darklordoftech said:
imperialscum said: Why prequels? Although not said on screen, Vader and Palpatine were Sith in OT... long before the prequels came out. Then TOTJ made a story where Sith became red skinned aliens. Someone had to connect the dots then. TOR did it pretty well.
TOTJ and KOTOR connected the same dots much better. Both TOTJ and KOTOR explained that the influence of Freedon Nadd, Exar Kun, Revan, etc. caused the Sith to stop being red-skinned aliens.
On another note, when Lucas said that anybody can use The Force in 1981, it was in response to the question of whether or not Palpatine was ever a Jedi. The implication is that Palpatine isn't a Sith.
I am sorry but KOTOR did not connect any dots at all. In fact if we ignore SWTOR, it made very little sense as to why Revan, Malak and thier ex-republic fleet would even call themselves "Sith". If you think about it, it is quite dumb really. If anything, they should call themselves Rakata. SWTOR again tried to fix this huge plot hole that is usually completely overlooked.
It was SWTOR that properly explained as to why would humans who call themselves Sith, all the way down to Vader, personally hate the Republic and were constantly seeking for a revenge. That "revenge" made no sense prior to SWTOR.
As for "everyone can use the force", Palpatine was not in the context of that quote/discussion.