Darth Tenebrous was the Sith Master of Darth Plagueis. Tenebrous was suspected to have designed the Scimitar, the personal starship of the Sith Lord Darth Maul that was officially designed by[1] engineer and starship designer Raith Sienar.[2]
As with a number of other ancient Sith Lords, Tenebrous served as the namesake of one of the Sith trooper legions of the Sith Eternal, a cult led by[3] Plagueis' apprentice, Darth Sidious,[4] in 35 ABY.[5] Specifically, the 26th Legion was dubbed the "Tenebrous Legion," and as Sith history was kept secret from the rest of the galaxy, only Sith Eternal cultists were aware of the name's significance.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Darth Tenebrous was first mentioned in the current Star Wars canon in the forty-fourth issue of the magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon, published by De Agostini[1] around November 4, 2015.[6]
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Darth Tenebrous was originally introduced in "The Tenebrous Way," a short story in Star Wars Insider 130, published by Titan Magazines[7] on December 13, 2011.[8] The story was written by Matthew Stover and illustrated by Brian Rood.[7] The character was a male Bith and was also identified as Rugess Nome in the novel Darth Plagueis, written by James Luceno and published in 2012.[9]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 44 (Starship Fact File: Sith Infiltrator: Scimitar) (First mentioned)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- "The Final Order and the Battle of Exegol" — Star Wars Encyclopedia
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 44 (Starship Fact File: Sith Infiltrator: Scimitar)
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels: Visual Guide: Epic Battles
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Darth Sidious Biography Gallery in the Databank (backup link) (Slide 1)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary is set thirty-five year after the Battle of Yavin, which corresponds to 35 ABY per Star Wars: Galactic Atlas.
- ↑ The second issue of the De Agostini weekly magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon was set to be published on January 14, 2015, according to De Agostini Publishing: Build the Millennium Falcon Magazine & Model by Chris Wyman on TheForce.net (January 8, 2015) (archived from the original on November 6, 2016). Therefore, Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon 44 was published around November 4, 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Tenebrous Way" — Star Wars Insider 130
- ↑ Star Wars Insider #130 on GameSpot.com (backup link)
- ↑ Darth Plagueis
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Sacrifice"
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Tarkin