00:00Once thought to be the greatest Green Lantern of all time, Sinestro became one of the most feared
00:05villains in the universe and a constant thorn in the side of Hal Jordan, Jon Stewart and the rest
00:11of the Green Lantern Corps. Originally the only wielder of the Yellow Lantern ring, Sinestro
00:16created his own corps based on the concept of fear, the Yellow Lantern Corps. So with this in
00:22mind, I'm Dan from WhatCulture and here are 10 things every DC Comics fan forgets about Sinestro.
00:30Number 10, the Sinestro Corps has their own oath. The oath has become one of the most recognisable
00:37aspects of the lanterns. Recitation of the oath is generally done during the charging of the rings
00:42which happens once every 24 hours for most ring bearers. Each oath is specific to the colour on
00:49the emotional spectrum that recites it. Hal Jordan began to use the familiar Green Lantern oath when
00:55charging his ring and eventually found that all lanterns used a similar one, although there were
01:00changes based on culture, sensory issues and more. It was discovered with the emotional spectrum that
01:07each corps had an oath. The oath for the Sinestro Corps is especially sinister because it talks of great
01:13fear and extols Sinestro's might specifically. Number 9, Guy Gardner used Sinestro's ring for a time.
01:21At the end of the crisis on Infinite Earths, Sinestro was executed by the Guardians and his spirit was
01:27held within the central power battery. John Stewart charged his ring directly from the battery and a
01:32malfunction allowed Sinestro to free himself and briefly invade Stewart's mind. After being ejected,
01:39Sinestro's spirit wandered Oa aimlessly for a time. Former Green Lantern Guy Gardner was on Oa to steal
01:46Sinestro's ring from the crypt of the Green Lanterns and Sinestro rose up to battle Gardner,
01:52but Guy won and got away with the ring. The Guardians eventually recaptured Sinestro's spirit
01:57and returned it to the battery. Guy had a bit of trouble with the yellow ring however. He did not
02:02read or speak Quodian, so he didn't understand what the ring was saying to him. They instead developed an
02:08instinctual understanding of each other. Also, the ring had no battery to charge it, but instead got its
02:14charge from battling a Green Lantern ring. This wasn't information Gardner had at first, and then
02:19a parallax-possessed Hal Jordan came and took Gardner's ring to add it to his collection.
02:25Number 8. Skill and Will
02:28Sinestro had a number of skills that have nothing to do with his Yellow Lantern ring. In addition to
02:33his genius intellect, Sinestro was said to be specifically attuned to what those around him
02:38feared. Even without employing any ring power to augment the skill, Sinestro could centre on a
02:44person's fear and use it to manipulate and intimidate them. Sinestro had superior leadership
02:50skills and was a master tactician, and an unparalleled hand-to-hand combatant. He had
02:55regularly taken on a number of lanterns at once by himself, and in a group of people where willpower
03:01was a benchmark of greatness, Sinestro was considered to possess the most indomitable will
03:06of any being in all of the universe. This determination was made by the Guardian's living
03:11embodiment of willpower, Ion. Despite his fall from grace, there was probably a reason why Sinestro
03:17was once considered the greatest Green Lantern of all time. Number 7. He's a team player. In addition
03:24to his own Sinestro Corps, and his former affiliation with the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro was a member
03:30of a number of different supervillain teams, made mostly of Earth-based villains, whose involvement
03:35brought him in direct confrontation with the Justice League. Sinestro has been a member of the secret
03:40society of supervillains, the Injustice League, and most recently Sinestro joined nearly every
03:45costumed villain currently active in the society. A group created by Alexander Luther of Earth-3,
03:52who was posing as Earth-1's Lex Luthor. The society was created to work together, coordinate,
03:58and make the heroes pay for the perceived mind-wipes of villains by the Justice League.
04:03Number 6. Sinestro's ring comes from another dimension.
04:07To punish Sinestro for his crimes on Karuga, the Guardians banished him to the planet Quod in the
04:13Anti-Mata universe. There, he met the Weaponers, who were a group of engineers, designers, and weapons
04:19makers in the community. Sinestro told them about the Green Lantern rings and their necessary yellow
04:24impurity. The Weaponers then created the yellow ring and the power battery to charge it. The yellow rings
04:30created yellow energy constructs, usually based on some aspect of the emotion of fear. The rings also
04:36created energy blasts with varying degrees of force. The stronger the will of the user,
04:41the greater the blast. Additionally, the ring created force fields and bubbles that protect
04:46the user from harm and allow them to fly in space without the benefit of a ship. The ring has also
04:51created wormholes, spatial warps, and has engaged in limited time travel.
04:56Number 5. The New 52.
04:58After Flashpoint, when the DC universe found itself rebooted in the New 52, Sinestro found himself
05:06again. The Guardians saw this as an opportunity for Sinestro to redeem himself, and with the
05:11help of Hal Jordan, he disassembled his own Sinestro core. At one point, the Indigo tribe
05:16forced an Indigo ring on Sinestro, but Jordan was able to get them to free him into his custody.
05:22Then, the Guardians turned and instructed the Black Hand to kill Jordan and Sinestro. As they
05:28felt their energy waning, they fused their rings together and sent it off for health. The pair was
05:33released Green Lantern, Tomar Ray, who asked them to save him. However, Rayna was unable to resurrect
05:41the planet with his power, and Sinestro reclaims his yellow ring and goes off to gain his revenge.
05:47Number 4. The Blackest Night.
05:49An alliance between the old Green Lantern villain, Black Hand, and the entity Necron saw the dead
05:54rise as members of the Black Lantern core, an event that Sinestro's mentor, Abin Sir, had long
06:00feared. Necron summoned the embodiment of the life force into the universe, called the Entity.
06:06Sinestro entered the Entity, and emerged as a being of white energy, who was in harmony with
06:11every being in the universe. During the battle with Necron, Sinestro was killed, but he was healed
06:16by the Entity. Sinestro could then become the true guardian of the universe, but his own egotistical
06:22nature made him unable to retain the White Lantern energy. He reclaimed the yellow energy, and the
06:27lanterns worked together to separate Necron from the energy that powers the Black Lantern,
06:32and his armies expired again.
06:34Number 3. The Sinestro core.
06:36The return of Hal Jordan and the reconstruction of the Green Lantern core prompted Sinestro
06:41to create a core of his own. Returning to the anti-matter world of Quod, Sinestro created more
06:47yellow rings and sent them out in search of the most savage beings who could instill great fear in
06:53others. Sinestro directed his core to fight on many fronts, and then they began an assault on
06:58the Green Lantern's home planet of Oa. To stop the Sinestro core, the guardians authorised the
07:03Green Lantern core to use deadly force, and Sinestro claimed that this had been his goal
07:08all along. Even when he was defeated, he claimed victory, because he said that the now deadly
07:13Green Lantern core would now spread fear throughout the galaxy.
07:17Number 2. The greatest Green Lantern of all time.
07:20Long before Hal Jordan ever slipped on a Green Lantern ring, Sinestro was considered to be the
07:25greatest Green Lantern of them all. Sinestro was chosen for his honour and fearlessness.
07:30However, they were unaware that he took the ring from his predecessor and allowed him to die.
07:35The guardians were also supremely impressed that Sector 1417, the sector Sinestro patrolled as a
07:41Green Lantern, was virtually devoid of crime. Again, the guardians were oblivious to the
07:46dictatorial hold he had on his home world, and his extreme methods of dealing with those who
07:52opposed him. Sinestro hid his true side well from them. After Abin Sir died and passed his ring on to
07:58Hal Jordan, Ganthit assigned Sinestro to mentor him in the use of the ring, and they became friends
08:04until Sinestro's true nature and criminal actions became evident, and Jordan had to stop his new
08:10friend, gaining a deadly enemy in the process. Number 1. He is the master of fear.
08:15Each Lantern core embraced a one-word aspect on the emotional spectrum. The Blue Lanterns embrace
08:21hope, the Green Lanterns embrace will, and the Yellow Lanterns embrace the concept of fear.
08:26Sinestro was the true master of the concept, leading every member of his core to instill great fear in
08:32every corner of the universe. Sinestro embraced the teachings of Parallax, who he spent a great deal
08:38of time with while they were imprisoned together in the central power battery on Oa. Sinestro aided Parallax in
08:44taking over Hal Jordan, and in trying to destroy Kyle Rayner's will when he was on Ion to allow
08:50Parallax to possess him. When Parallax merged with Sinestro, he put him on the physical strength level
08:55of Superman, and his energy constructs were much stronger. Sinestro had the innate ability to
09:01determine and understand the fears of others. He was also able to communicate these fears to his core
09:07members telepathically. Sinestro also had the ability to coerce or intimidate others through
09:12fear without the use of his ring. This made him a particularly effective, if not always lawful,
09:18investigator. And that's our list. Know of any other things fans forget about Sinestro? Let us know in
09:23the comments section below. You can follow me on Twitter, at Dan J Durkin, and after that, be sure to
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