Star Wars: The Tragedy

Star Wars: The Tragedy is an Alternative Star Wars Saga short story written by Brandon Rhea. Set nineteen years before Star Wars: Episode I - The Chosen One, the novel chronicles the murder of Darth Plagueis and the ascension of his apprentice to the Sith throne, as well as his desire to prevent the birth of Annikin Skywalker.

Plot
Nineteen years before the start of the Clone Wars, Darth Plagueis the Wise and his apprentice reside in an ancient Sith academy on Dathomir. The immortal Plagueis realizes that his time as Dark Lord of the Sith is coming to an end. Despite his immortality, he can still be killed, and he suspects that his apprentice is plotting to kill him as dictated by the Rule of Two.

Under the cover of darkness as Plagueis sleeps, his apprentice sneaks into his chambers and stabs him, delivering a killing blow that would become a legend in the years that followed. As Plagueis dies, his apprentice becomes the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Taking up the mantle, the Dark Lord sits upon his throne, where he is greeted by Maul, who will soon become his apprentice. Maul's test to prove his worth is to travel to a desert world in the Outer Rim Territories, where the Dark Lord orders him to kill a pregnant woman before her unborn child can be born and become the one who will destroy the Sith.