But not until the singular flame of the light side was extinguished from the galaxy. Not until the Jedi Order was stamped out.
Wilhuff had had ample time to grow accustomed to the sight, scent, and taste of blood, but he had never seen so much human blood spilled in one place.
Where Darth Sidious had gained everything, Vader had lost everything, including–for the moment, at least–the self-confidence and unbridled skill he had demonstrated as Anakin Skywalker.
Well, could even a Jedi know the future?
We serve nature’s purpose by culling the herd, and our own by sharpening our skills. We are the predatory swarm!
Two lone Jedi are no match for thousands of battle droids and droidekas.
To her horror, Starstone realized she was suddenly alone with Vader, who immediately signaled his stormtroopers to leave her to him, and to devote themselves to slaughtering the few Wookiees who remai...
There is no one truth.
The time had come to bring his apprentice deeper into the Sith mysteries he had been investigating for most of his life; to introduce him to the miracles he was performing on Aborah.
The synthetic gem had been modeled on an actual kyber, which Zerpen had gone to great lengths and cost to acquire. Relatively rare, the so-called living crystals were almost exclusively the property o...
The Sith are not placid stars but singularities. Rather than burn with muted purpose, we warp space and time to twist the galaxy to our own design.
The Jedi Order’s homespun cloaks announced: I want for nothing, because I am clothed in the Force; the cloaks of the Sith: I am the light in the dark, the convergence of opposing energies.
Tenebrous had told him from the start that the Republic, with help from the Sith, would continue to descend into corruption and disorder, and that a time would come when it would have to rely on the s...
Tarkin was surprised when Mas Amedda charged the car to descend. I would have expected the Emperor to reside closer to the top, Tarkin said. He does, the vizier allowed. But we’re not proceeding direc...
Tarkin had long nursed suspicions about who Vader was beneath the black face mask and helmet, as well as how he had come to be, but he knew better than to give open voice to his thoughts.
Still, there was prosperity for a few; quick credits to be made in ore processing, local and deep-space transport, and usury. For the Tarkins, wealth came by providing security. Their climb to the top...
Sidious rejected outrage and intimidation for rankled curiosity. Is this the point where I’m expected to ask why I’ve been abducted?
Science doesn’t take sides, does it?
Remember why the Sith are more powerful than the Jedi, Sidious: because we are not afraid to feel. We embrace the spectrum of emotions, from the heights of transcendent joy to the depths of hatred and...
On the landing field were two wind-blasted shuttles, along with Tarkin’s personal starship, the Carrion Spike.