Over a thousand years before the events of the Star Wars saga, the Jedi and Sith fought in a war that resulted in the Sith Order’s seeming destruction — only this didn’t happen, according to George Lucas. By the time of the prequel trilogy, the Sith had adopted the Rule of Two, allowing only two Dark Lords to exist at a time, curbing their treacherous nature and allowing them to destroy both the Republic and the Jedi.
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