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The Sith were a red-skinned species with tentacles, susceptible to using the dark side of the Force. They shared their name with the Sith Order, a religious organization of Force-sensitives who also used the dark side.[1]
Centuries before the Galactic Civil War, a member of the Sith species was part of the Darkseekers, a specialized sect within the Sith Order. During their attack on the Ascendant temple, the lightsaber-wielding Sith stabbed the Ascendant member Ilith, which ultimately led to his death.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Reintroduction into Star Wars canon[]
The Sith, as a species, were canonically mentioned in Star Wars Workbook: 3rd Grade Reading and Writing, published in 2017 by Workman Publishing.[1] The species first appeared in a flashback sequence in the twenty-ninth issue of the comic series Star Wars: Doctor Aphra (2020) by Alyssa Wong.
Portrayal in Star Wars Legends[]

The Sith species in Tales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 2
In the Star Wars Legends continuity, the Sith species was first mentioned in the first issue of The Freedon Nadd Uprising story arc of the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi series of comic books,[3] written by Tom Veitch, illustrated by Tony Akins, and published by Dark Horse Comics on August 2, 1994.[4] They made their first appearance in the first issue of Dark Lords of the Sith story arc of the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi series of comic books, written by Tom Veitch and Kevin J. Anderson, penciled by Chris Gossett,[5] and published on October 4, 1994.[6] The issue pictured Naga Sadow,[5] who later sources referred to as a Human/Sith hybrid,[7] with a human appearance, while Vodo-Siosk Baas described him as "a member of an elite priesthood, of pure Sith blood."[5]
The species appears in a flashback sequence reminiscent of the completely-red flashback from Doctor Aphra (2020) 29, which obscures the skin color, in the comic Tales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 0, written by Kevin J. Anderson, penciled by Dario Carrasco, Jr., and published by Dark Horse Comics[8] on July 1, 1996.[9] The modern depiction of the red-skinned Sith species first appeared in the second issue of The Golden Age of the Sith story arc of the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi series of comic books, written by Kevin J. Anderson and penciled by Dario Carrasco, Jr.,[10] and published on November 13, 1996.[11]
The species was later retconned by the 2012 reference book Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side when the book pictured Sith King Adas to have made their first appearance in a flashback sequence in the fifth issue of the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi comic miniseries, written by Tom Veitch and published by Dark Horse Comics[12] on February 15, 1994.[13]
Appearances[]
- Doctor Aphra (2020) 29 (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
Sources[]
- Star Wars Workbook: 3rd Grade Reading and Writing (First mentioned)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars Workbook: 3rd Grade Reading and Writing
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Doctor Aphra (2020) 29
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi – The Freedon Nadd Uprising 1
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Freedon Nadd Uprising #1 (1994) on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Tales of the Jedi – Dark Lords of the Sith 1
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith (1994) #1 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 0
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith (1996) on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi – The Golden Age of the Sith 2
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - The Golden Age of the Sith (1996) #2 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)
- ↑ Tales of the Jedi 5
- ↑
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (1993) #5 on Marvel Comics' official website (backup link)