Order of the Sith Lords History The Grand Plan 6. Regarding Darth Mauls replacement, Sidious was determined to ensure that Anakin Skywalker became his apprentice one day. For the time being, however, he was content to allow the Jedi Order totrain the boy. Aside from his fascination with the Chosen Ones unique potential, Sidious was reminded of his own youth by Skywalkers personality. The child—much like a young Palpatine from years ago—yearned for adventure and a life of significance, but resented authority and was rather skilled at hiding his anger. In the meantime, Sidious decided that the former Jedi Master Dooku would be a sufficient placeholder as an apprentice until Skywalkers fall to the dark side of the Force was completed. Like Plagueis, Sidious had no intention of being killed by an apprentice and replaced. However, while Plagueis had envisioned a system where master and apprentice worked in concert with loyalty and trust, Sidious desired to rule completely alone. He therefore created a Sith doctrine which he called the Rule of One. The new doctrine paid lip service to Banes Rule of Two in that only two beings could have the Darth title bestowed upon them at any given time. In all other ways however, it deviated substantially from Banes philosophy. Where Banes doctrine dictated that the master should train an apprentice earnestly and with the intention of making the apprentice as powerful as possible, Sidiouss doctrine detailed the need for an apprentice to function solely as an instrument of the masters will, not as a potential usurper. As such, Sidious never passed on teachings to any of his apprentices that might have enabled them to contest his power. In addition, while the Rule of Two dictated that the dark side should be concentrated into just two beings, Sidious planned to eventually create a cadre of lesser darksiders in addition to a Sith apprentice to help enforce the rule of his Empire. While these beings would receive no Sith training, and were technically not Sith as a result, they were nonetheless darksiders who answered to the authority of Sidious.
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