I'm glad that I finally started the Darth Bane trilogy with Path of Destruction, because I found it intriguing—and I wasn't sure if I was going to. For the most part, I'm not interested in Sith characters because I don't like rooting for the bad guys, but I think Path of Destruction worked because Karpyshyn took an unlikable character (with a few good traits) and showed how that kind of person could fall to the dark side and become a villain like Darth Bane. I did have a few issues with the book, primarily that the Sith Academy section was just way too long, but I'm interested to see how the story unfolds in the next two books.

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00:00 Intro
01:30 The plot
02:45 Bane in Part 1
05:15 Bane in Part 2
08:42 Bane in Part 3
10:57 Bane's antihero arc
11:58 Githany
13:02 Qordis, Kas'im, Kopecz, Lord Kaan
13:56 The Jedi
14:20 Path of Destruction as bildungsroman
14:52 Issue 1: Part 2 too long
16:30 Issue 2: Some head hopping
17:25 Issue 3: Continuity in the Seventh Battle of Ruusan
18:50 In Short
20:06 Cat cameo