Thought bomb

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The thought bomb was one of the most powerful and destructive applications of the dark side of the Force which targeted all Force-sensitive individuals and vaporized clothing, flesh, bone, and even stone within the radius of the weapon's blast. The thought bomb sucked the souls of its victims into a sphere of dark side energy where they were trapped in an orb of dark torment until the end of time.

Contents 1 History 2 Appearances 3 Sources 4 Notes and references

[edit] History

The thought bomb's use dated back to the ancient Sith, and stories were told in the Jedi Temple about the destruction they caused. The bomb's secrets were forgotten and thought to be lost forever until Darth Bane discovered Darth Revan's holocron in the Temple of the Ancients on the planet Lehon. The holocron was constructed by Darth Revan nearly three thousand years earlier, but the technique likely even predated Revan.^[3]

Knowledge of creating the thought bomb had been given by Darth Bane to Lord Kaan of the Brotherhood of Darkness who unleashed the last-known bomb against the Army of Light during the catastrophic Seventh Battle of Ruusan.^[2] It was Bane's plan all along for Kaan to use the thought bomb in order to purge The Brotherhood of Darkness of any Sith survivors, allowing Bane to rebuild the Sith Order under the Rule of Two in the shadows of secrecy.^[4] Formed through an ancient ritual requiring the combined will of many powerful Sith Lords, the thought bomb, when triggered, unleashed the pure destructive energy of the dark side. While the Sith Lords performed the ritual, the air around them grew cold, causing icicles to form on them. The heat and light around a certain perimeter of the thought bomb was almost nonexistent; consumed by the thought bomb.^[3]

Darth Bane, a young Force-sensitive girl named Rain, and her cousin Darovit were among the survivors of the dark side weapon. Other survivors included Jedi Lord Valenthyne Farfalla and the remaining Jedi of the Army of Light that fled with him.^[4] The Sith Lord Githany was killed by the blast while trying to flee the cave where all of the remaining Sith Lords detonated the weapon. Lord Kaan killed himself and the remaining Sith Lords as well as Lord Hoth and the ninety-nine Jedi who traveled into the cavern to stop Kaan.^[2] Bane sensed the wave of dark side energy pass over him, but he was distant enough to feel only the reverberations of the blast. Although, a few hours after the detonation of the thought bomb, Bane experienced severe headaches and hallucinations of Kaan and Qordis until he acquired his new power from Freedon Nadd's tomb on Dxun. It has also been discovered, that if one were to physically touch the the thought bomb, one could hear the screams of the tormented spirits trapped within.^[4]

The Spirits of the victims of the thought bomb were eventually freed by Kyle Katarn though their presence continued to linger.^[5]

[edit] Appearances

• Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
• Jedi vs. Sith
• Darth Bane: Rule of Two
• Bane of the Sith (Mentioned only)
• Dark Forces: Jedi Knight (First appearance) (Appears in flashback(s))
• The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Mentioned only)

[edit] Sources

• Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide
• Tales of the Jedi Companion
• The New Essential Chronology
• Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
• Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties
•  The Dark Forces Saga on Wizards.com (article)
• "Heritage of the Sith" - Star Wars Insider 88
• Jedi Academy Training Manual

[edit] Notes and references