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The Dark Lords of the Sith were Sith who rose to power to become the supreme lord of all the Sith clans. Though there were many Sith Lords, each leader of a different sect or clan of Sith, only one supreme Dark Lord could be chosen, and this lead to bitter civil wars as opposing factions championed their Lord for the high position. Most Dark Lords of the Sith were chosen by the leading Sith Lords to govern, but usually had to face their rivals in a duel to cement their position. Many times, angry rivals, feeling they should have been chosen, tried to gain the title by trickery and deception. Usually these attempts failed. This tradition continued unbroken down through the centuries through the end of the old Sith order, the extinction of the Sith race, and the rise of the new Sith order under Darth Bane. In all, there were twelve Dark Lords of the Sith, from the lord who began the tradition and whose name has long been forgotten, to Lord Darth Vader, who carried the Sith tradition through the conflict between the Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance some ten thousands of years later. |
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