Post by Silver on Apr 12, 2011 19:32:54 GMT -5
Nihilus is a particularly cryptic and powerful Sith, and I would like to portray what few showings he does have here.
As with other EU respect threads, however, this will be different in that comics are not the only source material for Star Wars. To represent Nihilus' capabilities, I will be posting plenty of comic scans but also presenting videos from Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as well as quoting sourcebooks. For those of you who are hazy on Star Wars knowledge, let me explain a few things first.
1. Just in case this needs to be said, EU is Expanded Universe. Basically, EU Star Wars is all information and material separate from the movies. This includes TV shows, comics, novels, video games, etc.
2. The Star Wars canon classes will be brought up in this thread at least a few times. So, to follow the terms I use and just to clarify, in Star Wars continuity, there are five canon classes.
3. I may also abbreviate the titles of events or series. For instance, Knights of the Old Republic will simply be KOTOR, and Knights of the Old Republic II: The SIth Lords will be KOTOR 2.
4. As I said above, I will be quoting sourcebooks. I will have no scans of pages from novels or sourcebooks. Instead, I will take a section from a book, quote it, and list what the source material is.
5. For those of you who may be skeptical about my using sourcebooks/handbooks as a legitimate source of information, understand that Star Wars source/handbooks have a much better level of credibility than Marvel handbooks, for instance. In comparison with the comic or novel that a certain section may be based on, Star Wars handbooks and sourcebooks tend to be extremely accurate and are often re-released every few years with updated information. Facts provided in sourcebooks are C-Canon.
Having gone through all that (hopefully it all makes sense), respect Nihilus.
Powers
Visas explains the extent of Nihilus' power through the Force (5:10 to 5:28).
Force Drain
Drain is a dark side power that drains the life and Force energies present inside living beings, both Force sensitive and non-Force sensitive, as a means to kill them and enhance the user.
Nihilus' most famous ability, he siphons the life energy of the Miraluka colony world Katarr.
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Kreia explains that Nihilus and Sion stole her Force powers. Sourcebooks identify this as being related to their Force Drain.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
Essence Transfer
Essence Transfer, Transfer Essence, or Spirit Transference is an ability that allows a dark sider to exit their body in the form of their Force energy consciousness and possess another body or even an inanimate object, usually by performing a ritual or speaking an incantation.
Darth Nihilus is known to have bonded his Essence to his armor and in his armor was able to travel freely.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
However, Nihilus has the weakness of needing to feed on Force energies in order to sustain his Essence.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
The Exile and Visas confront Nihilus. Neither of them can be Drained by his powers, and without his life-feeding power being of use, he is defeated, as it appears that his Essence is reliant on his armor.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
--Taken from The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Telekinesis
Force Telekinesis is a power through which a Force sensitive can move, contort, and control matter for a variety of effects, ranging from constructive purposes to destructive ones.
It has been stated that Nihilus ripped up his vessel the Ravager from the surface of Malachor V only using the Force. How he accomplished this is ambiguous, as it might have been his own power or his powers working with the planet itself (5:52 to 6:05).
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
Force Stun
Force Stun is a power that traps an enemy within a case of energy, freezing them in place.
Nihilus uses this power on the Exile and Visas (0:54 to 1:33).
--Taken from The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
As with other EU respect threads, however, this will be different in that comics are not the only source material for Star Wars. To represent Nihilus' capabilities, I will be posting plenty of comic scans but also presenting videos from Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as well as quoting sourcebooks. For those of you who are hazy on Star Wars knowledge, let me explain a few things first.
1. Just in case this needs to be said, EU is Expanded Universe. Basically, EU Star Wars is all information and material separate from the movies. This includes TV shows, comics, novels, video games, etc.
2. The Star Wars canon classes will be brought up in this thread at least a few times. So, to follow the terms I use and just to clarify, in Star Wars continuity, there are five canon classes.
- G-Canon- (George Lucas Canon). This is the highest canon class. It includes only the movies and material pertaining to them.
- T-Canon- (Television Canon). This is the second highest canon class and includes any information provided in TV shows. This includes Star Wars The Clone Wars, as an example.
- C-Canon- (Continuity Canon). This is the basic canon. This includes everything else that is confirmed to be in continuity, i.e., novels, comics, sourcebooks/handbooks, video games, etc.
- S-Canon- (Secondary Canon). This is essentially any information that has yet to be confirmed as canon. It should only be mentioned in the context that there is a chance a given piece of information could be non-canon.
- N-Canon- (Non Canon). Self-explanatory.
3. I may also abbreviate the titles of events or series. For instance, Knights of the Old Republic will simply be KOTOR, and Knights of the Old Republic II: The SIth Lords will be KOTOR 2.
4. As I said above, I will be quoting sourcebooks. I will have no scans of pages from novels or sourcebooks. Instead, I will take a section from a book, quote it, and list what the source material is.
5. For those of you who may be skeptical about my using sourcebooks/handbooks as a legitimate source of information, understand that Star Wars source/handbooks have a much better level of credibility than Marvel handbooks, for instance. In comparison with the comic or novel that a certain section may be based on, Star Wars handbooks and sourcebooks tend to be extremely accurate and are often re-released every few years with updated information. Facts provided in sourcebooks are C-Canon.
Having gone through all that (hopefully it all makes sense), respect Nihilus.
Powers
Visas explains the extent of Nihilus' power through the Force (5:10 to 5:28).
Visas: His power is great, and it comes from hunger. He is a wound in the Force, more presence than flesh, and in his wake, life dies... sacrificing itself to his hunger.
Force Drain
Drain is a dark side power that drains the life and Force energies present inside living beings, both Force sensitive and non-Force sensitive, as a means to kill them and enhance the user.
Nihilus' most famous ability, he siphons the life energy of the Miraluka colony world Katarr.
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Kreia explains that Nihilus and Sion stole her Force powers. Sourcebooks identify this as being related to their Force Drain.
Darth Traya indeed teaches the newly christened Darth Nihilus to harness his life-draining gift to radical heights—so effectively, in fact, that Nihilus saps Traya's powers in a calculated double-cross.
But Traya underestimates her disciples' depravity. They turn on her and drain her Force powers.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
Essence Transfer
Essence Transfer, Transfer Essence, or Spirit Transference is an ability that allows a dark sider to exit their body in the form of their Force energy consciousness and possess another body or even an inanimate object, usually by performing a ritual or speaking an incantation.
Darth Nihilus is known to have bonded his Essence to his armor and in his armor was able to travel freely.
Nothing matters except his hunger. Before it devours him totally, Nihilus uses its power to displace his persona into his robes and armor. As his useless body disintegrates, he becomes living primitive intention; at last, the whole of the galaxy becomes food—for Nihilus has become the hunger.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
However, Nihilus has the weakness of needing to feed on Force energies in order to sustain his Essence.
Then, when all seems lost, he discovers that his emptiness hungered. The first time, he fed it unconsciously. Draining another being's life is frightening, nauseating, but for a euphoric moment, the memories, the illness, and the hunger disappeared. But it proves insatiable. The more he indulges it, the shorter the satisfaction lasts and the more severe the hunger becomes. He begins feeding relentlessly, still always craving. Existence again becomes unbearable, but then hope materializes. A blind Sith Lord appears. She has felt his existence like a gaping wound through the Force. The Force, she explains, fuels his hunger, and she will show him how to devours worlds. The Sith and the Force are meaningless to him, but the hunger must be appeased.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
The Exile and Visas confront Nihilus. Neither of them can be Drained by his powers, and without his life-feeding power being of use, he is defeated, as it appears that his Essence is reliant on his armor.
However, Traya reciprocates his betrayal by luring him into a confrontation with the Jedi Exile and Nihilus's own former apprentice. When Nihilus tries feeding on the Jedi, his hunger is mysteriously repelled, as if confronted by his exact polar opposite. Psychically starved by the effort, the Dark Lord falls to the Jedi, and Nihilus the man dissolves into oblivion.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
Although Darth Nihilus managed to stun the Exile, he was unprepared for the devotion of his former pupil Marr to the young woman. Marr tried to exchange her life for that of the Exile, giving the former Jedi time to recover. Together, they confronted Darth Nihilus. The Sith Lord was no match for their combined might, and he fell in battle.
--Taken from The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
Telekinesis
Force Telekinesis is a power through which a Force sensitive can move, contort, and control matter for a variety of effects, ranging from constructive purposes to destructive ones.
It has been stated that Nihilus ripped up his vessel the Ravager from the surface of Malachor V only using the Force. How he accomplished this is ambiguous, as it might have been his own power or his powers working with the planet itself (5:52 to 6:05).
Colonel Tobin: This ship... is it his weakness? It should not exist, yet it cruises the darkness between the stars. He tore it from the mass shadows of Malachor, along with his fleet... that is a measure of his power.
Canderous: Hnh. This ship is barely holding itself together. The structural damage should have destroyed it long ago.
Colonel Tobin: He holds it together.
Canderous: Hnh. This ship is barely holding itself together. The structural damage should have destroyed it long ago.
Colonel Tobin: He holds it together.
Most Centurion-class battlecruisers are destroyed or captured by the end of the Jedi Civil War. However, during the Dark Wars, the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus managed to resurrect one of the crushed battlecruisers from Malachor V, turning the wreck of the Ravager into a spaceworthy ghost ship.
--Taken from the Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide
Force Stun
Force Stun is a power that traps an enemy within a case of energy, freezing them in place.
Nihilus uses this power on the Exile and Visas (0:54 to 1:33).
Although Darth Nihilus managed to stun the Exile, he was unprepared for the devotion of his former pupil Marr to the young woman.
--Taken from The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
