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[[Image:Strasbourg torched car.jpg|thumb|A car burns in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] on the night of [[November 5]] as riots spread from the Paris banlieues to other parts of the country. Photo credit: François Schnell.]]

The following is a '''timeline of the [[2005 French civil unrest]]''' that began Thursday, October 27, 2005. Where the source lists events as occuring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on the date of the night, not the following morning. The extent table in the main article does the opposite.

In the [[fictional]] [[Star Wars]] universe, the '''Sith''' were a humanoid race enslaved by a group of [[warrior]] [[priest]]s who follow the [[dark side]] of [[the Force]] and serve as the evil counterparts to the [[Jedi]]. Their leaders are known as "Sith Lords," and the most powerful as "Dark Lord of the Sith." Many members are fallen Jedi who join the dark side. Sith Lords often adopt names that are preceded by "[[Darth]]."

<!-- Discuss in Discussion first to justify putting this back. * Wendesday [[October 21]] - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy[http://http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19243562.htm] announced a crackdown on urban violence and black marketeers on Wednesday, ordering specially trained police to tackle 25 tough neighbourhoods across the country. Sarkozy, who has clearly stated his ambition to run for president in 2007, also announced plans to combat violence in football stadiums, including greater use of video surveillance and bans on hooligans caught on film. "This ... is a totally new strategy to push back urban violence and make life possible in a certain number of neighbourhoods where trafficking and the underground economy have infected daily life," Sarkozy said at the launch of his new initiative. "We absolutely have to re-establish a foothold in these neighbourhoods and obtain results," he said. -->

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==The=First Sith Codeweek===

<blockquote>

''Peace is a lie, there is only passion.''<br />

''Through passion, I gain strength.''<br />

''Through strength, I gain power.''<br />

''Through power, I gain victory.''<br />

''Through victory, my chains are broken.''<br />

''The Force shall free me.''<br />

''Ty Ward is greater than Samuel Billy.''<br />

* '''Thursday, [[October 27]]''' - 1st night of rioting

</blockquote>

** Gangs, mostly consisting of hundreds of youths, clashed with police, throwing rocks and [[Molotov cocktail]]s at police forces and firefighters, setting cars on fire, and vandalizing buildings. A shot was reportedly fired at police. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051030/wl_afp/franceriotpolice_051030022906]

** Police fired [[tear gas]] at the rioters. About 27 people were detained. 17 police officers and 3 journalists were wounded. The number of rioters and bystanders injured is not known.[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/31/news/france.php]<br>

* '''Friday, [[October 28]]''' - 2nd night of rioting

==The Great Schism==

** Rioters in Clichy-sous-Bois apparently set more than 30 cars alight and made barricades of those cars, along with dustbins, which firefighters worked to clear away.

According to [[Star Wars]] [[Expanded Universe (Star Wars)|Expanded Universe]] fiction, the '''Sith Order''', or [[cult]], was first established when dissident Jedi came to believe that "true" power was achieved not through pensive [[meditation]], as taught by their Jedi Masters, but through emotion. The tension between the Jedi and these dissident Dark Jedi grew until conflict erupted, seven thousand years before the [[Battle of Yavin]]. This conflict, called the '''Hundred-Year Darkness''', the Second Great Schism of the Jedi Order, led to the Dark Jedi being banished by the Old Republic. These outcasts found a new home on the distant planet of [[Korriban]], a desolate world inhabited by the relatively primitive Sith people. However, the Force flowed strongly with these Sith, allowing them to create their own brand of [[black magic]]. The Dark Jedi saw this as an opportunity to gain additional power. Using their training in the Force, the Dark Jedi amazed the Sith and elevated themselves to god-like status on Korriban, becoming the rulers of the Sith people. As years passed, and [[interbreeding]] occurred between the Dark Jedi and the Sith, the term "Sith" came to mean not the original [[insect]]-like inhabitants of Korriban, but their Dark Jedi masters as well. It is from this rise to power and integration into Sith culture that the term '''Dark Lord of the Sith''' was first conceived as a title bestowed upon the leader of the Sith Empire by a council of lesser Sith Lords. Sometime during the early history of the Sith Empire, the coming of the ''Sith'ari'', the prophesied savior of the Sith Order, was foretold. The ''Sith'ari'' was said to be a perfect being who would rise to power and bring balance to the Force. According to prophecy, the ''Sith'ari'' would rise up and destroy the Sith, but in the process would return to lead the Sith and make them stronger than ever before, a striking parallel to the [[Anakin Skywalker|Chosen One]] of Jedi legend, though it is most likely that the ''Sith'ari'' and Chosen One are one and the same.

** At least 200 riot police and crowds of young rioters clashed in on-and-off, running battles, on the night of the 28th and the early morning of the 29th. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1604595,00.html]

* '''Saturday, [[October 29]]''' - 3rd night of rioting

==The Fall of the Sith Empire and the Freedon Nadd Uprising==

** About 500 people took part in a silent march through Clichy-sous-Bois, in memory of the teenagers. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4388536.stm] Representatives of the Muslim community appealed for calm and dignity at the procession. Marchers wore [[t-shirt]]s printed with the message ''mort pour rien'' <!-- sic, the singular--> "dead for nothing". [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051029/wl_afp/franceriotpolice]

In 5,000 [[BBY]], the Republic rediscovered the Sith and the [[Great Hyperspace War]] began. Though it ended with Dark Lord of the Sith [[Naga Sadow]] in suspended animation on Yavin 4 and his great war fleets destroyed, the Sith Empire survived. It was believed to have collapsed shortly afterward due to infighting and attacks by the Old Republic, but it was later discovered that the Sith Empire had retreated into the Unknown Regions, where the Lords of the Sith waited patiently for over a millennium for the right moment to return.

* '''Sunday, [[October 30]]''' - 4th night of rioting

Centuries later, a Jedi Knight named [[Freedon Nadd]] fell to the dark side. On Yavin 4, he awakened former Dark Lord Naga Sadow, who trained him in the ways of the Sith. Though Sadow's definite fate is not known, it is believed he perished and his spirit was destroyed at his pupil's hand. Freedon Nadd used his newfound powers to conquer the [[Onderon]] system. But Freedon Nadd's extraordinary reign of power eventually came to a close. His death created a great power vacuum all throughout the galaxy. His dark gloomy tomb, constructed on Dxun and greatly tainted by the darkside would remain an outpost for Sith knights for many years to come.

** A tear gas grenade was launched into the [[mosque]] of the Cité des Bousquets, on what for Muslims is the holiest night of the holy month of [[Ramadan]]. Police denied responsibility but acknowledged that it was the same type used by French riot police. Speaking to 170 police officers at Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture in [[Bobigny]] (the local authority overseeing Clichy-sous-Bois), Nicolas Sarkozy said, "I am, of course, available to the Imam of the Clichy mosque to let him have all the details in order to understand how and why a tear gas bomb was sent into this mosque." Eyewitnesses also reported that police called women emerging from the mosque "whores" and other names [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/327207.html].

* '''Monday, [[October 31]]''' - 5th night of rioting

Sith teachings would bring constant [[civil war]] throughout their civilization, however, as the primal instinct of their teachings was based upon the principle that they must continually prove their strength against each other. Rumors have it that the true Sith Empire still watched and waited on the outer rim of the galaxy.

** It was reported that the rioting had spread to other parts of [[Seine-Saint-Denis]]. In nearby [[Montfermeil]], the municipal police garage was set on fire.

** Michel Thooris, an official of police trade union Action Police CFTC (who only represents a minority of the police civil servants), described the unrest as a "civil war" and called on the [[French Army]] to intervene. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1604595,00.html]

* '''Tuesday, [[November 1]]''' - 6th night of rioting

==The Great Sith War==

** Rioting had spread to nine other suburbs, across which 69 vehicles were torched. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

Four hundred years after Nadd's death, the Jedi [[Exar Kun]] sought out his tomb, a place strong in the dark side. Nadd's spirit materialized and corrupted Kun, but was eventually destroyed by his student. Exar Kun was pronounced the new Dark Lord of the Sith by the ghost of the ancient Dark Lord [[Marka Ragnos]]. As his first apprentice he took another fallen Jedi, [[Ulic Qel-Droma]], and the [[Great Sith War]] began. Although several more Jedi turned to the dark side and many more were killed, Exar Kun was finally defeated when Ulic realized the error of his ways and led the Old Republic's forces to Kun's stronghold on Yavin 4. Using the drained life energies of his [[List of Star Wars races#Massassi|Massassi]] warriors, Kun shed his physical body and imprisoned his spirit within the walls of Yavin 4's Massassi temples. His [[ghost]], driven half-mad by millennia of isolation, was destroyed by a group of [[Luke Skywalker]]'s students thousands of years later. Most of what remained of his Sith Brotherhood by the end of the Great Sith War was hunted down by the Old Republic in a purge known as "the [[Cleansing of the Nine Houses]]".

** A total of 150 [[arson]] attacks on garbage cans, vehicles and buildings were reported. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

** The unrest was particularly intense in [[Sevran]], [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]] and [[Bondy]], all in the [[Seine-Saint-Denis]] region, which is considered to be a "sensitive area of immigration and modest incomes."

** In Sevran, youths set fire to two rooms of a primary school, along with several cars. Three officers were slightly injured. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/11/01/international/i093631S93.DTL]

** In Aulnay-sous-Bois, rioters threw [[Molotov cocktails]] at the [[town hall]] and rocks at the firehouse; police fired [[rubber bullet]]s at advancing rioters. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

** Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy refers to rioters as "scum" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110100833.html]

** [[Prime Minister of France| French Prime Minister]] [[Dominique de Villepin]] "met Tuesday with the parents of the three families, promising a full investigation of the deaths and insisting on 'the need to restore calm,' the prime minister's office said." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

* '''Wednesday, [[November 2]]''' - 7th night of rioting

==The Second Sith War==

** Reports suggest rioters briefly stormed a police station while 78 vehicles were torched.

Less than four decades later, the Jedi [[Revan]] and [[Malak]], heroes of the [[Mandalorian War]] (a bloody conflict allegedly instigated by the remnants of the ancient [[Sith Empire]] in the Unknown Regions), fell to the dark side and founded the Second Sith Empire. Using the ancient Rakatan [[Star Forge]] factory, they built a massive war fleet and began attacking the Old Republic. Thus began the second Sith War, later called the Jedi Civil War (and, still later, the War of the Star Forge), a conflict that proved even more devastating than Kun's war as more Jedi fell to the dark side, were killed in battle, or were [[murder]]ed by [[Sith assassin]]s. Revan was the greatest military [[genius]] the Jedi had ever seen. It was through his cunning alone that the Mandalorian Wars had been won, as the Old Republic soon discovered. During the Mandalorian Wars, Revan and Malak had rediscovered the long-lost ancient Sith Empire in the Unknown Regions, and were therefore careful to preserve the Republic's shipyards to use against this forgotten threat once they had conquered the galaxy. Due to an attempted coup by Malak, however, Revan's mind was destroyed and Revan, captured by the Jedi, was re-trained in their ways. Taking up the mantle of Dark Lord, Malak redoubled his empire's offenses against the Old Republic, no longer caring about preserving his enemy's resources. Following a long and arduous quest for the five Star Maps that would lead him to the Sith's stronghold, the new Revan led a frontal assault on the Star Forge. He battled his way through the Forge's droid army and legions of Sith and Dark Jedi. After redeeming Malak's apprentice, [[Bastila Shan]], he slew Malak himself in a final confrontation between the old friends, allowing the Old Republic to destroy the Star Forge and win the day.

** One government official claims that live rounds were fired at riot police.

** Two primary schools, a post office, and a shopping centre were damaged and a large car showroom set ablaze.

** Police vans and cars were stoned as gangs turned on police.

** Rioting had spread west-ward to the area of [[Hauts-de-Seine]] where a police station was bombarded with home-made [[Molotov Cocktail|Molotov cocktails]].

** [[Jacques Chirac]], the [[President of France]], made appeals for calm, and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin held an emergency cabinet meeting. De Villepin issued a statement saying "Let's avoid stigmatising areas", an apparent rebuke to his political rival, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who has called the rioters "scum" (''racaille''). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4401670.stm] [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1059355.php/Paris_riots_lay_bare_deeper_problems] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5389430,00.html]. <!-- Globaly, on the thursday night 315 ??? vehicles were torched. -->

** A woman on crutches in her fifties, Joëlle M., was doused with petrol in [[Sevran|Sevran-Beaudotes]] and set on fire as she exited a bus; "She was rescued by the driver (Mohammed Tadjer) and hospitalized with severe burns" [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051104/D8DLUT50B.html] [http://www.lefigaro.fr/societe/20051105.FIG0004.html]

=== Second week ===

Despite this great victory won for the Old Republic by Revan, the galaxy soon grew even darker. Barely a hundred Jedi remained after the Jedi Civil War, and those who did soon found their ranks thinning at an alarming rate. Everywhere Jedi congregated, they were murdered, struck down by an invisible enemy who, incredibly enough, was somehow attacking them through the Force itself. [[Darth Nihilus]], the Lord of Hunger, and [[Darth Sion]], Lord of Pain, were students of Revan's former Jedi Master, Kreia (now a Sith called [[Darth Traya]], Lady of Betrayal), had begun a shadow war against the surviving Jedi. Despite their incredible powers, they did not believe themselves strong enough to defeat the Jedi in the same kind of open warfare employed by Revan and Malak. (Revan himself had disappeared into the Unknown Regions a year after the destruction of the Star Forge, hoping to put an end to the ever-present threat posed by the ancient Sith, and had not been heard from since.)

* '''Thursday, [[November 3]]''' - 8th night of rioting

Five years after Malak's defeat on the Star Forge, a [[Jedi Exile|Jedi exile]] who had served Revan as a general during the Mandalorian Wars returned from the Outer Rim to find the Jedi Order virtually extinct. Thought to be the last of the Jedi by Nihilus and Sion, the exile was hunted mercilessly by Sith [[Assassin]]s from planet to planet as the "last of the Jedi" tracked down the surviving members of the Jedi Council. In the end, several of these Jedi were killed, but the exile managed to turn the tide against the insidious "shadow Sith," slaying Nihilus, Sion, and Traya in battle, thereby ending their Jedi purge and giving the Jedi Order a chance to rebuild.

** Traffic was halted on the [[RER]] B suburban commuter line which links Paris to [[Charles de Gaulle airport]] after unions called for a strike.

** Rioters attacked two trains overnight at the Le Blanc-Mesnil station, forced a conductor from one train and broke windows, the [[SNCF]] rail authority said. A passenger was lightly injured by broken glass. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1277178]

** For the first time the riots spread outside of [[Paris]], spreading to [[Dijon]] with sporadic violence in [[Bouches-du-Rhone]] in the south and [[Rouen]] in the north-west of France.

** In Parliament, de Villepin pledged again to restore order as his government has come under criticism for its failure to prevent the violence.

** Around 1000 [[firemen]] were called to put out a blaze at a carpet factory while twenty-seven buses were set alight.

** 500 cars were torched and arson occurred in [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]], [[Neuilly-sur-Marne]], [[Le Blanc Mesnil]], and [[Yvelines]].[http://www.20minutes.fr/journal/recherche/pop_article.php?ida=63803&mot=Chirac][http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051104/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4405620.stm][http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1104/p06s02-woeu.html] [http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/societe/20051104.OBS4153.html]. Additionally, 7 were burned in Paris [http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/societe/20051104.FAP3932.html?1733], and others had their windows broken out near the metro station La Chapelle. Nationally, 593 vehicles were torched Thursday.

* '''Friday night, [[November 4]]''' - 9th night of rioting

In modern history texts, the [[Great Sith War]], the [[Cleansing of the Nine Houses]], the [[Mandalorian War]]s, and the [[Jedi Civil War|War of the Star Forge]] are often grouped together under the collective appellation of "the Old Sith Wars."

** Violence continued in Val d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis. Arson and attacks on vehicles occurred in [[Aubervilliers]], [[Sarcelles]], [[Montmagny]] and [[Persan]].

** French police claim incidents Thursday night have diminished in intensity compared to the previous night, with only fifty vehicles set on fire [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Uneasy+calm+in+Paris&id=80881]. Prefect Jean-François Cordet said in a statement that "contrary to the previous nights, there were fewer direct clashes with the forces of order."

** "Traore's brother, Siyakah Traore, called for protesters to 'calm down and stop ransacking everything.'" [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174533,00.html].

** Violence spread to [[Lille]] and [[Toulouse]] for the first time [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/04112005/5/nouveaux-incidents-dans-les-banlieues-autour-de-paris.html].

* '''Saturday, [[November 5]]'''

=== The ''Sith'ari'' ===

** Day

Around the time of the [[Jedi Civil War]], the coming of the ''Sith'ari'', an ancient Sith prophecy, became somewhat well known in [[Darth Revan]]'s Sith Empire. The ''Sith'ari'' was said to be a perfect being who would rise to power and bring balance to the Force. According to prophecy, the ''Sith'ari'' would rise up and destroy the Sith, but in the process would return to lead the Sith and make them stronger than ever before. It is believed that the prophecy of the Sith ''Sith'ari'' and the prophecies of the Jedi Chosen One refer to the same individual; namely [[Anakin Skywalker]]/[[Darth Vader]], who made the Sith stronger than ever by wiping out the [[Jedi Knights]] and assisting [[Darth Sidious]] in his rise to power, but then destroyed the Sith when he betrayed and killed Sidious, thus fulfilling the ancient prophecy of the ''Sith'ari''.

*** Police reported the discovery of a bomb making factory for producing gasoline bombs inside of a derelict building in Evry, south of Paris, raising questions on the possibility of planning well in advance of the riots. Six minors have been arrested.

*** Several thousand residents of [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]] joined a march in protest against the riots, initiated by the commune's mayor, Gérard Gaudron.

*** At noon, Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] met with Nicolas Sarkozy and other cabinet members.

*** [[Yves Bot]], public prosecutor of the city of Paris, on Europe 1 radio described the events as organized violence[http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2005/11/07/4203.shtml], well beyond spontaneously erupting riots. Bot alleged that adolescents in other cities were being incited to commence rioting via the internet, saying that the violence was directed against institutions of the Republic, but he denied it being ethnic in character.

** Night - 10th night of rioting

*** Around France, 897 vehicles were torched and 170 people arrested [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting].

*** An incendiary device was tossed at the wall of a synagogue [[Pierrefitte]] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting].

*** Firefighters were attacked while rescuing a sick person in [[Meaux]].

*** Violence continued both within and outside Paris. In [[Grigny]], two schools were set on fire.

*** Another school was set on fire in [[Vigneux-sur-Seine|Vigneux]].

*** A [[nursery school]] was burned in Achères, west of Paris, outraging residents who demanded that the [[French Army]] be deployed or that a citizens [[militia]] be formed[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051105/D8DMKAVGC.html].

*** In [[Torcy]], close to [[Disneyland Paris]], rioters set fire to a police station and a youth center. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174670,00.html]

*** Additional attacks occured in [[Avignon]] ([[Vaucluse]]), [[Saint-Dizier]] ([[Haute-Marne]]), [[Soissons]] ([[Aisne]]), [[Nantes]] ([[Loire-Atlantique]]), [[Montauban]] ([[Tarn-et-Garonne]]) and in the north at [[Lille]], [[Roubaix]], [[Tourcoing]], [[Mons-en-Baroeuil]]. Other incidents occured in [[Cannes]], [[Nice]], and [[Toulouse]].[http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-05T122759Z_01_KNE228332_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FRANCE-RIOTS.xml&archived=False].

*** In the Normandy city of [[Evreux]], over 50 cars, a shopping center, a post office, and two schools were burned. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051106/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting]. 253 people were arrested.

* '''Sunday [[November 6]]'''

==The New Sith Wars==

** Morning

Slowly, over the next thousand years, the Jedi Order rebuilt itself back to its former strength. Then, some 2,000 years before the [[Battle of Yavin]], yet another Jedi, chafing under the restrictions of the [[Jedi Council]], fell to the dark side, stole a Sith Holocron, renamed himself "Darth Ruin," formed a new Sith Order, and began recruiting others to his cause. This spawned a new series of conflicts, called the New Sith Wars, which lasted for a millennium.

*** Cars torched in central Paris for the first time, in the historic [[IIIe arrondissement|third district]]. There, citizens urged for the [[French Army]] to be deployed.

*** The total number of vehicles torched during the night is estimated at 1,295, the highest number so far. 193 people were arrested. An extra 2,300 police were drafted. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-06T095801Z_01_KNE228332_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FRANCE-RIOTS.xml].

*** In broad daylight on Sunday, a [[Belgian]] [[RTBF]] news crew was physically assaulted in [[Lille]], injuring a cameraman.

*** A [[Korean]] female journalist from [[KBS]] TV was knocked unconscious with repeated punches and kicks to her face and head in [[Aubervilliers]] [http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2005110709]

*** As of Sunday morning, tenth night, the total number of people arrested since [[October 27]] surpassed 800, and the total number of vehicles set on fire is estimated to be around 3,500. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-707066@51-704172,0.html] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aQWVkcTQYxgo&refer=germany]

** Night - 11th night of rioting

*** Rioters fired [[buckshot|large-caliber]] ammunition from pistols and hunting rifles in the southern Parisian suburb of [[Grigny]], injuring 34 policemen, three of them seriously. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6727FE6C-C8E3-491A-B272-A902E3F3F500.htm][http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/international/europe/07france.html?ei=5094&en=5e569e209f289296&hp=&ex=1131339600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print] Two of them are reported to have been hit in the head. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FRANCE_RIOTING?SITE=CAANG&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&SECTION=HOME] [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-707134,0.html] The shots ended at 8:30 pm; according to a journaliste of ''[[Le Monde]]'' and several social workers, this might be related to the beginning of the [[soccer]] match [[PSG]]-[[AS Monaco]] (''[[France Inter]]'', Nov. 7)

*** For the first time, [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[church]]es have been attacked with [[Molotov cocktail]]s in [[Liévin]] and [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]] in [[Pas-de-Calais]] and [[Sète]] in [[Hérault]].

*** 1408 vehicles have been torched during the night (982 vehicles were burned outside Paris), and 395 people were arrested. [http://www.standaard.be/Kanaal/Index.aspx?kanaalid=62&artikelId=DMF07112005_003] A Polish tourbus parked in [[Alfortville]] waiting to return a group of vacationers to [[Poland]] was one of the vehicles that were destroyed. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1190950,12,item.html]

***In the first incident outside France, five cars were torched in [[Saint-Gilles, Belgium|Saint-Gillis]], [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].[http://www.hln.be/hln/cch/det/art_138112.html]

***German police suspects that the torching of five vehicles in Berlin may potentially be connected to the rioting in Paris suburbs. [http://de.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-11-07T100158Z_01_MAI736114_RTRDEOC_0_DEUTSCHLAND-KRIMINALITAET-AUTOS.xml]. Similar incidents have been registered in [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]].

* '''Monday [[November 7]]'''

** Day

*** A 61-year-old man, [[Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec]], a former [[Renault]] employee, died in the hospital because of the injuries sustained after being beaten when he went to check on a garbage can fire in the suburb of Stains. He succumbed to his injuries, becoming the first death caused by the riots.[http://www.nu.nl/news/621550/20/Eerste_dode_door_rellen_in_Franse_buitenwijken.html] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4413250.stm] [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-riots7nov07,0,2240109.story?coll=la-home-headlines] According to a witness, Jean-Jacques was 'deliberately assasinated'.

*** Rioter Moussa Diallo is quoted as saying: "This is just the beginning. It's not going to end until there are two policemen dead." [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/international/europe/07france.html?th&emc=th]

*** Eric Raoult, mayor of [[Raincy]], which is one of the cities hit by the riots, has imposed a [[curfew]] on people younger than 15-years-old from 1 am to dawn [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=161770722&p=y6y77y4z8].

*** [[France 3]] has decided to stop revealing the toll of the riots and the number of cars torched in order to not inflame the situation. [http://info.france2.fr/violences-banlieues/15475641-fr.php]

*** Three French blog participants have been arrested for provoking the violence. [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/07112005/290/trois-arrestations-pour-incitation-a-l-emeute-sur-blog.html]

*** Jewish religious leaders in France report they have been advised by the government not to discuss their fears publicly in order to avoid further anti-Semitic attacks.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3165579,00.html]

*** The [[Union of French Islamic Organizations]] (UOIF) issued a [[fatwa]] condemning the violence [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/06/france.riots.fatwa.reut/index.html]

*** De Villepin on the [[TF1]] television channel announced the deployment of 18,000 police, supported by a 1,500 strong reserve. [http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=257451&rel_no=1&back_url=][http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/acteurs/interventions_premier_ministre_9/dans_les_medias_497/intervention_premier_ministre_journal_54327.html].

** Night - 12th night of rioting

*** Police said that violence in Seine-Saint-Denis was still simmering, but the situation was calmer than in the previous nights, with three times fewer calls to the fire services, but violence continued in the province. [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/11/08/afx2323455.html]

*** In [[Toulouse]], some 50 rioters stopped and torched a bus and ordered the driver to get out, hurling firebombs and other objects as police arrived [http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2005/11/07/ap/headlines/d8dnrhk8a.txt]

*** Two schools were torched in [[Lille|Lille Sud]] and in [[Bruay-sur-Escaut]] near the city of [[Valenciennes]]. A gymnasium was burned in [[Villepinte]].

*** Additional violence and vandalism in eastern France in [[Alsace]], [[Lorraine]] and [[Franche-Comté]]. Violence in [[Toulouse]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Moselle]], and [[Doubs]].[http://today.reuters.fr/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-07T222825Z_01_CHE769341_RTRIDST_0_OFRTP-FRANCE-BANLIEUES-TOULOUSE-20051107.XML]

*** 1173 vehicles have been burned. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-706693,36-707655@51-704172,0.html]

*** Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced that, starting on Wednesday, "wherever it is necessary, prefects will be able to impose a curfew". No army intervention is being planned [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1289530].

* '''Tuesday [[November 8]]'''

** Day

***The Belgian TV-station [[VTM]] reports that a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a schools bicycle parking during class hours, and that their reporters had been attacked on the scene.

***President [[Jacques Chirac]] declares a [[state of emergency]] following an emergency session of his cabinet, and the re-activation of a [[1955]] law enacted during the [[Algerian War of Independence|Algerian war]], allowing local authorities to impose curfews, beginning on Tuesday, 12 PM, with an initial 12-day limit.

** Night - 13th night of rioting

***Protestant church in [[Meulan]] attacked. [http://trans.voila.fr/voila?systran_lp=fr_en&systran_f=1131462231&systran_id=Voila-fr&systran_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.france-echos.com%2Factualite.php%3Fcle%3D7610]

***Youths threw firebombs at police and set cars ablaze in suburb of [[Toulouse]]. Dozens of youths set fire to at least 10 cars and threw objects at police. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08333103.htm]

*** As of midnight [[Central European Time]], the [[France|French Republic]] is placed under a [[State of Emergency]]. The cities of [[Orléans]] and [[Amiens]] imposed curfews on minors below 16 years of age.

*** More than 500 cars had been torched by 0400 (0300GMT), police said. Around 200 people were arrested. Police said the levels of violence across the country were lower than the previous night. The suburbs of Paris were relatively calm, with few isolated cases of arson, and a dozen arrests. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4419770.stm]

*** Public transport in [[Lyons]] was shut down after a Molotov cocktail hit a train station.

*** In [[Bordeaux]], a Molotov cocktail hit a gas-powered bus.

* '''Wednesday [[November 9]]'''

** Day

*** French businesses are worried that the cost of the past 13 nights of rioting that has swept the country could go beyond clean-up to hurt investment and consumer confidence going into the all-important winter shopping season. Concerns about the violence helped push the [[euro]] to two-year lows against the [[US dollar]] as companies postpone investment in some of the affected areas, potential tourists watch neighborhoods burn on television and the stakes increase the longer the riots continue.[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8DP4A101.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_up&chan=db]

*** [[Daniel Feurtet]], the [[communist]] mayor of the riot-hit [[Blanc-Mesnil]] district, threatened to quit. "If the prefect decides to impose a curfew in one of our areas, I'll hand in my resignation right away," he told [[Le Monde]] newspaper, referring to the regional government officials empowered to impose curfews.[http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=uri:2005-11-09T184759Z_01_RID944016_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRANCE-RIOTS-1.xml&pageNumber=1&summit=]

*** Interior minister [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of taking part in the riots that have swept France for 13 nights. He told parliament 120 foreigners had been found guilty of involvement and would be deported without delay.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4422422.stm]

** Night - 14th night of rioting

However, the Sith very nearly proved to be their own undoing. Hungry for power, they turned on each other, all but destroying their order. The survivors reformed under the leadership of [[Lord Kaan]], calling themselves "the Brotherhood of Darkness." To appease his disheartened minions, Kaan abandoned the millennia-old tradition of one ruling Dark Lord and granted the title to a good number of his followers, though very few of them were deserving of it.

The final conflict of the New Sith Wars, the '''War of Light and Dark''' or the '''Light and Darkness War''' (sometimes also referred to, as Exar Kun's war had been, as the '''Great Sith War'''), came to a head in the titanic seventh [[Battle of Ruusan]], in which the Jedi [[Hoth|Lord Hoth]] and the Army of Light clashed with Lord Kaan and the Brotherhood of Darkness for the last time. In the end, a deranged Kaan activated a thought bomb, an ancient Sith technique that sapped the life energy of all Force-sensitives in the vicinity. Both armies were all but destroyed, and only one Sith Lord survived: [[Darth Bane]].

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To guard against the Sith self-destructing or losing sight of their "ideals" again, Bane took only one apprentice, starting a one-master-one-apprentice tradition to prevent the Sith from destroying themselves again. He also restarted the tradition of passing the name "Darth" to each of his successors, a trend which appears to have originated with [[Darth Revan]] millennia before. In a nod to Kaan's earlier pronouncement, both master and apprentice in Bane's Sith Order held the title "Dark Lord of the Sith," making them, nominally at least, equals. "Always two there are&mdash;no more, no less: a Master, and an apprentice," to quote Master [[Yoda]]. The new tenets of this sinister order would be cunning, stealth, and subterfuge.

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==The Revenge of the Sith==

[[Category:Riots|Paris suburb riots, 2005]]

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Bane's reformed Sith Order went into hiding, though they were soon discovered by the Jedi and believed to be destroyed. They survived, of course, but would not resurface for almost one thousand years, with the depredations of [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]] and [[Darth Maul]] that began shortly before the [[Battle of Naboo]].

Though Darth Maul was slain in that battle at the hands of Jedi Knight [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], the day proved an unparalleled victory for the Sith; Darth Sidious, generally known to the public as Senator Palpatine of Naboo, was elected to the office of Chancellor of the Galactic Republic.

More than a decade passed, during which Palpatine manipulated the Senate into granting him more and more power. His new apprentice, former Jedi Master [[Count Dooku]] (renamed Darth Tyranus in the Sith tradition), formed the [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]] (CIS), which [[secession|seceded]] from the Galactic Republic, beginning a long and bloody conflict known as the [[Clone Wars]].

During the Clone Wars, many Jedi lost their lives at the hands of the CIS and its Kaleesh [[cyborg]] commanding military leader, [[General Grievous]]. The Clone Wars eventually stretched to [[Coruscant]], where the cunning general captured Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. A great battle erupted above the planet-city. In that battle, Count Dooku was brutally executed by [[Anakin Skywalker]], goaded on by Palpatine.

The Chancellor then started to use his "emergency" powers to control the Jedi Order. This caused suspicion among the Jedi of Palpatine's motives. They believed that Darth Sidious was a part of Palpatine's inner circle and was controlling him. Using Anakin as a spy, Palpatine appointed Anakin to the Jedi Council, and convinced him that the Jedi were trying to take over the Republic.

It was also during this time that Anakin began to be plagued with visions of the death of his pregnant wife, [[Padmé Amidala|Senator Padmé Amidala]], in childbirth. Haunted by the murder of his mother three years earlier by [[Tusken Raiders]] on [[Tatooine]], Anakin had been determined to find a way to prevent death using the Force.

Eventually Palpatine revealed to Anakin that he was, in fact, Sidious. In doing so, he offered him the secret he had been looking for (claiming it had been discovered by his former master, [[Darth Plagueis]]{{ref|movie_ref}}), so long as he joined him as his new apprentice. Instead, Anakin went to the Jedi Council and told Jedi Master [[Mace Windu]] of Palpatine's true identity. Windu, along with the Jedi [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi characters#Kolar, Agen|Agen Kolar]], [[List of minor Star Wars Jedi characters#Tiin, Saesee|Saesee Tiin]], and [[Kit Fisto]], moved to arrest the Chancellor. However, Sidious quickly cut down the latter three and was battling with Windu when Anakin arrived. Skywalker demanded that Palpatine be arrested and stand trial, but the Jedi master argued that Sidious was far too dangerous to be allowed to live any longer. As Windu moved to kill the Sith Lord, Anakin turned on his ally, allowing Palpatine to strike him down.

Skywalker became Sidious's new apprentice as [[Darth Vader]], and instructed him to dispose of all the Jedi in the Jedi Temple, including children. Most surviving Jedi not present at the temple were disposed of by "[[Order 66]]," which instructed all clone troopers to execute their Jedi commanders. Very few Jedi survived this treachery, the most notable among them [[Yoda]] and Obi-Wan.

When it was over, the Jedi ranks had been thinned considerably. At last, the moment had come for the Sith to reclaim their former glory. Sidious/Palpatine replaced the ancient Republic with the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Empire]], an oppressive, galaxy-spanning dark-side [[dictatorship]] the likes of which had not been seen for a millennium.

The [[Great Jedi Purge]] continued, led by Vader and other Force-sensitive minions of the Emperor (including groups known as the Inquisitorius, the Emperor's Hands, and the Prophets of the Dark Side), until only a handful of Jedi were left alive. It was a dark time for the galaxy, in which the Force became thought of throughout the Empire (except in the cases of Vader, Palpatine, and their Dark Jedi minions, of course) as an arcane philosophy, almost like a [[fairy tale]].

== The Fall of the Galactic Empire ==

Eventually, however, the [[Rebel Alliance]] arose to threaten the Empire's unchallenged [[sovereignty]]. The [[Galactic Civil War]] drew many into its fold, perhaps the most notable of whom was Luke Skywalker, the son of Anakin. Shortly after Luke destroyed the Empire's terrifying [[Death Star]] superweapon, the Emperor and Vader became aware of the young man's identity. Both Sith Lords hoped to corrupt Luke to the dark side, but each had a different motive. Vader desired to kill the Emperor and rule the galaxy with his son, but Palpatine wished to replace Vader with the boy. During the [[Battle of Endor]], Skywalker refused to join the Emperor, who then began [[torture|torturing]] him with Force lightning. His son's suffering and pleas for help finally freed Anakin Skywalker from the Emperor's grip, and he threw his master down the Death Star's reactor shaft, in the process subjecting himself to the full force of the Emperor's lightning. Luke escaped with his father's body shortly before the new Death Star was destroyed, marking the end of the Emperor's Reign, until his clones appeared.

=== Dark Jedi ===

The Lords of the Sith are not the only ones capable of calling upon the corrupting powers of the dark side of the Force, though they are by far the most dangerous Force-wielding foes of the Jedi. The blanket label "[[Dark Jedi]]" is often used to refer to non-Sith Force-users, though these darksiders may never have been true Jedi, as can be seen by the countless "Dark Jedi" trained during the reign of the Empire, during which the Jedi Order was dead and gone.

During the Clone Wars, Sidious and Tyranus had a number of Dark Jedi serving the Separatist side. Among the most notable of Count Dooku's inner circle were [[Asajj Ventress]], [[Minor Jedi characters in Star Wars#Bulq.2C_Sora|Sora Bulq]], Artel Darc, Dustrose, Karoc, Vinoc, [[Sev'rance Tann]], Nikkos Tyris, Saato, Tol Skorr, Kadrian Sey, Drevekka Hoctu, Trenox, and [[Quinlan Vos]]. Sidious, as Emperor, continued this trend after the formation of the Empire, with Dark Jedi such as the '''Inquisitorius''', the '''Secret Order''', the '''Emperor's Hands''', the '''Dark Side Elite''', the '''[[Emperor's Royal Guard]]''', and various '''Dark Side Adepts'''. After the death of the Emperor, the Inquisitor [[Jerec]] and his cadre of six Dark Jedi made an attempt to seize the [[Valley of the Jedi]], the place of imprisonment of the souls of all those who were destroyed by Kaan's thought bomb during the Battle of Ruusan; Jerec and his cohorts, however, were eliminated by Kyle Katarn.

New Dark Jedi are constantly crawling out of the woodwork, some of them fallen students of Luke Skywalker, like Gantoris, Kyp Durron, Brakiss, Kueller, Bey Gandon, Dal Konur, and [[Minor villains in Star Wars#Desann|Desann]].

== Sith Prestige Classes ==

Like the Jedi Order, which has a clearly defined hierarchy of titles (apprentice, or "youngling," to Padawan to Jedi Knight to Jedi Master), the Sith Order has a ranking system to divide the strong from the stronger, though it should be noted that, due to the great number of successive incarnations of the order, Sith hierarchy didn't maintain a single continuous ranking system throughout its history. Like the Jedi and the Old Republic, the Sith underwent a great reformation after the apocalyptic [[Battle of Ruusan]], and the ranks of the Sith Order were among the things changed. Prior to that, however, Sith hierarchy remained much the same for almost 24,000 years: Sith apprentice to Sith Master to Dark Lord of the Sith. Just as all full Jedi were known collectively as Jedi Knights, regardless of their actual rank, all Sith who held any of these titles were known as Sith Lords. There were some discrepancies in this hierarchy, as in the cases of Ulic Qel-Droma and Darth Malak, Sith apprentices who, as the personal pupils of their respective Dark Lords, outranked and were more powerful than all Sith Masters and other apprentices, but for the most part this ranking system remained the same, through the ancient Sith Empire, Exar Kun's Brotherhood of the Sith, and Darth Revan's Sith Empire, until Lord Kaan declared that all of his highest ranking followers in the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness were Dark Lords of the Sith. Following the Sith Order's destruction at the Seventh Battle of Ruusan, Darth Bane reformed the order and decreed that there would only two Sith at a time from that point onward: a Master and an apprentice. Both would bear the title "Dark Lord of the Sith," which at that point in time became interchangeable with the term "Sith Lord."

Though not a part of the apprentice-Master-Dark Lord hierarchy, the Sith maintained an elite system of titles called "prestige classes," similar to the Jedi sub-categories of Guardian, Consular, and Sentinel.

===Sith Assassins===

'''Sith Assassins''' are Sith who prefer to attack from the shadows and assassinate targets rather than engaging them in standard combat. Almost always working solo or in small groups, they stride through crowded areas undetected using special stealth field generators or the rare [[Force power|art]] of Force camouflage, launching a surprise attack on a victim. While most may use lightsabers, some may use electro-staffs or blasters especially designed for sniping. One famous Sith Assassin is [[Darth Sion]].

===Sith Warriors===

'''Sith Warriors''' are often responsible for the most brutal murders carried out by the Sith; they are trained to become a living embodiment of a combat master empowered by the Dark side. They are drawn from driverse groups, as varied as Jedi Knights, survivalists, martial artists, [[Dark side marauder]]s, mercenaries, pirates, Sith Assasins, but they all use a lightsaber more often than [[the Force]], with few emotions other than hate, rage, and cruelty; the Dark side rewards these emotions with immense power, thusly a single Sith Warrior can almost always go toe-to-toe with any single Jedi and win. While they are not always the masterminds behind dark plots, they are always the ones carrying out the plans of their Sith Lord masters. The best known Sith Warriors are likely [[Darth Vader]] or [[Darth Maul]].

===Sith Lords===

'''Sith Lords''' (this a title distinct from the appellation given the most powerful Sith) are the geniuses behind the most insidious plots and murders. Using the [[dark side]] of [[the Force]] to inflict misery, suffering, and corruption, few dare step in their way; Sith Lords are also charged with preserving the ancient lore of the Sith by passing them onto other Sith and their acolytes, and delving deeper into the mysteries of Sith alchemy and the Dark side itself. While they don't enter combat as often as the other classes (for they have more pawns and servants), they are the most fearsome of the Sith prestige classes, as they are the pinnacle of a Sith's evolution- almost all Sith Lords were previously a Marauder or Assassin, as rarely is an Acolyte talented enough to make the transition. Each Lord takes the long view. Their goal is to utterly destroy the Jedi, assuring themselves dominion of the galaxy. Their role is to nurture this grand project, extending their tendrils of influence throughout the galaxy. Each Lord may never see the fruition of his life-long dream, and must be content in the knowledge that they have advanced the project in the shadows a little bit, and that one day it will succeed. The most effective and infamous Sith Lords would likely be [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]] and Darth Revan.

== The Sith Legacy ==

Six years after the [[Battle of Endor]], Palpatine returned to threaten the [[New Republic (Star Wars)|New Republic]]. Unbeknownst to the Rebellion, the Emperor had maintained a secret supply of Spaarti [[cloning]] cylinders on the planet Byss in the Deep Core. Years before his death at Endor, Palpatine's body had begun to decay so rapidly from the ravaging dark side energies it contained that he had been forced to begin periodically transferring his soul into fresh clones of himself. Vader's treachery, however, had been unexpected, and the spirits of the ancient Dark Lords of [[Korriban]] had been forced to intervene and draw Palpatine back from the "madness beyond death" themselves. Palpatine's spirit, lacking a nearby clone body to inhabit, took possession of the Emperor's Hand Jeng Droga. Though Droga went mad in the process, he journeyed to [[Byss]], where Grand Vizier [[Sate Pestage]] exorcized the disembodied Emperor, allowing him to possess a fresh clone. Unfortunately for the Sith Lord, spending such an extended period outside his body had driven the Emperor partially insane. Though he and his loyal Imperial forces managed to briefly retake the galactic capital of [[Coruscant]] and wreak havoc on the galaxy for a year, the mental health of the resurrected Palpatine continued to deteriorate due to his repeated deaths and the genetic tampering done to his clones by the treacherous [[Emperor's Royal Guard|Sovereign Protector]] [[List of minor Star Wars characters#Jax, Carnor|Carnor Jax]]. He died a final death on the planet [[Onderon]], when dying Jedi Knight [[Empatajayos Brand]], a survivor of the Jedi Purge, bound the Emperor's departing life essence to his own, taking the Dark Lord with him as he became one with the Force. So Emperor Palpatine, Darth Sidious, arguably the greatest Dark Lord of the Sith of all time, descended into eternal madness in the Chaos beyond death.

Though Jedi have continued to fall into darkness since then, none have proved as great a threat as that posed by the newest Sith Order. [[Lumiya]], a former Emperor's Hand and Darth Vader's secret apprentice, became Dark Lady of the Sith following her master's death at Endor. She trained two apprentices: [[Flint (Star Wars)|Flint]], who was redeemed by Luke Skywalker, and [[List of minor Star Wars characters#Jax, Carnor|Carnor Jax]], who was killed by Palpatine loyalist [[Kir Kanos]] shortly after the Emperor's final death on Onderon. Afterwards, Lady Lumiya went into hiding, returning the Sith Order to the secret, underground existence begun by Darth Bane a millennium before.

Following the [[Yuuzhan Vong invasion|Yuuzhan Vong War]], however, [[Jedi Knight]] [[Kyle Katarn]] encountered a Force-strong [[Yuuzhan Vong]] female in the mysterious Cloak of the Sith region of the galaxy, where it was rumored that post-Palpatine Sith still lived. Powerful though she was, Kyle sensed an even darker hand behind her training. Apparently, this [[Yuuzhan Vong]] had a Master . . .

==Dark Lords of the Sith ==

The Dark Lords of the Sith are acknowledged as the leaders of their order, and the most powerful Sith of their time. Only one Dark Lord existed at a time until the reign of Kaan.

'''Note: for title "Dark Lord of the Sith" please see the Dark Lord of the Sith [[Dark Lord of the Sith|article]].

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<tr bgcolor="#cccccc"><th>'''Dark Lord'''</th><th>'''First Chronological Appearance'''</th><th>'''Last Chronological Appearance'''</th></tr>

<tr><td>[[List of minor Sith characters#Pall, Ajunta|Ajunta Pall]]</td><td>''Knights of the Old Republic''</td><td>''Knights of the Old Republic''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Dathka Graush]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Adas]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[List of minor Sith characters#Hord, Tulak|Tulak Hord]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Andeddu]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Marka Ragnos]]</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith''</td><td>''Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Naga Sadow]]</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith''</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Ludo Kressh]]</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: The Golden Age of the Sith''</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: The Fall of the Sith Empire''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Freedon Nadd]]</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising''</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Exar Kun]]</td><td>''Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith''</td><td>''The Jedi Academy Trilogy: Champions of the Force''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Revan]]</td><td>''Knights of the Old Republic''</td><td>''Knights of the Old Republic''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Malak]]</td><td>''Knights of the Old Republic''</td><td>''Knights of the Old Republic''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[List of minor Sith characters#Ruin, Darth|Darth Ruin]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[The Dark Underlord]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Belia Darzu]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Rivan]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>Lord [[Kaan]]</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td><td>"Bane of the Sith"</td></tr>

<tr><td>Lord [[Qordis]]</td><td>"Bane of the Sith"</td><td>"Bane of the Sith"</td></tr>

<tr><td>Lord [[Kopecz]]</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td></tr>

<tr><td>Lady [[Githany]]</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Kaox Krul]]</td><td>"Darkness Shared"</td><td>"Darkness Shared"</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Seviss Vaa]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Bane]]</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td><td>"Bane of the Sith"</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[List of minor Sith characters#Zannah, Darth|Darth Zannah]]</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td><td>''Jedi vs. Sith''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[List of minor Sith characters#Millennial, Darth|Darth Millennial]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Plagueis]]</td><td></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]]</td><td>''Jedi Council: Acts of War''</td><td>''Empire's End''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Maul]]</td><td>''Jedi Council: Acts of War''</td><td>''The Phantom Menace''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Tyranus]]</td><td>''Legacy of the Jedi''</td><td>''Revenge of the Sith''</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[Darth Vader]]</td><td>''Episode I Adventures: The Ghostling Children''</td><td>''The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force''</td></tr>

<tr><td>Lady [[Lumiya]]</td><td>''Star Wars Marvel'' #56: "Coffin in the Clouds"</td><td>"Lumiya: Dark Star of the Empire"</td></tr>

<tr><td>Lord [[Flint (Star Wars)|Flint]]</td><td>''Star Wars Marvel'' Annual #3: "The Apprentice"</td><td>''Star Wars Marvel'' #92: "The Dream"</td></tr>

<tr><td>[[List of minor Sith characters#Jax, Carnor|Carnor Jax]]</td><td>''Crimson Empire''</td><td>''Crimson Empire''</td></tr>

</table>

== Lesser Sith Lords ==

=== The Ancient Sith Empire ===

*[[Bo Vanda]]

*[[Dor-Gal-Ram]]

*[[Garu]]

*[[Horak-Mul]]

*[[Kla]]

*[[Komok-Da]]

*[[Larad Noon]]

*[[Mondrak]]

*[[Najus]]

*[[The Patron]]

*[[Poxall]]

*[[Shar Dakhan]]

*[[Simus]]

*[[Tritos Nal]]

=== The Brotherhood of the Sith ===

*[[Crado]]

*[[Nayama Bindo]]

*[[Rin Shuuir]]

*[[Ulic Qel-Droma]]

*[[Utris]]

=== Darth Revan's New Sith Empire ===

*[[Bastila Shan]]

*[[Darth Bandon]]

*[[Darth Nihilus]]

*[[Darth Sion]]

*[[Darth Traya]]

*[[Jorak Uln]]

*[[Uthar Wynn]]

*[[Visas Marr]]

*[[Yuthura Ban]]

=== The Brotherhood of Darkness ===

*[[Larad Noon]]

*[[LaTor]]

==External link==

*[http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/sith.htm The Sith Explained] ([[Howstuffworks.com]])

==Footnotes==

# {{note|movie_ref}}Although it is never stated in the movie that Sidious was Plagueis's apprentice, it is included in the novelization of ''Revenge of the Sith'' and implied in the film. See [[Darth Plagueis]].

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