Sith Eternal

"Do not fear their feeble attack, my faithful. Nothing will stop the return of the Sith!"

- Darth Sidious, to his Sith devotees

The Sith Eternal was an organization of cultists loyal to the Sith religion who continued the Sith belief and sought to resurrect its tradition. The Sith Eternal were followers of the Dark Lord of the Sith and Emperor, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. The Sith Eternal spent years building the largest armada known to the galaxy, the Sith Eternal fleet, as part of Emperor Palpatine's plan of revenge to use the Final Order to build a new Empire. However, the Sith Eternal were ultimately defeated at the Battle of Exegol, preventing the rebirth of the Sith and ensuring their extinction.

Organization
The Sith Eternal was a cult of Sith loyalists that had been operating in secrecy throughout galactic history. Based on Exegol, Sith loyalists were spread throughout the galaxy and into the First Order, while those on Exegol created a fleet of hundreds of ships and amassed legions of warriors.

Military
The Sith Eternal maintained a vast array of military power and groups who acted as enforcers. The Sith Eternal fleet was composed of hundreds of Xyston-class Star Destroyers and were operated by fleet technicians and Sith Eternal officers.

Sith Eternal ground forces consisted of an army of at least several legions of Sith troopers that were made up of the ancient standard of 5,000 Sith troopers each. Sith trooper squads consisted of ten troopers and were led by Sith trooper sergeants. The squads were configured in three triads, which consisted of a Sith trooper lance corporal leading two corporals. Legions were numerically identified, but were also given the name of an ancient Sith Lord. Such examples included the 3rd "Revan" Legion, the 5th "Andeddu" Legion, the 17th "Tanis" Legion, the 26th "Tenebrous" Legion, the 39th "Phobos" Legion and the 44th "Desolous" Legion. Battalions were also used by the Sith Eternal, with one example being the 105th Battalion.

Sith jet trooper squads also consisted of ten soldiers, and squad names were that of weapons. Several examples included Warblade Squad, Lanvorak Squad, and Parang Squad.

After incorporating the First Order under its umbrella more directly, the Final Order was created and First Order military assets were incorporated.

Behind the scenes
The Sith Eternal first appeared in the final film of the Star Wars saga, Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. It was first identified in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, which was released on the same day as the film, December 20, 2019.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker