Lit The Best Book about the Sith is...?

I was wondering if anyone could recommend what they think the best book about the history of the Sith is?

The Book of the Sith or Lost Tribe of the Sith or something else?

Thanks

 

Book of Sith is probably the most detailed - but it doesn't cover the Lost Tribe of the Sith at all.

Close behind - maybe the Jedi vs Sith: Essential Guide to the Force book.

 

Or is there another book, more of a novel that covers the Great Sith War?

 

The Great Hyperspace War and the Sith War (Sadow and Kun respectively) are mostly covered in the Tales of the Jedi comics, rather than in novels.

 

Great Sith War and the origins of the original Sith Empire were all in the Tales of the Jedi comic series. The Book of Sith covers that too though, in more detail when it comes to the actual origins, though the Fall of the Sith Empire is primarily documented in those comics, so it depends what sort of experience you wanted-- facts or a story.

Lost Tribe of the Sith is a collection of short-stories about exactly that: a lost tribe that live through the centuries. It's a very enjoyable read, but you'll only learn about the social development of that particular group, so it again depends exactly what sort of information/experience you're looking for.

 

The Bane Trilogy and Darth Plagueis are both full of Sith history.

 

The Phantom Menace novelization.

 

Might I add that the Hyperspace Timelines on YouTube, created as a backstory to SWTOR, are also full of Sith history, and I think do an excellent job of giving the most important pieces of information from respective eras.

 

From a canon perspective, that's the best bet...

 

At least the parts that line up with the movie, as it's been said repeatedly... so you might as well just watch the movie.

 

SMH, damn shame they were never finished. Those were honestly the most interesting part of The Old Republic to me. I'll agree with this though, they're filled with history on the Sith, and can be said to sum up a good portion of the ancient Sith comics, along with throwing in a few new details concerning the Sith Emperor and the new game they were for.

In terms of books though, if not Book of the Sith, then definitely Darth Plagueis.

 

I think Book of the Sith could be a little discombobulating without context. The best way to get a full understanding of Sith history, relatively quickly?

-Read TOTJ
-play KOTOR and go male/light side (for canon ending). Alternatively, watch a YouTube playthrough. I really recommend playing it though. Even if it's just on the ipad.
-watch the Hyperspace Timelines at this point. Maybe play some TOR or read some SWTOR books/comics. I haven't though, and I get along just fine.
-Read the Darth Bane trilogy, operating under the assumption that the brotherhood of darkness emerged after the fall of TOR's Empire.
-Read Darth Plagueis
-Read Book of Sith for a good overview of everything so far, including stuff farther back than TOTJ.

That catches you up on the Sith history right up to the movies. Don't be afraid to use wookieepedia, either. It's your friend.

 

Well, there's stuff in there that comes directly from George Lucas that's not mentioned in the movie (such as the history of the Sith and the mentioning of Darth Bane), so there!

 

Thanks all, i'm off to amazon and to you tube!

 

mes520- Those were excellent choices. The Bane Trilogy and Darth Pleguies are awesome books with chock filled historical bits and pieces of the sith and there alleged capabilities. After watching episodes like the Mortis Arc, Dathomir Witches (Mother Talzoin), and the Yoda Arc, the stuff in those books are not that far off. Some can and some can't do it, that what it sums it up to. The bad part though is that those books are Legends and may not be counted towards the new canon stuff. Which is a shame.

 

Are these three youtube videos what you were talking about in regards to the hyperspace timeline?







If so are there others and can someone post a link to them?

 

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLulzUtRA4Z4HoNlZfQz2Ew3B3bStQwrtX

That's a link to a playlist with all 12 of them. Watch them in order, preferably in one sitting.

 

The first timeline video you posted includes all twelve videos which were released.

As was alluded to, it was thought that there would be more, but they were never completed.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=467770


That said, as mentioned in that link I shared, there was talk of "a different series (currently unscheduled!) which will detail other aspects of the lore of The Old Republic."

I don't think I recall anything ever coming of this "different series."

Am I mistaken?

 

It will be interesting if Disney ever chooses to go that far back with their movies and neu. And if they do so will it take them quite a while to delve into that era. I personally will say all that stuff still happened in the disneyverse until they ouright come and overwrite it.