Harrold Andraste said:

darklordoftech said:

Harrold Andraste said:

I've read the first two issues of Tales of the Jedi (the introductory mini-series is called Golden Age of the Sith).

Pretty good so far. I know Anderson gets a lot of flack, but I'm no sure why yet. Here's rooting for Jori and Gav!

KJA gets a lot of flack for his stuff that's set during the movies and/or after ROTJ, but his ancient galactic history stuff is a different story. He created a lot of the history of the Republic, Jedi, Sith, Mandalorians, etc. Let me know when you're introduced to the Sith in the comics you're reading.

Oh, I get it now. Thanks for explaining.

Here ya go! I'm done with GAoTS and The Fall of the Sith Empire.

The drama between Ludo Kressh and Naga Sadow was Sith-like in the usual sense (struggles for dominance through treachery and political coups), while handled more intelligently than I would've predicted.

Both had good points. Ludo wanted to keep the Sith Empire pretty much as it was. Why not? It had worked so well for so long. They had plenty of planets, wealth, slaves, a functioning caste system. Naga thought maybe that could lead to societal stagnation and eventual collapse of the Empire... but he made the mistake of over-reaching when he assaulted the Republic.

On a meta level, their culture is heavily informed by Ancient Egypt. That's fitting, because of the Sith views on superiority, magic, and the afterlife.

I felt like here the Sith and the Republic are both legitimate civilizations, even if the Sith are more barbaric and dishonest. Both have citizens, a culture, etc. In other stories, the Sith are often just a group of people who feel like being evil for no reason.

The Sith Empire does indeed bring ancient Egypt to mind, with the Dark Lords of the Sith being Pharoahs and Korriban being Giza. We see more of this in the Dark Lords of the Sith portion of Tales of the Jedi.