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Darth Plagueis remains one of the great Star Wars books
Call it a disturbance in the Force, but early on in watching The Acolyte, I had a feeling it was time to read James Luceno’s 2012 novel Star Wars: Darth Plagueis. Set about 100 years before the events of The Phantom Menace, and with Sith clearly on the mind, Leslye Headland’s show would either rewrite over, or double down on, the exploits of one of the Star Wars Expanded Universe’s most notorious off-screen characters. Star Wars: Darth Plagueis was decanonized as part of Lucasfilm’s “Legends” rebranding in 2014, but suddenly it felt like the summer’s big reading assignment.