ray_afraid said:

Jaitea said:

It made perfect sense to name the Dark Force users Sith in the Prequels (about the only thing that did)

Yeah, it makes sense to call them that, but what this revenge they are seeking is about is never explained in the films, yet the 3rd one is titled "Revenge Of The Siths" as if it were a major part of the story. I can remember Maul saying "at last we will have our revenge" and i can remember thinking, "well, I guess we will find out what that's all about in the next one..." but, as far as I remember, they never explained...

I thought I just explained that.

In The Phantom Menace, Ki-Adi-Mundi (a Jedi on the council) says that "the Sith have been extinct for a millenium." Who would have most likely wiped them out? The Jedi, obviously. One would think they despise the Jedi for that.

Not to mention the Sith are evil, so they hate the Jedi anyway, and Palpatine is quite likely to have devised some reason--any reason--to get Maul to despise them further (since hate makes him powerful).