Discussions Is Darth Zannah the most underrated sith of all time?

In all the lists of greatest sith, you rarely see her name. However, considering how powerful she became, especially with sorcery, I consider her one of the most powerful sith ever. She destroyed Bane rather easily and her will was strong enough to allow her to force him out when he attempted essence transfer on her.

 

I don't know if she's underrated or not, but I think she's just not that interesting. In the Bane books we don't hear her inner thoughts at all. She wants to succeed Bane, yes, but it feels kind of forced, as if her only motivation is "because that's what is expected of her". I don't think she's very well developed as a character, which is a shame. Maybe that's why we rarely see her mentioned anywhere?

 

I like her, I wish the Sith Rule of Two could have been an on going series covering the whole thousand years between Bane and Plagueis, but I know that could be too much to ask.

Underrated? I don't think so, she is a fascinating character. But She isn't given a lot of attention out of her series of books (That were really more about bane.) I wouldn't have objected were she to get her own series following her training of Congus.

 

I always found Zannah an unworthy successor to Bane. While reading the books I remember wanting Bane to succeed in living eternally or transfering his consciousness to Zannah's body.

 

By Bane's own rules, she's a worthy successor to Bane, because she killed him in a face to face duel.

 

I'd like to know how Zannah trained Darth Cognus, adn how was Cognus as a Mster. Congus looked much more interesting to me than Zannah.

And, why Zannah didn't have a proper sith "Darth something" name? She just added Darth to her name, unlike all other sith that used the Darth mark.

 

Maul was Maul before he was Darth Maul, too.

 

I don't think he really had a choice in the matter. Maul was the only name he ever knew since infancy.

 

That wouldn't stop his master picking a different name.

Maybe it was just Sidious being a bit lacking in imagination:

"Maul, is it your will to join your destiny with the Order of Sith Lords?"

"Then, from this day forth, the truth of you, now and forevermore, will be Darth ... Maul."


Darth Naga Sadow might be another example of a character who didn't take on a new name when he gained the Darth title - though it was only in much later than ToTJ media that he was specifically called that as far as I can tell.

 

Palpatine doesn't strike me as the unimaginative type, especially considering all the tricks he used to gain control of the Galaxy.

 

Tbh I did too at least if you are going by Bane's rules. But only because she never challenged Bane at the height of his power. She was powerful but seemed to lack confidence.

 

Yeah.

 

When it comes to long-term planning, maybe - but perhaps, at least when it came to Maul, he thought it wasn't worth his time to think up a new and appropriate Sith Name - just adding Darth to Maul's name instead.

 

Still doesn't appear to me that Revan wasn't his real name. It's what people call him friend or foe, regardless of whether they knew him Sith or Jedi, whatever side of Force he walked at the time, leaving away the Darth part plenty.

 

In KotOR comics - we see an unknown Jedi pick up a Mandalorian's mask (the only one to protest the massacre of the Cathar, who died with them) that's when he takes the name - for the "revanchism" philosophy:

 

That image can be interpreted as him taking up a name, it is not the only interpretation. And anyway, it's not unknown. At no point is it established that the Jedi's name is some long forgotten secret, even to the Jedi Masters that trained him. Everyone knows his name, or can call up that information at any given time, consequently, they refer to him as Revan.

 

Unknown name for the readers, even if not unknown in-universe.

Wasn't Alek's renaming himself Malak, a homage to his own mentor's renaming of himself?

We know he was Malak before he was Darth Malak, anyway.

 

Not that i'm aware. And anyway, the writers were big enough to admit that Alex Squinquargesimus wasn't the best idea they ever had and backtracked on that point as much as they possibly can.

 

She lacked confidence in herself, as powerful as she was, that one characteristic is why she is hardly ever mentioned.

 

What book were you reading? The battle between Bane and Zannah was extremely close unless Bane wouldn't have had that last opportunity to try and use essence transfer.