Does the Dark Side inevitably lead to Empire?

Thanas · Post by **Thanas** » 2005-05-29 05:50pm

Uraniun235 wrote:C'baoth of Zahn's Heir to the Empire trilogy was far more interested in power at a small scale; he was uninterested in the galaxy at large.

Maybe not at the beginning, but eventually he was.

TLC, pg. 408 wrote: "And with you and Skywalker beside me, the lesser peoples of the galaxy will flock to us like leaves in the wind."

pg. 333 wrote:"Generell Covell was mine to do with as I pleased...as is everything in my empire"

Or how about this quote from Dark Force Rising:

The cricle has closed. The Jedi will rule again.

Late on in TLC, C'boath reveals his plan to take control over the clones. So I am pretty sure he wanted to rule the galaxy.

EDIT: Dang, Revan beat me to it.

Admiral Drason · Post by **Admiral Drason** » 2005-05-29 08:07pm

Darth Bane had ambitions to keep the Sith order alive not the whole Galactic conquest.

Darth Bane= Bane (self explanitory)

Grandmaster Jogurt · Post by **Grandmaster Jogurt** » 2005-05-29 10:23pm

Revan could be "revenant", as in something that returns from the dead.

Battlehymn Republic · Post by **Battlehymn Republic** » 2005-06-11 01:11am

Sorry to revive this thread, but my question is still unanswered:

Are there alternate goals in the dark side besides galactic control?

Dooku always seemed to me as an almost libertarian character. You've got to remember, his biggest allies were the corporations. Also, aside from domination and power, I guess the other obvious goals is simply killing and destruction.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2005-06-11 01:16am

It seems to stem from the fact that the Dark Side is about emotion and control. The people go towards it either because they already desire control, or like Anakin they desire some sort of good, but begin to believe that the best way to achieve that good is through absolute control (ie, "if you want something done right...").

Trooper TK12746 · Post by **Trooper TK12746** » 2005-06-11 01:19am

It reveals Dooku's true intentions in the RotS novelization. He planned to create an army of the Sith, and chose alien races for the CIS so they would be hated and could be exterminated. He was planning an Empire of Man. Palpatine wanted control of the universe, not the galaxy. He actually planned to make everything an extension of his will. Kyp Durron didn't pllan galactic domination, he wanted the destruction of the Empire. None of the fallen Jedi in the Prequal EU wanted to conquer the galaxy either. It seems more like a Sith thing than a Dark Side thing.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-06-11 01:23am

Thanas wrote:Late on in TLC, C'boath reveals his plan to take control over the clones. So I am pretty sure he wanted to rule the galaxy.

EDIT: Dang, Revan beat me to it.

Huh, didn't know that. I should get around to reading the rest of those books eventually.