Every Lie Palpatine Told in the Plagueis Speech

Everyone knows the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise. Almost nobody asks whether it was true. Tonight the Archive puts Palpatine's opera speech on trial, one line at a time, and the witness against Palpatine is Palpatine. His own words from the films, the canon books, Legends, and George Lucas himself. The verdict: he told the truth about the murder, and lied about the miracle. Do you think Plagueis ever really had that power? Tell me in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 The most famous story in Star Wars 0:42 "It's a Sith legend" 1:36 An audience of one 3:32 "To create life" 5:13 "The ones he cared about" 6:48 "Everything he knew" 10:01 The price 12:02 "Not from a Jedi" 14:13 The verdict SOURCES Star Wars Databank: Darth Plagueis The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I–III, 1999–2005 (Paul Duncan, Taschen, 2020) Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, DVD audio commentary (George Lucas) Darth Plagueis (James Luceno, 2012, Legends) Tarkin (James Luceno, 2014) The Secrets of the Sith (Marc Sumerak, 2019) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Expanded Edition (Rae Carson, 2020) CREDITS Film footage: Star Wars Episodes I–VI © Lucasfilm Ltd. Used for commentary and analysis. Art: Darth Plagueis concept art for The Acolyte © Lucasfilm. Book covers © their publishers. Music and sound effects: Artlist Lightsaber sound: "Lightsaber On/Off" by Scott Hosner #StarWars #DarthPlagueis #StarWarsLore