In this video, we will discuss the 10 Most Powerful Sith Lords and Dark Side Users in
The Star Wars Universe.
In the new Disney canon, we only have a handful of Sith to choose from, which would make this
a very short video indeed…
So, let’s make this more interesting by including the Legends material too…
If you want a canon response to the question “Who is the most powerful Sith ever to live?”,
then the answer is Darth Sidious.
This has already been explored extensively in my previous video which you can view on
my channel…
So, without waiting any longer, let’s attempt to uncover the 10 most powerful sith and dark
side users…
These’re in no particular order 1.
Freedon Nadd Freedon Nadd certainly wasn’t the kind of
guy to get kicked in the nadds.
He was actually one of the most powerful Sith to ever live, and one of the few people on
the list without the “Darth” tag…
Nadd trained on the planet Ossus under Master Matta Tremayne, but soon started to lust after
her powers.
He ended up killing his master and went on to renounce his Jedi affiliation.
Nadd didn’t just go into hiding after this ordeal.
Obsessed with gaining power, he went to the heart of the Sith Empire where he attained
a great deal of dark side knowledge.
Nadd eventually declared himself the Dark Lord of the Sith, something that did not sit
well with others…but he was too powerful to argue with…
Nadd's invasion of the planet Onderon infected its atmosphere with the dark side so completely
that the planet remained under its influence even after Nadd's physical death.
Both his sarcophagus and tomb became focal points of dark side energy…
2.
Exar Kun Exar Kun was born almost 4 millennia before
the Battle of Yavin.
Recognized as an extremely promising talent, Kun apprenticed under the venerable Jedi Master
Vodo-Siosk Baas, training on the planet Dantooine… but, just like Nadds he fell to the dark side.
One of his most powerful feats occurred as he made the transition from fallen Jedi to
Dark Lord of the Sith on Korriban, when his body was trapped under a cave-in.
He was able to escape by using fear and rage to enhance his Force abilities and move the
debris off his body.
In another incident, right before the Jedi were about to capture him on Yavin IV, he
encapsulated his spirit in Massassi temples.
Four millennia later, his spirit was unleashed and was almost single-handedly responsible
for destroying Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Academy in 19 ABY.
3.
Darth Revan Revan is yet another fallen Jedi who is very
popular among fans.
He’s proven time and time and again that he can escape the worst of situations simply
using his Force powers.
His feats include deflecting Force lightning using only his hands, a feat that is extremely
rare in the Star Wars Universe.
Not only does he do this once to escape prison, but he even holds off the lightning of Emperor
Vitiate.
His saber skills were also extremely developed, and he was known to take out multiple Jedi
or dark Jedi simultaneously in combat.
Revan was also a great strategist.
Whenever he invaded a planet, he spared what would be needed to rebuild it.
Always two steps ahead of his opponents, Revan is perhaps the closest Sith to give Sidious
a run for his money…
4.
Darth Bane.
Bane.
Let’s not stand on ceremony here.
Mr. Skywalker…
No not that Bane…
Darth Bane lived around a millennium before the battle of Yavin.
He is best known for inventing the Rule of Two that was meant to prevent infighting among
the Sith.
He is also known for having an unbelievably strong will and control of the Force; and
he nearly succeeded in transferring his spirit into the body of the Sith who killed him.
His powers were unmatched by his contemporaries and included the ability to survive the full
brunt of Force Lightning, the ability to sense and expel poisons from his body, and he used
pain and hatred to increase his dark side powers…
A lot of fans consider Darth Bane to be the most powerful Sith to ever exist…
5.
Darth Krayt Krayt is the founder and leader of the One
Sith.
He rebuilt the Sith Order and kept its existence hidden from the Jedi by cloaking their presence
on Korriban.
In order to survive, the Dark Lord spent many years in stasis before re-emerging to destroy
the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.
Darth Krayt ruled the galaxy with an iron fist for seven years and was the strongest
Sith Lord of his time.
His strength in the dark side of the Force was great enough to be felt by every Sith
in the galaxy.
Krayt claimed that after his resurrection, his power in the Force multiplied.
His strength in the dark side was such that he could fight Cade Skywalker, who was armed
with a lightsaber, using the Force alone…
6.
Darth Plagueis Plagueis is best known as being the teacher
of Sidious.
He was a master of the unnatural aspects of the Force.
Plagueis could save others from death and when his power was applied to the extreme,
create new life from the midi-chlorians found in all lifeforms.
Eurgh.
Plagueis even discovered how to become a Force ghost, but this manner of surviving death
did not appeal to him, as he was not concerned with the non-material world.
Plagueis was also skilled in lightsaber combat, although he disdained using his blade, regarding
lightsaber duels as tedious affairs.
During his duel with Venamis, he moved so fast, that an onlooker thought a thunderbolt
was racing through the trees.
He was also skilled in conjuring Force illusions, convincing enough to fool even Sidious…
7.
Darth Vader Like most Sith on this list, Vader started
out as a Jedi in training.
However, he stuck with it a little longer.
Anakin Skywalker was foreseen by some in the Jedi council as the one who would bring balance
to the Force, in fact Anakin was born from the Force itself…Unfortunately his hatred
of sand, his desire to keep his wife alive and lust for greater power, eventually turned
him to the Dark Side.
Once he became Palpatine’s apprentice he slaughtered anyone that defied him.
Unfortunately, after being beaten by Obi Wan on Mustafar and left to die, his powers were
significantly weakened, in part due to his dependence on the cybernetic life support
unit.
Still, he could force choke someone from a distance of light years.
In the end, he did fulfil the “chosen one” prophecy, when he threw Sidious down a power
shaft, to save his son Luke.
Better late than never…
8.
Darth Sidious Sheev Palpatine a.k.a. Sidious needs no introduction.
There is no doubt that he was the most manipulative Sith to ever live, and he would become the
ruler of the Galactic Empire…
His story is similar to others on this list.
He was trained in the dark side by Darth Plagueis.
Eventually, Sidious took on his own apprentice and killed his master.
Sidious was incredibly powerful in the Force.
He was a master practitioner of Force lightning and telekinesis.
Sidious was highly adept at foreseeing the future, often utilizing the power to see his
plots to fruition.
Sidious was able to conceal his inner darkness from the Jedi for many years, which was vital
to his plot to overthrow the Republic.
Despite his frail appearance, Sidious was incredibly skilled in lightsaber combat, being
one of the greatest duellists of all time.
Sidious was described by Count Dooku as being a black hole in the Force…pure evil…
9.
Emperor Vitiate This Hannibal Lecter looking character could
certainly give Palpatine a run for his money…when it comes to strategy….
Vitiate, also known as the Sith Emperor and Valkorion, was a Dark Lord who reconstituted
the Sith Empire after its destruction in the Great Hyperspace War and went on to rule it
for over 1300 years.
As Emperor, he spent much of his rule experimenting with the dark side, discovering many lost
techniques and increasing his immense power even more.
While his body was harmed by the ravaging effects of the dark side, the technique of
transfer essence allowed him to move his consciousness between bodies and sustain his life indefinitely.
By combining various Force techniques, the Emperor was also able to imbue portions of
his consciousness into infants, transforming those Children of the Emperor into extensions
of his will.
Basically, a cold calculating sociopath just like Sidious…
10.Abeloth
Abeloth, also known as the Bringer of Chaos, was a being who was very powerful in the dark
side of the Force.
Some claim that she was the dark side itself…
She first lived as the Servant, a mortal woman who served the powerful Ones in an unknown
jungle planet, a hundred thousand years before the Battle of Yavin.
But over the course of her life, she became the Mother: she kept the peace between the
Father's warring Son and Daughter, and became a loving part of the family.
But she was still mortal - she grew old while her ageless family lived on - and she feared
that she would lose them.
In a desperate attempt to hold onto the life she so loved, she did the forbidden - she
drank from the Font of Power and bathed in the Pool of Knowledge.
Her actions corrupted her, transforming her into the twisted, immortal entity known as
Abeloth.
Abeloth could command the native flora of her planet to do her bidding and also had
the ability to influence the minds of Force-sensitive beings, causing them hallucinations…
Luke Skywalker eventually killed her by destroying her last two physical bodies and her Force
essence.
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