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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"Valkorion, Tenebrae, Vitiate, Emperor of the Sith, my low born son has worn many masks" Lord Dramath

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.

If Dark side users can be called Darth why can't Light side users be called Lighth I'll see myself out now

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.

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.

Been writing my own star wars story the last few months focuses heavily on the sith. These videos have been a big help.

Nice! I always liked the Sith Lore of the Star Wars series!

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...

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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?

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).

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I love the sith video now about the warth from the old republic

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Sith Warrior will always be my favourite

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

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.

"There were no more titles simply because there were no more Sith." Darth Krayt: *Am I a joke to you?*

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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

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i allways thought that Darth means the one sith that want to rule over others (as kopecz or bane once said)

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

great vid. I believe the Sith Emperor was also known as The Dark Lord of the Sith

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.

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 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.

Didn’t know that emperor was an official Sith rank. I also didn’t know there was a difference between Sith Lord and Darth

The Sith members led by the diabolical Darth Sidious.

The term sith is actually due to the ancient sith race! Being around long before human sith lords.

I had no idea.

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.

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.

this explains the inquisitors

I thought it was acolyte apprentice Lord Darth Dark council member - wrath Emperor

I wonder how many Darth sidius tried to train?

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?

Sith Marauder isn't a rank, it's a category of it's true rank, sith Warrior..

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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.

Whats with emperor vitiate/tenebrae

What about Sith Assassins and Juggernauts?

Ventress would totally be called Darth Striga

So would a with assassin by like a sub-class of marauder?

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

When did Yoda knight Luke? Don't remember that scene.

So sword of light right my birthday is on the international Day of light does that make me light

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...

Is there possible for the Sith to have several "2", Rule of 2?

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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

Darth Bane resurrected the title of Darth because only the worthy deserved it

can someone explain to me how Darth Sidious somehow returns in Ep. IX

If I had to guess, I'd say the worst Sith rank is trapped inside Vader's armour

Imagine if the master and Sith trainee died in an accident together. This ends the reign of the Sith.

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)

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.

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?

I think it's time for the rule of two to go away

What is the "Count" rank that Count Dooku holds? I thought that the "Count" rank would be above Darth

Actually, there were quite a few more sith rankings.

darth= jedi master.

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

I thought the Sith equivalent to a Jedi Knight was a Sith Sabre?

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?)

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What If Qui-Gon Jinn Trained Anakin part 3 when?

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

Hopefully the Sith return. There are still holocrons around and such, but it requires a competent writer to bring them back effectively.

So you might have explained it and I just missed it but why as Vader “darth vader” but palpatine called him “lord vader”

Don't you mean acolyte or Apprentice i

So the Sith Rank of the Sith Emperor is as equal to the Jedis Rank of the Jedi Grandmaster .

I am not an acolyte, I am a master

What about the title Dark Lord of the Sith?

You didn't mention dark Lord of the sith.

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.

But Sith are or were a Race too in the Old Republic Era they still had full bloods.

Ewok sith marauder pls

I thought they were Dark lord of the sith Darth Lord Sith overseer Sith marauder Sith apprentice Sith acolyte

Darth Vader sounds like Invader Sidious sounds like Insidious.

Sith giga chad: starkiller

Why wasn't Count Dooku ever referred as a Darth🤔

The order of two was a mistake

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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?

I think count Duku was a good guy trying to take down the sith from the inside and achieve knowledge like Qui Gon Jin

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