It will come as no surprise whatsoever, but the Sith of the Star Wars universe are quite a negative group of folk. Shocking, I know.
Without good there cannot be evil and without evil, there cannot be good. It’s that simple yet ideological concept that has driven theStar Warsuniverse, the brainchild of George Lucas ever since the firstmovieEpisode IV -A New Hopearrived in cinemas in 1977.
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We all know popular Sith lords fromDarth Vader, Darth Sidious and Darth Revan to name a few. However, how did the Sith come to be called theSith?
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According to a Wookieepediaentry: “The Sith, also referred to as the Sith Order was a sect of Force-sensitives who utilised the dark side of the Force.”
So in other words, slavery is a massive part of the Sith origins. On Reddit, Star Wars fans elaborated further on the origins of the Star Wars baddies.
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“In the real world, I’m not totally sure what the first mention is or how they came about. I believe Geroge Lucas intended the “bad guys” to be able to fully challenge a Jedi, but the only beings able to do that 1v1 would be another Jedi, but evil. Don’t quote me on that, though.”
To be honest, there is so much lore surrounding the Sith, the more we dig for information, the more questions we’ll have to ask.
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