6 Times The Sith Code Was Proved Right In Star Wars

Summary

  • The Sith Code reflects real-world atrocities with its roots in Mein Kampf, but offers a different perspective on freedom and power.

  • Contrary to the Code, characters like Kylo Ren and Anakin Skywalker struggled to grasp the dark side and never found true liberation.

  • However, there are some examples that suggest the Sith Code may be true… for a while.

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These seven chilling examples prove that the Sith Code is actually true in Star Wars. Created by David Gaider, the Sith Code is the perfect summary of Sith philosophy. It is actually partly inspired by the work of Adolf Hitler. My struggle, with Gaider deliberately reversing the Jedi Code in a surprising and clever way. Although introduced in Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicThe Sith Code has made its way into the canon, and was recently alluded to in The acolyte.

The modern Sith Code reads like this:

“Peace is a lie, there is only passion.

Through Passion I gain Strength.

Through the Force I gain Power.

Through Power I obtain Victory.

Through victory, my chains are broken.

The Force will free me.”

Oddly enough, as individualistically liberating as this may seem, many members of the dark side have experienced a very different outcome. Kylo Ren never really fell to the dark side, for example; rather, he was trapped by it, manipulated into serving it. Anakin Skywalker may have had a lot more agency, but he didn’t find freedom either. And yet, despite it all, these seven examples prove that there is something to the Sith Code.

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6 The era of the High Republic shows that peace has always been a lie

There was never a time of peace

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When Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker about the galaxy’s past in the first Star Wars movie, made the age of the Jedi seem idyllic. “For more than a thousand generations, Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic.” He explained. “Before the Dark Times, before the Empire.“The prequels showed that Obi-Wan was feeling homesick, of course, because George Lucas presented a very imperfect Jedi Order.

lucasfilm Star Wars: The High Republic The transmedia initiative has gone back in time, two centuries before the Skywalker saga, the golden age of the Jedi and the Republic. Surprisingly, it is revealed that there was never really a time of true peace. Here, at the height of the High Republic, the Jedi fought existential battles against terrifying threats. They fought Force-sensitive carnivorous plant creatures known as Drengir, were hunted by Force predators called Nameless, and space pirates known as Nihil.

Star Wars: The High Republic Phase III tells a story of astonishing scale. The Nihil have successfully cordoned off a large portion of the galaxy behind the Stormwall, a nearly impenetrable hyperspace barrier, and cordoned it off. They have launched impressively well-coordinated attacks against Jedi and Republic forces, even destroying the Jedi space station base on Starlight Beacon in a massive public relations coup. Until now a time of peace.

5 The Acolyte Proves That Not Even Jedi Masters Are At Peace

Sol and Torbin in particular

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fast forward to The acolytethe last Star Wars Disney+ television show. Set a century earlier Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menacethe characters of The acolyte They are Jedi who live in the shadow of the dark side. Supposedly a murder mystery, the main events arise from something that happened on the Outer Rim planet Brendok about 16 years ago. The truth is currently unknown, but one thing is clear; These Jedi never knew peace, despite all their training.

Lee Jung-jae’s Sun Master is haunted by the past and his emotions come to the surface again and again. Even his own padawan suspects that he is too attached to the padawan he rescued from the Brendok fires. Surprisingly, Sol is an accomplished Jedi Master who taught the younglings at the Jedi Temple. It’s amazing to imagine such an important role filled by a Jedi Master who had no peace.

Even more shocking, however, is the story of Dean-Charles Chapman’s Master Torbin. This Jedi Master took an oath of penitence known as the Barash Vow, isolating himself from all other Jedi for over a decade. Not even meditation gave him peace, as demonstrated when he was visited by a Sith assassin who offered him absolution by drinking poison. Torbin broke his meditative trance to take the poison, proving that he had never found peace as a Jedi.

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The Acolyte Where to Watch

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The Acolyte is a television series set in the Star Wars universe at the end of the High Republic Era, where both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire were at the height of their influence. This sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite with her former Jedi Master as they investigate various crimes, all of which lead to darkness bubbling up from beneath the surface and preparing to bring about the end of the High Republic.

Cast Dafne Keen, Lee Jung-jae, Amandla Stenberg, Jodie Turner-Smith, Joonas Suotamo, Carrie-Anne Moss, Margarita Levieva, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman Writers Leslye Headland, Charmaine De Grate, Kor Adana Showrunner Leslye Headland

4 Anakin Skywalker was always the best (and most passionate) Jedi

The hero of the Clone Wars

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Born the Chosen One, conceived by the will of the Force itself, Anakin Skywalker proved his worth on the front lines of the Clone Wars. As much as Lucasfilm’s Dave Filoni may insist that Anakin was always the best Jedi, the secret to his strength always lay in his passion. Anakin did not fight for the galaxy in a calm and selfless manner; rather, he fought for those he loved. His greatest victories were always won when the people he cared about were at stake.

There is some evidence that the Jedi Council understood this truth. Master Yoda in particular realized that Anakin’s unorthodox approach was what made him so effective, and took advantage of this to Star Wars, the clone wars season 6. There is surely no doubt that some members of the Jedi Council were quite uncomfortable with this.

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The animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars takes place between Episodes 2 and 3 of the Star Wars film saga. The fan-favorite series expands on the story of the prequel trilogy through characters including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka Tano and more fan-favorite Jedi.

Cast Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley Baker, Matthew Wood, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Terrence Carson, Corey Burton, Nika Futterman, Katee Sackhoff, Sam Witwer

3 Obi-Wan defeated Anakin because of his attachments

So much for the best of the Jedi.

Matt Stover’s novelization of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith reveals that the Jedi Council came to believe that Obi-Wan was the best of them, the very embodiment of what it means to be a Jedi. However, surprisingly, he used the dark side when he defeated Anakin. The novelization emphasizes that this was not a battle between Sith and Jedi, but was incredibly personal, with each lashing out at the pain he felt over what had happened.

Disney gave Obi-Wan and Darth Vader a rematch in the Obi Wan Kenobi show, and even there the Jedi Master didn’t really succeed as a Jedi. The end of Obi Wan Kenobi She watched him find strength in his attachments, as Obi-Wan remembered his young charges Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. It was a sweet scene, but not very Jedi-like either. It supports the whole idea that attachments and passion really unlock power.

2 Palpatine gained power and triumphed over his enemies

The definitive illustration

Of course, the ultimate proof of the Sith Code lies with Emperor Palpatine himself. Palpatine considered himself the personification of the dark side and successfully triumphed over all of his enemies. Once this was done, he established a Galactic Empire where people could only prosper by cultivating their worst instincts. This tilted the balance of the Force toward the dark side, and Palpatine drew strength from this imbalance, becoming increasingly powerful.

Palpatine perfectly embodies the truth of the Sith Code; It’s all about freedom one. He was the individual in a place of absolute power, and everything else was subject to him, the power base from which he operated. Even Darth Vader, Palpatine’s apprentice, was nothing more than a pawn at best and a slave to the Emperor at worst.

1 Darth Plagueis broke the chains of death itself

The ultimate chain breaker

However, as powerful as Palpatine may have been, his own master was even greater. There was one final chain that Palpatine sought to break; the bonds of mortality. Darth Plagueis accomplished this, and Palpatine was forced to break Sith rules by killing his master while he slept rather than face him in battle. It’s pretty chilling to imagine a Sith Lord more powerful than Palpatine himself.

And yet, Plagueis also serves as an illustration of the insanity of the Sith Code; Sooner or later, every Sith Lord will be challenged. Even Palpatine only triumphed over his enemies for a time, ruling the galaxy for just under two decades before being overthrown. The Sith Code may contain elements of truth in Star Warsbut in the end it is counterproductive.

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