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What was Darth Maul's birth name?
As far as we know, Maul is Darth Maul's pre-Sith name. He was born a Nightbrother and has brothers with similarly evil-sounding names: Savage Opress and Feral. Maul's last name may be considered "...
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To what extent can Emperor Palpatine actually see into the future?
What the Emperor tells Luke is actually:
Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design.
The difference may seem irrelevant (especially since the Emperor does tell Vader, ...
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Are there any blue Sith?
You can always go with Sidious' hologram. It's canon.
You could also use Maul's hologram. That would be even funnier since the red and blue Sith would be the same person.
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Why was Count Dooku not given the title "Darth"?
He was addressed as "Darth Tyranus" by Darth Sidious in the Clone Wars episode "The Rise of Clovis".
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Did Sidious not believe that Anakin would destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force?
The prophecy of the Chosen One is a Jedi prophecy. As a Sith, Sidious has no reason to believe that it would come true in a way that favored the Jedi. He would regard it as no more than wishful ...
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Why did Palpatine trust so many people with his plan for the Jedi?
Order 66 was never planned by anyone other than Palpatine. There were 150 contingency orders, including one to arrest/kill the Supreme Chancellor.
I would assume that their inhibitor chip would ...
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Are there any blue Sith?
In Legends, Darth Ruin is blue.
Picture from Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side
Picture from Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
And of course, Anakin was a Sith, and when he ...
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Why was Darth Vader more of a Jedi than Anakin?
I think there is evidence that for the Sith, passionate fiery anger initially leads them to fall to the dark side, but this eventually tends to solidify into more of a cold contempt for others, a kind ...
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Other than better PR, what is the difference between the Jedi and the Sith?
The main differences are:
How they access the Force.
Jedi's access to the Force is more passive. They let the Force guide them.
Sith's access is far more active. They make the Force do their ...
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Would fewer Jedi be more powerful?
That's not how the force works! or why the Rule of Two works. The Rule of two was created by Darth Bane to allow the Sith Order to operate in secret, because greed and fighting amongst many Sith Lords ...
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Why did Vader and Maul abandon their name while the other Sith Lords in the Movie didn't?
The main difference between Sheev Palpatine and Count Dooku as a set, and Anakin and Maul as another set, is circumstances:
The former pair were politicians with their "muggle" personas being their ...
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Can Sith crystals be "bled" by Jedi?
They can be unbled, as done by Ahsoka Tano
The crystals that had powered his lightsaber were no longer contained by metal, but their song had not dimmed. She held them in one hand, almost shaking as ...
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Can the Sith become Force Ghosts?
I suppose you only want answers from the One True Canon (i.e. Disney's), but if you accept Legends (i.e. discontinued Extended Universe non-canon), then Sith Lords can become spirits of some kind.
One ...
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How did Grand Moff Tarkin Feel About Darth Sidious?
Tarkin respected both Darth Vader and Darth Sidious. He didn't know for sure that they were Sith Lords, but he suspected it. He agreed with their political goals and willingly served Sidious.
Tarkin's ...
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According to the Rule of Two, what happens if the Master defeats the Apprentice in a challenge?
All indications are that the Sith Master will kill the apprentice and take on a new one. That said, the Master has absolute power and can theoretically choose to spare the apprentice's life in order ...
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Did Vader ever face another Force user in aerial/space combat, aside from Luke in Ep. IV?
Vader faces Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, and Ahsoka Tano
In the canonical Star Wars: Rebels "Siege of Lothal", Vader faced Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, and Ahsoka Tano in a space battle.
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In canon, has a Jedi ever used the light side to kill a Sith?
Adamant's answer was right at the time he answered it, but with more recent episodes of Star Wars Rebels, the answer is a definitive yes.
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Did Palpatine have an alternate plan had he not been elected chancellor?
I'm not aware of a specific statement that Sidious had a backup plan, but he had multiple routes to transform the Republic into the Empire with himself as Emperor.
For example, it was Sidious' ...
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How do we know that Darth Plagueis was Sidious' master?
As far as subtle clues go, there's the bit in the film's official novelisation where Palpatine outright tells Anakin that Darth Plagueis was his master
“Darth Plagueis was real.”
Anakin could force ...
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In canon, has a Jedi ever used the light side to kill a Sith?
Yes
There are only a few Sith in Disney canon. Most are ambiguous cases, but with new information from The Rise of Skywalker, there is one definitive one.
Plagueis
He was killed by his apprentice,...
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Did the Rebellion know that the Emperor was the Sith Lord Darth Sidious?
The Rebellion probably did not know that the Emperor was Darth Sidious. That appears to be the intention of George Lucas and the Lucasfilm Story Group, at least.
The Emperor took great pains to make ...
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Why did Vader and Maul abandon their name while the other Sith Lords in the Movie didn't?
A Sith decides to use his real name or Sith name depending on which would be more effective and useful for the Sith Order. Different individuals have different skills, so some Sith Lords are more ...
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What was Darth Maul's birth name?
It may very well simply be Maul.
In Star Wars: Rebels, Mauls rejects the Sith and says this:
Formerly Darth, now just Maul.
Since he no longer considers himself a Sith, and dropped the "Darth" ...
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What makes you a Sith Lord?
"Sith Lord" is a title bestowed by a person with the proper authority. This would be someone who already is a Sith Lord, specifically the Sith Master (not just the Sith Apprentice) due to ...
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Why does Darth Sidious need bodyguards?
This is addressed in a slightly tongue-in-cheek footnote in the new (canon) junior novelisation for Return of the Jedi. In short, the guards are basically window-dressing, for the most part, but the ...
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Did Sidious know the secret of cheating death?
IN THE DISNEY CANON:
We don't know. Plagueis' story has not been told in entirety yet within G-Canon.
IN LEGENDS CANON:
Referencing the book Darth Plagueis, I would say that while Plagueis taught ...
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Why Can't Palpatine and Maul use the Force to stop themselves from falling?
Palpatine was:
Exhausted from using Force-Lightning. Remember the ill effects it had on him in ROTS, when he used it on Mace Windu.
Likely injured from bouncing off the walls (as we see in ROTJ ...
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What makes you a Sith Lord?
Null’s answer covers the basics for the current Disney Canon.
This answer is intended to cover the old pre-Disney lore based on the extended universe, now known as ‘Legends’, because it both gives ...
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Why was Darth Vader more of a Jedi than Anakin?
You are forgetting the most important fact of all.
Fear -> Anger.
Consider all the things that Anakin had to fear: He was afraid he would lose Padme, lose his mother, lose the respect of the Jedi, ...
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