While we all thought the release of the new Star Wars movie would clear up a few mysteries,
it seems to have brought us more questions than answers.
While we here at Babbletop would never be the bearers of bad spoilers, we will say that
The Last Jedi’s conclusion does nothing to promise that we’ve seen the last sith.
With rumors running wild that Rey or even Luke Skywalker may join the Dark Side, let's
check if you're potentially a Sith in training too.
There are countless signs but we've narrowed it down to the Top 10.
Do a force push on that subscribe button and we’ll go down the list.
Go ahead—do it.
You've Got Daddy Issues Let's face it, while the films don't get into
the story behind the Emperor or Darth Maul (although the expanded universe certainly
does), the other Sith all clearly have daddy issues.
From Anakin not having a father, at all to Kylo Ren basically committing patricide to
prove himself, it's clear that dads have a bad rap in this cinematic universe.
Luke Skywalker's story was all about him vs. his father, with the "No, I am your father"
line being one of the best-known quotes in movie history.
Even Rey doesn’t known who her parents are, a mystery that spurred hundreds of theories
since the Force Awakens hit theaters.
So, whether you're a daddy's girl (or boy) or have daddy issues in general, you're probably
on your way to becoming a Sith.
You have One REALLY Good Friend…
Sort of
While the Sith used to have thousands of emo-teens running around multiple planets (120 at their
peak) they decided to cut the number down to two.
The rule of two created the master/apprentice dichotomy that existed in some form before
that
The idea was that after the master basically taught their apprentice everything they’d
know, and the apprentice spent years using that to act as the muscle behind the master’s
work, the apprentice would get strong enough to kill the master.
They would then find their own apprentice and repeat the cycle.
So, if you have one really good, or really controlling friend, one that you know you’ll
eventually abandon, then you might be a future Sith.
The bad news is that once you find a new friend, they’ll eventually abandon you after they
find a significant other to french kiss.
Just like Darth Maul.
You Accidentally Killed Your Pet Goldfish/Hamster as a Child
The Sith are basically pure evil and driven only by ambition and hate.
To really prove that an initiate’s dedication, it’s been theorized that the final step
to becoming a Sith is to kill someone you love.
Kylo killed his father, Han Solo, and only after that did Supreme Leader Snoke decide
to finish his training.
For us, homicide might be extreme.
But if you've ever thought that hamsters could warm up in the microwave as long as you wrapped
them in tinfoil or neglected your goldfish, maybe you’ve already started down the path
to the dark side.
Or at least the path to someone calling the Humane Society.
You've Always Thought that Your School was Evil
While it really depends on which era you're talking about, before the Rule of Two was
installed, the Sith had schools that focused on academics — a pretty normal education
for Sith pre-teens.
While they studied Dark Side-related junk like algebra, it was a process that allowed
the Sith to keep their ranks filled.
So, if you ever notice that your school has a surprising amount of faculty members who've
survived being sliced in half by a lightsaber, have life support robotic suits or project
themselves into the classroom as a 40 foot hologram...
You may be a Sith in training.
You Only See the Bad in Those Around You While most people are made up of both negative
and positive traits, the Sith seem to only focus on the negative.
Once the Dark Side takes hold, they change, that's why so many Jedi have fallen to it,
whether they joined with the best intentions or only planned on joining for a short period
of time as a means to an end.
On top of that, because of the Rule of Two, they're really just spending most of their
time around their master — and considering that their master has been involved with the
Dark Side for decades, they've most likely lost any or all good that they once had inside
of them.
It makes sense because if they were able to see the good in them they'd most likely get
drawn to the Light.
It seems like Siths are just classic pessimists—with light sabers, that is.
You Have a Future in Politics and Believe that Two People in a Room can get more Done
Than 100...
A lot of the Empire and even The First Order,
both aesthetically and in terms of how they ruled (especially during large speeches and
shows of strength), were and are based on the Nazi government of the 1930's through
the mid-1940's.
So, the Sith-based governments are really just fascist dictatorships while institutions
like the Galactic Senate and the Republic represent liberal democracies like those of
the modern West.
So, if you're the type of person that really believes that two people can get more done
than 100 (unless you need to move a piano...unless those two people can move that piano with
the force?), Whatever.
Then you might be a Sith, that’s my point!
You're Easily Tempted The Dark Side is like meth.
It’s addictive, you lose all your friends, and it seems like it’s really, really bad
for your skin.
Sith lords looking for an apprentice often take advantage of either arrogance or desperation,
and use their cunning to tempt the prospect to the Dark Side.
So, if you’ve got impulse control, you might be a Sith in training.
Are you the type to go in for that second slice of pie or wake up after a night on the
town with zero memory of what you got up to after your tenth drink?
Maybe make sure your eyes haven’t gone all yellow and venal too.
You Think Everyone is Out to Get You While we all knew that Anakin would eventually
become Darth Vader, George Lucas laid on it on pretty thick in the prequels by showing
that young Skywalker generally felt as if no one understood him and that everyone was
out to get him…even his mentor Obi Wan Kenobi.
There's actually a psychological term for this and it's called a persecution complex.
And while this entry got sort of real, quick, things needn't be that severe for you to be
considered a Sith in training.
There could be a teacher in school that gives you bad grades no matter what you do, or a
squirrel in your front yard that keeps looking at you cock-eyed.
If you constantly notice that some people are out to get you, perhaps...
You know...
You get it by now.
Your Only Wear Black Clothes and like the Color Red
Quick.
What's your favorite color?
If it's red, you might be a Sith in training.
We’ll also consider black as your back up color.
That's right, while the Jedi have at least some color in their wardrobes and light saber
selections, the Sith only really work with two different colors: black and red.
The black is for what they wear.
From head to two they are basically rocking all black, and while their skin colors can
vary, even the first apprentice that we saw outside of Darth Vader on the big screen in
Darth Maul was basically just black and red.
So, go over to your closet and open the door, if the first item of clothing you see is either
black or red, there's bad news...
You're basically evil and you'll probably end up in an iron lung at some point.
We don't write the rules, we just paraphrase them.
You Crave Unlimited Power One of the most recognizable traits in Siths
is their insatiable lust for power.
While power isn't necessarily what lead Anakin to the Dark Side, after his conversion (y’know,
when he killed all those poor, poor younglings), he pretty quickly started referring to the
galaxy as his galaxy.
Kind of a giveaway.
It's just something that goes hand in hand with being a bad guy, and really it makes
sense as Sith find ways to infiltrate the highest levels of government or create large
followings and fight their way into power in order to accomplish their goals.
So if you've ever run for class President...you might be a Sith in training.
On the other hand, if you’ve got a particularly bossy friend, it may be time to challenge
them to a duel.
You Take Risks Oftentimes Jedi end up as slaves to the Dark
Side because they've taken the risk of using the Dark Side as a means to an end.
More often than not they aren't strong enough to leave the Dark Side after joining, or they
end up doing something while under the power of the Dark Side that makes them beyond atonement
by Jedi standards.
These lost souls either end up redeeming themselves like Vader or spending their lives intoxicated
by the Dark Side only to meet a grisly end, like Dooku.
So, if you're the type of person that takes a lot of risks, whether that means you sometimes
end up biting off more than you can chew or have a body covered in scars or bad tattoos...then
you might be a Sith in training!
We hope we’ve saved you for the light, but let us know if we’ve missed any signs, let
us know in the comments.
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