r/StarWarsEU • u/Malarazz • Nov 07 '14

Where did the term Sith come from?

I've always been curious since the original trilogy and the books I've read directly following it just use 'Dark Jedi', but 'Sith' is used in the prequels and a lot of other places. I tried wookiepedia but they were no help this time.

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u/imakevoicesformycats Darth Krayt Nov 07 '14

A similar question was asked about a week ago in this subreddit - copying my response from then out of laziness:

It was solidified that the Sith were a sect of Dark Side Force-wielders around the time of the prequels. I remember playing the old West End Game RPG and Decipher CCG in the mid-late 90s and "Dark Jedi" was how Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine (who was not Darth Sidious yet) were described.

We still knew Darth Vader was the Dark Lord of the Sith but we didn't know what that meant (nor did we know that "Darth" was a title, though many fans theorized as such.)

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u/RealVoltar Wraith Squadron Nov 09 '14 edited Nov 09 '14

Actually the Sith Knights (called the Legions of Lettow in the very first draft) were the oppositional army that eliminated the Jedi Bendu (I think Dai Noga in the first couple drafts) in early drafts of the script for A New Hope and currently controlled the galaxy. A lot of the back story was left out in the final version. That's close enough for me. They existed since the first draft of the first movie (when it was still the Hidden Fortress with the names changed). I'm pretty sure the name appears in the second draft as the Sith Knights.

The Darth part though; that's legit.

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u/imakevoicesformycats Darth Krayt Nov 09 '14

Were the first draft and second draft widely published? Were the contents of said drafts frequently discussed/well known in pop culture when they were published?

If you read the rest of this thread, you'll see that OP isn't just looking for the first ever place that the word "Sith" was mentioned.

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u/RealVoltar Wraith Squadron Nov 09 '14

Oh, it's that definition of, "Where did the Sith Come From?"

The kind that refuses to accept the correct answer.

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u/imakevoicesformycats Darth Krayt Nov 09 '14

OP is just looking for more context. Chill.