On June 22, 2006, Star Wars published Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties. That title is doing a lot of work. It sounds less like a lore article and more like something carved into a tomb wall by a Sith historian who absolutely should not be trusted near a holocron. But that was the point. Before Star Wars: The Old Republic let players walk through Sith temples, argue with ancient ghosts, and make terrible career choices on Korriban, Star Wars was already building the feeling that Sith history was not just old. It was ancient. Poisoned. Layered. A dynasty of ambition, betrayal, survival, collapse, and extremely dramatic people refusing to learn from each other. The Sith Needed to Feel Older Than the Movies For casual movie viewers, the Sith were mostly Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and the vague sense that red lightsabers usually mean bad workplace…
