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*[[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]<ref name="EpisodeII">{{Film|II}}</ref>
**[[Dark Acolyte/Legends|Dark Acolytes]]<ref name="JCD">''[[Jedi: Count Dooku]]''</ref>
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{{Quote|We are the select few who refuse to be carried by the Force, and who carry it instead. Thirty in a millennium, rather than the tens of thousands fit to be Jedi.|[[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]|<ref name="Plagueis" />}}
The '''Order of the Sith Lords''', also known as '''Bane's Sith Order''', '''Banite Sith''', or simply the '''Sith''', was an ancient [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] organization of [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-sensitives]] who utilized the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side]] of [[The Force/Legends|the Force]]. Founded approximately [[1000 BBY|one thousand years before the]] [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] by the [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] [[Darth Bane/Legends|Darth Bane]], it was intended to replace the [[Brotherhood of Darkness/Legends|Brotherhood of Darkness]] and institute a rebirth of the Sith. The guiding principle of the Order was the [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]], which was developed by Bane through the teachings of [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] [[Revan/Legends|Revan's]] [[Darth Revan's Sith Holocron|Holocron]]. Under this new tenet, only two Sith Lords were allowed to exist at any given time; a [[Sith Master/Legends|master]] and an [[Sith apprentice/Legends|apprentice]]. The Rule stipulated that after learning everything the master had to teach, the apprentice would attempt to kill the master and take an apprentice of their own. The intended effect of this rule was to ensure that each successive master would be stronger than the last. Ultimately, Bane intended that his successors would be able to amass enough power in secret to engineer the fall of the Republic and the destruction of the Jedi Order.

Bane's expectations of the new Order were met with his [[Death/Legends|death]] at the hands of his own apprentice, [[Darth Zannah/Legends|Darth Zannah]]. The tradition was carried on over the next millennium, even though many Sith who followed in Bane's lineage were appalled at the thought of being slain by their own apprentices. After millenia of operating in secrecy, the [[Grand Plan/Legends|Grand Plan]] for revenge was initiated by the Sith Lords [[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]] and [[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]]. Sidious, who usurped his Master's position, ultimately fulfilled Darth Bane's dream: the return of Sith dominance throughout the [[The galaxy/Legends|galaxy]]. With the [[Order 66/Legends|betrayal]] and [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|near destruction]] of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]], Sidious dissolved the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]] and replaced it with the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|Galactic Empire]]. Ruling as [[Galactic Emperor/Legends|emperor]] in his public guise as "Palpatine", Sidious' reign was prophetically ended by his own apprentice&mdash;the [[Chosen One/Legends|Chosen One]], [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]]. Though he returned in the form of [[Cloning/Legends|several clones]], each inhabited in turn by the Emperor's [[Force ghost|dark spirit]], Sidious' final demise in [[11 ABY/Legends|11 ABY]] ended the line of Bane and Zannah.

The collapse of Darth Bane's Sith Order, however, did not bring about the final end of the Sith itself. [[Lumiya]], a former [[Emperor's Hand/Legends|Hand]] of Emperor Palpatine and the self-proclaimed [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lady of the Sith]], formed [[Lumiya's Sith|her own Sith]] and incorporated the Rule of Two in its philosophy. She regarded her greatest achievement in the form of her apprentice [[Darth Caedus]], a grandson of Anakin Skywalker and the first active Sith Lord since the reign of Darth Sidious. During the time of Lumiya and Caedus, another Sith Order had come into existence, one that was far less connected with the old Order of Darth Bane: The [[One Sith]], founded by the former [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Darth Krayt|A'Sharad Hett]], rejected the Rule of Two. Under the [[Rule of One]], the new organization permitted the existence of many Sith Lords, all of whom ultimately answered to the authority of a single Dark Lord. This was known as the Rule of One.

==History==
===Bane's reformation===
{{Quote|Any master who instructs more than one apprentice in the ways of the dark side is a fool. In time the apprentices will unite their strengths and overthrow the master. It is inevitable; Axiomatic. That is why each master must have only one student.|Darth Revan's holocron|<ref name="POD" />}}
[[File:DarthBane-DoE.png|thumb|left|200px|Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith and founder of the Rule of Two]]
The Order of the Sith Lords was formed approximately [[1000 BBY|one thousand years]] before the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] by a [[Human/Legends|Human]] [[Gender/Legends|male]] [[Sith Lord/Legends|Sith Lord]] named [[Darth Bane/Legends|Bane]]. Initially a member of the [[Brotherhood of Darkness/Legends|Brotherhood of Darkness]], Bane delved deep into the secrets of the ancient Sith Lords to increase his own knowledge and power in stark contrast to most of his contemporaries. Bane's investigations led him to the conclusion that the Brotherhood was a perversion of the Sith; ultimately little more than a copy of the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]], the Sith's mortal enemies. Disillusionment and contempt for the Brotherhood drove Bane to journey to the [[Planet/Legends|planet]] [[Lehon]] where he discovered the [[Darth Revan's Sith Holocron|holocron]] of [[Revan/Legends|Darth Revan]]. Bane was inspired by the ancient [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]]. Through Revan's philosophy regarding the [[Dark side of the Force/Legends|dark side of the Force]], Bane saw the power and discipline that he felt a [[Sith/Legends|Sith]] should have; qualities which he believed had been lost under the Brotherhood of Darkness.<ref name="POD" />

Upon renaming himself as [[Darth/Legends|Darth]] Bane, the new self-proclaimed [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]] was more convinced than ever that the Brotherhood could never defeat the [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] Order. To do so would require a drastic reshaping of the Sith as a whole; a reshaping that required the annihilation of the Brotherhood. During the [[Seventh Battle of Ruusan]], Bane betrayed the Brotherhood to the Jedi, allowing the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Republic]] to send critical reinforcements to the beleaguered [[Army of Light/Legends|Army of Light]]. Thus, the final battle of the [[New Sith Wars]] ended with the triumph of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic. With the exception of Bane, all members of the Brotherhood were exterminated by the [[thought bomb]], an ancient Sith technique unleashed by the Sith's own leader, [[Lord/Legends|Lord]] [[Skere Kaan|Kaan]].<ref name="POD" />

With the Brotherhood destroyed, [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] at large believed the Sith to be extinct. Darth Bane did nothing to disprove this assumption, feeling that as long as the Jedi remained convinced that the Sith could never return, he was free to proceed with his plans to create a new Sith Order. His work began shortly after discovering a [[Force-sensitive/Legends|Force-sensitive]] Human [[Gender/Legends|female]] [[Youngling/Legends|child]] on [[Ruusan/Legends|Ruusan]]. Sensing her potential in [[The Force/Legends|the Force]], Bane took the orphaned [[Darth Zannah/Legends|Zannah]] as his [[Sith apprentice/Legends|Sith apprentice]].<ref name="POD" /> Throughout the course of Zannah's [[Sith training|training]], Bane not only indoctrinated her with devotion to the ancient tenets of the [[Code of the Sith/Legends|Sith Code]], but also exposed her to certain modifications of his own that were added to the new Sith philosophy. Instead of the thousands who were admitted into the former Brotherhood of Darkness, the Order of the Sith Lords only permitted the membership of two beings; a [[Sith Master/Legends|Master]], the embodiment of the dark side's power; and an apprentice, the disciple who coveted said power. This creed, known as the [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]], became the core tradition of Bane's Sith Order. Its main focus, as envisioned by Bane, was to prevent the Sith from becoming destabilized by the ambitions and intrigue of too many members. Furthermore, Bane wanted the dark side to be concentrated into just two individuals, as he believed that its power was finite and had been diluted among the many members of the Brotherhood.<ref name="ROT">''[[Darth Bane: Rule of Two]]''</ref>

The Rule of Two also served to ensure the continued survival of the Sith by dictating that the Order should operate in secret. By limiting membership to just two Sith Lords, Bane believed that he could keep his machinations hidden from the Jedi. He fully believed in the power of the dark side, but also felt that two Sith Lords could never defeat the entire Jedi Order in a direct confrontation. Rather than openly challenging the Jedi through martial means, the Dark Lord concluded that the Sith's rise to power would be far better served by utilizing cunning, stealth, subterfuge and&mdash;a virtue borrowed from their own enemy&mdash;patience.<ref name="ROT" />

Together, Darth Bane and Darth Zannah steadily worked toward the ultimate goal of their organization from their hideout on the planet [[Ambria/Legends|Ambria]]. Aside from the Jedi Order, Bane also targeted the Galactic Republic as another victim of the Sith plot for retribution. But rather than contributing to the complete destabilization of the galactic government, the Dark Lord wanted to ensure that it remained intact throughout the coming [[Standard century/Legends|centuries]]. Given that the Republic unified much of the known galaxy under one system of government, Bane believed that the Republic's collapse would lead to the creation of numerous small, independent states. In Bane's opinion, destroying the numerous smaller states would have been a far more difficult task than toppling the single, large government of the Republic. Hence, he dispatched his apprentice on many missions aimed at preempting Anti-Republic movements, such as a Separatist movement on [[Serenno/Legends|Serenno]]. Through the machinations of Bane and Zannah, the Separatists were goaded into launching their insurrection long before their movement was ready for a conflict with the Republic. In the aftermath of their failure to kidnap [[Supreme Chancellor/Legends|Supreme Chancellor]] [[Tarsus Valorum/Legends|Tarsus Valorum]], the Separatist organization was eventually disbanded and Serenno remained with the Republic. At the same time, Bane and his apprentice also concentrated their attention on the study of [[Sith magic]], learning all but forgotten dark side techniques found in [[Sith scroll/Legends|ancient scrolls]]. This task was largely left to Zannah however, as Bane himself stated that he had no affinity for such arcane abilities.<ref name="ROT" />

Bane's fledgling Order was nearly destroyed when the Jedi Knight [[Johun Othone]] convinced the [[Jedi High Council/Legends|Jedi High Council]] to investigate the possibility of the Sith's survival. Along with [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Master]] [[Valenthyne Farfalla]], Othone led a Jedi task force on a hunt for the resurgent Sith. Tracking Bane and Zannah to [[Tython/Legends|Tython]], the Jedi made an attempt on the lives of both master and apprentice. The Sith ultimately survived the confrontation, but Bane was severely wounded during the fight. Darth Zannah was not prepared to allow her Master to die, if only because she felt that there was much more to learn from Darth Bane. She traveled back to Ambria to enlist the help of the healer [[Caleb]], whom she believed represented Bane's best chance for survival. Upon arrival however, Caleb refused to help them, even under threat of torture or death. [[Darovit]], Zannah's cousin, offered to convince Caleb to help Bane, but only if Zannah agreed to surrender herself into Jedi custody along with Bane. Zannah agreed to her cousin's terms, and he contacted the Jedi Temple and asked them to send a team to take custody of the two Sith. However, Zannah had lied to Darovit, pledging to surrender to the Jedi for the sole purpose of convincing him and Caleb to repair Bane's injured body. Once their task had been completed, Zannah killed Caleb and used the dark side to drive her cousin insane. The team had been sent by the Jedi Council arrived on but only found Darovit utterly consumed by madness. In his madness, he attacked the Jedi task force, but was cut down almost immediately. Darovit's behavior led the Jedi to believe that he had been the Sith Lord that they had been sent to apprehend, driven mad by drawing too heavily on the power of the dark side. As such, they believed the Sith menace to be truly extinct at last. This assumption lead them to make the decision to leave Ambria without conducting a more through investigation; Zannah and Bane had in fact been hiding, cloaked by the dark side, in the very hut in which Darovit had been killed.<ref name="ROT" />

When Darth Bane recovered, his apprentice explained how she had manipulated the Jedi Order into believing that the Sith were finally destroyed. Darth Zannah also explained that&mdash;in spite of the risk of discovery and capture&mdash;she still needed her Master in order to finish her training, but would not hesitate to kill him as soon as her powers eclipsed Bane's. The Dark Lord was pleased by Zannah's ambitions, and was filled with a sense of confidence in the future of the Sith.<ref name="ROT" />

===The Apprentice becomes the Master===
{{Quote|This is the way of our Order. An individual may die, but the Sith are eternal.|Darth Zannah, Dark Lord of the Sith|<ref name="DOE">''[[Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil]]''</ref>}}
[[File:Darthcog.jpg|thumb|200px|Darth Cognus, apprentice to Darth Bane and then Darth Zannah]]
By [[980 BBY]], Bane and Zannah had adopted a cover as civilians on [[Ciutric IV]]. Posing as brother and sister&mdash;Sepp and Allia Omek&mdash;the two lived in a mansion and possessed considerable wealth, which had been appropriated from the vast accounts of the former Brotherhood member Qordis. Much of this wealth was used to create a vast network of [[Spy/Legends|spies]] and contacts. By this time, however, Darth Bane's health had begun to deteriorate at an accelerated rate due to the harmful side-effects of his deep immersion in the dark side of the Force. Though unafraid to accept his own death, Bane feared for the future of his Sith Order. In the ten years that had passed after his near-death experience on Tython, Bane had waited for his apprentice to kill him and become the next Dark Lord of the Sith. Yet as far as he could tell, Darth Zannah seemed either content to serve at his bidding, or was simply waiting until her Master was too feeble to pose any challenge. As a result, Bane became obsessed with discovering some way to prolong his life in order to train a new apprentice.<ref name="DOE" />

However, unbeknownst to Bane, Zannah had decided that the time had finally come for her to challenge Bane and attempt to claim the title she had coveted for so long. She also decided to claim an apprentice for herself in advance. Her choice fell on the [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] [[Set Harth]]. However, the selection of Harth as her disciple was a rushed decision; Zannah would have preferred someone more interested in the continuation of Bane's Sith rather than a fallen Jedi who cared only about himself. By the time Zannah and her apprentice tracked Bane's location to [[Doan]], the Dark Lord had discovered information on how to prolong his life. Through the [[Holocron of Heresies|holocron]] of [[Darth Andeddu]], Bane learned of the ability to [[Transfer essence|transfer]] one's own [[Force ghost|spirit]] into another body. Shortly after learning this information however, Bane had been captured by an [[Iktotchi/Legends|Iktotchi]] female known as [[Darth Cognus|the Huntress]] and her small strike team. In the employ of Caleb's daughter [[Serra]], the Huntress had brought Bane to [[Stone Prison]] on Doan, where Serra had intended to kill him on the assumption that he had killed her father. Zannah and Harth arrived on Doan shortly thereafter, with Zannah intending to kill Bane and take his place. Bane managed to escape his captors, and encountered Zannah, who accused him of betraying the Rule of Two and attacked him. During Bane's [[Duel on Doan|confrontation]] with Zannah, the unarmed Bane managed to hold off Zannah long enough to escape. However, Serra, learning of Bane's escape, activated a series of explosives in the prison, intending to collapse it. During the duel, Harth abandoned Zannah and stole Andeddu's holocron. Intending to flee Doan with it, he proceeded to the prison's hanger, where he had the misfortune of attempting to steal a ship belonging to the Huntress. She confronted him, and when he attacked her, she gave pursuit. However, Harth managed to evade her, and lead her on a fruitless game of cat-and-mouse throughout the hanger. Eventually, the two of them called a truce as each knew that the prison was close to destruction, and that their confrontation would most likely result in both of their deaths if they stayed much longer. Reluctantly, the Huntress allowed him to escape just as Bane arrived in the hanger. Having realized through the Force that Bane could give purpose to her currently meaningless existence, she pledged herself to Bane. Having been on the lookout for a suitable candidate for apprenticeship, Bane accepted her pledge. The two of them then escaped Doan on the Huntress's ship, and set a course for Ambria.<ref name="DOE" />

Zannah later tracked Bane to [[Ambria/Legends|Ambria]], the planet where a decade ago she had vowed to kill him one day. There, she encountered Bane and the Huntress, who had since been re-christened as Darth Cognus. Unwilling to be denied the position she had been prepared for throughout most of her life, Darth Zannah challenged the Dark Lord to a final duel, which Darth Bane eagerly accepted. Cognus, having been instructed by Bane on the importance of the Rule of Two, promised both not to interfere in the duel and to pledge her allegiance to whomever emerged victorious. The Master and his former apprentice fought as near-equals, but Zannah was outmatched with regard to her lightsaber skills and raw power. In desperation, Zannah utilized her knowledge of Sith magic; tapping into the [[Force nexus|dark side nexus]] on Ambria, she unleashed a wave of [[dark side tendrils]] against the Dark Lord. Bane tried to avoid the conjured tendrils, only to have his arm grabbed and vaporized by one. Bane, on the verge of defeat, made one final attempt to thwart his apprentice. Using the knowledge he gained from Darth Andeddu's holocron, Bane released his essence from his body and transferred it into Zannah's, vaporizing his own body in the process.<ref name="DOE" />

The duel then transcended into a battle of wills; Zannah's spirit fought with all of its strength to reject Bane's essence and maintain control of her own body. The struggle lasted a few moments before Darth Zannah overcame her master, expelling him to Chaos. Though Bane had left a slight psychic imprint on her, the being that remained was wholly and unmistakably Zannah. With Bane dead, leadership of his Sith Order was transferred to Darth Zannah, the new Dark Lord of the Sith. Claiming Darth Cognus as her apprentice, Zannah declared that they were both part of Darth Bane's legacy; the Order of the Sith Lords lived on through them, and so did its founder's plot for revenge against the Jedi.<ref name="DOE" />

===The split===
{{Quote|Allegedly, Millennial's repeated questioning of the Rule of Two and other laws of the Sith Order prompted Cognus to end Milllennial's training; because Millennial went on to found the Prophets of the Dark Side, we can assume that it was Cognus who was a direct antecedent of those who maintained the Rule of Two.|Investigatory report by [[Gannod Chant]]|<ref name="EGTTF">[[Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (real-life book)|''Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force'']]</ref>}}
[[File:Darthmill.jpg|thumb|left|180px|right|Darth Millennial, former apprentice of Darth Cognus]]
Darth Cognus eventually took an apprentice of her own, the three-eyed Human [[mutant]] [[Darth Millennial]].<ref name="END">{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/member/insideronline/88/indexp2.html|text=Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties|int=Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties|archivedate=20110629021310}}</ref> A staunch adherent to Darth Bane's Rule of Two, Cognus found herself at philosophical odds with her own disciple. Millennial believed that the Rule of Two was far too restrictive and counterproductive to the Sith's growth in power.<ref name="PeñaBlog1">''{{Blog|abelgpena|74|Extinct for Over a Millennium: or, A Darth By Any Other Name, Part 2|Only Sith Deal In Absolutes!|Abel G. Peña|archivedate=20061109140503}}''</ref>

The Dark Lord eventually believed that Millennial had become a heretic; an apostate with views contrary to the Rule of Two. She disavowed her apprentice and cast him out of the Order of the Sith Lords. Millennial just barely escaped his former Master's fury and later settled on [[Dromund Kaas]] where he founded a splinter Sith group known as the [[Prophets of the Dark Side]] and their philosophy, the [[Dark Force]] religion. Centuries later, the [[new Jedi Order]] presumed that it was Cognus who carried on Bane's "lineage" by taking on a new apprentice after the disappearance of her wayward student.<ref name="EGTTF" />

===Quiet times===
{{Quote|But there will be those who doubt the totality of the Sith extinction. There will always be whispers that the Sith survive, hints and rumors that somewhere in the galaxy a Dark Lord lives. And if the Jedi ever find proof of our existence, they will be relentless in hunting us down.|Darth Bane|<ref name="ROT" />}}
[[File:DarthTenebrous-SWI130.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|Rugess Nome a.k.a. Darth Tenebrous]]
The lineage of Darth Bane and Darth Zannah continued on for a thousand years in an unbroken line, typically through the virtually endless cycle of the Rule of Two. Many of the Sith Lords who came after Cognus contributed to the [[Grand Plan/Legends|Grand Plan]] in one way or another, usually by integrating themselves into public life or through experimenting with the dark side of the Force.<ref name="Plagueis" /> One such Sith Lord was [[Darth Vectivus]].<ref name="Betrayal">''[[Legacy of the Force: Betrayal]]''</ref>

Around [[533 BBY]],<ref name="Note">{{Blog|holocron|13/comments|Major Character Birth Years|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20090119212402}} establishes that [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Padmé Amidala]] was born 46 years before the events of {{Film|IV}}, which corresponds to [[46 BBY/Legends|46 BBY]] per ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''. [[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']] (25: The Discreet Charm of the Meritocracy) states that Padmé Amidala "has only just turned thirteen" and that Gravid's reign "elapsed some five [[Standard century/Legends|centuries]] earlier" which would place the quote regarding Gravid's death in [[33 BBY/Legends|33 BBY]]. Thus, this article assumes that Gravid [[Death/Legends|died]] around [[533 BBY]].</ref> the Sith Lord [[Darth Gravid]] rejected the dark side of the Force. He came to believe that in order for the Sith to survive, the Order had to become more like their Jedi counterparts by embracing the [[Light side of the Force/Legends|light]]. His apprentice, [[Darth Gean]], did not share her Master's new beliefs and was appalled by his apparent blasphemy. In keeping with his new philosophy, Gravid began destroying nearly five hundred year worth of accumulated Sith lore. Gravid was ultimately killed by Gean, but not before he had managed to destroy most of the artifacts and writings in his fortress. Thus, many ancient dark side techniques and rituals&mdash;including essence transfer&mdash;were lost to future dark side practitioners. Though his actions had set the Grand Plan back by decades at the very least, Gravid's madness had an unintended, positive effect on the generations of Sith to come. By depriving his successors of the essence transfer ritual, he unintentionally eliminated centuries of obsession that long distracted the Sith from further developing the Grand Plan and exacting vengeance against the Jedi Order.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Though Darth Gean sustained severe injuries during her confrontation with Gavid, her actions ensured that the Order of the Sith Lords remained true to its tenets and the dark side of the Force.<ref name="Plagueis" /> Bane's line continued on, and eventually produced [[Darth Ramage]], a [[Scientist/Legends|scientist]] who preserved his life's work&mdash;including the procedure on how to combine the effects of [[pyronium]] and [[bota]]&mdash;in a [[Sith holocron/Legends|Sith holocron]], designated as [[SD41263.I]].<ref name="CNIII" /> The line of Sith Lords proceeded on after Ramage's time, and eventually led to the reign of [[Darth Tenebrous/Legends|Darth Tenebrous]] around [[167 BBY]]. His own [[Darth Tenebrous's Sith Master|Master]] was the Sith Lord who created a [[wound in the Force]], thereby allowing the Jedi to sense the dark side for the first time in centuries. Shortly before killing his Master, Tenebrous theorized that the dark side was simply an [[Force power/Legends|energy source]] to be manipulated, as opposed to an omnipresent and malevolent mystical force.<ref name="Plagueis" />

[[File:Darth_Plagueis.jpg|thumb|left|200px|right|Hego Damask a.k.a. Darth Plagueis]]
In Darth Tenebrous's public life, he was a renowned [[Starship/Legends|starship]] designer named Rugess Nome. Through the Force, Tenebrous [[Force vision/Legends|foresaw]] the birth of a powerful [[darksider]] who would become his apprentice. Hence, he was indirectly responsible for the conception of his own apprentice, the [[Muun/Legends|Muun]] Sith Lord [[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]. Born as Hego Damask, Plagueis's [[Caar Damask|father]] and mother were manipulated into meeting each other by Darth Tenebrous, who wanted to ensure the birth of his future protégé. After serving as an apprentice for decades, Darth Plagueis murdered his Master while Tenebrous was distracted by maintaining a Force shield.

As with some of Darth Plagueis's predecessors, the new Sith Master abhorred the Rule of Two. Rather than simply training an apprentice, only to eventually be killed and replaced, Plagueis wanted to end the millennium-long cycle that began with Darth Bane and Darth Zannah. Under his vision, the Sith would rely on trust and cooperation in order to see the fulfillment of the Grand Plan, although Plagueis intended to adhere to the restriction of just two Sith Lords. While searching the galaxy for an apprentice, someone cunning in mind and powerful in the Force, Plagueis operated in the public domain under his birth name as [[Magister]] Hego Damask of [[Damask Holdings/Legends|Damask Holdings]]. A corporate power-broker, Plagueis had political and financial connections to various companies and other industries throughout the galaxy, including the [[InterGalactic Banking Clan/Legends|InterGalactic Banking Clan]] and the [[Trade Federation of Planets|Trade Federation]].<ref name="Plagueis" />

Unknown to the Dark Lord, however, Tenebrous had trained another apprentice behind Plagueis's back. After his Master's demise, [[Darth Venamis]] confronted Plagueis in order to legitimize himself as Tenebrous's successor. Plagueis ultimately bested Venamis and experimented on him in a personal quest to learn more about the manipulation of [[Midi-chlorian/Legends|midi-chlorians]].<ref name="Plagueis" />

===The rise of Darth Sidious===
{{Quote|It is my will to join my destiny forever with the Order of the Sith Lords.''"<br />"''Then it is done. From this day forward, the truth of you, now and forever more, will be ''Sidious''.|Palpatine and Darth Plagueis|<ref name="Plagueis" />}}
[[File:PlagueisCover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|right|Darth Sidious, the young apprentice of Darth Plagueis]]
Around the year [[65 BBY/Legends|65 BBY]], Darth Plagueis visited the planet [[Naboo/Legends|Naboo]] in his public guise as Hego Damask in order to influence the outcome of the election for the [[Naboo (people)/Legends|people's]] next [[Monarch of Naboo/Legends|monarch]]. But what started out as a simple business trip to a [[Mid Rim]] world became what Plagueis saw as a piece of his destiny, shaped and influenced by the will of the dark side. On Naboo, the Dark Lord discovered a teenage Human [[Noble/Legends|noble]] named [[Palpatine/Legends|Palpatine]], the seventeen year-old son of [[Cosinga Palpatine]], an aristocrat of mediocre standing. Outwardly, Palpatine appeared to others as friendly, unassuming, and guileless; an intelligent young man, somewhat shy and withdrawn, who possessed a keen sense of politics and a passion for competitive [[Speeder/Legends|racing]].<ref name="Plagueis" />

Though proud to hail from [[Imperial family|House Palpatine]], one of the [[Royal House of Naboo/Legends|Royal Houses]] of Naboo, Palpatine was aggravated by his family's lack of wealth and prestige in comparison to some of the other aristocratic families. He blamed his father as an incompetent, self-absorbed, uninspired indolent fool with no talent for business and political maneuvering. Furthermore, he resented his [[Palpatine's mother|mother]] for being too weak to challenge her husband's will, and his siblings for treating him like an interloper. His hatred for the members of his family was further intensified by fear of his father. That fear was not due to the threat of punishment through physical harm; Palpatine was afraid that his father would disown him if he ever crossed the line too far, thus cutting him off from the life of rank and privilege.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Before long, Darth Plagueis became a mentor and idol to Palpatine, who viewed the elderly Muun as a blessing. In the young noble's eyes, Plagueis embodied the wealth and power that he had coveted throughout his short life. Using the boy's own hatred to his advantage, Plagueis manipulated Palpatine into committing patricide by murdering his entire family. Once the deed was done, the Dark Lord convinced the orphaned aristocrat to learn the ways of the dark side by becoming a Sith apprentice. Henceforth, Palpatine's true identity was Darth Sidious; his family's name was simply used as part of his public disguise.<ref name="Plagueis" />

The first ten years of Darth Sidious' apprenticeship revolved around basic lessons in [[Lightsaber combat/Legends|lightsaber combat]] and Force techniques, as well as an indoctrination into Sith ideology. At the same time, part of Sidious' contribution to the Grand Plan was his gradual rise as a politician. By the [[55 BBY/Legends|time]] he was twenty-seven years old, Sidious was publicly known as [[Ambassador/Legends|Ambassador]] Palpatine, a young diplomat who was part of Naboo [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Vidar Kim]]'s entourage. Through Darth Plagueis's influence, Sidious also gained close allies such as [[Kinman Doriana]] and [[Sate Pestage/Legends|Sate Pestage]], both of whom played essential roles in Palpatine's rise through the galactic political hierarchy.<ref name="Plagueis" />

[[File:DarthMaul-EpI3D.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Darth Maul, Sith apprentice of Darth Sidious.]]
Once the apprentice's Master allowed him to visit certain worlds that related to the history of the Sith, Darth Sidious traveled to the world of [[Dathomir/Legends|Dathomir]]. [[Homeworld/Legends|Home]] to [[Mother (title)/Legends|Mother]] [[Talzin/Legends|Talzin's]] [[Nightsisters/Legends|Nightsisters]], Dathomir was also populated by the [[Nightbrothers/Legends|Nightbrothers]], a clan of [[Zabrak/Legends|Zabrak]] males born and raised as [[warrior]]s and [[Slavery/Legends|slaves]] to the [[Witches of Dathomir]]. While touring the streets of [[Blue Desert City]], Sidious was approached by an [[Kycina|enigmatic Nightsister]] who begged him to take her child. The infant, a male Zabrak named [[Darth Maul/Legends|Maul]], was strong in the Force, and the Nightsister hoped that&mdash;under Sidious's care&mdash;her son would find a life better than that of a Nightbrother. After some persuasion on the woman's part, Sidious agreed to take Maul away from Dathomir, although he initially had no idea what to do with the child.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Sidious later revealed his adoption of Maul to Plagueis, pointing out how his Master told him to keep an eye out for beings who were strongly connected to the Force. Given that neither of the two Sith Lords could overly risk compromising the secrecy of their existence, Sidious proposed to train Maul in the Sith arts so that the Zabrak could be the one who was exposed to the risk of detection&mdash;or even death&mdash;when necessary. Even though the use of another apprentice technically violated the protocol of the Rule of Two, Plagueis approved of Sidious's plans for Maul, but under the strict understanding that the Zabrak's training would be limited to the role of an [[Sith assassin/Legends|assassin]] rather than a full-fledged Sith Lord. Darth Plagueis oversaw Maul's training&mdash;first in their secret droid-run facility on [[Mustafar/Legends|Mustafar]] and later in the [[Orsis Academy]]&mdash;through Sidious' reports and regarded him as a capable fighter, eventually coming to accept him as Sidious' apprentice, despite their original arrangement.<ref name="Plagueis" /> Darth Sidious bestowed the titles of Dark Lord of the Sith and ''Darth'' on Maul<ref name="Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul">''[[Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul]]''</ref> c. [[37 BBY/Legends|37 BBY]].<ref name="TWoDM">''[[The Wrath of Darth Maul]]''</ref>

Over the years, Darth Maul developed into a deadly combatant, trained to be a remorseless killer who wielded the [[Double-bladed lightsaber/Legends|double-bladed lightsaber]]. But even Maul suspected that his training was far from adequate, and he sometimes wondered how he could be fit to succeed Darth Sidious when he lacked even a basic understanding of the complexities of galactic society. He only suspected that his Master answered to another Master shortly before his [[Battle of Naboo/Legends|defeat]] on Naboo.<ref name="End Game">{{Shortstory|story=End Game|book=Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|bformatted=''Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace'' novelization|manual=1}} {{C|[[2012]] edition}}</ref>

====Unification of the splinter cults====
{{Quote|The future you see isn't yours. You are merely the messenger. Serve me. Become my prophet. Reveal the will of the Force as you see it and I will make your predictions come true.|Darth Sidious, to Kadann|<ref name="TDSSB">''[[The Dark Side Sourcebook]]''</ref>}}
[[File:Palpatineyouth.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Darth Sidious trains in front of his Master, Darth Plagueis.]]
While still apprenticed to Plagueis, Sidious moved to eliminate certain loose ends in form of Sith-based cults that threatened the Grand Plan. More often than not, these cults were harmless and disorganized; youngsters thoughtlessly rebelling against the staid world of their parents. Many of them had no real knowledge of Sith ideology or even the power of the Force. But in some cases they were seen as dangerous, to Sidious as well as the innocent. To ensure the long-term success of the Grand Plan, he brought these wayward cults to heel or obliterated them.<ref name="GAW">''[[Galaxy at War]]''</ref><ref name="TDSSB" />

Among the factions in question was a Sith-centered mercenary band, the Thyrsian [[Sun Guard]]. Their members were not Force-sensitive, but their fighting prowess was considered phenomenal.<ref name="GAW" /> Plagueis and Sidious eventually recruited the Sun Guard to serve as their secret bodyguards,<ref name="Plagueis" /> spies and assassins.<ref name="GAW" /> A detachment of the Guard protected Plagueis during the many years he spent in near total isolation while studying the midi-chlorians.<ref name="Plagueis" /> Other members were stationed in the Dark Lord's [[LiMerge Building]], located in [[Sector 943|The Works]] on Coruscant.<ref name="GAW" />

Another potential threat that the Sith Lords turned into an advantage was the Prophets of the Dark Side, the heretical group founded by the apostate Darth Millennial centuries ago. Discovered by the Sith on Dromund Kaas, the Prophets were a collection of both Force-users and Sith enthusiasts, united under the leadership of a diminutive fallen Jedi by the name of [[Kadann]]. Sidious, intrigued by Millennial's legacy, approached Kadaan and recruited the Prophets to the Sith cause.<ref name="TDSSB" />

At Sidious's behest, Kadaan assembled a small group of Sith devotees known as [[Dark Force]]. These darksiders were gifted with particular talents for seeing portents and omens in the Force. Hence, the Prophets of the Dark Side became an extension of the Order of the Sith Lords, with Kadaan as their [[Supreme Prophet]]. Years later under the reign of the [[New Order/Legends|New Order]], Kadann became one of Darth Sidious's most trusted&mdash;and most secret&mdash;[[Advisor/Legends|advisors]].<ref name="TDSSB" />

====The Grand Plan====
[[File:DarthSidious-SWE.png|thumb|left|150px|Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith.]]
As Palpatine, Darth Sidious's political career steadily advanced through the machinations of Darth Plagueis. At the Dark Lord's personal request, [[King/Legends|King]] [[Ars Veruna/Legends|Ars Veruna]] appointed Palpatine to represent Naboo's interests in the [[Galactic Senate/Legends|Galactic Senate]] on Coruscant. Sidious was able to convince many beings that he was an honest and trustworthy politician whom others could easily confide in; an extremely rare individual given the corruption and decadence in Coruscant politics. Even seasoned [[Jedi Master/Legends|Jedi Masters]] such as [[Dooku/Legends|Dooku]] and Knights such as [[Ronhar Kim]] not only failed to sense Palpatine's true nature, but also befriended him.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Over the next several years, the Sith Lords gradually placed each part of the Grand Plan into effect. With Sidious acting as his proxy, Plagueis initiated the [[Yinchorri Uprising]]; he arranged for the assassination of [[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun's]] [[Alexi Garyn|leader]] and [[Vigo/Legends|Vigos]] by Darth Maul; he helped [[Nute Gunray/Legends|Nute Gunray]] ascend to the position of [[Viceroy/Legends|Viceroy]] of the Trade Federation; all of which was ultimately aimed at placing Darth Sidious in a position to reach the [[Office of the Supreme Chancellor|highest executive office]] in the political hierarchy of the Galactic Republic.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Another key factor in the Grand Plan was the secret creation of an [[Army/Legends|army]] that would enable two Sith Lords to systematically exterminate the thousands of Jedi. Plagueis' original goal was to create an army of [[Yinchorri]] [[Cloning/Legends|clones]], and thus he hired the [[Kaminoan/Legends|cloners]] of [[Kamino/Legends|Kamino]] to carry out his wishes. The Kaminoans found Yinchorri [[DNA/Legends|DNA]] was not manipulable enough to effectively instill certain traits like obedience into the clones. They suggested to Plagueis that a Human [[Prime clone|template]] would be easier to replicate and modify in order to meet Plagueis' exact expectations. The Grand Plan was further modified after Sidious advised his Master about how the Jedi could not simply be destroyed; they also had to be demonized in the eyes of the galactic populace so that the Sith's actions would be justified and accepted. Hence, Plagueis decided that the Human clone army would not fight against the Jedi Order in the war to come. They would instead fight for the Galactic Republic, under the command of Jedi officers. Their loyalty, however, would ultimately belong to the Supreme Chancellor alone. In order to avoid any chance of the Jedi learning about the Sith's role in the creation of clone [[Soldier/Legends|soldiers]], Plagueis knew that he needed a Jedi to commission the Kaminoans to create an army for the Republic. As Hego Damask, the Dark Lord manipulated Jedi Master [[Sifo-Dyas/Legends|Sifo-Dyas]] into placing the order for an army with Kamino, but without the authorization or knowledge of the Jedi High Council. The cost of such an endeavor was covered by the vast wealth that Plagueis possessed through his corporation, Damask Holdings.<ref name="Plagueis" />

The next phase of the Grand Plan came in the form of the [[Invasion of Naboo/Legends|Invasion of Naboo]] in [[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]]. By then, Viceroy Gunray had become an [[Agent/Legends|agent]] of the Order of the Sith Lords. Under Darth Sidious's instructions, the [[Neimoidian/Legends|Neimoidian]] ordered a Trade Federation [[Fleet/Legends|fleet]] to [[Blockade/Legends|blockade]] the entire planet of Naboo. All proceeded according to Darth Plagueis's plan, until Chancellor [[Finis Valorum/Legends|Finis Valorum]] sent two Jedi ambassadors, Master [[Qui-Gon Jinn/Legends|Qui-Gon Jinn]] and his [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]], to negotiate an end of the blockade with the Trade Federation. This anomaly caused the Sith Lords to accelerate their plans, thus forcing Gunray to order an illegal full-scale invasion of Naboo with the use of the Federation's [[Battle droid/Legends|battle droid]] army.<ref name="Plagueis" />

The capture of a peaceful&mdash;and lightly defended&mdash;world like Naboo was swiftly accomplished. With the entire planet under military occupation, including the [[Capital/Legends|capital]] [[City/Legends|city]] of [[Theed/Legends|Theed]], the next step in the plot was to force [[Queen/Legends|Queen]] [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Padmé Amidala]] to sign a treaty that would cede Naboo's sovereignty to the Trade Federation, thereby legalizing the occupation. Amidala, the young daughter of [[House Naberrie]] who had risen to the throne with Senator Palpatine's support, refused to comply with Gunray's demands. The Grand Plan was further complicated when Jinn and Kenobi rescued the Queen and spirited her away from Naboo. Although Maul tracked Amidala and her Jedi protectors to the [[Desert/Legends|desert]] world of [[Tatooine/Legends|Tatooine]] in the [[Outer Rim Territories/Legends|Outer Rim Territories]], he failed to prevent them from fleeing to Coruscant, where Darth Sidious greeted them as Senator Palpatine.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Although Queen Amidala's escape was not part of the Grand Plan, her arrival on Coruscant served the Sith Lords far better than her imprisonment on Naboo. It was Darth Sidious who realized that if he could persuade the Queen to propose a [[Vote of No Confidence/Legends|Vote of No Confidence]] in Chancellor Valorum, then he would be in a position to succeed to the executive officer much sooner than anticipated. In order to do so, he needed Amidala to see Valorum's style of leadership with her own eyes. As soon as she witnessed the Chancellor's inability to overcome Senate politics and bureaucratic procedures, Amidala proposed the motion that suddenly ended the controversial career of the Republic's unpopular [[Head of State/Legends|head of state]]. Under the guise of Hego Damask, Darth Plagueis used all of his considerable political and financial influence to create the conditions that would guarantee the election of Senator Palpatine as the next Supreme Chancellor.<ref name="Plagueis" />

Like Plagueis, Sidious had no intention of being killed by an apprentice and replaced. However, while Plagueis had envisioned a system where master and apprentice worked in concert with loyalty and trust, Sidious desired to rule completely alone. He therefore created a Sith doctrine which he called the [[Rule of One (Palpatine's Doctrine)|Rule of One]]. The new doctrine paid lip service to Bane's Rule of Two in that only two beings could have the Darth title bestowed upon them at any given time. In all other ways however, it deviated substantially from Bane's philosophy. Where Bane's doctrine dictated that the master should train an apprentice earnestly and with the intention of making the apprentice as powerful as possible, Sidious's doctrine detailed the need for an apprentice to function solely as an instrument of the master's will, not as a potential usurper. As such, Sidious never passed on teachings to any of his apprentices that might have enabled them to contest his power. In addition, while the Rule of Two dictated that the dark side should be concentrated into just two beings, Sidious planned to eventually create a cadre of lesser darksiders in addition to a Sith apprentice to help enforce the rule of his Empire. While these beings would receive no Sith training, and were technically not Sith as a result, they were nonetheless darksiders who answered to the authority of Sidious.<ref name="BoS">''[[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]''</ref>

====The Clone Wars====
[[Dooku/Legends|Darth Tyranus]], formerly Jedi Master Dooku, succeeded Darth Maul as Sidious's new apprentice. Shortly after pledging his allegiance to the Sith, Tyranus was tasked by his new Master with selecting an ideal candidate to become the template of the clone army. Tyranus's choice fell on a [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] named [[Jango Fett/Legends|Jango Fett]].<ref name="BountyHunter">''[[Star Wars: Bounty Hunter]]''</ref> Throughout the decade that followed, while Fett oversaw the training of his clones on Kamino, Tyranus led a [[Separatist Crisis/Legends|growing movement]] of disillusioned star systems on the path to secession from the Galactic Republic. Known as [[Count/Legends|Count]] Dooku of [[Serenno/Legends|Serenno]], the Sith Lord's insurrection eventually included major corporations such as the Trade Federation, the InterGalactic Banking Clan and the [[Techno Union/Legends|Techno Union]].<ref name="EpisodeII" />

In [[22 BBY/Legends|22 BBY]], Supreme Chancellor Palpatine was entrusted with [[Emergency Powers Act/Legends|near dictatorial authority]]&mdash;reserved only for moments of crisis&mdash;by the Senate in order to effectively counter the insurrection of the newly-created [[Confederacy of Independent Systems/Legends|Confederacy of Independent Systems]]. The Chancellor then commissioned the clone troopers on Kamino as the [[Grand Army of the Republic/Legends|Grand Army of the Republic]]. Furthermore, the members of the Jedi Order became high-ranking officers in the new [[Republic Military/Legends|military]]. After the [[First Battle of Geonosis/Legends|first battle]] of the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]] concluded in a victory for the Republic, Sidious assured Tyranus that everything proceeded on schedule, according to the Grand Plan.<ref name="EpisodeII" />

In three years, the Clone Wars virtually engulfed the galaxy in conflict as Jedi-led clone forces fought against the [[Separatist Droid Army/Legends|Separatist Droid Army]] on countless fronts. At the same time, the Chancellor's political authority and public support increased along with the Republic's desperation to bring end to the war. During this conflict, Darth Maul re-appeared, having survived his bifurcation by Kenobi on Naboo. Learning that he had been replaced by Dooku, Maul attempted to take his revenge against Kenobi for injuring him, and took his brutish sibling [[Savage Opress/Legends|Savage Opress]] as his apprentice. With his brother, Maul even contemplated overthrowing Sidious and ruling the galaxy as the Dark Lord of the Sith. Unfortunately for the two brothers, Sidious eventually decided that Maul had become enough of an irritant to attend to him personally. Shortly after Maul's coup on [[Mandalore/Legends|Mandalore]], Sidious traveled to the Sundari Royal Palace and engaged Maul and Oppress in a [[Battle of Sundari|duel]]. He easily bested the two nascent Sith Lords, killing Oppress and kidnapping Maul for some unknown purpose.<ref name="The Lawless">{{TCW|The Lawless}}</ref> By [[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]], the final phase of the Grand Plan came into effect. It began when Palpatine orchestrated his own kidnapping during a Separatist [[Battle of Coruscant/Legends|surprise attack]] on Coruscant itself. The [[Jedi General/Legends|Jedi Generals]] Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker successfully liberated the Chancellor, but not before Skywalker killed Tyranus in cold blood at Palpatine's urging.<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

With Darth Tyranus dead and the Separatists on the verge of defeat, Palpatine subtly guided Anakin Skywalker further into the dark side of the Force. He eventually revealed his secret identity as Darth Sidious to Skywalker, knowing that the young Jedi would report the revelation to the Jedi High Council. Masters Mace Windu, [[Kit Fisto/Legends|Kit Fisto]], [[Saesee Tiin/Legends|Saesee Tiin]] and [[Agen Kolar/Legends|Agen Kolar]] [[Showdown on Coruscant|confronted]] the Dark Lord of the Sith, but ultimately failed to arrest him. Their failure not only cost them their lives, but also led to Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side. Embracing his new role as a Sith, Skywalker was initiated into the Order of the Sith Lords by his new Master. Henceforth, the fallen Jedi Knight ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends#Darth Vader|Darth Vader]].<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

====Order 66 and the Great Jedi Purge====
{{Quote|Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy, and we shall have peace.|Darth Sidious|<ref name="EpisodeIII" />}}
[[File:FlamingTemple.png|thumb|right|250px|The revenge of the Sith begins with the fall of the Jedi Temple.]]
Shortly after his anointment as a Sith Lord, Darth Vader returned to the [[Jedi Temple]] at the head of the [[501st Legion/Legends|501st Legion]], a famed [[unit]] noted for its [[elite]] clone troopers. While Sidious's new apprentice carried out [[Operation: Knightfall]], the mission to exterminate all Jedi inside of the Temple, the Dark Lord issued [[Order 66/Legends|Order 66]]&mdash;a [[Contingency Orders for the Grand Army of the Republic: Order Initiation, Orders 1 Through 150|contingency directive]] issued in the event of a Jedi Rebellion&mdash;to the [[Clone trooper commander|clone commanders]]. Failing to foresee imminent betrayal, countless Jedi officers were ruthlessly gunned down by the clone troopers. Although a few Jedi survived, including [[Grand Master/Legends|Grand Master]] [[Yoda/Legends|Yoda]] and General Kenobi, much of the rest of the Order was destroyed on Coruscant and various other locations throughout the galaxy.<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

By [[Coruscant Prime/Legends|sunrise]] on Coruscant, Darth Sidious called for a special session of congress. Inside the [[Grand Convocation Chamber]] of the [[Senate Building]], the Chancellor accused the Jedi Order of committing acts of rebellion, including an attempt on his own life. Hence, he labeled the Order's surviving members as enemies of the state, subject to summary execution upon discovery. What followed next was the [[Declaration of a New Order]], which outlined the Republic's transition into the [[Galactic Empire/Legends|first Galactic Empire]]; a [[New Order/Legends|New Order]] ruled by the self-appointed Emperor Palpatine. After a thousand years of plots and patience, the Order of the Sith Lords achieved its two primary goals: the [[Great Jedi Purge/Legends|systematic purge]] of the Jedi Order and the rebirth of Sith galactic hegemony.<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

[[File:Declaration.png|thumb|left|250px|Emperor Palpatine declares the birth of the Galactic Empire.]]
Though the Sith exacted their vengeance on the Jedi, the victory was somewhat hollow for Darth Sidious due to the near death of his apprentice. Darth Vader was [[Duel on Mustafar/Legends|confronted]] by his former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, on [[Mustafar/Legends|Mustafar]]. Blinded by overconfidence in his own abilities, Vader had been dismembered by his former master and left to burn to death on the shores of Mustafar's lava flows. The injuries, combined with the psychological damage his transformation and recent choices had inflicted upon him diminished his potential power in the Force. The Emperor retrieved Vader and rebuilt his body, but the process ultimately turned Vader into a [[Cyborg/Legends|cyborg]]; a being more machine than man. Furthermore, he was forced to spend the rest of his life encased within a fully-concealing [[Darth Vader's armor|suit of armor]]&mdash;outfitted with [[Life support/Legends|life support]] technology&mdash;just to stay alive.<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

In spite of Darth Vader's weakened potential, he still became the Emperor's chief enforcer and a much feared symbol throughout the Galactic Empire.<ref name="EncyclopediaVader">{{SWE|characters|darthvader|Darth Vader}}</ref> Though he believed that Vader might still be capable of achieving his full potential with a complete psychological recovery, Sidious would always be on the lookout for a Force-sensitive who could replace his hobbled disciple. However, Sidious also realized that finding another apprentice as powerful as Vader was extremely unlikely, and, despite Sidious's sociopathic tendencies, he had even developed a degree of affection for Vader.<ref name="EpisodeIIIn">[[Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode III ''Revenge of the Sith'' novelization]]</ref><ref name="Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the force">''[[Jedi vs. Sith: Essential Guide to the Force]]''</ref> However, as Sidious did not intend to be replaced by an apprentice in any event, it is unknown if Vader's condition was of any real concern to him. In fact, it appears to be very likely that Sidious actively sabotaged his apprentice's recovery and training, purposely limiting Vader's abilities so that his apprentice would not rebel against him.<ref name="DV:a3DRL">''[[Star Wars: Darth Vader: A 3-D Reconstruction Log]]''</ref><ref name="RODV">''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''</ref>

===Galactic Empire===
[[File:Vader_Sidious.png|thumb|right|275px|Darth Sidious and Darth Vader, the final members of the Order of the Sith Lords.]]
Through the Galactic Empire, the Order of the Sith Lords controlled the known galaxy through military force and state-sponsored terror. Planets that resisted the New Order's policies were swiftly made examples of by the Empire's clone soldiers, newly dubbed [[Stormtrooper/Legends|Imperial stormtroopers]].<ref name="BattlefrontII">''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II]]''</ref> For more than two decades, Emperor Palpatine ruled the galaxy by imposing peace through oppression, and order through fear.<ref name="EncyclopediaEmpire">{{SWE|groups|empire|Galactic Empire}}</ref> The few remaining members of the Jedi Order disappeared into hiding;<ref name="EpisodeIII" /> others were hunted down and exterminated.<ref name="BattlefrontII" />

However, trouble was brewing beneath the superficially stable surface of the Empire. As the brutality of the Sith regime became ever clearer, civil unrest grew accordingly throughout the fledgling Empire. Numerous Imperial Senators began to consider the possibility of open rebellion, and some of them even began funding anti-Imperial extremist groups like [[Rahm Kota]]'s militia. These Senators had long been suspected by Sidious of [[Treason/Legends|treason]], but the Emperor could find no proof of their rebel affiliations. Additionally, many of the suspected Senators were among the most respected members of the Senate, so he could not simply have them executed without massive public backlash. As such, Sidious had no viable means of eliminating these insurrectionist Senators, and simply had to put up with their actions. Even worse, although seemingly loyal to the Emperor, Darth Vader harbored a great deal of anger at his master and sought to overthrow his rule.<ref name="TFUdb">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' databank]]</ref>
[[File:Vader_Starkiller.png|thumb|left|275px|Darth Vader naming Starkiller his Sith apprentice.]]
For years, the Dark Lord personally trained a young Human orphan as his own Sith apprentice. The apprentice, codenamed [[Galen Marek|Starkiller]], was kidnapped by Vader shortly after his [[Kento Marek|Jedi father]] was [[Battle of Kashyyyk (c. 18 BBY)|killed]] on [[Kashyyyk/Legends|Kashyyyk]]. Afterward, Starkiller spent years preparing for the day when he and his Master would overthrow Darth Sidious, thus allowing him to become a true Sith Lord. However, Sidious eventually discovered the young human and, instead of having him executed, decided to use him to gather the rebellious members of the Senate under the pretense of forming an armed insurrection against the Empire.<ref name="TFUvg">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' video game]]</ref>

For some unknown reason, Darth Vader apparently changed his mind about attempting to overthrow his master with Starkiller at his side. Once the apprentice fulfilled his purpose by bringing rebellious senators together in one location on [[Corellia/Legends|Corellia]], Vader [[Corellian Treaty|betrayed]] Starkiller, nearly killing him, and apprehended the rebel leaders. In act of redemption for his former life as a Sith assassin, Starkiller [[Battle on Death Star I|defeated]] Darth Vader and rescued the senators, but ultimately fell during a struggle with Darth Sidious in the process. The apprentice's sacrifice resulted in the formation of the [[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]], a galactic insurrection aimed at the overthrow of Palpatine and the restoration of democracy. Sidious, frustrated by the setback of Starkiller's demise, was also concerned that the Rebel Alliance&mdash;secretly created by himself and Vader through Starkiller's actions&mdash;would eventually destroy the Order of the Sith Lords unless every rebel was exterminated first.<ref name="TFUvg" />

===The Galactic Civil War===
{{Quote|If even a single rebel survives, this Alliance that we have unwittingly created will be our undoing.|Darth Sidious|<ref name="Star Wars: The Force Unleashed">''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''</ref>}}
The [[Galactic Civil War/Legends|Galactic Civil War]] was the result of Darth Sidious's failure to prevent the creation of the Rebel Alliance, which partially owed its existence to the Emperor's schemes.<ref name="TFUvg" /> Despite being vastly outmatched in terms of resources and manpower, the fledgling Alliance remained committed to the cause of rebellion, even while being hunted throughout the galaxy by Darth Vader and the [[Imperial Military/Legends|Imperial Military]].<ref name="TFUIIvg">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II'' video game]]</ref> The Alliance, however, presented the Emperor with an opportunity at seizing even more political power. Under the pretense of increased security, Sidious announced the [[Dissolution of the Imperial Senate/Legends|Dissolution of the Imperial Senate]]; the [[Imperial Senate/Legends|legislative body]] that originated from the Senate of the former Republic ceased to exist as [[Moff/Legends|Imperial governors]] gained direct control over their star systems.<ref name="EpisodeIV">{{Film|IV}}</ref>

The removal of the last symbol of the Old Republic was followed by the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] where the Galactic Empire experienced an unexpected defeat against the Rebel Alliance. The Empire's loss at [[Yavin 4/Legends|Yavin 4]] was further magnified in scale by the destruction of the [[DS-1 Orbital Battle Station/Legends|Death Star]], an immense [[battlestation]] designed to inspire submission through fear of its ability to destroy entire planets.<ref name="EpisodeIV" /> The only thing that concerned the Emperor even more than the Battle of Yavin, however, was the Death Star's destroyer, [[Luke Skywalker/Legends|Luke Skywalker]].<ref name="EpisodeV">{{Film|V}}</ref>

Luke Skywalker, a young [[Rebel pilot/Legends|Rebel pilot]] and the son of Anakin Skywalker, became a priority target of the Emperor and his apprentice. Both Sidious and Vader agreed that Skywalker had the potential to be a powerful asset to the Order of the Sith Lords, so long as he could be turned to the dark side first.<ref name="EpisodeV" /> As with Starkiller,<ref name="TFUvg" /> Vader hoped to use his son in a plot to topple Sidious from the galactic throne. Likewise, the Emperor intended to claim the Jedi aspirant as his new apprentice, thus releasing him from the necessity of relying on Vader's services any longer.<ref name="EpisodeVI" /> However, turning Skywalker was apparently not his preferred plan, as he attempted to have Skywalker killed by one of his [[Emperor's Hand/Legends|personal assassins]], [[Mara Jade Skywalker|Mara Jade]], while the former attempted to free Han Solo from [[Jabba Desilijic Tiure/Legends|Jabba the Hutt]]. It was only after her assassination attempt failed, and Sidious was left with no other options, that he decided to try turning Skywalker to the dark side.<ref name="TFJP">''[[Tales from Jabba's Palace]]''</ref>

====Fall of the Sith====
{{Quote|Fully defeated by just anyone, the dark side cannot be, but only by the Chosen One.|Yoda|<ref name="EGTTF" />}}
[[File:DeathStarDuel.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Emperor observes the duel between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker.]]
[[4 ABY/Legends|Four years after the Battle of Yavin]], Darth Sidious decided to accomplish two goals&mdash;Luke Skywalker's fall to the dark side and the end of the Rebellion&mdash;at the same time. Hence, he allowed the Alliance's [[Bothan/Legends|Bothan]] spies to discern the location of the [[Death Star II/Legends|second Death Star]], as well as the [[Endor shield generator bunker|shield generator]] that protected the station during its construction period. Furthermore, he also chose to oversee its production in person, knowing that the Rebels could not afford to miss the opportunity to assassinate their main target.<ref name="EpisodeVI" />

Neither Sith Lord succeeded in their objective. While Skywalker came close to embracing the dark side, in the end he refused to murder Darth Vader in hatred, hence declaring himself a Jedi as his father once was. Realizing that Skywalker was lost to the Sith and would not turn, the Emperor unleashed his own anger through the use of Force lightning, which he used to slowly torture the Jedi. But while doing so, the Emperor's apprentice experienced another metamorphosis, caused by the sight of his son in excruciating agony. The Emperor failed to realize that Darth Vader no longer stood beside him; the fallen Jedi Knight re-embraced the former persona of Anakin Skywalker.<ref name="EpisodeVI" />

In a single act of redemption for all of his deeds as a Sith Lord, Anakin Skywalker suddenly seized Darth Sidious in order to save his son. Shrieking in utter surprise and terror, the Dark Lord turned the full power of his lightning against his now former apprentice. Despite sustaining critical damage to his armor's life support systems, Skywalker withstood the attack and threw his former Master into the Death Star's reactor shaft. With Darth Sidious's body destroyed and Anakin Skywalker succumbing to his mortal wounds, the Order of the Sith Lords was no more.<ref name="EpisodeVI" /> After a millennium of hiding, their Order had finally taken its revenge on the Jedi,<ref name="EpisodeIII" /> only to be destroyed by its last two members who ultimately killed each other.<ref name="EpisodeVI" /> With this single act the [[Chosen One/Legends|prophecy of the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force]] was finally fulfilled and realized at last.

====Darth Sidious's rebirth====
{{Quote|I'm not sure I even count the Emperor's clones as Sith. After all, they didn't earn their Sith knowledge, didn't acquire it through sweat and sacrifice; they inherited it like a package of downloaded computer programming. I think that the last Sith were gone when the Emperor and your grandfather died on the same day. But plenty of Sith legacy survived.|Lumiya to Jacen Solo|<ref name="Betrayal" />}}
[[File:Palps_Reborn-TEA.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Sidious returns to life in a body cloned from his own genetic code.]]
At some point before his death, Darth Sidious became obsessed with achieving immortality, much like his Master who also hoped to avoid the tradition of the Rule of Two. After rediscovering the lost [[Transfer essence|ability]] to move his soul into another vessel, the Emperor secretly commissioned the creation of a series of clones with himself as their genetic template.<ref name="EGTTF" /> Hidden within the [[Emperor's Citadel|Imperial Citadel]] of [[Byss/Legends|Byss]], the clones were part of Sidious's plan to escape a similar fate of the many Sith Lords who preceded him. With the destruction of his original body on the Death Star II, the fallen autocrat used his new technique for the first time, thus preventing his spirit's banishment into the Void. Upon claiming one of his clones as a host for his essence, Darth Sidious was alive once more. He then hid on Byss for several years while plotting to reestablish his hold over the galaxy.<ref name="DE">''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]''</ref>

The use of a cloned body was only a temporary solution. The fact that a clone was created beyond the natural process made it more vulnerable to the harmful effects of the dark side. As a result, the clones that Sidious inhabited were subjected to rapid age acceleration and decay, thus leading young clones to extreme old age in a short matter of time. Even still, however, Sidious regarded this dilemma as an acceptable price to pay for immortality. Although he found the dying painful and the transition uncomfortable, the Dark Lord believed that he would live forever as long as there was always a fresh supply of clones for him to possess.<ref name="DE" />

Without Sidious's presence, the Galactic Empire was fractured into various factions controlled by ambitious Moffs and [[Imperial officer/Legends|Imperial officers]] who desired to seize opportunity in the wake of the massive power vacuum left behind by the fall of the Sith Lords. The [[Imperial Civil War|discord]] that engulfed the Empire worked to the advantage of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]&mdash;the successor state to the Rebel Alliance&mdash;and its objective to liberate the galaxy from Imperial control.<ref name="DE" />

When Sidious resurfaced in [[10 ABY/Legends|10 ABY]], he briefly turned Luke Skywalker into his apprentice. Convinced that the Emperor's defeat could only be achieved through the dark side, Skywalker accepted his father's former position at Sidious's side. But through the intervention of [[Leia Organa Solo]], daughter of Anakin Skywalker, Skywalker broke the Emperor's influence over him. With the help of both Leia and her unborn son [[Anakin Solo|Anakin]], Skywalker managed to disrupt Sidious's link to the dark side. This action caused Sidious to lose control over the [[Force storm (wormhole)|Force storm]] he had been using to [[Battle of Pinnacle Base|destroy the Rebel fleet at Pinnacle Moon]].<ref name="DE" /> The storm obliterated [[Eclipse (Eclipse-class)|Sidious's flagship]] along with his current body. Although Skywalker returned to his role as a Jedi, the Emperor cheated death once more by taking possession of another clone.<ref name="DEII" />

[[File:Last_Clone_Body.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The final death of Darth Sidious]]
As Sidious concentrated his full attention on destroying the New Republic and Luke Skywalker's new Jedi Order,<ref name="EmpireEnd" /> a plot was orchestrated by a group of Imperial conspirators, led by [[Imperial Sovereign Protector]] [[Carnor Jax]], who wanted to end the Emperor's reign permanently. They poisoned the last remaining supplies of clone bodies, thus diminishing the Emperor's ability to avoid his final death.<ref name="END" /> Sidious, desperate and on the verge of oblivion as his last body aged into a deteriorated state, decided to inhabit the infant body of Anakin Skywalker's grandson, [[Anakin Solo]].<ref name="EmpireEnd" />

The dying Emperor journeyed to [[Onderon/Legends|Onderon]] where he destroyed his last clone body, thus releasing his spirit in an attempt to gain control of Anakin Solo. His efforts were thwarted by the intervention of [[Empatojayos Brand]], a survivor of the Jedi Purge. Using his mortally wounded body to trap the Emperor, Brand bound Sidious's life essence to his own, thus taking Sidious's spirit with him as he became one with the Force. The final death of Darth Sidious dissolved the lineage of Darth Bane, and the Order of the Sith Lords was finally destroyed.<ref name="EmpireEnd" />

===Post-Darth Sidious Sith===
{{Quote|Instead of two there is now only one&mdash;the Sith Order itself. I have recreated the Sith, Lord Bane, as you once did. I have given it a purpose. For what use is power without one?''"<br />"''Power is its ''own'' purpose. To ''share'' it is to ''dilute'' it. You delude yourself, pretender &mdash; Your order will yet turn on itself and you.|Darth Krayt and [[Darth Bane's holocron]]|<ref name="Legacy5">[[Legacy (2006) 5|''Legacy'' (2006) 5]]</ref>}}

{{Main|Lumiya's Sith}}
[[File:Lumiya-TEA.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Lumiya, the first formally recognized Dark Lady of the Sith.|link=Special:FilePath/Lumiya_EA.jpg]]The Order of the Sith Lords died with Darth Sidious in [[11 ABY/Legends|11 ABY]],<ref name="EmpireEnd" /> but the Sith legacy was preserved in three separate cults.<ref name="SW88">[[Star Wars (1977) 88|''Star Wars'' (1977) 88]]</ref><ref name="Omen">''[[Fate of the Jedi: Omen]]''</ref><ref name="Inferno">''[[Legacy of the Force: Inferno]]''</ref> The first to confront the new Jedi Order was [[Lumiya's Sith]], a collection of darksiders loosely related to Darth Bane's Order. As an [[Emperor's Hand/Legends|Emperor's Hand]], [[Lumiya]] had a limited knowledge of Sith teachings and dark side techniques during her tutelage under Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader.<ref name="SW88" /> When both Sith Lords perished at the hands of each other at the Battle of Endor,<ref name="EpisodeVI" /> Lumiya proclaimed herself as their successor; a Dark Lady of the Sith.<ref name="SW88" /> A strict adherent to the teachings of Darth Bane, Lumiya preserved the Rule of Two in her Order, and thus she searched for only one Sith apprentice to serve at her side.<ref name="Betrayal" /> After passing over two failed apprentices, [[Flint]]<ref name="END" /> and [[Carnor Jax]],<ref name="TEP">''[[The Emperor's Pawns]]''</ref> the Dark Lady successfully trained [[Darth Caedus|Jacen Solo]], a grandson of Darth Vader and a Jedi Knight of the [[Galactic Federation of Free Alliances|Galactic Alliance]], as her successor by [[40 ABY]]. With Lumiya's guidance, Solo accepted the Sith mantle as Darth Caedus,<ref name="Sacrifice">''[[Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice]]''</ref> the first active Dark Lord of the Sith since the time of Sidious and Vader.<ref name="Betrayal" />

====Lost Tribe of the Sith====
{{Main|Lost Tribe of Sith}}
In [[43 ABY]], the Jedi Order discovered the [[Lost Tribe of Sith]], a hidden society that traced its origin to the [[Sith Empire/Legends|Sith Empire]] of [[Naga Sadow/Legends|Naga Sadow]]. The Lost Tribe, created [[5000 BBY/Legends|long before]] the rise of Darth Bane and the Rule of Two, was populated by many Sith individuals, all ruled by a [[Grand Lord]].<ref name="Omen" /> They formed a short-lived alliance with Luke Skywalker's Jedi Order to defeat a powerful being named [[Abeloth]], but then betrayed the Jedi with preparations for galactic conquest.<ref name="Allies">''[[Fate of the Jedi: Allies]]''</ref>

==Members==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|'''[[Standard year/Legends|Time period]]'''
|'''[[Sith Master/Legends|Sith Master]]'''
|'''[[Sith apprentice/Legends|Sith apprentice]]'''
|Other
{{C|For a full list of apprenticeships that violated the [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]], see [[Order of the Sith Lords#Secret apprentices|secret apprentices]]}}
|- valign="top"
|[[1000 BBY]]&ndash;[[980 BBY]]<ref name="DoE note">''[[Darth Bane: Path of Destruction]]'', which depicts Zannah becoming [[Darth Bane/Legends|Darth Bane's apprentice]] and [[Dark Lord of the Sith/Legends|Dark Lord of the Sith]], is set in [[1000 BBY]] per ''[[The Essential Atlas]]'', and ''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]'' places the events of ''[[Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil]]'' in [[980 BBY]].</ref>
|[[File:DarthBane-TEA.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Bane/Legends|Darth Bane]]'''
|[[File:DarthZannah-DoE.png|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Zannah/Legends|Darth Zannah]]'''
|- valign="top"
|[[980 BBY]]&ndash;sometime
after 980 BBY<ref name="DoE note" />
|[[File:DarthZannah-DoE.png|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Zannah/Legends|Darth Zannah]]'''
|[[File:Darthcog.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Cognus]]'''
|- valign="top"
|After [[980 BBY]]<ref name="END">{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/member/insideronline/88/indexp2.html|text=Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties|int=Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties|archivedate=20110629021310}}</ref>
|[[File:Darthcog.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Cognus]]'''
|[[File:Darthmill.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Millennial]]
|- valign="top"
|c. [[533 BBY]]<ref name="Gravid">{{Blog|holocron|13/comments|Major Character Birth Years|Keeper of the Holocron's Blog|Leland Chee|archivedate=20090119212402}} establishes that [[Padmé Amidala/Legends|Padmé Amidala]] was born 46 years before the events of {{Film|IV}}, which corresponds to [[46 BBY/Legends|46 BBY]] per ''[[The New Essential Chronology]]''. [[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']] (Chapter 25: The Discreet Charm of the Meritocracy) states that Padmé Amidala "has only just turned thirteen" and that Gravid's reign "elapsed some five [[Standard century/Legends|centuries]] earlier" which would place the quote regarding Gravid's death in [[33 BBY/Legends|33 BBY]]. Thus, this article assumes that Gean [[Death/Legends|killed]] Gravid around [[533 BBY]].</ref>
|[[File:Sith_Emblem.svg|175px]]<br />'''[[Darth Gravid]]'''
|[[File:Sith_Emblem.svg|175px]]<br />'''[[Darth Gean]]'''
|- valign="top"
|c. well before [[185 BBY]]<ref name="Tenebrous">In ''[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|Darth Plagueis]]'', Plagueis tells Palpatine that he would be "well over one hundred" in human years. Considering the fact that this encounter happened in [[65 BBY/Legends|65 BBY]], this gives us a date for Plagueis' birth as c. well before 165 BBY. Plagueis' birth was arranged for by Tenebrous, and him being apprenticed to Tenebrous at a very young age was the end of a "decades long" quest for an apprentice after Tenebrous killed his own master. Therefore, Tenebrous killed his master c. well before 185 BBY, at least two plural decades before Plagueis' birth. He then would remain without an apprentice during his "decades long" search for an apprentice, at the end of which he would apprentice a quite young Plagueis.</ref>
|[[File:Sith_Emblem.svg|175px]]<br />'''[[Darth Tenebrous's Sith Master]]'''
|[[File:DarthTenebrousHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Tenebrous/Legends|Darth Tenebrous]]'''
|- valign="top"
|c. well before [[185 BBY]]&ndash;
c. well before [[165 BBY]]<ref name="Tenebrous" />
|[[File:DarthTenebrousHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Tenebrous/Legends|Darth Tenebrous]]'''
|- valign="top"
|c. well before [[165 BBY]]&ndash;
sometime before [[67 BBY]]<ref name="Venamis">''[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|Darth Plagueis]]'' states that Darth Venamis posed as a physician around 67 BBY, while apprenticed to Darth Tenebrous, so he must have been apprenticed some years before. However, Plagueis was apprenticed c. well before 185 BBY (see above), and Venamis was apprenticed subsequent to Plagueis. Therefore, there was a period of time in which it was just Tenebrous and Plagueis, and Venamis had not yet been apprenticed. After he was apprenticed, He and Plagueis would then have both been apprentices until Tenebrous' death in 67 BBY.</ref>
|[[File:DarthTenebrousHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Tenebrous/Legends|Darth Tenebrous]]'''
|[[File:DarthPlagueisHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]'''
|- valign="top"
|Sometime before [[67 BBY]]&ndash;67 BBY<ref name="Venamis" />
|[[File:DarthTenebrousHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Tenebrous/Legends|Darth Tenebrous]]'''
|[[File:DarthPlagueisHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]'''
|[[File:Sith_Emblem.svg|175px]]<br />'''[[Darth Venamis]]'''
{{C|Tenebrous' second apprentice; against [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]]}}
|- valign="top"
|[[67 BBY]]&ndash;c. [[37 BBY/Legends|37 BBY]]<ref name="DP">''[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|Darth Plagueis]]''</ref>
|[[File:DarthPlagueisHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]'''
|[[File:Young-palpatine.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]]'''
|- valign="top"
|c. [[37 BBY/Legends|37 BBY]]&ndash;[[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]]<ref name="DP" />
|[[File:DarthPlagueisHS-SWI130.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]'''
|[[File:Young-palpatine.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]]'''
|[[File:DarthMaul-SWI122.jpg|150px]]<br />'''[[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]]'''
{{C|Sidious' apprentice; against [[Rule of Two/Legends|Rule of Two]]}}
|- valign="top"
|[[32 BBY/Legends|32 BBY]]&ndash;[[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]]<ref name="EGTTF" />
|[[File:Palp trustme.jpg|175px]]<br />'''[[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]]'''
|[[File:DookuHS-SWILotS.png|150px]]<br />'''[[Dooku/Legends|Darth Tyranus]]'''
|- valign="top"
|[[19 BBY/Legends|19 BBY]]&ndash;[[4 ABY/Legends|4 ABY]]
|[[File:Emperor_Sidious.png|150px]]<br />'''[[Palpatine/Legends|Darth Sidious]]'''<ref name="Episode III">{{Film|III}}</ref>
|[[File:Vaderrotj.jpg|155px]]<br />'''[[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Darth Vader]]'''<ref name="Episode III" />
|}

[[Darth Vectivus]] and sometime later, [[Darth Ramage]], also reigned sometime between Darth Cognus and Darth Tenebrous' Sith Master.<ref name="Succession">During the events of ''[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|Darth Plagueis]]'', the [[Darth Plagueis/Legends|titular character]] lists off a series of members of the [[Order of the Sith Lords]] in chronological order, and places Vectivus between [[Darth Cognus]] and [[Darth Ramage]].</ref> Additionally, a [[Unidentified humanoid Sith Master|humanoid Sith Master]] reigned at some point during that time, as well. He would take a [[Unidentified Devaronian Sith apprentice|male Devaronian]] as his apprentice at some point during his reign.<ref name="Devaronian">''[[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]''</ref>

==Ranks==
{{Quote|The urge to kill one's superior is intrinsic to the nature of our enterprise. My unassailable strength gives rise to your envy; my wisdom fuels your desire; my achievements incite your craving....you must strive; you must demonstrate your worthiness, not merely to me but to the dark side. You must take the hatred you feel for me and transform it into power—the power to overcome, to forbid anything from standing in your path, to surmount whatever obstacle the dark side designs to test you.|[[Darth Plagueis/Legends|Darth Plagueis]]|<ref name="Plagueis" />}}
[[File:DarthZannah-DoE.png|thumb|left|200px|right|Darth Zannah, first apprentice and second Master of the Order.]]
In order to ensure the survival of the Sith, Darth Bane instituted the Rule of Two. Hence, only two Sith Lords were allowed to exist at any given time; the master and an apprentice. This new tenet was also meant to inspire the apprentice to murder the master, thus culling the weak from the Order and guaranteeing that only the strongest were fit to be Sith Lords. Both members of the Order held the title Dark Lord of the Sith and were required to adopt a Sith name, beginning with the title of Darth.<ref name="ROT" />

'''Sith Master'''

Sith Masters were the head of the Order. Only one master could exist at a time, and each was supposed to have only one apprentice to serve them. Notable Sith Masters included Darth Bane,<ref name="ROT" /> Darth Plagueis<ref name="Plagueis" /> and Darth Sidious.<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

'''Sith apprentice'''

Sith apprentices were neophytes in the ways of the dark side of the Force. Although they were taught to embrace absolute submission during their training, apprentices also had a tendency to become utterly fixated on the power that the Master embodied as the senior Dark Lord of the Sith. A dynamic designed by Darth Bane led to a tradition in which the apprentice eventually killed the Master and usurped the role of leadership. Upon appointing an apprentice of their own, the cycle would be renewed as the new apprentice waited until his or her power eclipsed the Master.<ref name="ROT" />

Notable Sith apprentices included Darth Zannah<ref name="ROT" /> and Darth Vader.<ref name="EpisodeIII" />

==Secret apprentices==
{{Quote|Choose someone as successor and you will inevitably be succeeded. Choose someone hungrier and you will be devoured. Choose someone quicker and you won't dodge the blade at your back. Choose someone with more patience and you won't block the blade at your throat. Choose someone more devious and you'll hold the blade that kills you. Choose someone more clever and you'll never know your end. Despite these cautions, an apprentice is essential. A Master without an apprentice is a Master of nothing.|Darth Sidious, as a [[gatekeeper]] of the [[Telos Holocron]]|<ref name="EGTTF" />}}
Different from a [[Dark Jedi/Legends|Dark Jedi]] [[Dark Acolyte/Legends|acolyte]] or a formal Sith apprentice, a secret apprentice was an individual who was introduced into the Order and trained by a Master to replace a failed apprentice,<ref name="Plagueis" /> or by an apprentice in order to overthrow the Master.<ref name="TFUvg" /> With the exception of [[Darth Maul/Legends|Darth Maul]], whom Darth Plagueis was aware of,<ref name="Plagueis" /> and possibly Marek, due to Palpatine implying in his [[Battle on Death Star I|duel]] with him that he had been aware of Vader training Marek from the start,<ref name="TFUcpg114">[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (comic)|''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' comic]]; pg. 114</ref> the following apprentices were trained in absolute secrecy.<ref name="Plagueis" /><ref name="Monster">{{TCW|Monster}}</ref><ref name="TFUvg" /><ref name="TFUIIvg" />
*[[Darth Venamis]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Tenebrous}}<ref name="Plagueis" />
*Darth Maul {{C|Apprentice of Darth Sidious}}<ref name="Plagueis" />
*[[Vergere]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Sidious}}<ref name="Betrayal" />
*[[Savage Opress/Legends|Savage Opress]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Tyranus}}<ref name="Monster" />
*[[Galen Marek]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Vader}}<ref name="TFUvg" />
**[[Subject 1138|Starkiller]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Vader}}<ref name="TFUIIvg" />
**[[Dark Apprentice|Dark Apprentice (clone)]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Vader}}<ref name="TFUIIvg" />
*[[Lumiya]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Vader}}
*[[Flint]] {{C|Apprentice of Darth Vader}}

==Appearances==
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{{Incomplete list}}
*''[[Darth Bane: Path of Destruction]]''
*[[Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (audiobook)|''Darth Bane: Path of Destruction'' audiobook]]
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith]]''
*{{GamerCite|3|Bane of the Sith}}
*''[[Darth Bane: Rule of Two]]''
*[[Darth Bane: Rule of Two (audiobook)|''Darth Bane: Rule of Two'' audiobook]]
*''[[Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil]]''
*[[Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil (audiobook)|''Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil'' audiobook]]
*{{InsiderCite|130|The Tenebrous Way}} {{1stID|Banite Sith}}
*[[Darth Plagueis (novel)|''Darth Plagueis'']]
*[[Darth Plagueis (audiobook)|''Darth Plagueis'' audiobook]]
*''[[The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi]]''
*''[[The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader]]''
*''[[Jedi Council: Acts of War]]''
*''[[Darth Maul: Saboteur]]''
*''[[Cloak of Deception]]''
*''[[Episode I Adventures 3: The Fury of Darth Maul]]''
*[[Star Wars: Darth Maul (Dark Horse)|''Star Wars: Darth Maul'']]
*''[[Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter]]''
*{{Tales|24|Marked}}
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|''Star Wars'': Episode I ''The Phantom Menace'' novelization]]
*[[Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (unabridged audiobook)|''Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace'' unabridged audiobook]]
*{{Film|I}} {{1stID|a Sith Order}}
*[[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' junior novel]]
*''[[Episode I: The Phantom Menace Movie Storybook]]''
*''[[Star Wars Episode I Journal: Darth Maul]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Battlefront]]''
*{{Shortstory|story=End Game|book=Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (novelization)|bformatted=''Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace'' novelization|manual=1}} {{C|[[2012]] edition}}
*[[Outbound Flight (novel)|''Outbound Flight'']]
*''[[Jango Fett: Open Seasons]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Bounty Hunter]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter]]'' {{Hologram}}
*''[[Boba Fett: The Fight to Survive]]''
*{{Film|II}}
*[[Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' junior novel]]
*{{Hyperspace|url=hyperspace/member/fiction/f20080423/index.html|text=''Precipice''|int=Precipice|newurl=http://star-wars.suvudu.com/2012/10/star-wars-shorts-precipice.html|newhost=[[Unbound Worlds|Suvudu]]}}
*[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (video game)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' video game]]
*''[[Star Wars: Battlefront II]]''
*''[[Boba Fett: Crossfire]]''
*[[Republic 49|''Republic'' 49]]
*[[Republic 50|''Republic'' 50]]
*[[Republic 63|''Republic'' 63]]
*[[Republic 64|''Republic'' 64]]
*''[[Jedi: Count Dooku]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Republic: Siege of Saleucami]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Obsession]]''
*{{CW|6}}
*{{CW|7}}
*[[Star Wars: Clone Wars (PhotoComic)|''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' PhotoComic]]
*''[[Jedi Trial]]''
*[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)|''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' film]]
*''[[The Clone Wars: The Fall of Falleen]]''
*{{TCW|Storm Over Ryloth}} {{Flash}}
*[[The Clone Wars 5|''The Clone Wars'' 5]]
*''[[The Clone Wars: Act on Instinct]]''
*{{TCW|Children of the Force}} {{Hologram}}
*''[[The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Dooku's Secret Army]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Hero of the Confederacy]]''
*{{TCW|Pursuit of Peace}} {{Hologram}}
*{{TCW|Nightsisters (episode)|Nightsisters}}
*{{TCW|Monster}}
*{{TCW|Witches of the Mist}}
*{{TCW|Ghosts of Mortis}} {{Vision|Anakin Skywalker}}
*{{TCW|Brothers}}
*{{TCW|Revenge (episode)|Revenge}}
*''[[Darth Maul—Death Sentence 1]]''
*''[[Darth Maul—Death Sentence 2]]''
*''[[Darth Maul—Death Sentence 3]]''
*''[[Darth Maul—Death Sentence 4]]''
*''[[The Clone Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy]]''
*{{TCW|Revival (episode)|Revival}}
*{{CWACite|10|Chain of Command (comic)|Chain of Command}}
*''[[Yoda: Dark Rendezvous]]''
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron]]''
*''[[Labyrinth of Evil]]''
*{{CW|25}}
*{{Film|III}}
*[[Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith|''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'' comics]] {{1stID|the Order of the Sith Lords}}
*[[Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'' junior novel]]
*[[Republic 78|''Republic'' 78]]
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
*''[[Imperial Commando: 501st]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Purge]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Purge: Seconds to Die]]''
*''[[Coruscant Nights I: Jedi Twilight]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Death on Naboo]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: A Tangled Web]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Secret Weapon]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Against the Empire]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception]]''
*''[[The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning]]''
*[[Dark Times 14|''Dark Times'' 14]]
*''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
*"[[Extinction]]"
*{{Tales|9|Resurrection}}
*{{Tales|9|The Rebel Four}}
*[[Death Star (novel)|''Death Star'']]
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (novel)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' novel]] {{1st}}
*{{Film|IV}}
*[[Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'' junior novel]]
*''[[Star Wars: A Storybook]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 1|''Star Wars'' (1977) 1]]
*''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 18: Rogue Squadron to the Rescue]]''
*''[[Star Wars Missions 20: Total Destruction]]''
*''[[Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron]]''
*''[[Vader's Quest]]''
*[[Rebellion 6|''Rebellion'' 6]] {{Flash}}
*[[Rebellion 7|''Rebellion'' 7]]
*[[Rebellion 8|''Rebellion'' 8]]
*[[Rebellion 9|''Rebellion'' 9]]
*[[Rebellion 10|''Rebellion'' 10]]
*[[Rebellion 11|''Rebellion'' 11]] {{Mo}}
*''[[Star Wars: Rebellion: Vector]]''
*{{Tales|4|Sand Blasted}}
*{{Tales|21|Walking the Path That's Given}}
*{{SWG|[[Star Wars Galaxies: The Ruins of Dantooine|The Ruins of Dantooine]]}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 21|''Star Wars'' (1977) 21]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 22|''Star Wars'' (1977) 22]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 23|''Star Wars'' (1977) 23]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 29|''Star Wars'' (1977) 29]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 108|''Star Wars'' 108]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 35|''Star Wars'' (1977) 35]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 36|''Star Wars'' (1977) 36]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 37|''Star Wars'' (1977) 37]]
*''[[Star Wars Missions 15: Voyage to the Underworld]]'' {{Hologram}}
*''[[Gambler's World]]''
*''[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye]]''
*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye 2|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 2]]
*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye 3|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 3]]
*[[Splinter of the Mind's Eye 4|''Splinter of the Mind's Eye'' 4]]
*{{Tales|6|The Hidden}} {{Mo}}
*{{Journal|12|Small Favors}}
*{{Film|V}}
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' junior novel]]
*[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (novel)|''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'' novel]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 39|''Star Wars'' (1977) 39]]
*[[The Empire Strikes Back (arcade game)|''The Empire Strikes Back'' game]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 40|''Star Wars'' (1977) 40]]
*''[[Entrenched]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 41|''Star Wars'' (1977) 41]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 42|''Star Wars'' (1977) 42]]
*{{Tales|4|Moment of Doubt}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 43|''Star Wars'' (1977) 43]]
*{{Tales|6|Thank the Maker}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 44|''Star Wars'' (1977) 44]]
*{{GalaxyCite|11|The Emperor's Trophy}}
*''[[Star Wars Adventures: The Will of Darth Vader]]''
*[[Star Wars (1977) 45|''Star Wars'' (1977) 45]] {{Flash}} <!--Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 48|''Star Wars'' (1977) 48]] <!--Vader-->
*''[[Dark Knight's Devilry]]'' <!--Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 50|''Star Wars'' (1977) 50]] {{Vision|Luke Skywalker}} <!--Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 51|''Star Wars'' (1977) 51]] <!--Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 52|''Star Wars'' (1977) 52]] <!--Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 53|''Star Wars'' (1977) 53]] {{Flash}} <!--Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 57|''Star Wars'' (1977) 57]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 62|''Star Wars'' (1977) 62]] {{Hologram}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 63|''Star Wars'' (1977) 63]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 64|''Star Wars'' (1977) 64]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 65|''Star Wars'' (1977) 65]] {{Imo}}
*[[Shadows of the Empire (novel)|''Shadows of the Empire'' novel]]
*[[Shadows of the Empire (comics)|''Shadows of the Empire'' comic]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 68|''Star Wars'' (1977) 68]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 74|''Star Wars'' (1977) 74]] {{Flash}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 76|''Star Wars'' 76]]
*[[Star Wars (1977) 78|''Star Wars'' 78]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 79|''Star Wars'' 79]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars (1977) 80|''Star Wars'' 80]] {{Imo}}
*[[Star Wars Annual (1977) 3|''Star Wars Annual'' (1977) 3]] <!--Vader-->
*{{Film|VI}}
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (novel)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' novel]]
*[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (junior novelization)|''Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'' junior novel]]
*''[[Star Wars Journal: Hero for Hire]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Mara Jade – By the Emperor's Hand 1]]'' <!--Sidious-->
*{{Shortstory|story=A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett|book=Tales from Jabba's Palace}} {{Imo}}
*''[[The Mandalorian Armor]]'' {{Flash}} <!--Sidious, Vader-->
*''[[Slave Ship]]'' {{Flash}} <!--Sidious, Vader-->
*[[Star Wars (1977) 108|''Star Wars'' 108]] {{Co}}
*''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Dark Empire II]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Empire's End]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Crimson Empire]]'' {{Flash}}
*''[[Legacy of the Force: Betrayal]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Fate of the Jedi: Backlash]]'' {{Imo}}
*[[Fate of the Jedi: Backlash (audiobook)|''Fate of the Jedi: Backlash'' audiobook]] {{Imo}}
*[[Legacy (2006) 8|''Legacy'' (2006) 8]] {{Mo}}
*[[Legacy (2006) 5|''Legacy'' (2006) 5]] {{Imo}}
}}

===Non-canon appearances===
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga]]''
*[[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2|''LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2'' game]]
*[[LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (film)|''LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2'' film]]
*[[LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles (video game)|''LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles'' video game]]
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Visions of the Blade]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy]]''
*''[[LEGO Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair]]''

==Sources==
*''[[Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive]]'' <!--Feb 1999-->
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20030807aargau|text=Aargau: For All Your Banking Needs|int=Aargau: For All Your Banking Needs|archivedate=20100301122641}} <!--August 2003-->
*''[[Episode III: Revenge of the Sith: Prima Official Game Guide]]''
*''[[The New Essential Chronology]]'' <!--Oct 2005-->
*{{InsiderCite|88|Heritage of the Sith}} <!--June 2006-->
*[[Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force (real-life book)|''Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force'']] <!--Nov 2007-->
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]'' {{Imo}}
*''[[The Essential Atlas]]'' <!--Aug 2009-->
*''[[Star Wars: Villains]]''
*''[[Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Beware the Sith]]''
*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide: Updated and Expanded]]''
*''[[The Essential Reader's Companion]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight]]''
*''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Masters of the Force]]''
*''[[Star Wars: Sith Wars]]''
*{{SWMCite|1|A-Z of the Clone Wars|A-Z of the Clone Wars R}}

==Notes and references==
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|el=Τάγμα των Αρχόντων Σιθ
|es=Orden de los Lores Sith
|it=Ordine dei Signori Sith
|ru=Орден лордов ситхов
|uk=Орден лордів ситів
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