Sith warrior

For other uses, see Warrior.

A Sith warrior was a type of warrior who served the Sith Order, whether their organization was the Sith proper or an offshoot faction. Over galactic history, assorted Sith warriors included the Dowutin Sith sect of ancient history, the human being known as "the Stranger" from the High Republic Era, and two Dathomirian brothers, Maul and Savage Opress, from the late Republic Era.

Description

Sith warriors were warriors who served the Sith.^[1] As part of the Sith Code, each Sith warrior upheld the values of limitless strength, power, and victory and had to be willing to do anything to achieve their goals as Dark Lords of the Sith.^[3] The title saw use in the ancient days of the Sith Order,^[2] under the Order's^[4] Rule of Two incarnation,^[5] and within a^[1] splinter Sith Order formed by the former Sith Lord Maul and his brother Savage Opress,^[6] both of whom acted as Sith warriors^[1] and heralded themselves as Sith^[7] despite holding no formal claim to the Dark Lord title by that time.^[6]

History

Sometime during the existence of the Sith Order, a sect of Dowutin Sith warriors created the Sword of Khashyun.^[2] "The Stranger" was a Sith warrior.^[8] The Sith apprentice to Darth Sidious, Darth Maul, held the title of Sith warrior.^[4] After Maul was presumed dead during the Battle of Naboo, Sidious elected to take on a new apprentice,^[6] the former Jedi Master Dooku,^[9] but Maul had actually survived^[6] and retained his warrior title. His brother, Savage Opress,^[1] was trained as a secret apprentice by Dooku^[10] and considered a Sith warrior.^[1] In time, however, Oppress escaped from Dooku's thumb^[11] and reunited with his lost brother, who began a new scheme of revenge with Oppress by his side.^[12] While no longer part of the formal Sith Order, as the Rule of Two decreed that only a master and apprentice—Sidious and Maul's replacement Dooku—could exist at one time,^[6] Maul declared himself the master of Oppress under their own incarnation of the Rule of Two.^[7]

As Sith warriors^[1] in Maul's informal Sith Order,^[7] the two would forge the criminal Shadow Collective that assumed control of the planet Mandalore. However, Sidious himself would arrive to confront his former disciple, whom he mocked as no longer being part of the Sith. Sidious was also able to slay Oppress, whereas Maul was defeated^[6] and imprisoned within Spire by Dooku's Confederacy of Independent Systems. While Maul would be freed by his Mandalorian super commandos, he was used by the Sith to lure out the Nightsister Mother Talzin,^[13] his benefactor^[14] and birth mother. During the Second Battle of Dathomir, Talzin was slaid by the Sith and their agent Grievous,^[15] and Maul later lost his base of power with the Siege of Mandalore.^[16] At some point, Maul abandoned his title of "Darth" and rejected any connection he had left to the Sith religion.^[17]

When Jedi Grand Master Yoda traveled to the Sith homeworld of Moraband as part of his mission to uncover the secrets of immortality during the Clone Wars,^[18] illusions of figures identified as ancient Sith warriors^[19] appeared before Yoda, mocking him by claiming there was no way to survive after death.^[18] Those warriors were illusions crafted by the power of the dark side itself and also the Force Priestesses,^[19] beings who guided and tested Yoda during his journey. In the end, Yoda passed all the trials presented to him and thus, as promised by the Priestesses, would be able to train with the Force spirit of Qui-Gon Jinn in order to learn how to retain his identity after death.^[18]

Behind the scenes

Star Wars: Rebel Heroes identifies Maul as a Sith warrior during the events of "Twilight of the Apprentice."^[20] In that episode, however, Maul outright declares he has left behind his ties to the Sith.^[17]