of this written but with the complications of daily life I wasn't able to get back to it until now.
I'm going to be talking about The Hundred Year Darkness and The Conquest of Sith Space in this post. These two story's are taken out of Jedi vs Sith: The Essential Guide To The Force by Ryder Windam. The book is one of my all time favorites because of the vast amount of information inside of it.
I'm still having trouble deciding about how I should right my posts so I may do something's different for this post. As always, I will give a brief summary of this section to start out.
The Hundred Year Darkness speaks of the great schisms between the Jedi and the Dark Jedi. The Dark Jedi discovered that they were able to use the Force to turn creatures into deadly warriors and because of this, the Jedi and Dark Jedi waged war against each other. And this left many worlds in turmoil. This time became known as The Hundred Year Darkness. The Jedi won the war and the remaining Dark Jedi were banished into the far reaches of space. There they discovered the world Korriban which is the home world of the Sith species. After conquering the Sith species, the Dark Jedi proclaimed themselves Sith lords.
This section goes on to talk about a Dark Jedi who was present during all of these events. This Dark Jedi was Ajunta Pall. It was said that he slew more than a dozen Jedi during these battles. His tomb has been confirmed to be on Korriban. It was among the fist burial sites on the planet.
This story has the discovery of the ancient Sith world Korriban. Now this is where things really start to get good. With these Dark Jedi starting the process of creating the Sith order, this opens the doorway for new events. I find it interesting that the Force guided the shuttle that held the exiles to the planet of Korriban. By doing this, it's setting up the age long conflict between the Jedi and Sith. I'm also thinking that the Force intended for this to happen on purpose. Maybe the galaxy needs this conflict in order to prevent a greater evil than the Sith from rising. Maybe there's a worse enemy out there. I will be talking more about this in the paragraphs below.
Next is The Conquest of Sith Space. This is the story told by Ajunta Pall of how the Dark Jedi found themselves on Korriban and how they became the Dark Lords of the Sith. He recounts all the events of The Hundred Year war but he also talks about how they conquered the Sith Species. Like me, he also thinks that it was by the will of the Force that they landed on Korriban. With the help of the Sith, they were able to build new star ships and weapons so that they may one day return to the galaxy and exact revenge on the Jedi.
I'm going to try and expand on the thought of the Force wanting this rivalry to happen for a very long time. Before the Dark Jedi were banished, they did still have a conflict with the Jedi. But maybe the Force foresaw this conflict ending sooner than expected (due to the weakness of the Dark Jedi compared to the Jedi) and it needed to do something so that the battle would continue. So it helped the Dark Jedi find Korriban and the Sith species. By doing this, the Dark Jedi become Dark Lords of the Sith and their numbers began to grow. They are becoming more powerful so that they can challenge the Jedi. Like I said before, I think that the Force is trying to prevent something worse than war than happening to the galaxy.
I'm starting to get angry with myself because I'm having difficulty with what I want to do in my post and every time I think of something new, I revert to my old ways. Maybe I need talk more about what I thought of the piece than try and relate different topics to it. I guess it will take some more practice for it to happen but I'll keep trying.
For my next post, I will be looking at Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith. I just got the Omnibus version of this graphic novel which includes issues #0-5 so hopefully I will be able to post it by the end of the month. But until that time, may the Force be with you.....
