Was it Actually Possible to be a 'Good' Sith?

Nothing better than a philosophical discussion about the Sith to round off your day.

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[TheAusar]

Geetsly's: "All sith are evil"
Me, an intellectual: "Only sith deal in absolutes. I will do what I must."

[sleepisgood]

Darth Vectivus was just passionate, passionate enough to not seek strength and destroying the galaxy but to study the sith and just live as business man who wants cool lightning powers

[hypertensiontwist]

I'd love to see a good Sith who does charitable acts just to infuriate the Jedi order.

[MrProp]

Revan: looks up from a book.
Dooku: trying his best to retain some good in his moral compass as a Sith.
Ulic Qel-Droma: secret agent man playing in the background

[nigelcharlson]

I always understood that Vectivus didn't do anything to stop Palpatines prophecy because it wasn't his place in accord to the living force. That he just didn't have anything to do during his reign so he was like, "It smell like broke in here!", and got rich.

[edcliffe]

"The Sith code is full of selfish nonsense, with one... noble... exception. The notion of freedom. How ironic that they have no desire to let anyone else have any." -Teela Wendan

[hunterkiller]

Sounds like what a tortured good guy would be like.

[outcast]

"You can't pick and choose what parts of the Sith you follow, "

Is that not the very defining feature of a true Sith? If you have the power, do what ever you want? So, if they had the power to remain a Sith, and chose NOT to follow every Sith rule.... Then they would actually be the ultimate Sith being they not only done what they wanted with the galaxy, but even had the power to pick and choose what they wanted from the Sith code.

And yeah, as many have already pointed out, Revan turned to the dark side and became a Sith Lord because even a Sith empire of Slaves was better than all life in the galaxy being exterminated. If he had won as a Sith Lord, there wouldn't have been an emperor Palpatine to corrupt Skywalker, or Solo.

[MRCAVALIER]

Revan’s journey to the dark side wasn’t a fall, it was a sacrifice. This doesn’t necessarily make him good.

[lilmootncj]

Bane actually killed his dad by accident. It all happened while he was dreaming. What he saw was a red hand, extend from his room into the living room, where his dad was sleeping. When he awoke, his dad was dead. He had a heart attack.

TL/DR: Darth Bane used the force while he was asleep to inadvertently kill his dad.

[romancapulus]

Geetsly’s: “All Sith are evil.”
Light Sith players: “Unfortunately, history will not see it that way.”

[scottrick]

Ren wasn't Sith. He was an emotional man child with daddy issues.

[galaxy-eyesgarchomp]

Darth Vectivus was not a "good" sith, but he was also not a typical sith. He did kill his master and emotional attachment, kept the sith going, and from what I understand even put his business expertise on a sith holocron. However, he also as far as we know wasn't a full blown monster like many other sith. I suppose you could say Darth Vectivus was more lawful evil, compared to many other sith being chaotic evil.

[ThatDangBee]

Darth Vectivus was definitely a good example of a "good" sith. He cared about those around him and even died of old age surrounded by his friends and family. He used his sith abilities to further his career and interests, but when a mine he operated began to effect his employees and those above it due to the dark side energy within, he shut it down rather than risk the welfare of his workers. He was only ruthless in his pursuit of furthering his business ventures but was entirely a normal and rational person. He didn't really care about obtaining immense power and had a very strong code of ethics, so much so that as a force ghost, he tried to convince a jedi knight to slay him and save the lives of innocents, becoming angered only when she adamantly refused to do so, even after he took the shape of Palpatine.

[agsilverradio]

Question:
Are sith always evil?
...
Premise:
"For the sake of objectivity,
light = good,
dark = evil."
...
Conclution:
"Sith use the dark side, so yes, they are all evil."
...
That's some circular logic there!

[Guerrilla_Grodd]

“Only a Sith deals in absolutes.”
_- Obi-Wan Kenobi_

Geetsly's is a Sith: CONFIRMED

[DebFiloriBurrous]

I think darth vectivus is good example that you don't have to resort to destruction or conquering to spread corruption to all life around you. In lot of ways vectivus brought a lot of harm to galaxy by simply learning and preserving the sith teachings.

[masterduda]

I mean look at dooku, he was extremely misunderstood. And no one believed him when he told obiwan everything in episode 2 about what was going to happen. He had the right intentions just did it in a poor way and should've never teamed up with sidious. Revan I could say was in the same vein, he had the right intentions on going into the mandolarian wars but was tainted on malachor v and finding the star forge. In the end though he's the goat all around

[oddnerd]

Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The force shall free me.

- The Sith code (referenced from SW:TOR)

[orangesoda]

The fact that light side endings for the Sith origins in swtor exists is proof enough for me, even if they're non-canon. At the very least, they suggest that there is a way for it to happen.