Post by Jetzt on Mar 18, 2005 0:22:02 GMT
Credit for this goes to Everitt_Cage on the SWG forums, who responded with this when someone asked who the heck Sifo-Dias was:
(((( May contain a few minor RotS plot points ))))
"Sifo-Dyas was a loyal Jedi Master, and member of the Jedi council. He was, however, of like mind as Qui-Gon Jinn and Count Dooku(who was still a Jedi at the time), meaning he was a free spirit, willing to bend the rules if he thought it was in the best interest of the Jedi and Republic as a whole. Master Sifo-Dyas felt the Jedi's power slowing deminishing, as Yoda and Mace spoke of in ep II, and knew what it mean: the darkside, and the Sith, were growing in power, and that meant there would be a comming war.
Sifo-Dyas knew the council would not permit the creation of an army without justification, but knew that when the war came it would be too late for the Republic if it was defenseless, and decided to order the army himself, which would be made in secret, but could be used by the Republic to defend itself and defeat the Sith when the war finally happened. Sifo-Dyas and Dooku were working together in this, and while Sifo ordered the clone army from the Kaminoans, Dooku deleted Kamino from the Jedi archives to keep anyone from comming across the planet and finding the location of the army that was being cloned in secret.
However, just at the same time, Qui-Gon Jinn, a close friend of Count Dooku's(as he had been his padawan) was suddenly killed, deeply affecting the Count. Dooku had also grown to the point of disgust with the corruption in the senate which controled the very republic the Jedi were sworn to serve. If the senate which controlled the republic was corrupt, and the jedi served that republic, did that not mean the Jedi were serving a corrupt entity, and therefore corrupting themselves?
It was for these reasons Dooku felt he could no longer serve the Jedi Order, and renounced his rank of Master. After leaving the Order, Dooku was somehow turned to the dark side of the force by Darth Sidious, and taken as his Sith apprentice. Sidious would use the clone army for his own bennifit, that being to destroy all other armies which could even stand up to him, and more importantly, the Jedi Order. But, since Sifo-Dyas was a loyal Jedi, and was behind the whole clone army creation, he would have to be killed if the clone army was to be used for another purpose. Sifo-Dyas was mysteriously killed, and there are two possible people who did it: his former friend Count Dooku, or the Bh Jango Fett.
It would make sense that Jango Fett was the one to kill him. Why? The purpose of the clone army was to destroy the Jedi, the greatest obstacle to Sidious's plan of galactic domination. An army designed to destroy the Jedi order would need to be cloned from a host who himself was capable of killing a Jedi. By hiring Jango Fett to kill Sifo-Dyas, (and we know he could kill a Jedi master, as he did it in ep II), they had proof that Jango was capable of defeating a Jedi, which explains why he was chosen to be the template for an army designed to kill Jedi.
The next step was to defeat all armies which could stand against Sidious in the future. This was done by Count Dooku starting the Seperatist movement, in which all the major armies of the galaxy(the trade federation, the intergalactic banking clan, etc) were persuaded to take up arms against the republic. This gave the chancellor the excuse for having an army of his own to defend the republic against this threat.
Obi-Wan was led to Kamino at just the time the Republic needed said army. Although she didnt know it, Zam Wesell was never intended to suceed in her assassination attempt on Padme. Sidious, Dooku, and Jango knew that Zam wasnt powerful or skilled enough to kill someone under the guard of the famous Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. They knew she would fail, and would be captured. But they wanted her to be captured so Jango could then kill her, and in doing so place the evidence needed to lead the Jedi to the clone army.
Jango Fett purposely used a type of dart which led Obi-Wan to search for its origin, which he found missing from the jedi archives, which compelled him to go to the planet Kamino to discover the clone army at the precise time Sidious wanted the army to be found so he could use it. The republic had their army, the seperatists had theirs and they finally went to war. Dooku, secretly serving the leader of the Republic(and dark lord of the Sith), knew that the Republic had to win, and manuevered events little by little in the Republics favor, ensuring they won the war. When the war was at its end, the Seperatist made one final, desperate attempt at victory by attacking the capital of the republic itself, and 'capturing' it's chancellor. Obi-Wan and Anakin rescued the chancellor, killing Dooku in the process. After the Seperatists were defeated, and there existed no armies which could stand against Sidious when he took over, the last remaining enemy was the Jedi Order itself.
Ever since being told by Dooku that a Sith lord was in control of the senate, the jedi, though timid at first, began to look closer and closer and the senate. Finaly the Jedi realized who was orchestrating the entire thing, and that the supreme chancellor was really the Sith lord Dooku had spoke of being in control of the senate in ep II. What they did not know, however, was that Sidious instructed Dooku to tell them about a Sith lord controlling the senate. He knew the Jedi were no fools, and would eventualy find out it was him. He also knew that when they did, they would try to destroy him, which would look as if the Jedi order, was now trying to assassinate the supreme chancellor of the republic, and were traitors. He also knew that, suspecting him to be a Sith lord, the Jedi would send some of its most powerful warriors to arrest him, and he also knew that these warriors would include several members of the Jedi council, whose actions represent the entire Order.
They went to arrest him but were unsucessful, and to the senate and republic it looked like the Jedi had tried to assassinate their supreme chancellor(when in actuality, they only fought him because he attacked THEM), who was a hero in their eyes, as he had won the war against the seperatist, insuring the saftey of the republic. The Jedi Order, which had served the Republic faithfully for 10,000 years, was declared an enemy of the Republic, for alledged treason, and the order was destroyed by the clone army, led by former Jedi Anakin, completing Sidious's master plan which spanned decades."
(((( May contain a few minor RotS plot points ))))
"Sifo-Dyas was a loyal Jedi Master, and member of the Jedi council. He was, however, of like mind as Qui-Gon Jinn and Count Dooku(who was still a Jedi at the time), meaning he was a free spirit, willing to bend the rules if he thought it was in the best interest of the Jedi and Republic as a whole. Master Sifo-Dyas felt the Jedi's power slowing deminishing, as Yoda and Mace spoke of in ep II, and knew what it mean: the darkside, and the Sith, were growing in power, and that meant there would be a comming war.
Sifo-Dyas knew the council would not permit the creation of an army without justification, but knew that when the war came it would be too late for the Republic if it was defenseless, and decided to order the army himself, which would be made in secret, but could be used by the Republic to defend itself and defeat the Sith when the war finally happened. Sifo-Dyas and Dooku were working together in this, and while Sifo ordered the clone army from the Kaminoans, Dooku deleted Kamino from the Jedi archives to keep anyone from comming across the planet and finding the location of the army that was being cloned in secret.
However, just at the same time, Qui-Gon Jinn, a close friend of Count Dooku's(as he had been his padawan) was suddenly killed, deeply affecting the Count. Dooku had also grown to the point of disgust with the corruption in the senate which controled the very republic the Jedi were sworn to serve. If the senate which controlled the republic was corrupt, and the jedi served that republic, did that not mean the Jedi were serving a corrupt entity, and therefore corrupting themselves?
It was for these reasons Dooku felt he could no longer serve the Jedi Order, and renounced his rank of Master. After leaving the Order, Dooku was somehow turned to the dark side of the force by Darth Sidious, and taken as his Sith apprentice. Sidious would use the clone army for his own bennifit, that being to destroy all other armies which could even stand up to him, and more importantly, the Jedi Order. But, since Sifo-Dyas was a loyal Jedi, and was behind the whole clone army creation, he would have to be killed if the clone army was to be used for another purpose. Sifo-Dyas was mysteriously killed, and there are two possible people who did it: his former friend Count Dooku, or the Bh Jango Fett.
It would make sense that Jango Fett was the one to kill him. Why? The purpose of the clone army was to destroy the Jedi, the greatest obstacle to Sidious's plan of galactic domination. An army designed to destroy the Jedi order would need to be cloned from a host who himself was capable of killing a Jedi. By hiring Jango Fett to kill Sifo-Dyas, (and we know he could kill a Jedi master, as he did it in ep II), they had proof that Jango was capable of defeating a Jedi, which explains why he was chosen to be the template for an army designed to kill Jedi.
The next step was to defeat all armies which could stand against Sidious in the future. This was done by Count Dooku starting the Seperatist movement, in which all the major armies of the galaxy(the trade federation, the intergalactic banking clan, etc) were persuaded to take up arms against the republic. This gave the chancellor the excuse for having an army of his own to defend the republic against this threat.
Obi-Wan was led to Kamino at just the time the Republic needed said army. Although she didnt know it, Zam Wesell was never intended to suceed in her assassination attempt on Padme. Sidious, Dooku, and Jango knew that Zam wasnt powerful or skilled enough to kill someone under the guard of the famous Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. They knew she would fail, and would be captured. But they wanted her to be captured so Jango could then kill her, and in doing so place the evidence needed to lead the Jedi to the clone army.
Jango Fett purposely used a type of dart which led Obi-Wan to search for its origin, which he found missing from the jedi archives, which compelled him to go to the planet Kamino to discover the clone army at the precise time Sidious wanted the army to be found so he could use it. The republic had their army, the seperatists had theirs and they finally went to war. Dooku, secretly serving the leader of the Republic(and dark lord of the Sith), knew that the Republic had to win, and manuevered events little by little in the Republics favor, ensuring they won the war. When the war was at its end, the Seperatist made one final, desperate attempt at victory by attacking the capital of the republic itself, and 'capturing' it's chancellor. Obi-Wan and Anakin rescued the chancellor, killing Dooku in the process. After the Seperatists were defeated, and there existed no armies which could stand against Sidious when he took over, the last remaining enemy was the Jedi Order itself.
Ever since being told by Dooku that a Sith lord was in control of the senate, the jedi, though timid at first, began to look closer and closer and the senate. Finaly the Jedi realized who was orchestrating the entire thing, and that the supreme chancellor was really the Sith lord Dooku had spoke of being in control of the senate in ep II. What they did not know, however, was that Sidious instructed Dooku to tell them about a Sith lord controlling the senate. He knew the Jedi were no fools, and would eventualy find out it was him. He also knew that when they did, they would try to destroy him, which would look as if the Jedi order, was now trying to assassinate the supreme chancellor of the republic, and were traitors. He also knew that, suspecting him to be a Sith lord, the Jedi would send some of its most powerful warriors to arrest him, and he also knew that these warriors would include several members of the Jedi council, whose actions represent the entire Order.
They went to arrest him but were unsucessful, and to the senate and republic it looked like the Jedi had tried to assassinate their supreme chancellor(when in actuality, they only fought him because he attacked THEM), who was a hero in their eyes, as he had won the war against the seperatist, insuring the saftey of the republic. The Jedi Order, which had served the Republic faithfully for 10,000 years, was declared an enemy of the Republic, for alledged treason, and the order was destroyed by the clone army, led by former Jedi Anakin, completing Sidious's master plan which spanned decades."
