Darth Plagueis (JM2)

Darth Plagueis is one of the main characters of JMan2.0's take on a Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. Though he was thought to be dead, he is revealed to in fact still be around and acts as the main antagonist of the trilogy. This is still a work in progress, so if you care about spoilers for this kind of thing than don't read further.

=Biography=

Pre-Sequel Trilogy
Darth Plagueis was the Sith mentor to the future Emperor Palpatine, Darth Sidious. He would come to be legendary for how he discovered how to cheat natural death and in theory live forever. In spite of Sidious' talents Plagueis felt he could create an apprentice who was even more powerful, and branched that project off of his experiments in Midichlorian manipulation. He eventually managed to impregnate a young woman named Shmi with these methods, giving her the child that would come to be named Anakin Skywalker. Sidious however put things together in his mind, and realized that the baby was Plagueis' intended replacement for him. So one night while Plagueis was asleep, Sidious attacked his master with a brutal attack of Force Lightning until he was dead. Though Sidious would go on to create grand plans of his own, eventually managing to overthrow the Galactic Republic itself as an enemy from within, he always had a lingering fear that his "immortal" master was somehow still out there and would come back for retribution. Palpatine would eventually find out that Anakin was Plagueis' intended replacement for him after the Occupation of Naboo, and decided that he would eventually take Anakin as an apprentice for himself. To not only play dramatic irony and spite against his mentor but because he believed that like how Plagueis had intended, Anakin could potentially be the most powerful servant he could find. With his genetic design even giving him some kind of a disposition towards the Dark Side. It was shortly afterward that Sidious would take a thirteen year old Zabrak that would come to be known as Darth Maul under his wing.

Though his body was destroyed Darth Plagueis had actually still remained within the world of the living as a spectral wraith. Not alive, but also not dead. Though he had limited interaction with the mortal world he could still communicate with those in it. However this new form did provide him with the advantage of immeasurable travel throughout the universe. His experimental mind relishing the vast amounts of the universe he could see. He eventually came across a well populated Galaxy that had no knowledge of the Force. He taught them in its ways, and thus managed to create a huge following. One that expanded over the decades into a vast Empire that engulfed that entire Galaxy. In the wake of his new Empire, a new social order was created. A feudal caste system where those with the ability to wield the Force were put above those who did not have the same potential. In exchange for the services of the surf-level civilians, they were promised "protection" from the Sith Lords ruling over them. After having faced betrayal from just one fellow Sith, Plagueis decided to do away with the notion of the Rule of Two. Feeling he may as well have more followers to help further his plans if even just one was so dangerous to him. One of his first followers was a powerful nobleman named Baron Kuraiken.

The Reborn Order
Darth Plagueis only appears very limitedly in the first installment of the trilogy. But the fruits of his planning are seen throughout. He sent one of his students, a shapeshifter known as Darth Deceptus, to infiltrate the military command of the Galactic Confederacy. The Confederacy being a political power that controls much of the traditional "Star Wars" Galaxy that was made of the remnants of the Galactic Empire that was created by Plagueis' treacherous student. When the idea of peace talks arises between the new Galactic Republic and the Galactic Confederacy, Plagueis becomes determined to not only stop them, but also to incite a full-scale war between the two powers.

Deceptus executes a plan to create a war and ends up having a lightsaber duel against Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and his Padawan Learner/Nephew Bail Solo. He manages to slay Luke and has an opportunity to kill Bail, but Plagueis telepathically orders him to leave Bail unharmed since he has his own plans for him. Deceptus then flees, but manages to impersonate Governor Kaius. The leader of the Galactic Confederacy as the rekindled war between the two powers starts up again.

Rise of the Dark Side
Three years after the war has started, Plagueis is beginning his efforts to turn Bail Solo to the Dark Side of the Force. Bail feels guilty for the death of his uncle, believing that he could have been able to save him. Putting him on an obsessive quest to hunt down his murderer Darth Deceptus.