All 6 Sith Ranks Explained
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I always liked the SWTOR way of it. Acolyte, Apprentice, Lord, Darth, Council Member, Emperor's direct servants and the Emperor.
I like the rankings, that’s why I love the Sith Inquisitor and Warrior storylines so much in SWTOR. Someone like Darth Thanaton and Darth Jadus would be interesting focuses for extended novels outside the main storyline. I always went lightside to see the different dialogue options and explanations of Sith doctrine by NPC Sith. I even chose purple/black crystals for my lightsaber before learning of their true nature within the Sith community.
Old Republic Blood Of The Empire is a tie in comic series that features Thanaton, worth a look :)
@@whousesanat thanks!!!
I done the same, from the same reasons, but my crystal choice was different, green/black as of "necromancer" color, for spirit themed role-play, fitting for inquisitor;).
May the FORCE be with you.
Idn. These unrealistic saber colors always looked so hay cringe. Sure it’s an MMO but a sith has a red lightsaber and that’s it. Or sometimes purple.
Around the time that the Rule of Two came into existance, it seemed more common for each individual to choose their new name when they began their studies. Dessel chose the name Bane when he was told that many acolyte chose a new name to signify their new life. Zannah inverted this a littlewhen Bane found her by choosing her birth name since she had gone by the nickname "Rain" for years. The Huntress chose the name Cognus while waiting for the power struggle between Zannah and Bane to conclude.
The fact that Zannah didn't have Set Harth choose a new name could be considered foreshadowing/hindsight that he wasn't going to be a Sith.
The Darth Bane trilogy is my favorite Star Wars book series and everything you said is true about the sith choosing their names. Also Bane reintroduced the title of Darth back into the sith order
I could have been a powerful ally to Thanatos. Unfortunately, he was too obsessed with my destruction because of what zash did.
You're wrong about the emperor title though. Palpatine took this title to confirm his power over his empire. It's purely political, not sith oriented.
Historically the title of Dark lord of the sith was given to one who had risen to the throne then during the old republic era the title of dark lord was given denote status to the Darths who had risen to the Dark Counsel
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Well put
Technically since he was the epitome of the sith, if palpatine made it a Sith title, then technically it was a Sith title. As there was no one around to disagree lol.
Honestly, I thought the ranks were:
Sith Emperor
Darth
Sith Lord
Sith Overseer
Sith Apprentice
Sith Acolyte
I was under the impression that a Marauder was a class of Sith warrior.
you are correct marauder is a subclass off warrior and mirrors the jedi guardian though acolyte would be a sith hopeful of sorts only becoming an apprentice once you have been deemed worthy to train under a master that holds the rank of sith lord or higher
Dunno what source he's using, but according to SWTOR (one of the most notable sources from the era he's talking about) The sith ranks are from lowest to highest; Acolyte (Before a sith gains a master, they are trained in groups by overseers), Apprentice (Once an acolyte is selected by a higher ranking sith for 1 on 1 training), Sith Lord, Darth and then Dark Lord of the Sith (Who also held the title of Darth). While there were many Sith Lords and Darths there were only ever a maximum of 13 Dark Lords of the Sith; The 12 members of the Dark Council and the Emperor. Marauder and Juggernaut are disciplines, how a sith fights, not ranks. Overseer is a position, always held by a Sith Lord, often a rather low ranking one cause they are often outranked by other Sith Lords.
Inquisitor
Yeah, a lot of ranks got missed out. Blademaster, assassin, Knight, Alchemist, Dark Lord, Overlord, Overseer, and so on. I imagine he wanted to stick with the ones that made the most sense to both SWTOR and the original trilogy.
Isn’t Sith Overlord a thing? The Sith’ari is suppose to be the ‘Dark Overlord of the Sith’ so who would it be? Bane was the Sith’ari (imo) but Sidious fits more for what an Overlord is.
"Valkorion, Tenebrae, Vitiate, Emperor of the Sith, my low born son has worn many masks" Lord Dramath
I think you're missing a couple notable rankings. One is that of a Dark Council member, and another is that of a person who directly served the emperor (such as his voice or wrath, both seen in the Sith Warrior storyline in SWTOR) who seem to be on the same level as the Dark Council in regards to hierarchy, only second to the Emperor himself.
Are The Animated Clips Shown Throughout The Vid From SWTOR?
@@00drpepper58 A few of them are from the trailers I believe
It’s be cool to see an alternate timeline where Dooku & Ventress killed Sidious. Reminds me of that story where Anakin comes back to the light side shortly after the events of Episode III.
If Dark side users can be called Darth
why can't Light side users be called Lighth
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@@MrTHEMONEEMAKER actualy it sounds good
Darth = *Dark Lord of the Sith* , regarding this, a light side equivalent could be "Light Master of the Jedi", = Ligdi ^^
Been writing my own star wars story the last few months focuses heavily on the sith. These videos have been a big help.
I've been doing that to but my main character is a Grey Jedi.
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Apprentice....
Its a stunning thing that Starkiller only ever held this rank despite being possibly (non-canon I know) among the top 3 most powerful force users who ever existed, and yet only held the lowest of ranks.
Mind you Palpatine referred to Vader in just the same way.
He named him Darth Vader in episode III. He was still apprentice to Palps, just as Palps was apprentice to Plageuis, and Palgeuis to Tenebrous, and so on back to Bane.
in SWTOR you are first of all an 1. acolyte. These answer to the general instructors or overseers within the Sith Academy at Korriban. It probably worked this way for Sith academy on Ziost (later destroyed when Ziost was destroyed by the Emperor) and elsewhere - however Korriban was the "elite" or "ivy league" school of the Sith.
Then you become an 2. apprentice when you have a Lord (or Darth) take you on.(Lord Zash/ Darth Baras).
When you are promoted, you become a 3. Lord
4. When you overthrow your master you become a 4. Darth
In the game you become more than this, as either the Emperor's Wrath or part of the -
5. Dark Council - the 12 who rule the Empire and each has a part of the Imperial Government - Spheres of Influence.
6. Above this level is the EMPEROR.
Warriors/Marauders/Inquisitors are subclasses of the above.
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Dang dint even know there where ranks before this!
I never understood why sith even took an apprentice.
- okay so I am self serving egoistic emotional driven guy
-yup
- all I care for is power?
-yup.
- and I am supposed to find a student... train them fully knowing that they will kill me?
-yup.
- seems very... altruistic...like... I am literally sacrificing my life for the good of the sith...
-yup.
- why would I do that? Sure I need someone to run my errands and deal eith basic enemies so I will teach my student strong basics but nothing above it.
- but then sith will die out...
- and I should care because...
cannon wise aka George Lucas's interpretation that is a major reason why the sith went extinct everyone wanted to be the big bad evil guy and just drove themselves to extinction over their selfish actions in legends thou the massive expansion made then make sense somewhat picture tradition of constantly thinking your apprentice won't defeat you and then be surprised he actually defeats you so basically an assistant that from time to time tries to kill you.
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during the entire span of the rule of two were there any sith species still in existence? never got why any "sith" lord after the rule of two would consider themselves lord of a species that's extinct. was it in homage to the species that had such a pure connection to the dark side?
This makes so much sense to me now why Sidious called darth vader, lord vader it always confused me as it seemed as though he was referring to him as almost equal after playing the old republic games but it being used in the empire and Sith connotations clarifies this giving vader a better title but never equal or better as that is the way of the sith
Sith Warrior will always be my favourite
Do you think that you could possibly make a video talking about all the lords of something like the lord of pain or hunger, if there are any more. I have always been interested in this topic, but never could find anything about anymore that the two I listed. Would love to here your thoughts and stories about these lords (if any others exist).
I love the sith video now about the warth from the old republic
Love your videos
Actually according to Legends you're actually forgetting a few ranks. After sith Lord it goes Darth and then it goes master and a lord does not have to be a Darth after sith Master it goes the dark lord of the sith then it goes emperor. Sometimes those two titles are intertwined and they're the same one. Also right above a sith apprentice was a sith acolyte an acolyte was one rank above The apprentice because they actually knew a little bit more knowledge of the force and the dark side itself then The apprentice these ranks are demonstrated in the Kotor 1 and Kotor 2. As you usually saw lords taking orders from Masters.
Love the vids
Also there are jobs in the sith as well. Maul would have been a sith assassin the sith maurder was also a job. I can't remember the rest.
The term sith is actually due to the ancient sith race! Being around long before human sith lords.
"There were no more titles simply because there were no more Sith."
Darth Krayt: *Am I a joke to you?*
This reminds me so much of Murim. 😂
Edit: Also, it makes sense the Jedi has 7 while Sith has 6 Ranks. Because the Jedi are more Bureaucratic while the Sith are more streamlined.
i allways thought that Darth means the one sith that want to rule over others (as kopecz or bane once said)
I’d personally like to be a sith in the old republic era. Not a warrior or inquisitor but simply a sith. I’d have double bladed saber with 2 crystals. A lava crystal in one side and a black krayt dragon pearl in the other. Id switch sides in combat. Using the black saber for quick confusing light attacks then switch to the dense heavy lava crystal to break there defense
I thought it was
acolyte
apprentice
Lord
Darth
Dark council member - wrath
Emperor
It is
I heard Sith Lord mentioned and I've seen also used "Dark Lord of the Sith". Did anyone else find it confusing that there were two different titles with the word lord in them? I did at first , I'm pretty sure " Dark Lord of the Sith" is either very close to or just another name for a "Darth". If they aren't interchangeable then I think they're very close in power level both metaphorically speaking and literally.
Dark Lord of the Sith is the Old Republic era term for Emperor. There can be only one at the top.
Funny. In the old republic MMO you do get called Dark lord of the Sith after being promoted a Darth.
Awesome!
great vid. I believe the Sith Emperor was also known as The Dark Lord of the Sith
What about the Overseers and Inquisitors? Ranks devoted to teachers and Scholars in the Sith Order? As well as the ancient title of Sith'ari? The original title of Emperor
this explains the inquisitors
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I had no idea.
Didn’t know that emperor was an official Sith rank. I also didn’t know there was a difference between Sith Lord and Darth
hmm so when Emperor Sidious would occasionally just call him lord vader or even just vader instead of darth vader, was that like a snub against him?
No. "Lord" and "Darth" are both honorifics that can be used interchangeably. In the Rise of the Empire era, the only Sith Lords who existed had Darth titles. In older eras, there was a distinction. A lot of people think any Darth is stronger than any Lord, but that's a poor read. Many Sith Lords were extremely powerful, capable of killing any other Sith they would so choose. Lord Scourge was an example. Lord Fulminiss was another. Both served the Sith Emperor from the SWTOR videogame
can someone explain to me how Darth Sidious somehow returns in Ep. IX
clones
Somehow
He basically made a clone of himself that wasn't perfect and stole the power from Rey and kylo to become whole again at the end but got clapped instead
There is no episode IX
Sith magic... cloning :O
I still think there's a solid chance we see Darth Krayt make an appearance...
He can still be fit into the Disney continuity and by Lucas's script, Krayt would have made Palps look like a pussy cat with his rule of one..
But seeing as Disney won't go that dark...
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Nooice!
Incorrect.
The ranks went as follows:
Initiate, Acolyte, Apprentice, Lord, Darth.
There were two classes of Sith each having two advanced classes, Sith Warrior and Sith Inquisitor. The Warriors are divided into Juggernauts (heavy armor, single lightsaber, straightforward force powers) and Marauders (medium armor, twin lightsabers, more esoteric force powers) The inquistors were divided into Assassins (saberstaff, light armor, stealth powers) and Sorcerers (single lightsaber, light to med armor, spells, illusions, alchemy, and aaalll kinds of lightning powers)
Ngl, it's cool and interesting but also a bit confusing still.
A generalist, one-size fits all description of "Sith ranks" in the entirety of the Old Republic period is impossible. Sith were a dime a dozen, and the many different incarnations existed. For example, the Sith Brotherhood of Exar Kun never doled out Darth titles. Even the Dark Lord himself wasn't one. On the other hand, Vitiate's empire in the shadows had a strict and structured political hierarchy. I think it would be worthwhile to look at hierarchies of individual Sith incarnations rather than this one here
the brotherhood of darkness didn't use Darth either - purposely, as is explained in the Darth Bane series.
The Sith members led by the diabolical Darth Sidious.
Sith Marauder isn't a rank, it's a category of it's true rank, sith Warrior..
What about Sith Assassins and Juggernauts?
My Darth Trio Revan Vitiate and Nihilus
Why imagine this three working together, Revan was once a sith turn Jedi and return back in being A sith, Nhilus is just a living ghost and vitiate his just too cunning to die
I wonder how many Darth sidius tried to train?
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I always thought that the ranks went (from highest to lowest):
Dark Lord of the Sith
Darth
Lord
Warrior (when you are a sith but not a lord)
Apprentice
Acolyte
There is also the title of Scion, this is the highest, and only one force user has ever in the history of the sith achieved this, and that is vitiate
Highest...? Wouldn’t it technically be emperor
@@harrambou9468 good guess but no, there are instances where there are multiple emperors but only one scion. Albeit this happens by accident and only in the EU.
I thought that the Sith ranks and titles, were essentially;
Emperor (of the Sith)
Darth
Lord
Apprentice
Acolyte
Initiate
(Although I strictly view Palpatine as a Dark Lord of the Sith, and Vader as his Acolyte. Sidious only dubbed himself as Emperor, as a formality and to mock the Ancient and Banite Era Sith)
Imagine if the master and Sith trainee died in an accident together. This ends the reign of the Sith.
That would mean they were both too weak to be of consequence and were unworthy of being called Sith.
Interesting....
Nah, the train that caused the accident would inherit their titles and carry out sith legacy.
When did Yoda knight Luke? Don't remember that scene.
Ventress would totally be called Darth Striga
I think it's time for the rule of two to go away
Now it’s the rule of 0
One question. What about the label of a sith assassin? Was that not considered a official rank in the order or were they not considered a sith at all? Because some like mails and ventress both were referred to at one point or another as a sith assassin.
That’s a profession like the imperial inquisitor. A sith assassin is not a sith, but an assassin trained by a sith. And than be removed when there’s no more need for them.
If I had to guess, I'd say the worst Sith rank is trapped inside Vader's armour
Where are you getting this from?
You're wrong on a lot of this...
Ventress was never technically a sith or an apprentice. She was a nightsister assassin trained in lightsaber combat. Duku never took her as an apprentice and never intended to. Maul, while he was technically Sidious's apprentice Sidious never intended for him to succeed him as the dark lord so he was only really trained in combat not sith philosophy and teachings so i would put him in the same category as Ventress. Sith wasn't a rank it was essentially a title indicating you where a member of the sith order, in much the same way a jedi youngling is a jedi.
(Name of religious order) then (rank within order) i.e.
Jedi youngling
Sith acolyte
Jedi/Sith apprentice
Jedi knight
Sith lord
Ect.
The thing about sith ranks... Sith ranks basically became all but meaningless. Bane's sith really only came in two ranks, master and apprentice. Sith ranks only held any meaning prior to the rule of two.
Darth Bane resurrected the title of Darth because only the worthy deserved it
darth= jedi master.
Whats with emperor vitiate/tenebrae
Most of what u sayed it tru, but for 1 point. Sidious--->Drath Plages was the last sith, that onered "the rule of 2" and the old way of doing things, and i think this is a big reason way Sidious's empire was as bad and weak, Sidious didten care about others, he gave away titels like it was candy, but he never chanced a titel after it was given. Ventres, Duku, Moal, Vader even himself( i dont recal Sidious calling him self emperror) some wher given big titels like darth, rigth from the start like Vader and Moal, but people like Ventres wher only given the lowest rank and was never even considered to becom a "sith", a lord or a darth, and this is my problem with Sidious, what he dos make no sens, hes plans, hes rule, non of the new star wars makes sens cus the writers make up new plots and sceams, but how many times can u chance the filler of a story before u loos the storyline completly?( just look at what was done to hyperspace, lightsabers, force traning time, and the ranking of Sith and jedi, except for Anaikin do eny jedi get promoted ever?)
I thought the Sith equivalent to a Jedi Knight was a Sith Sabre?
The equivalent of a knight would be the Sith Warrior, with Juggernaut being the equivalent of a Guardian and a Marauder the equivalent of a Sentinel.
Nah, these are just classes in that shitty MMO.
Hopefully the Sith return. There are still holocrons around and such, but it requires a competent writer to bring them back effectively.
simple fix. An OLD sith was frozen in carbinite gets woken up by a dumb bounty hunter.... gose on to rebuild the Empier my vote Darth Malgus
Or…just make movies/series about the Old republic that had an entire sith empire in it mever seen in live action.
Force Crush on the Sub button didnt work... my monitor broke tho..
Actually, there were quite a few more sith rankings.
Is there possible for the Sith to have several "2", Rule of 2?
What If Qui-Gon Jinn Trained Anakin part 3 when?
That guy is just so overrated with what ifs. Just let him die. He lost to Maul in a 2v1.
So would a with assassin by like a sub-class of marauder?
A Sith Assassin is a subclass of the Sith Inquisitor (Different from the Imperial Inquisitors who were barely trained minions).
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Does anyone care to hazard a guess as to what Dooku might have named Ventress had he and she rebelled against Sidious and slew him?
Darth Baldhoe
@@toxicelamain2494 Ventress was kinda hot. Not gonna lie.
So the Sith Rank of the Sith Emperor is as equal to the Jedis Rank of the Jedi Grandmaster .
The Rank of The Siths is very Very interesting .
The sith seek Power. To point to kill They Master. The Darth is a lots more interesting. How come into play.
What is the "Count" rank that Count Dooku holds? I thought that the "Count" rank would be above Darth
He just had a noble background thats why he was called a ‘Count’ not really related to him being a Sith. He also had a different (sith) title: Darth Tyranus
Count was his title because he is royalty. Its like the Queen of England is titular head of the Church of England. One is a royal title (Queen), the other (head of the Church, defender of the faith, etc.) is a religious title. You can have one without the other - i.e. the Pope is a religious title, he is not Emperor of Rome or King of Italy.
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So you might have explained it and I just missed it but why as Vader “darth vader” but palpatine called him “lord vader”
Because darth is a title that is more of a name. Once a lord gets strong enough to be promotef to dark lord of the sith (darth) they get it along with a new unique last name. Lord is a more like a nobility title that both darths and non darths can be refered to, and you ise it like you say doctor to a doctor.
But SW lore is broken so there is no concrete answer. It’s just the most logical explanation I found.
I am not an acolyte, I am a master
Master of cringe
@@toxicelamain2494 not as much as you
Darth Vader sounds like Invader Sidious sounds like Insidious.
Fun fact darth vader also mean Dark Father.
But Sith are or were a Race too in the Old Republic Era they still had full bloods.
Sith giga chad: starkiller
Hes just a plot armoured protagonist that didn’t even exist due to having been in his own legends universe.
Also had a cringe name that kills any seriousnes of his character.
I thought they were
Dark lord of the sith
Darth
Lord
Sith overseer
Sith marauder
Sith apprentice
Sith acolyte
Don't you mean acolyte or Apprentice i
What about the title Dark Lord of the Sith?
That is what “darth” means. As an upgraded version of Lord of the sith that is often referred to as just a lord.
The order of two was a mistake
2
You didn't mention dark Lord of the sith.
Uh.....Sidious was Emperor because he was literally Emperor of the galaxy. Are you sure that's a Sith title?? Also I thought there was a rank below Sith apprentice. Because they had the Inquisitors, which weren't taught anything on the Sith and given very basic fighting, though they had force powers and obeyed the power of the dark side. Would this not be the lowest rank and only make it to Sith apprentice when decided worthy of it?
Yes there has been many Sith Emperors, most notably Vitiate and Sidious
@@LB-zg4qi the 3 most notable Emperors would be Naga Sadow, Vitiate and Sidious.
@@SINDRIKARL1 I think Darth Krayt is pretty big too
Inquisitors were the most powerful sith within the old repuplic. They were pretty much the puppet masters and governing figures of all the sith order. But imperial inguisitors 1000yrs later weren’t even part of the order, so you can’t call them sith even if they were trained by Vader.
Why wasn't Count Dooku ever referred as a Darth🤔
Because he was a Sith Apprentice. Plalpatine called Vader, Lord Vader, never Darth Vader.
Actually his Darth title is Darth Tyrannus he keeps his name count Dooku he a ruler of his home planet seranno and to keep the Sith secret.
I think count Duku was a good guy trying to take down the sith from the inside and achieve knowledge like Qui Gon Jin
how did luke become a grand master with yoda dead your friend jon daniels
He essentially dictated that himself. Grand Master is not so much of a rank but rather a title given to a Jedi Master that would be the head of the Jedi Order (there also had other titles such as Battlemaster who was Cin Drallig and Master of the Order who was Mace Windu, but they were al Jedi Knight doing specific roles). He was told by Yoda that he had to confront Vader to become a Jedi (that is becoming a Knight as Padawans were not referred to as 'Jedi'), he does defeat Vader and essentially recognizes himselfs a Jedi Knight even though Yoda already passed. As years passed, he grew strong with the force to the point that he could very well be considered a Master. And since he founded and ran the new Jedi Order then he would have been the Grand Master of the institution as he would be the one in charge.
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