The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise HD Star Wars Episode III Revenge of The Sith
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange users link it as the primary-source scene when they need to cite exactly what Palpatine says about Plagueis and his apprentice.
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What it is
A 1m54s clip from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in which Chancellor Palpatine tells Anakin Skywalker the story of Darth Plagueis the Wise, a Sith Lord who could supposedly influence midichlorians to create life and prevent death. It is a re-upload of the film scene by a fan channel.
What people said
Cites MaxD · 2016-01 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Did Sidious really kill Plagueis in his sleep?”
Palpatine was talking to Anakin about Darth Plagueis in Revenge of the Sith : Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew. Then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. The whole scene can be seen here [this video] , with the quote above at 1:21 . We definitely know that the »apprentice« was Sidious himself, but did he really kill his master in his sleep? This would be a major violation of the philosophy of Darth Bane's Rule of Two, which states that the apprentice must defeat the master in an open fight and that only the stronger one should survive to make the Sith stronger as a whole. Also, lying to Anakin would make some sense, as it makes it seem easy to him to kill Sidious when
Cites Valorum · 2016-03 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Are Legends legends?”
No. There are legends (note the small l) that evidently exist within the Star Wars universe, such as the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise [this video] , the fabled history of the Jedi, passed down by the Church of the Force [LINK] and the story of how Han Solo made the Kessel Run in less than 14 parsecs [LINK] . On the other hand there are Legends [LINK] (note the capital L) that are an out-of-universe designation for any stories, books, games, TV series and feature films that are no longer part of the main canon [LINK] . It doesn't follow that anything that is a Legend is a legend within the Star Wars universe.
Cites user145025 · 2021-09 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “How do we know that Darth Plagueis was Sidious' master?”
When Palpatine was telling the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise to Anakin, he smirked when talking about how the apprentice killed Plagueis in his sleep, implying that Palpatine himself was the apprentice in question: When Palpatine revealed himself to be the Sith Lord to Anakin, he said that his mentor taught him everything about the Force, which corresponds to how Palpatine said earlier that Plagueis taught his apprentice everything he knew: