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So the benefit to keeping to the Rule of Two was not to some abstract "Sith order", but to the specific Sith Master.Ĭase in point: Darth Sidious. Those Sith Lords who violated it by trying for >1 apprentice, seemed to have ended up worse off than if they only had one. To rougly quote from Starship Troopers (the book, not the movie), The Rule of Two perservered because it worked. So does this rule, or any Sith rule, actually work? Or is it more of a suggestion that is broken when convenient? I can see how the Rule of Two, and any other Sith beliefs would be possible guidelines, but it terms of the nature of ambitious people (and the Sith are ambitious), it's hard to believe that each new Sith Master would follow this rule faithfully.
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When you have a group that, by default, is arrogant and self-serving, as well as deceptive, why would they want the Sith to survive themselves? The Rule of Two also assumes that every Sith Master would place the survival of the Sith over his own survival, as opposed to attempting to ensure his own immortality in whatever way he could (like Plagueis). What is to keep any Sith from following the Rule of Two (or any rule, for that matter) if it is against their own self interest? If a Sith Master can stay in power longer by training a 2nd apprentice and pitting the two against each other, is he really going to worry about the Rule of Two more than his own plans and survival? Deceit and personal interest over loyalty is a way of life for the Sith. Both the Sith master and Sith apprentice seem to regularly break the rule by training others.
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I know Darth Bane came up with the Rule of Two to ensure the survival of the Sith, but, in reality (or in the Star Wars reality), does it (or any Sith rule) serve a true purpose? And why does each successive Sith bother with it?ĭue to the nature of the Sith, Sith Lords tend toward arrogance and self-importance.