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Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane #2)
In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping portrait of a young man’s journey from innocence to evil. That man was Darth Bane, a twisted genius whose iron will, fierce ambition, and strength in the dark side of the Force made him a natural leader among the Sith–until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom ...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
December 26th 2007
by LucasBooks
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Good story, but predictable and juvenile. As I mentioned for the first book of this series, it's video game origins are readily apparent.
Avoids the usual fan fiction limitations by including none of "the usual [Star Wars] suspects" by being set longer ago than even "long,long ago."
Speaking of which . . . it's interesting how the technology of the Star Wars galaxy seems frozen. There's no appreciable improvement in anything--medicine, weapons, transport...more
Avoids the usual fan fiction limitations by including none of "the usual [Star Wars] suspects" by being set longer ago than even "long,long ago."
Speaking of which . . . it's interesting how the technology of the Star Wars galaxy seems frozen. There's no appreciable improvement in anything--medicine, weapons, transport...more
Just as good as the first of the Darth Bane books. I like the author's style. He does an excellent job of humanizing characters that would likely be stereotypical one-dimensional "bad guys" on the big screen. It was a glimpse into the mindset and the viewpoint of the Dark-Siders. It offers an intriguing alternative philosophy of the nature of the Force, filling in some of the gaps left between the cryptic quotes of Darth Sidious, Darth Maul, and Darth Vader. You will be hard-pressed to...more
Ok, I know I've been rating most of the books I've read with 5 stars, but I really liked this book! This story continues the path of Darth Bane, and his desire to destroy the Jedi. In the 2nd installment of Bane's story, you get to learn much more about his apprentice, and her "special" abilities, as a Sith Sorcerer. This was my first look at what the Sith Sorcerer is and does. Bane continues to amaze in this story, bringing more of his great plan into fruition. Prior to reading this, ...more
If anyone should have the means to pay for decent cover art, it's Lucasfilm. That's why seeing the cover to The Rule of Two, with its potato-headed Sith-Lord upset me. It looks like a poser creation one of your friends keeps posting on Facebook that everyone politely ignores. No one should have to pay for a cover that ugly.
Anyhoo, Darth Potato now has an apprentice. I guess they don't call them padawans if they're evil. If I understand the style guides of the two camps, Jedis get nam...more
Anyhoo, Darth Potato now has an apprentice. I guess they don't call them padawans if they're evil. If I understand the style guides of the two camps, Jedis get nam...more
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"Darth Zannah, you are my apprentice. The heir to my legacy"
After greatly enjoying Star Wars. Darth Bane - Path of Destruction (PoD), I delved into part two.
Bane begins his training of his heir, Zannah, in the Dark Arts and continues to add confusion to the Republic and the Jedi Order. Can't really expand more on it than that, to be honest.
What I Liked:
One of the best things about this book is how it deals with such an under-explored area: the Sith. I e...more
After greatly enjoying Star Wars. Darth Bane - Path of Destruction (PoD), I delved into part two.
Bane begins his training of his heir, Zannah, in the Dark Arts and continues to add confusion to the Republic and the Jedi Order. Can't really expand more on it than that, to be honest.
What I Liked:
One of the best things about this book is how it deals with such an under-explored area: the Sith. I e...more
Star Wars: Darth Bane #2: Rule of Two, by Drew Karpyshyn
"Rule of Two" continues the story of Darth Bane and his apprentice, Zannah. Mentioned briefly at the end of the previous novel, Bane found Zannah on Ruusan after the detonation of the thought bomb that destroyed all Sith and Jedi left on the planet. Merely a child, Zannah had been recruited by the Jedi to fight in the war, but before she could even land on the planet her shuttle crashed. Zannah was saved by a bouncer, ...more
"Rule of Two" continues the story of Darth Bane and his apprentice, Zannah. Mentioned briefly at the end of the previous novel, Bane found Zannah on Ruusan after the detonation of the thought bomb that destroyed all Sith and Jedi left on the planet. Merely a child, Zannah had been recruited by the Jedi to fight in the war, but before she could even land on the planet her shuttle crashed. Zannah was saved by a bouncer, ...more
Second book in the series, this book picks up exactly where Darth Bane: Path of Destruction left off. Part the appeal of this mini-series is how it turns the tables on the traditional Star Wars tale. The mystery that has surrounded the Sith Order is another part of its appeal, and partly I did read in anticipation of learning more about this much-talked-about and little-revealed Order. The evil of the Sith is nicely demonstrated in their cruel actions to certain individual figures throughout the...more
This is a pretty good sequel to Karpyshyn's previous Darth Bane novel. In this novel, we see Darth Bane and his new apprentice, Zannah,institute the rule of two on the Sith Order and attempt to gain greater knowledge and power while slightly diverting the attention of the Jedi away from them. It has plenty of action and intrigue in it, much like the previous book, but what it lacked was the same character development we read before. Though there isn't much more that can be done developing Bane, ...more
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If you liked Path of Destruction, you will like this one. It continues right where the previous book left off. The strong suit of the series is on the character development and on seeing how the Sith come to be One Master/One Apprentice. Actually, if one looks closely at what Bane is doing, he really is planting the seeds for the eventual fall of the Jedi we see in the Clone Wars films, which in terms of timelines, happens about a 1000 years later or so. Patience is one of the Sith's weapons. Al...more
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Where to begin with this mess of a book. First off this guy should not be allowed to ever write a Star Wars book ever again as it seems like he hasn't read any of the books or seen the movies. It was truly awful and was just a waste of a book. He should stick to making video games like he had on his bio.
This was part II of a book that wasn't really good to start with. It takes place right after the first book and just just more unrealistic and horrible as the pages went on. I thi...more
This was part II of a book that wasn't really good to start with. It takes place right after the first book and just just more unrealistic and horrible as the pages went on. I thi...more
A good follow up book, I definitely enjoyed the conflict that Darth Bane's Padawan has, even as an adult. Zannah's emotions and conflicts are nice to read about, especially next to Bane's absolute passion and steadfastness in the Dark Side.
The book moved well through the different transitions, from Bane to Zannah to Johun and back again. However, the end of the book was a bit of a disappointment. It seemed like Karpyshyn didn't know how else to keep going and so just ended up killing off ...more
The book moved well through the different transitions, from Bane to Zannah to Johun and back again. However, the end of the book was a bit of a disappointment. It seemed like Karpyshyn didn't know how else to keep going and so just ended up killing off ...more
Though it may read slow at times to one not interested in the series.
The book its self is a very strong statment of character development.
Since you are viewing events from the so-called villians side, you get to see
a very unique change in the characters from who they were to how they
became the people they are.
It does not make jumps (except between this and the previous volume)
and flows very well.
The story of all characters are covered very well through ...more
The book its self is a very strong statment of character development.
Since you are viewing events from the so-called villians side, you get to see
a very unique change in the characters from who they were to how they
became the people they are.
It does not make jumps (except between this and the previous volume)
and flows very well.
The story of all characters are covered very well through ...more
First, there should be more stars that have something to say about bad books, because out of the five-star system above, only one says that I "didn't like it." Well, just as there are degrees of "liking" there are degrees of "not liking" and this one would probably be at the bottom of the latter.
The first book, "Path of Destruction" was actually pretty good. The best part of that book was probably reading about Bane's training in Korriban, and ...more
The first book, "Path of Destruction" was actually pretty good. The best part of that book was probably reading about Bane's training in Korriban, and ...more
Strange the guy that writes for some of my favorite video games would also write some good novels. Drew Karpyshyn has been steadily releasing novels f...moreStrange the guy that writes for some of my favorite video games would also write some good novels. Drew Karpyshyn has been steadily releasing novels for years. The first of his I read was Darth Bane rule by rule. The story of a Sith Lord (Bane) in his search for ultimate power and an apprentice, while a brash young Jedi seeking revenge tries...more
3.5 stars, but I rounded up. A good read, though not as well told as the first book. I liked book one for Drew's impressive handling of Darth Bane's transition from a miner to a Sith lord. Rule of Two was more about the story of Zannah's own transition to become Darth Bane's apprentice, but I didn't find her journey nearly as dramatic, since we do skip ahead 10 years in the novel from the time Bane first takes her on.
The ending, however, was superb. It's one of those where you know ...more
The ending, however, was superb. It's one of those where you know ...more
It's about what you'd expect. There are parts that are fun, and I don't have a problem with how it's written per se, but honestly, it's just sort of "meh" at the end. There's nothing particularly compelling about the story; it's more obligatory material to tie in stuff written before the prequels that contradicts the story that Lucas came up with for the prequels. So, instead of taking the initiative to offer fans a really cool back-story tie-in, they instead offer fans a justificati...more
After finding his Apprentice, this book chronicles Darth Bane as he establishes his network of resources to bring the Galaxy under Sith Rule, while traing his Apprentice, Darth Zannah, in the ways of the dark side. Darth Zannah proves she may be worthy of her selection by tricking the Jedi who persue them into believing they have killed the last remaining Sith Lord in the Galaxy... Allowing Bane and his Apprentice to slip away into darkness and secrecy to gain power while the Jedi become complac...more
As with the first Darth Bane book, it's disquieting trying to relate to main characters who are unredeemably evil. You can't like them, but they're the focus of the action. The novel has some non-evil characters, Jedi and non-Jedi, but, inevitably, things don't go well for them. This fills in some gaps in the Star Wars mythos, but since we know the Sith survive up to the era of the movies, there isn't really that much dramatic tension in the plot.
Still, it's well-written and should be appealin...more
Still, it's well-written and should be appealin...more
I thought the continuation of the series on Darth Bane was great. In book one we learn about how Dessel becomes Darth Bane, and in this book we meet his apprentice, Darth Zannah. Darth Bane seeks to further his reign as Sith Lord, by developing or rather reinstating the Rule of Two as explained by Yoda. On the matter, Darth Bane states: Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it.
Again, Drew doesn't disappoint in the novel. A great story line....more
Again, Drew doesn't disappoint in the novel. A great story line....more
The second Star Wars novel by Drew Karpyshyn set in the Old Republic, Darth Bane: Rule of Two picks up immediately after the climactic events of the first book Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. The detonation of former Sith leader Lord Kaan's thought bomb has devastated the Jedi and Sith remaining on the planet of Ruusan. Darth Bane has survived and has just chosen a new apprentice, a girl named Rain who has recently killed two Jedi in a fit of rage. Her cousin Tomcat, who was brought to Ruusan w...more
No one but the nerdiest of geeks would suggest that Star Wars books are attempting to do anything besides offer some quick, easily digestible entertainment. That said, there is a subtle continuum along which the quality of the series are presented. There are a few that are distinctly horrible, offering up only predictible wish-fullfilment, cashing in on the familiarity of a few stock 'Star-Wars' tropes, and not creating any kind of characterization to invest in. Then there are the few that be...more
Eigentlich ganz gut, aber hat seine Macken. Drew Karpyshyn hätte sich etwas mehr Zeit lassen und nicht immer wieder auf gängige Standarts zurückgreifen sollen (Was macht ein Chiss 1000 v.S.Y. im republikanischen Raum? Dazu scheint die Rasse auch noch gut bekannt.) Naja, ansonsten eine Schöne Vortsezung des ersten Darth Bane Romans, sowie Korrekturen am EU, die es wieder in sich geschlossener machen (z.B. alter der Republik: Obi-Wan (Ep4) 1000 Generationen, Palpatine (Ep2) 1000 Jahre)
I actually liked this 2nd book about Darth Bane much more than the first one. For me it's difficult to really get into this book when the main character is pure evil. The drama that pulled me into this story however was the uncertainty regarding Bane's apprentice, Zannah. Honestly, I was hoping she would pull away from Bane and head back on the path of the light side.
The other part of the story that I really liked concerned the Jedi Johun. I was really pulling for him and was gen...more
The other part of the story that I really liked concerned the Jedi Johun. I was really pulling for him and was gen...more
Great book very insightful on the sith the enemy of jedi and i really cared about zannah and bane it showed there relationship and it alos touched on how the dark side can change a person Zannah had a encounter with her cousin that made her question her allegiance and he showed her how it ruined her but she was so twisted by bane and the dark side that she didn't realize it and was still corrupted it sort of also set up the stage for another book in the series
I really high hopes for this book. I was interested in the training that a Sith receives and how the rule of two would work. However, I found this book to be a little slow moving in the beginning. It picked up towards the end and I felt like it almost ended too quickly. Then I found out that it is going to be a series of books about the Sith Lords and it made some sense. I didn't feel like the characters were well developed. I didn't feel any emotional ties to them. I wanted to care what ...more
Star wars has never been by bag, but it's the favorite of my 10 year old son. He read this book and wanted me to read it, so we can talk about it. So, I sucked it up and read it. I never thought I'd ever enjoy anything star wars, but I think I may be converted. I thought the story being told by the "bad" guy's point of view was different and interesting. It was well written and made me cheer for the darkside! All said and done, I liked the book. My son, not so much (he wanted the good ...more
This book was a great second book in the series. I enjoy how it went right from the last book into it. I thought Darth Bane: Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn is a great Science Fiction book. I believe Darth Bane gets even more evil and more greedy. I think that Zannah is slowly seeing what the Light Side is compared to the Dark Side and it is slowly haunting her and showing her she should defeat her master. I thought the plot was different than probably any other book i have read because it is...more
A really good series. I had already read the first one, Path of Destruction, and liked it, but this one was better. It's a unique series because it doesn't overkill storylines already expanded upon, like Luke, Leia, Han, etc., but introduces you to a character only vaguely alluded to in other Star Wars lore. I'm looking forward to the end of the series, Dynasty of Evil, releasing in December!
Darth Bane: Rule of Two was an intense and very dark tale in the Star Wars Universe, about 1000 years before the Star Wars films.
Although I enjoyed it, I had to stop often to absorb the grim and rather depressing nature of the Sith story.
As this is a sequel, it follows directly after Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. However, unlike its predecessor, it does not focus primarily on the story of the title character, Darth Bane. This book is mostly about Bane's apprentice, Darth...more
Although I enjoyed it, I had to stop often to absorb the grim and rather depressing nature of the Sith story.
As this is a sequel, it follows directly after Darth Bane: Path of Destruction. However, unlike its predecessor, it does not focus primarily on the story of the title character, Darth Bane. This book is mostly about Bane's apprentice, Darth...more
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