Sith

"Remember the first and only reality of the Sith: There can only be two, and you are no longer my apprentice."

- Darth Sidious to his former apprentice Darth Maul

Sith, derived from the name of a red-skinned species native to the planet Korriban, was a secretive order devoted to mastering the dark side of the force. Sith culture was influenced by the centuries of conflict between the dark side worshipping order and the Jedi, the defenders of the Republic. During the Clone Wars, there were known to be only two, a master and an apprentice, a practice created after the New Sith War by Darth Bane. Before the Great Sith War era, the Sith order, like its Jedi counterpart, had hundreds of thousands of members. However, after the devastation visited upon the order by Republic forces, Bane, one of the last survivors of this period, devised this Rule of Two. The Rule stated that there could be no more than two true members of the Sith Order, the master, and his apprentice, no more no less; this doctrine allowed the order to strengthen and hide Republic for centuries until their existence was revealed during the Invasion of Naboo.

During this Invasion, Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul would do battle and ultimately die as the Trade Federation, influenced by Maul's master Sidious fought against Republic taxation policies. Obi-Wan Kenobi fought in this battle alongside his master, supposedly defeating Maul. After Maul's apparent death, former Jedi Master Dooku became Sidious's new apprentice gathering the unhappy corporate forces in the Republic into a Separatist Confederacy, which launched a war for galactic dominance.

Notable Sith Lords

 * Darth Sidious
 * Darth Maul
 * Darth Tyrannus
 * Darth Vader
 * Savage Opress

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * "Supply Lines"
 * "Ambush"
 * "Rising Malevolence"
 * "Shadow of Malevolence"
 * "Destroy Malevolence"
 * "Bombad Jedi"
 * "Cloak of Darkness"
 * "Lair of Grievous"
 * "Dooku Captured"
 * "The Gungan General"
 * "Defenders of Peace"
 * "Storm Over Ryloth"
 * "Liberty on Ryloth"
 * "Holocron Heist"
 * "Cargo of Doom" Appears in hologram in newsreel
 * "Children of the Force"
 * "The Zillo Beast"
 * "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back"
 * "Senate Spy"
 * "Landing at Point Rain"
 * "Weapons Factory" Picture only
 * "Legacy of Terror" Picture only
 * "Lightsaber Lost"
 * "The Mandalore Plot"
 * "Duchess of Mandalore"
 * "Corruption"
 * "Sphere of Influence"
 * "Evil Plans"
 * "Hostage Crisis"
 * "Heroes on Both Sides"
 * "Pursuit of Peace"
 * "Senate Murders"
 * "Nightsisters"
 * "Monster"
 * "Witches of the Mist"
 * "Overlords"
 * "Altar of Mortis"
 * "Ghosts of Mortis" Appears in vision
 * "Counterattack"
 * "Citadel Rescue"
 * "Water War"
 * "Gungan Attack"
 * "Prisoners"
 * "Shadow Warrior"
 * "Carnage of Krell" Indirect mention only
 * "Kidnapped"
 * "Escape from Kadavo"
 * "A Friend in Need"
 * "Friends and Enemies"
 * "The Box"
 * "Crisis on Naboo"
 * "Massacre"
 * "Bounty"
 * "Brothers"
 * "Revenge"
 * "Front Runners"
 * "Tipping Points"
 * "A Necessary Bond"
 * "Revival"
 * "Eminence"
 * "Shades of Reason"
 * "The Lawless"
 * "To Catch a Jedi"
 * "The Wrong Jedi" Indirect mention only
 * "The Unknown"
 * "Conspiracy"
 * "Fugitive"
 * "Orders"
 * "An Old Friend"
 * "The Rise of Clovis"
 * "Crisis at the Heart"
 * "The Disappeared, Part II"
 * "The Lost One"
 * "Voices" Appears in vision
 * "Destiny" Appears in vision
 * "Sacrifice"
 * "In Search of the Crystal"
 * "Crystal Crisis"
 * "The Big Bang"
 * Star Wars: Dark Disciple
 * Star Wars: Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir
 * "Old Friends Not Forgotten"