Obelisk
Who you ask are
the Sith? Well look no further than this obelisk. By deciphering
the Sith hieroglyphs you can learn who they are and what they
stand for.
Peace is a
lie. There is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.
—The Sith Code
Sith--An
ancient cult that uses the Dark Side of the Force. Masters of
alchemy and illusion. Once they "were mighty Jedi of the
(old)Republic, brothers in the Force, but the Great Schism
between the Dark Side and the Light turned Jedi against
Jedi." Driven off, exiled, they fled to the far side of the
galaxy where they found the Sith people who treated them as gods.
After many centuries the Sith empire grew to a vast, rich realm.
That was the Golden Age of the Sith . . . until Naga Sadow tried to conquer the Republic and add it to the
Sith empire. Sadow's invasion was defeated, but at great cost to
both sides, and the Sith empire fell into disarray and all but
vanished . . . until Exar Kunrediscovered it. Kun's rise to power started the galaxy-wide
Sith War, but he too was defeated and the Sith vanished again.
After another resurgence of the Sith by rouge Jedi, Darth Bane
reshaped the Sith order and kept it going, hidden from the rest
of the galaxy. The Sith believe that true power comes not from
the Light, but from the Dark Side; and that power unused is power
wasted. They are unmerciful in using any means necessary to reach
their goal. Not all dark side Force users are Sith followers; the
Force is omnipresent while the Sith are only one following of the
dark side, albeit the most powerful and well known.
Dark Lord of the Sith--"Traditionally, the titular master of the
ancient Sith people. A Jedi who has turned to the dark side of
the Force. The title of Dark Lord was passed down from one
generation to the next, with only one Dark Lord existing at a
time. The mummified remains of the Dark Lords are preserved on Korriban." There could be any number of Sith Lords but
only one Dark Lord at a time. Later, when Darth Bane instigated the policy of only two Sith Lords at
a time, a master and an apprentice, both sometimes took the title of Dark Lord. All Sith Lords have one thing
in common: the desire to conquer the galaxy.
Darth--Title taken by Sith Lords. Early Sith Lords did not
carry this title as it had not been created yet, but then later Lords took the
title as they saw fit. Darth Revan is one of the earliest Sith Lords known to carry the
title. From Darth Bane onward, nearly all Sith Lords took the title
Darth. This is also the time when the
tradition of one master one apprentice began.
Massassi--"An Ancient race of half-civilized
warriors on Yavin Four,
descended from the Sith followers of Naga Sadow. They were
purposefully mutated by Sadow's magic in order to provide a race
of fearsome warriors to guard the temples which stand as Sadow's
legacy. The Massassi use the dark side of the Force to control
and guide their primitive weapons. They were eventually conquered
by Exar Kun." Yes, the rebel base on Yavin 4 in
SW:ANH was ironically in a Massassi temple, a SITH TEMPLE!
*info in quotes from A
Guide to the SW:Tales of the Jedi Universe by Bob Cooper
