Star Wars fans horrified by secret origins of Sith lords

It will come as no surprise whatsoever, but the Sith of the Star Wars universe are quite a negative group of folk. Shocking, I know.

Without good there cannot be evil and without evil, there cannot be good. It’s that simple yet ideological concept that has driven the Star Wars universe, the brainchild of George Lucas ever since the first movie Episode IV - A New Hope arrived in cinemas in 1977.

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We all know popular Sith lords from Darth Vader, Darth Sidious and Darth Revan to name a few. However, how did the Sith come to be called the Sith?

According to a Wookieepedia entry: “The Sith, also referred to as the Sith Order was a sect of Force-sensitives who utilised the dark side of the Force.”

It continues: “The term "Sith" originally referred to a species of aliens native to the planets Korriban and Ziost, who were later enslaved and ruled by exiled Dark Jedi from the Galactic Republic.”

So in other words, slavery is a massive part of the Sith origins. On Reddit, Star Wars fans elaborated further on the origins of the Star Wars baddies.

“In canon, they were a red-skinned race native to Korriban. They were hunted to near-extinction by the Old Republic at the end of The Great Hyperspace War,” BlueSmoke95 explained. “The survivors later hatched the plan that led to the Jedi Civil War, the Mandalorian Wars, the Clone War, and ultimately, the destruction of the Jedi and Republic.”

“In the real world, I'm not totally sure what the first mention is or how they came about. I believe Geroge Lucas intended the "bad guys" to be able to fully challenge a Jedi, but the only beings able to do that 1v1 would be another Jedi, but evil. Don't quote me on that, though.”

To be honest, there is so much lore surrounding the Sith, the more we dig for information, the more questions we’ll have to ask.