

Previously, Vader had tried to do the same, but he gave up on his quest to make his son his apprentice after the mission to Exegol. The Dark Lords ruled the galaxy for a generation until the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY, when Sidious betrayed Vader and tried to make Luke Skywalker his new apprentice.

Sidious proclaimed himself Galactic Emperor after destroying the Jedi Order. After the death of Tyranus, Skywalker fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader, Sidious' third apprentice. Sidious would later betray Tyranus and have him killed by the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, as he desired to make Skywalker his apprentice. The dark side of the Force transformed Anakin Skywalker into the Dark Lord of the Sith known as Darth Vader. They are the ones who should be running." ―Darth Vader However, Sidious informed Maul that he still had uses for his former apprentice, using him to draw out Mother Talzin. The Dark Lord castigated Maul, informing the Dathomirian that he had been replaced in an Order that permitted only two Sith Lords. There, he killed Opress and subdued Maul.

Having replaced Maul with Darth Tyranus, Sidious confronted the Zabrak Sith claimants on Mandalore. Īt the time of the Clone Wars, Sidious' former apprentice Darth Maul sought to reclaim his status as a Sith Lord while training his brother, Savage Opress.

Sidious was the Dark Lord of the Sith during the last years of the Republic and the rise of the Galactic Empire. Darth Sidious, publicly known as Sheev Palpatine from Naboo, became the Dark Lord of The Sith after betraying and murdering his Sith Master Darth Plagueis. The Dark Lords that succeeded Darth Bane would adhere to his teachings, maintaining the Sith Order's ranks at two members throughout the millennium-long reign of the modern Galactic Republic. " The viceroy of the Trade Federation…was once in league with this Darth Sidious, but he was betrayed ten years ago by the dark lord." ―Darth Tyranus and Obi-Wan Kenobi ĭarth Sidious concealed his nature as the Dark Lord of the Sith behind the facade of Sheev Palpatine. " Hundreds of senators are now under the influence…of a Sith lord called Darth Sidious." Following Ren's redemption, Sidious perished along with his followers in the Battle of Exegol as the very last Dark Lord of the Sith remaining. During the First Order's war against the Resistance, Ren aspired to rule all the galaxy as the new Emperor and Dark Lord of the Sith. Their reign ended when Vader sacrificed himself by destroying his master, rendering the Sith extinct through the deaths of the final Dark Lords.ĭespite the Sith's prophesied destruction, their legacy endured through Sidious, who was revived through cloning and the dark side of the Force, as well as Supreme Leader Kylo Ren, Vader's grandson. Sidious killed Opress and chastised Maul, reminding his former apprentice that there could only be two Sith Lords at any given time in the galaxy.Īfter the Galactic Republic fell, the galaxy was ruled by two Dark Lords- Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious and his apprentice, the fallen Jedi Darth Vader-during the era of the Galactic Empire. During the Clone Wars, Darth Maul and Savage Opress claimed the mantle of Dark Lord despite the presence of Sidious and Darth Tyranus. Under the Rule of Two, it applied to both the Sith Master and the Sith apprentice.ĭarth Plagueis' apprentice, Darth Sidious, conspired to restore the Sith to power roughly a millennium after the death of Darth Bane, the Dark Lord who reformed the Sith. " What if I told you that the Republic…was now under the control of the dark lord of the Sith?" ―Darth Tyranus, to Obi-Wan Kenobi ĭark Lord of the Sith was a title used by members of the Sith, also known as Sith Lords.
