Why only 2 Sith ?

the point is that the convo in ESB was probably made before GL deceided on the two only sith rule. 😄🙂

Oh ok, fair enough...that sounds right.

Yes, that conversation was clearly written from a point of view which did NOT consider two the maximum!

vader wanted luke to join him so they could overthrow the emperor. the emperor, on the other hand, wanted luke to finish vader and become his new apprentice. either way, there would be 2 sith.

But they were TALKING about is (absurd in the first place if it meant killing the other) as if there woule be 3.

agree

but there was not gonna be 3.....vader and the emperor each had their own agenda......palpantine: luke as his new apprentice, vader: he and luke overthrowing the emperor and ruling the galaxy as father and son.

ps: if they are just speculating, then never mind.

two siths; if they got him as just a Dark Jedi it was ok, normally

No, as I said, they weere talking about making him a third.

The Sith wouldn't believe in the principle of having even an affiliated member, yerss- the same problem would still occur.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
but there was not gonna be 3.....vader and the emperor each had their own agenda......palpantine: luke as his new apprentice, vader: he and luke overthrowing the emperor and ruling the galaxy as father and son.

ps: if they are just speculating, then never mind.

because the ancient sith nearly did kill each other off......in KOTOR....(sorry I know it's EU) you can talk to the spirit of Ajunta Pall.........on Korriban....a sith world....

sorry if i lost my train of thought...i am right, however about palpantine and vaders agendas.

we really dont know their agendas, but with ROTJ it is clear that Vader and Luke has to fight each other. The fact is Palpy might have been left without an aprentice at all.

good point.....

palpy....i like that....sounds like a cartoon character.....

😆 A really really really UGLY cartoon character!!

Originally posted by Ushgarak
I don't think they were at the time.

GL quote:

"One of the themes throughout the films is that the Sith lords, when they started out thousands of years ago, embraced the dark side. They were greedy and self-centered and they all wanted to take over, so they killed each other. Eventually, there was only one left, and that one took on an apprentice. And for thousands of years, the master would teach the apprentice, the master would die, the apprentice would then teach another apprentice, become the master, and so on. But there could never be any more than two of them, because if there were, they would try to get rid of the leader."

nice idea but wouldn't this lead to a loss of knowledge if the master would die before he could teach the apprentice all he knows

a really ugly and evil one at that!!!!!

guess the thing is the apprentice is fully skilled to take over as a master

yea but what if the masters dies before the apprentice is fully skilled, if the apprentice is already fully skilled, why does he need the master?

Exactly RJ 👆