The Non-Canon Expert looks at why the Jedi Order’s ability to use the Force was diminished during the era of the Prequel Trilogy, as Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Yoda recognized during Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, explaining how the dark side grew significantly in the decades before the Clone Wars. This is a Legends story for Darth Plagueis, Darth Sidious, and the efforts of the Sith in the years before Episode 1: The Phantom Menace with information found in a number of Legends sources, but primarily within the Legends novels «Star Wars: Darth Plagueis,» «Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Wild Space,» «Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil,» and the Episode 2: Attack of the Clones novelization.