

Very disappointing.

He was interesting all the way up until he was brought to the Korriban Sith Academy.

I'm curious about the perspective of people who seem to eat Bane up and support him fully as a fan of the books and in debates.

No, he isn't. Anyone who thinks so is a deluded thirteen year old fan that thinks Michael Bay's Transformers and Power Rangers are the best things evar1

Simply looking at the hype lore gave us. "The great creator of Rule of Two" "He who rebelled against his masters" "The wise dark lord"

I expect to see a man of intellect, of deception, politics. A manipulator to rival Sheev and Plagueis. I expected to see a character that didn't need to use his sabers to get things done.

I got shit tbh. Drew gave tiny little scraps but then realized that book needed a testosterone injection and went another direction.

Everyones right, PoD was intriguing(by SW standards) up until Korriban where everything turned into a bad Shounen Action Anime

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I think he was a well written character, but people for some reason don't like Drew Karpashyn and I think hes among the best Star Wars authors.