Resurgence of the Sith

The resurgence of the Sith was a conflict fought between the Jedi Order and the Sith Order approximately four thousand years before the Clone Wars. It was likely that only due to the desperate nature of the conflict in which the form arose, the Jedi Council recognized the Form VII "Juyo". By the end of the great war against the Sith, many Jedi who practiced Form VII had fallen to the dark side or came perilously close.

In the aftermath of the conflict, with the reckoning clear, the Jedi Council forbade the study of Juyo. Over the following millennia, this prohibition gradually relaxed to an extent. Still, Form VII would never again be practiced by Jedi except those who received express permission from the council or who defied the council's will.

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