Star Wars: Lords of the Sith Star Wars: Lords of the Sith Star Wars: Lords of the Sith is a "Star Wars" novel by Paul S. Kemp, published in April 2015. Set between the film "" and the novel "", it features Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine facing off against revolutionaries. "Lords of the Sith" was one of the first four novels published in the franchise after Lucasfilm redefined "Star Wars" continuity in April 2014. In "Lords of the Sith", Vader and Palpatine find themselves hunted by revolutionaries on the Twi'lek planet Ryloth. With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most of
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Lucas decided the movies would work best as a trilogy. In the final act of the trilogy's final episode, "Return of the Jedi", Vader is ultimately redeemed through an act of sacrifice for Luke. This was in 1983, more than six years since the release of "Star Wars". Lucas admitted to being "burned out" and announced he would take a break from working on the saga. Throughout the 1980s, George Lucas remarked he had no desire to return to "Star Wars" and had unofficially canceled his sequel trilogy by the time of "Return of the Jedi". Because Lucas had developed