| Star Wars Miniatures | The Star Wars Miniatures collection offers a great board game that doesn't require too much time or space to play. The miniatures are also exactly the right size for use with the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, which I would highly recommend. The old roleplaying system was made by West End Games, which I haven't tried.
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Rule of Two (Star Wars: Darth Bane, Book 2) | 
| Author: Drew Karpyshyn
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 9102
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1
ISBN: 0345477499
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780345477491
ASIN: 0345477499
Publication Date: October 28, 2008
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In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping portrait of a young man’s journey from innocence to evil. That man was Darth Bane, a twisted genius whose iron will, fierce ambition, and strength in the dark side of the Force made him a natural leader among the Sith–until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his own order . . . and create it anew from the ashes. As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two.
Two there should be; no more, no less.
One to embody the power, the other to crave it.
Now Darth Bane is ready to put his policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of the dark side. Though she is young, Zannah possesses an instinctive link to the dark side that rivals his own. With his guidance, she will become essential in his quest to destroy the Jedi and dominate the galaxy.
But there is one who is determined to stop Darth Bane: Johun Othone, Padawan to Jedi Master Lord Hoth, who died at Bane’s hands in the last great Sith War. Though the rest of the Jedi scoff at him, Joshua’s belief that there are surviving Sith on the loose is unshakeable.
As Johun continues his dogged pursuit of the man who killed his master, Zannah, faced unexpectedly with a figure from her past, begins to question her embrace of the dark side. And Darth Bane is led by Force-induced visions to a moon where he will acquire astonishing new knowledge and power–power that will alter him in ways he could never have imagined. . . .
From the Hardcover edition.
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 Fantastic Book! December 27, 2008
This was a Christmas present for my son. I did not read the book.
 Decent December 22, 2008
This book doesn't reveal a whole lot about the Sith or the rest of the Universe, but it has a somewhat interesting story about how Darth Bane got his unique armor and his first apprentice.
 Only so-so Star Wars November 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rule of Two is a continuation of the Darth Bane series, picking up right at the end of the first book. Bane, having found Zannah, takes the girl on as his apprentice in the ways of the Sith. The timeline moves forward swiftly, with Bane establishing a network in the background to start the rise of the Sith to power.
For every step forward this book took, it took another two backward. The chracters were entertaing and well fleshed out, but at the same time they made decisions without apparent rhyme or reason, and sometimes blundered through a formulaic progression. Zannah is frequently tempted to turn away from the dark side, and while on a few instances she has cause to return to Bane, in a handful, the evidence would indicate that she should leave, but doesn't, and the question as to how she convinced herself hangs like an albatross.
Combat simiarly was inventive and tried to be well detailed, but at times they regressed into uber-fan speak. I didn't know what Form I-VI were, and still don't care. If a style has a name fine, but don't rattle off a classification and expect a general audience to understand.
The overall plot was formulaic and boring, with no real climax and a rather lame resolution. The twist at the end was entertaining, and had a touch of dark side premeditation how ever piece snapped together, but otherwise, it wasn't anything I hadn't already read in the Darth Maul books, though with two X chromosomes and a healthy dollop of female emotional drama. Zannah is the high school musical equivalent of a Sith. She wasn't bloodspitting warmonger like Maul, or a puppeteer like Palpatine, or even a Sithian philosopher like Darth Bane. She was just a little girl playing with force lightning. A few quotable phrases and some nice usage of atmosphere are the only things that prevented this form being 1 star. In comic book format, this may have done better, but it was hard to see Zannah as a Sith when all I thought of was a whiny brat.
Best starwars book ever! November 17, 2008
The work of a genius to sum it up. Darth Bane rule of two is a journey into the darkside of the force from the perspective of two siths and a Jedi bent on exposing them. It was masterly crafted ande the action leaves one craving more. I only hope a third installment is in the works, it would be a shame if this series ends here.
A Must Read Sequel! September 16, 2008
This is a sequel to the best Star Wars book of all-time and, since it continues what the other book started, is a total must-read! It is even darker than the first book, and does an excellent job continuing an already-awesome story. Also, let me say that I am very picky and in general don't like most of the Star Wars books. Taking that into consideration, you should absolutely buy this book!
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