Sith Empire (Exar Kun)

Exar Kun's Sith Empire was a revived faction of the Sith Order that was founded and ruled by the Dark Lord of the Sith, Exar Kun during the Great Sith War. As an ambitious and power-hungry Jedi, Kun became deeply immersed in the forbidden knowledge of the ancient Sith Lords and during his journey to the dark side decided to restore the ancient Sith Empire, by toppling the Galactic Republic and crushing the Jedi Order.

The fall of another Jedi Knight (Ulic Qel-Droma) to the dark side, the establishment of the Krath cult in the prominent and powerful Empress Teta system, the corruption of the Mecrosa Order by Sith teachings in the Tapani sector, and the alliance with the warlike Mandalorian Crusaders provided Exar Kun, the newly christened Dark Lord of the Sith, with the necessary means to wage a short-lived, but very devastating war against the Republic and the Jedi. However inner tensions, great consolidation of the Jedi forces and betrayal by his Sith apprentice led to Kun's defeat.

After this Sith Empire's collapse, many of its remnants and former leaders sought to restore it to power; ultimately, it would be resurrected in the form of the new Sith Empire of Darth Revan and Darth Malak.

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