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Sith Master

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A Sith Master was a rank in the Sith Order, reserved for a Sith Lord who instructed a Sith apprentice in the arts of the dark side of the Force. The role of a Sith Master was to pass their knowledge to the student. By tradition, the apprentice had to kill their Sith Master in order to complete their training, or the master could train another student to kill and then replace their outgoing student.

Under the Rule of Two established by Darth Bane, the Order's ranks were limited to two Sith Lords—a Sith Master and an apprentice—at any given time. After a millennium of hiding from the Jedi Order, the Sith returned to power in the galaxy through the rise of Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith who killed his Sith Master, Darth Plagueis, and mentored the Sith apprentices Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus, and Darth Vader.

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Facts

Establishedby
Sith
Datesuspended
4 ABY
Datereestablished
After 4 ABY
Dateabolished
35 ABY
Organization
Sith
Shadow Collective (rogue)
Duties
To train a Sith apprentice in the ways of the dark side of the Force

Appearances

249 works, in story order
  1. Star Wars: Force Arena
  2. Gaze of Stone (in a flashback)
  3. The Gilded Cage (in a flashback)
  4. The Acolyte
  5. Jedi Knights 5
  6. Darth Maul – Black, White & Red 1
  7. Darth Maul – Black, White & Red 2 (as a hologram)
  8. Darth Maul – Black, White & Red 3
  9. Darth Maul – Black, White & Red 4
  10. Darth Maul (2017) 1
  11. Darth Maul (2017) 2 (in a flashback)
  12. Darth Maul (2017) 3 (mentioned only)
  13. Darth Maul (2017) 4 (mentioned only)
  14. Darth Maul (2017) 5
  15. Age of Republic - Darth Maul 1
  16. Queen's Peril
  17. The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special 1
  18. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
  19. The Phantom Menace Read-Along Storybook and CD
  20. Star Wars Battlefront II
  21. The Sith Lord
  22. Age of Republic - Count Dooku 1 (as a hologram)
  23. Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
  24. Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade
  25. Queen's Hope
  26. Hyperspace Stories 5 (as a hologram)
  27. Star Wars: The Clone Wars film (as a hologram)
  28. Sharing the Same Face (in a vision)
  29. Rising Malevolence (mentioned only)
  30. Shadow of Malevolence (indirect mention)
  31. Cloak of Darkness (as a hologram)
  32. Lair of Grievous (indirect mention)
  33. Dooku Captured (mentioned only)
  34. Holocron Heist (as a hologram)
  35. Cargo of Doom
  36. Children of the Force (as a hologram)
  37. Duchess of Mandalore (as a hologram)
  38. Evil Plans
  39. Tales of Villainy: Give & Take (mentioned only)
  40. Heroes on Both Sides (mentioned only)
  41. Nightsisters (as a hologram)
  42. Monster (mentioned only)
  43. Ghosts of Mortis (in a vision)
  44. Shadow Warrior (as a hologram)
  45. Carnage of Krell (mentioned only)
  46. Escape from Kadavo (as a hologram)
  47. Brothers
  48. Revenge
  49. Dark Vengeance
  50. Revival
  51. Eminence
  52. Shades of Reason
  53. The Lawless
  54. Kenobi's Shadow
  55. The Unknown (as a hologram)
  56. Orders (as a hologram)
  57. An Old Friend (as a hologram)
  58. The Rise of Clovis (as a hologram)
  59. Crisis at the Heart (as a hologram)
  60. The Lost One (as a hologram)
  61. Voices (in a vision)
  62. Destiny (as a hologram, in a flashback)
  63. Sacrifice
  64. The Big Bang (mentioned only)
  65. Dark Disciple (as a hologram)
  66. Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 1
  67. Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 2 (mentioned only)
  68. Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 3 (as a hologram)
  69. Darth Maul — Son of Dathomir 4
  70. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
  71. The Phantom Apprentice (mentioned only)
  72. Shattered (as a hologram)
  73. Aftermath (as a hologram)
  74. Darth Vader (2017) 1
  75. Darth Vader (2017) 2 (mentioned only)
  76. Darth Vader (2017) 3 (mentioned only)
  77. Darth Vader (2017) 4 (mentioned only)
  78. Darth Vader (2017) 5
  79. Master of Evil
  80. Darth Vader (2017) 6
  81. Darth Vader (2017) 7
  82. Darth Vader (2017) 8
  83. Darth Vader (2017) 9 (indirect mention)
  84. Darth Vader (2017) 10
  85. The Lesson
  86. Darth Vader (2017) 11
  87. Darth Vader (2017) 12
  88. Truth and Consequences
  89. Darth Vader (2017) 13 (voice only)
  90. Darth Vader (2017) 14 (indirect mention)
  91. Darth Vader (2017) 16 (in a flashback)
  92. Darth Vader Annual 2 (as a hologram)
  93. Thrawn
  94. Thrawn 1
  95. Thrawn 4
  96. Thrawn 6
  97. Lords of the Sith
  98. Orientation
  99. Tarkin
  100. Darth Vader (2017) 18 (mentioned only)
  101. Darth Vader (2017) 19 (cameo)
  102. Darth Vader (2017) 20
  103. Darth Vader (2017) 22 (in a flashback)
  104. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (as a hologram, in a flashback)
  105. Most Wanted (pictured only)
  106. Darth Vader (2017) 23
  107. Darth Vader (2017) 24 (mentioned only)
  108. Darth Vader (2017) 25
  109. Bottleneck (as a hologram)
  110. The Ghosts of Maul (mentioned only)
  111. Part I (voice only, in a flashback)
  112. Part VI (as a hologram)
  113. Lost Stars
  114. Lost Stars webcomic
  115. Spark of Rebellion (mentioned only)
  116. Kanan 1 (as a hologram)
  117. The Siege of Lothal (as a hologram, voice only)
  118. Leia Organa: Ordeal of the Princess (in a flashback)
  119. Shroud of Darkness (mentioned only)
  120. Age of Rebellion - Darth Vader 1
  121. The Grand Imperial Jubilee (as a hologram)
  122. Thrawn: Alliances
  123. Thrawn: Alliances 1
  124. Thrawn: Treason
  125. Wolves and a Door (as a hologram)
  126. A World Between Worlds
  127. Family Reunion – and Farewell (as a hologram)
  128. The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
  129. Star Wars Battlefront
  130. Palpatine
  131. Lando 1
  132. Lando 2 (as a hologram)
  133. Heir to the Jedi (mentioned only)
  134. Star Wars: Commander (indirect mention)
  135. Darth Vader (2015) 1 (in a flashback)
  136. Star Wars Annual (2015) 1
  137. Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original
  138. Darth Vader (2015) 2
  139. Darth Vader (2015) 4
  140. Darth Vader (2015) 5
  141. Darth Vader (2015) 6
  142. Darth Vader (2015) 7
  143. Darth Vader (2015) 8
  144. Darth Vader (2015) 9
  145. Darth Vader (2015) 16
  146. Darth Vader (2015) 19 (as a hologram)
  147. Darth Vader (2015) 20
  148. Darth Vader (2015) 22
  149. Darth Vader (2015) 23 (mentioned only)
  150. Darth Vader (2015) 24
  151. Darth Vader (2015) 25
  152. Star Wars (2015) 37
  153. Doctor Aphra (2016) 13
  154. Doctor Aphra (2016) 31
  155. Star Wars (2015) 47
  156. Star Wars (2015) 55
  157. Doctor Aphra (2016) 33
  158. Doctor Aphra (2016) 36
  159. Doctor Aphra (2016) 40 (in a vision)
  160. Tales of Villainy: A Last Chapter (indirect mention)
  161. Yoda 9 (in a flashback)
  162. Yoda 10 (in a vision)
  163. Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back (first appearance, as a hologram)
  164. The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi? (as a hologram)
  165. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization (as a hologram)
  166. Yoda – The Jedi Master (in a flashback)
  167. Disturbance
  168. Darth Vader (2020) 3
  169. Darth Vader (2020) 5
  170. Darth Vader (2020) 6
  171. Darth Vader (2020) 7 (in a flashback)
  172. Darth Vader (2020) 8
  173. Darth Vader (2020) 9 (in a flashback)
  174. Darth Vader (2020) 10 (in a vision)
  175. Darth Vader (2020) 11
  176. Star Wars (2020) 8 (in a flashback)
  177. Star Wars (2020) 9
  178. Star Wars (2020) 11 (cameo)
  179. Darth Vader (2020) 12
  180. Darth Vader (2020) 14
  181. Darth Vader (2020) 13 (in a flashback)
  182. Darth Vader (2020) 16 (in a vision)
  183. Darth Vader (2020) 17
  184. Doctor Aphra (2020) 15 (indirect mention)
  185. Crimson Reign 1
  186. Crimson Reign 2
  187. Crimson Reign 3 (in a flashback)
  188. Darth Vader (2020) 18 (in a flashback)
  189. Darth Vader (2020) 20
  190. Darth Vader (2020) 26
  191. Darth Vader (2020) 28
  192. Crimson Reign 5
  193. Hidden Empire 1
  194. Revelations (2022) 1 (as a hologram)
  195. Hidden Empire 2
  196. Hidden Empire 3
  197. Hidden Empire 4
  198. Hidden Empire 5
  199. Doctor Aphra (2020) 30
  200. Darth Vader (2020) 33
  201. Darth Vader (2020) 35
  202. Star Wars (2020) 36
  203. Darth Vader (2020) 38 (in a flashback)
  204. Darth Vader (2020) 39
  205. Darth Vader (2020) 40
  206. Darth Vader (2020) 41 (as a hologram)
  207. Tool of the Empire (in a flashback)
  208. Darth Vader (2020) 42
  209. Darth Vader (2020) 44
  210. The Curse
  211. Darth Vader (2020) 46 (mentioned only)
  212. Darth Vader (2020) 47
  213. Darth Vader (2020) 48 (mentioned only)
  214. Darth Vader (2020) 49 (indirect mention)
  215. Darth Vader (2020) 50
  216. Age of Rebellion - Luke Skywalker 1
  217. Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
  218. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi junior novelization
  219. Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
  220. Any Work Worth Doing
  221. Masters
  222. Blade Squadron (mentioned only)
  223. The Emperor's Red Guards (voice only)
  224. Luke vs. Emperor Palpatine - Rise to Evil
  225. Shattered Empire 1
  226. The Veteran
  227. The Rising (in a flashback)
  228. Star Wars Adventures: Shadow of Vader's Castle (in a flashback)
  229. Battle of Jakku — Insurgency Rising 2 (as a hologram, in a flashback)
  230. Shattered Empire 2 (as a hologram)
  231. Star Wars: Squadrons
  232. Shadow Fall: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (as a hologram)
  233. Aftermath: Life Debt (in a flashback)
  234. Consolidation (in a flashback)
  235. Victory's Price: An Alphabet Squadron Novel (as a hologram)
  236. Aftermath: Empire's End (in a flashback)
  237. Star Wars (2025) 1 (in a flashback)
  238. Shadow of the Sith (voice only)
  239. Star Wars (2020) 50 (in a vision, in a flashback)
  240. Star Wars Adventures Ashcan (in a flashback)
  241. Legacy of Vaneé (as a hologram, in a flashback)
  242. Legacy of Vader 4 (in a flashback)
  243. Legacy of Vader 6 (in a flashback)
  244. Galaxy's Edge 2 (voice only, in a flashback)
  245. Dok-Ondar's Den of Antiquities
  246. Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker
  247. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
  248. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel
  249. Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (non-canon)
Non-canon appearances: 16
  1. Star Wars Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back
  2. Star Wars Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi
  3. LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III
  4. A Hero Discovered
  5. Crossing Paths
  6. Duel of Destiny
  7. Return of the Kyber Saber
  8. Home One
  9. A New Home
  10. Trouble on Tibalt
  11. The Tower of Alistan Nor
  12. The Embersteel Blade
  13. Escape from Coruscant
  14. Return of the Return of the Jedi
  15. Akakiri
  16. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

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