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Darth Sidious = dark and insidious one
Darth Maul = dark one who rips and shreds you

I think Count Dooku was a Count in deference to Christopher Lee, who is famous for his role as Count Dracula in myriad Hammer Films Dracula movies.

So yeah, "Darth" is kind of a title, distinguishing a force user who follows the dark side.

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THAT'S why we went off in the direction we did here (about the Sith being an ancient race) -- something I think Dark Horse comics alluded to once in a comic put out years and years ago (I THINK it was Dark Horse comics).

At any rate, Lucas's "Sith" are Dark Jedi, which makes more sense, and our Sith are an ancient magickal race who were destroyed by the Dark Jedi and then brought back to life as a civilization. The "Sith" according to Lucas are just force users who use their powers from a more personal, selfish point of view, while the Jedi use theirs selflessly for the good of others.

(That's why Jedi have no material possessions, by the way... er, one of the reasons. Jedi owning battle cruisers... no sense whatsoever!)

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I think Count Dooku was a Count in deference to Christopher Lee, who is famous for his role as Count Dracula in myriad Hammer Films Dracula movies.

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Hey! Give some credit to Boris Karlof!

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also dark horse comics do refer to a sith race i can remeber the exact comic but i believe in the tales of the sith serries it explains how the cause of the great hyperspace wars and how the dark jedi came to korriban, if you want more information you should read the galaxy guides specificly the essential chronology

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