DuracellEnergizer said:
Easterhay said:
But joining the dark side is equivalent to becoming a Sith; that's what crossing over to the dark side means.
So, does this mean the dark side didn't exist until the Sith did?
No. The Jedi simply perceive anyone who "goes bad" as being Sith. It's only the same as Christians who believe people will go to hell for doing bad things, or the Buddhist notion of sowing seeds of bad kharma. Ergo, to a Jedi, someone like Count Dooku is a Sith; to a non-Jedi, he's just a bloke who does bad things.