Hey YouTube Friends, my name is Prince, and I am Urban Acolyte.
A lot of people have been asking me questions about Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, and last night
on Twitter, I posted that Dooku killed Sifo-Dyas, impersonated him, and then placed the order
for the Clone Army on Kamino.
Now I know that all these questions about Sifo-Dyas are because there’s some popular
speculation that Sifo-Dyas is Snoke.
That’s not a new speculation.
Someone asked me that question in my first Q&A video back in the Spring.
I haven’t watched any videos on Sifo-Dyas being Snoke, and I don’t plan to as I’m
not interested in hearing that argument.
I just wanted to clear up what I posted because I have some events out of order—and in the
process I hope to clear up some misinformation leading people to believe that Sifo-Dyas might
be Snoke—because he isn’t.
According to the information in “Ultimate Star Wars”, Sifo-Dyas foresaw a coming galactic
war.
He advocated for the creation of an army for the Republic, and he was removed from his
position on the Jedi Council for his extreme ideas.
Sifo-Dyas carried out his plan and secretly comissioned the creation of the clone army
from the Kaminoans while pretending that he was acting under the authority of the Galactic
Senate and the Jedi Council.
In “The Lost One” episode of the Clone Wars, the Jedi investigate the disappearance
of Sifo-Dyas when Jedi Master Plo Kloon finds a crashed ship and a lightsaber belonging
to Sifo-Dyas on Oba Diah’s moon.
The Jedi learn that the previous Chancellor of the Republic, Chancellor Vallorum, sent
Master Sifo-Dyas and an aide named Sillman to Oba Diah to negotiate with the Pyke Syndicate.
The Pyke Syndicate reveal to Anakin and Obi-Wan that they were paid by Darth Tyranus, or Count
Dooku, to shoot down the ship carrying Sifo-Dyas and Sillman.
After they confirmed that Sifo-Dyas died in the crash, they held Sillman to use as leverage
over Count Dooku.
When Obi-Wan and Anakin spoke with Sillman, he mentioned that the person responsible for
the death of Sifo-Dyas and his capture by the Pykes was “someone powerful who wanted
to be Sifo-Dyas.”
Before he was able to say anything else, Count Dooku killed him.
Anakin and Obi-Wan engaged Count Dooku in a lightsaber duel, and before the duel concluded,
Count Dooku told the Jedi that Sifo-Dyas understood what was happening because he saw the future,
and this is why he helped him.
At the conclusion of the episode, Yoda says that they now know that Dooku guided the creation
of the Clones from the very beginning.
The Jedi realize that the Sith were behind not only the creation of the clone army—but
all of the events that lead to the Clone Wars.
Now this presents an interesting question because I was under the impression the Clone
Army was not commissioned until after the death of Sifo-Dyas.
I thought that Count Dooku had Sifo-Dyas killed, managed to take on his appearance, and acted
in his place.
So it appears that Sifo-Dyas had already contacted the Kaminoans about the creation of the Clone
Army.
We’re told that he foresaw the coming Galactic War, but later Yoda says that the Sith were
behind the creation of the Clone Army the entire time.
See, I believe that Palpatine somehow persuaded Sifo-Dyas.
I wouldn’t be far off in making that assumption because there is a scene in the Darth Plagueis
novel where Plagueis attended a meeting on Serrano where Dooku was to act as a sort of
arbitrator.
Qui-Gon Jinn, Sifo-Dyas, and Jocasta Nu also attended that meeting.
If you’ve not read the Plagueis novel, Darth Plagueis came up with the idea of creating
a Clone Army to battle the Jedi.
As a result of his conversation with Master Sifo-Dyas, he decided it would be better to
trick the Jedi into creating the Clone Army, thus painting them as usurpers looking to
launch a coup instead of as the defenders of the Galaxy.
Darth Plagueis later meets with Sifo-Dyas where he springs the trap and convinces Sifo-Dyas
that he along with Dooku are not wrong to have their doubts regarding the Jedi Council—and
he recommends Sifo-Dyas go to Kamino to look into the creation of the Clone Army.
Now that novel is not canon.
One of the things that has been redacted is that, according to the Tarkin novel, Plagueis
had no intentions of becoming Emperor or becoming involved in politics.
We’re left to believe that Palpatine was alone in his scheming to become the ruler
of the known galaxy.
According to “Ultimate Star Wars” after the Battle of Naboo, when Palpatine had won
the vote to secure his position as Supreme Chancellor, he made sure that Sifo-Dyas placed
an order for the Clone Army.
Dooku was then ordered by Palpatine to recruit Jango Fett as the template for the clones.
Since the Kaminoans have only dealt with Sifo-Dyas, we have to assume that at some point, Dooku
must have acted as Sifo-Dyas because of Stillman’s statement about someone powerful, wanting
to be Sifo-Dyas was behind the crash that killed Sifo-Dyas along with the fact that
we know Dooku recruited Jango Fett to serve as the genetic template for the clones.
I don’t know if this video will clear things up for those of you who say the death of Sifo-Dyas
was a mystery.
There’s no mystery for me.
Sifo-Dyas was a pawn in Sidious plans to rule the Galaxy and eradicate the Jedi.
Perhaps Sifo-Dyas was the one to erase Kamino from the Jedi archives, and once he played
his part in ordering the Clone Army, the Sith made sure that the Pike Syndicate would be
responsible in his death, so it would not be traced back to them.
The natives of the Oba Diah moon cremated the body of Sifo-Dyas after the Pikes made
sure that he was dead.
Although Sifo-Dyas authorized the production of the Clone Army, the Sith actually faciliated
the means for this to occur as they supplied Jango Fett as the genetic template along with
the funds to pay for the project.
Remember, Sifo-Dyas may have placed the order, but someone had to foot the bill.
Now the question about when Yoda saw Sifo-Dyas on Moraband—this was an illusion orchestrated
by Sidious.
We have no indication that Sifo-Dyas ever fell to the dark side.
If anything, Sifo-Dyas was no different than Dooku, Bariss Offee, or the Grand Inquisitor
in that they all lost their faith in the Jedi Council.
Remember that the Jedi literally sat in an ivory tower, completely disconnected from
the people they vowed to serve.
In many ways their arrogance and their allegiance to the Republic distracted them from their
true mission to follow the Force.
Hold that last thought when you think about why Luke Skywalker did not return to the Jedi
Temple on Coruscant or have any involvement with the New Republic following the events
in Return of the Jedi.
Well, I hope this clears things up regarding what happened to Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas.
Anyway, I’m tired of this topic—so let’s talk about things a bit more relevant.
This weekend on Rebels, we’re likely to see a number of Imperials defect to join the
Rebellion.
We also have a movie coming out in December about the Rebel Alliance.
Do you think we might get any Rogue One Easter Eggs in this weekend’s episode of Rebels?
So for my next videos, I still have to film and edit my Supergirl video.
It’s going to be the 5 changes I’d like to see going into Season 2.
I also have reviews for the season premieres of Flash and Arrow that I have to edit, so
I hope to have those posted soon.
So make sure to subscribe so you can be notified when those videos do post.
So while you wait on those videos, make sure to check out my review of the last episode
of Star Wars Rebels, and be sure to check out the preview of the next episode, the Antilles
Extraction.
Well that’s all I’ve got for now.
Thanks for watching.
Y’all Keep on breathing, and May the Force be with you.
Always.