Why only 2 Sith ?

well, one would get killed then obviously

actually it aint that obvious

why not? otherwise they're with 3 and that's not according to the rule

the rule came after ESB so I wonder why Lucas actually made that rule, looking at ROTJ though I think GL had it in mind.

Yes, Finti is right, that conversation was clearly made in a time before GL decided there could only be two Sith- they are clearly talking about making him number 3! But never mind.

guess otherwise people would wonder why there wasn't an entire sith order during TPM, finti 😉

i wouldnt

people who want to know more then the movie then 🙄

There's always two of 'em: a master and an apprentice; no more, no less!

amen

because i only have time to train one apprentice..... 😮‍💨 😒 👿

cookies2006 was'nt count dooku master to yoda he revealed that in the near end of ep2. So was Yoda really Palp's master. I cant wait till ep3 i'am still a little confused about some subjects of the starwars films.

Yoda was Dookus master, Dooku was QGJ`s master QGJ was Obi`s master, Obi was Anakins master.....................Palpy was Dookus master, adn then Anakins master the circle is complete

If you notice from the first movie the Jedi have somewhat the same rules as the Sith. There can only be one apprentice to one master. This is stated when Qui Gon wishes to train Anakin. Yoda tells him he already has an apprentice and cannot take on another. Now with the Sith, they follow the same rules (for whatever reason) and do you think that there could only be two of them because all other Sith masters were killed and there is only one true master (unlike the Jedi who have many master jedi's) so there can only be a master and apprentice (meaning Palpatine is the only master, so in theory in can only be himself and whoever is his apprentice at the time). Just a theory.

Just to expand a little bit on that thought, a sith apprentice can only become a master if he kills his master right? So its an endless cycle with just two sith because there is only one realy master.

we dont know how a sith apprentice becomes the master besides the master dies, for him to kill his master is just speculations.

And Bllissbo there is a big difference, one Jedi cant have more than one apprentice but there are a lot of Jedis thus a lot of apprentices, but ONLY TWO SITHS. The siths have a rule on how many siths there can be a t a time, while the jedis sasy a jedi can only take on one apprentice. That rule by the Jedi is pure common sence though, it is hard enough to teach one person up in the Jedi way and skills

Sounds pretty much like what I said

Originally posted by finti
The thing I am puzzled at though is the introduction of the only two siths thing in TPM. In Empire Strikes Back Vader`s conversation with the emperor kind of contradict this by Vader talking about turning Luke into an ally and the Emperor saying he would be a great asset.

Maybe at that time, the Emperor was planning to get rid of Vader and keep Luke as his "apprentice".
Maybe he was just using Vader (in the end) to get Luke.
I dunno, just a thought. 😉

I think you missed the point there, Lyn. Try reading what Finti and I said again.

So are you 2 saying that Emperor-Vader-Luke were the exception to the Sith rule??
Sorry if I missed the point again...