

Druids would dig holes in the ground surrounding burial sites to allow vengeful spirits to rise up. It could also refer to the pagan ritual of Irish druids during the festival of Samhain. "Sith" is also a Romanized version of a word from Hebrew, Pronounced "Sys" or "Sit" it literally means a missionary or seducer and is used in Deuteronomy 13:7-12. Sith, a word from Scots Gaelic, means literally peace. The Sith were actually a primitive species before they exploded on to the scene. However, the word "Sith" was never mentioned in-universe until the events surrounding the Blockade of Naboo. George Lucas did not explain exactly what this meant, however.įor a decade or more additional fictional works fleshed this story out, elaborating on how, once this race had faded to obscurity, the word Sith remained the name of the villains in George Lucas's prequel Star Wars films. The first use of the word Sith (in the Star Wars Universe) was in the script and novelization for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, as a title for Darth Vader, the "Dark Lord of the Sith". This refers to the events that were fleshed out and detailed in the Tales of the Jedi series of comics written by and large by Kevin J. Early works of Expanded Universe fiction interpreted the term "Lord of the Sith," under the guidance of Lucas, as meaning that there was some sort of group that Darth Vader was lord over, and from this created the story of the Sith race, who were enslaved by early practitioners of the dark side. George Lucas did not explain exactly what this meant, however. 3.8 Fall of the Galactic Empire and Return of the Jedi.3.3 Great Hyperspace War and the Naddist Uprising.3.1 Timeline for ancient Jedi-versus-Sith conflicts.
