Block
Dodge (20k)
Jump Up (20k)
Tackle (20k)
From the time of Darth Bane on, the Dark Lords of the Sith (numbering only two) took on assumed names, both to establish their new identities as Sith Lords and to conceal their public identities if they had them. Palpatine, the Republic Senator from Naboo who became Supreme Chancellor and subsequently would impose the iron-fisted tyranny of the Empire on the Galaxy, maintained the Sith name of Darth Sidious. Sidious was a master puppeteer, manipulating people and orchestrating events under the noses of the Senate and the Jedi, hiding in plain sight throughout. Sidious, having killed his master, first trained himself an apprentice – the fearsome Darth Maul – and then he set his plans in motion. His goals were first to gather political power and influence unto himself, then weaken, cripple and ultimately destroy the Jedi, and finally, at long last, to establish Sith dominion over the Galaxy. Darth Maul’s death at Naboo brought the Sith back to the Jedi’s attention, but Sidious finally brought them fully into the open, as it were, when he revealed his true nature to Anakin Skywalker, gambling that he could prey upon the young but powerful Jedi’s doubts, fears, and insecurities to turn him to the dark side of the Force. As it had so many times before, his gamble paid off.