#Sith Triumverate

[independence1776]

Well what about F, J, K, W ? 😁

(Star Wars meme)

F: Favorite Sith?

Palpatine in the Prequels. He is utterly having the time of his life putting into play the plan the Sith had been building for centuries: causing the invasion of his homeworld so he could become Chancellor, orchestrating both sides of the Clone War, ensuring that his opposition is too busy jumping at shadows to see which shadows they should actually be reacting to, ensuring that his opposition doesn't have all the information they need, and orchestrating the genocide of the Jedi and the fall of the Republic in order to rule an empire controlled by fear.

J: A Character You Hate?

Jabba, I guess. No interesting qualities there whatsoever.

K: Overrated Character?

This is not going to make me any friends, but I'm dearly tempted to say Ahsoka. Okay, you know what, I'll do it: Ahsoka. (Reiterating: this is only my opinion; I’m not trying to change anyone’s minds. You do fandom how you do fandom and I hope you have fun doing it.)

I was first introduced to her through fandom osmosis and then I watched Rebels early last year. At which point, I'm glad I had the osmosis knowledge because I would have been lost without that. But her telling Ezra that he couldn't save Kanan even though Ezra had saved her turned me entirely off her character in Rebels and the ending scene of the show put the final nail in that coffin.

I watched TCW after I watched Rebels. I fully anticipated still disliking her. I fell in love with her instead. And the novel focusing on her is great. So I'm stuck between liking her in TCW and the novel and disliking her in Rebels.

I think part of what bothers me so much is the fan reaction, not just fandom, but Filoni's: she's obviously become his pet character. I don't like that. And fandom's reaction that she can do no wrong gets on my nerves, especially when she's used to bash the Jedi.

I mean, my other answer to this would be Boba Fett, whom I've never understood why he's a fan favorite.

W: Favorite Rebels Arc?

Oh goodness, this is difficult. I love the entirety of season 3. For actual arcs, I'm torn between Twilight of the Apprentice (which is when I went from "Rebels is fun" to "Rebels is MY show") and the Call to Action/Rebel Resolve/Fire Across the Galaxy triumverate (which I can't watch just one episode of).

[sithsdoinshit]

What do you think the Sith think of Nihilus's friends Sion and Traya? Bonus points for including what the rest of the Triumverate think of the other Sith

IT’S KOTOR TIME YOU BITCHES

vader: he and sion are two peas in a pod, that’s for damn sure. they share the experiences of pain, resurrection…and redemption. vader is always happy when sion visits. traya, on the other hand… is way too much like sidious. no thanks.

sidious: palpatine is arguably more blatantly evil than traya, but they think of each other as very good conversation partners despite differences in opinion. they definitely trade secrets with each other. sion, on the other hand… likes palpatine about as much as vader does. 

maul: nihilus’s friends are just as fascinating as nihilus himself. maul is interested in traya’s philosophies in particular, though he’d never put his trust in her. if he could just sit on the sidelines and listen to them talk, that would be perfect.

savage: yeah no he doesn’t trust traya for a second. manipulative like palpatine, scheming like talzin… just no. he can see why nihilus and sion ditched her at one point. sion’s alright, a little too intense at times. to be honest, savage’s favorite member of the triumverate remains nihilus.

asajj: traya reminds her of mother talzin, in a way---though ventress doesn’t trust her in the least. she has heard enough from nihilus to be cautious. still, she enjoys talking with her whenever she visits. sion is okay, though way too angsty for her tastes.

dooku: he has definitely grown close to traya. she is a lovely and intelligent woman with quite a lot to talk about. traya herself appreciates distinguished sith lord such as dooku, even if they disagree on some things. sion, on the other hand... doesn’t impress dooku. 

kylo: yo what the FUCK this sion guy is holding himself together through pure pain and suffering?? that’s metal as FUCK. and grandpa vader seems to like him, too! that old traya bitch can suck it, though. too much philosophizing and lecturing.

grievous: he is somewhat envious of sion. if only grievous could tap into the force, hold together his old body like sion does...regardless, grievous is decent friends with sion. traya is okay, a little too stiff for his tastes.

inquisitor: both of nihilus’ friends intrigue him greatly. sion’s force abilities, traya’s teachings.. there is a lot to investigate with these two. he’s not friends with them, per se, but he is delighted whenever they drop by. the two are on fairly decent terms with him in return.

lana: first revan, now the sith triumverate... how damn lucky is she to encounter all these legends of her era? though she wouldn’t consider sion a potential friend, lana would still ask him plenty of questions. now, traya...that’s a different story. she could listen to her for hours.

[flipthescreen]

Galactis on Yavin 4 listening to spirit revan explain kotor 1 to him

Revan: and thus, T3 and myself set off to dromund kaas on our own in the ebon hawk, we crashed on the planet and I ended up beign captured my lord scourge and a member of the dark council and was tortured for-

Galactis: hold on so you had an assassin droid, convinced your friend to become the next mandalore and you DIDN'T think to wait a few years to help rally the Mandalorian, you other friends, and your assassin droid that you built, the same droid that almost killed myself and the empire best twice! and instead of doing all of that you took 1 astromech to a planet full of sith lords!

Revan: but if I had stayed then the sith triumverate might have defeaned the galaxy to the force and the jedi exile wouldn't have reconnected herself to the force

Galactis: IM SORRY THE SITH WHAT?!

[meatbag-status]

Hahahhahaha! I tend to agree. With the way the Zakuul thing played out, stroywise, we’ve had enough of him. I think we’ll probably just be dealing with his legacy. Like how in KotOR 1 & 2, we never really dealt with the Sith Empire, but everything they left behind, plus the unseen hand of the Emperor, messed things up pretty badly. The Mandalorian War, Revan and Malak finding the hidden academy on Malachor V, the two of them being brainwashed and sent back, the Sith Triumverate studying at said Academy, all the holocrons that corrupted Atris, the echoes in the Force etc etc etc.

Vitiate had 1400 (?) years to spread his influence across the galaxy and there’s no way we’ve seen the last of all the nasty things he’s hidden away. He still has Vaults out there and then there’s everything that we don’t know about Iokath and his influence in shaping Zakuulan culture for 300 years and what that means when it comes to the Order of Zildrog. Long story short: we probably won’t see or hear from the character in game, but we’re definitely going to be dealing with SOMETHING he left behind. Always cleaning up grandpappy’s messes, the son of a bitch!

And if we could kick his ass seeing all of his powers being thrown at us? Hooooo boy I would love that!

Ok here are some really crappy pictures of Valkorion’s destruction in the mindscape. I should’ve just recorded it. Anyway, what I noticed is that purple light shot straight up through the “throne” (which I couldn’t manage to capture) and then exploded, which pushes everyone back. And that is exactly what it looked like on Yavin 4. Purple light swirls around the Temple of Sacrifice and then it shoots straight out of the top into the sky. What I’m sayin is…what if he just transferred tf outta your head? And went somewhere else? Not dead?