SPECULATION Where are the Sith??

IF Anakin was really the chosen one, and IF the chosen one was really supposed to destroy the Sith, and IF there are really only ever two Sith at a time – then there shouldn’t be any left. Simple as that I’d think.

 

When the primary rule of your order is that there can't be more than two members at the same time, then it isn't really that strange...

 

I think that the better question to ask is not if the Sith are extinct but when they return, if Lucasfilm decides to progress the timeline (what they will eventually do.)

 

Seems to me the conflict has been relayed to us in this new saga instead in terms of ‘dark vs. light’. The names may change, but the struggle remains the same. Names like ‘Jedi’ and ‘Sith’ become irrelevant with that perspective. They’re just titles assigned to the opposing forces of a larger battle predating both. We can have lightsiders that aren’t Jedi and darksiders that aren’t Sith.

I’m all for anything that sets this new trilogy apart from the first two. I’ve seen the Sith. They played they’re part. Now let’s do something new. What I want rarely pans though, so I’m sure more Sithy goodness is on its way

 

The Sith are gone. Destroyed by the chosen one.

I don't see the Sith as prime antagonists. It's the dark side. The Sith were just a part of the dark side. But it's so much bigger.

Maybe Lucasfilm wants to go a different way. First the Sith got destroyed and now the Jedi will end. There will be new kinds of force users.

 

I think they should absolutely leave the Sith out of this trilogy for the sake of making things more interesting/original. And keeping the end of RotJ relevant. I'm open to a potential story of an attempt to revive the Sith in the future, but not necessarily in films.

Sooner or later they will make a canon version of the Old Republic, there's no doubt about it. That would be a perfect opportunity to give us tons of Sith-centric stuff.

 

I'm with you on this. Many people think of it as, "The Sith were the main villains of the movies so far," but strictly speaking, it's only been that way for three movies: the prequels. And it applies to the original trilogy only in retrospect.

And depending on how many saga films Lucasfilm makes moving forward, we may find by the time Episode XV rolls around that the number of films without Sith drastically outweighs the number of films with Sith.

 

I agree with that. If Snoke had no connection to the Sith at all, I think that would feel too far-fetched. The transition away from the Sith would need to be more gradual.

 

What exactly is “the Snoke situation” though? We know next to nothing about the guy. Maybe he’s former Sith. Maybe he’s something older. Maybe he’s from the unknown regions. Maybe he’s a total red herring. Maybe he’s a dozen Porgs all standing on each other’s shoulders. Nothing about him seems cut-and-dry to me right now – so long as he’s not Palpatine 2.0 (Palpa-two?)

 

By the Force, please let it not be so...

 

I think it's a near-guarantee that Snoke has connections to the Sith. Whether he predates them or has learned from them, I think the Sith philosophy affects him in some unknown way.

 

It is a touch of a mixed message: Here’s some bad guys. They look like Sith, talk like Sith, act like Sith . . . but they’re NOT Sith? I guess it was the name that was holding them back?

I’m picturing a face-hugger from Alien, but wearing a little Jedi robe.

 

I think for fans like us (you know, people who post online about Star Wars in forums), it would have a lot of payoff.

For more casual fans and the average moviegoer, if Snoke came out and said "I AM a Sith!", I feel like the general reaction would be "Uhhh, yeah, we already knew that, you're a bad guy in Star Wars."