SureShot18 wrote:Va'al wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Shadowman wrote:It's not like he can just stop people being born Force sensitive.
That's why I don't think he was talking about ending the Jedi, but instead having the Jedi end something that has been around for a long time, such as the Sith.
You can still be Force sensitive and not a Jedi, though!
And I think at this point in the new canon we are to assume the Sith died with Palpatine and Vader. While Kylo Ren has aspects of a Sith, he probably isn't a truth Sith like the ones before him. Like a Dark Jedi.
To be fair, Anakin and Palpatine weren't True Sith either, who may not have ever even existed in the new canon. The True Sith were a race of red-skinned
assholes with a serious Dark Side leaning, and originated the organization that most people just call the Sith, including teachings and traditions. Anyone can pick up a red lightsaber and call themselves Darth Whatever and officially be Sith...just so long as there's no other currently-operating Sith to shut them down. (And even then the Might-Makes-Right mentality of the Sith means holding on to that mantle is just one lightsaber duel away)
I'm pretty sure Snoke just started up the Knights of Ren because he didn't want to have the political baggage of having Sith running the First Order. A part of the reason the First Order got so much done is because so few people were taking them seriously; having Sith Lords at the helm, people who were responsible for most major wars in the Galaxy, would have piqued too much interest from the Republic. Probably the same reason Darth Tyrannus only used that name behind closed doors; the CIS was working a Hearts-and-minds style campaign to conquer worlds more peacefully, and "Sith Lord" doesn't look so good on a business card.