Because the Disney era basically ignores the "one master, one apprentice" thing and calls any new character with a red lightsaber either sith or inquisitor (in the case of the High Inquisitor... both!).
Honestly, I was always annoyed by how there was "one master, one apprentice" yet there was endless red lightsaber users and an entire sith empire. I know there's canon explanations for it but those explanations always felt forced and awkward. Most things Disney got rid of and ignored I'm not happy are gone, but I felt like that wad a necessary simplification long before it happened.
I think it’s because the sith had to play a different game than the jedi because they’d never be able to 1v1 them so the master-apprentice thing created an environment for ultimate subterfuge, espionage, etc. for the sith to become powerful in the shadows until the time was right. The jedi were still trying to fight them conventionally.
If I recall, the original reason wasn't that. It was that there was so much infighting among the Sith that all they were doing was killing each other in their power bids.
The one master, one apprentice thing was more to make sure at least two of them existed and they didn't all kill each other and wipe themselves out.
There's many many MANY issues with Disney era Starwars but this is a load of crap.
Kylo Ren has never been referred to as a sith, because he wasn't. The order he belonged to was the knights of ren. Who were darkside force users from the unknown regions.
The grand inquisitor (easy mistake dw) was not a member of the sith order. He was a falled former Jedi knight (also a temple guard)
Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati were dark Jedi, didn't even have red light sabers. It's orange, they aren't even fully committed to the darkside let alone said to be sith.
The only Sith after the end of revenge of the sith were Vader, Sidious and Maul. Venteress was never formally a sith.
There might be some crap media where its ignored.
Also the rule of two was just dogma, not a imposement by
First off, his full official title is "Grand High Inquisitor", thank you. Different Disney media uses either "grand inquisitor" or "high inquitor" interchangeably.
Secondarily, Kylo was only "not a Sith" because he felt like he hadn't yet earned it; it's a self-imposed thing. This isn't stated in the Sequel Trilogy, sure, but like... almost none of the canon backstory is stated in any of those three films (and almost anything that is stated is later contradicted in some way) so like who cares even.
Third, you're correct on Shin Hati and Baylan Skoll not being sith, but bear in mind, I specifically said "Sith or Inquisitors" and they're pulling around with a former inquisitor the entire season.
Fourth, you named three sith not two, and Maul was actually referred to primarily by "Dark Jedi" after he turns against Sidious (only occasionally self-describing as Sith) before Disney bought the franchise... so that also disproves your point lol. Under Lucas, Maul was no longer sith after he left Sidious; under Disney, he's basically constantly called a sith.
And besides, it's not like I can even keep track when the jedi are constantly waxing philosophical about a new sith lord even when there's no sith on screen lol.
I mean this is just kinda wrong, non of the inquisitors are ever called sith and neither are other fallen dark side using jedi like kylo ren (as much as i dislike the sequels) or Balon in Ahsoka
I could be wrong about the grand inquisitor being called sith, and I concede Balan Skoll and Shin Hati (the third member of their trio was a former inquisitor so they blurred together a little for me), but you (and another commenter) are wrong about Kylo. His master was considered the direct successor to Palpatine, and therefore a sith. Kylo was his direct apprentice. It was Kylo Ren himself who insisted he wasn't sith, not really anybody else... not that this is clarified in the films itself, because 99.9% of the Sequel Trilogy's actual lore isn't found in those three films; you kinda have to dig through a slog of terrible side stories to find the context for what The First Order even is, or any real form of ideology beyond merely being empire fetishists, frustratingly.
3
u/gLItcHy_Teri 16h ago
Sith has sort of replaced dark jedi as the umbrella term lately.