The Black Knights were an alliance of Sith forged together by the Dark Underlord on Malrev IV. The organization was created roughly 250 years after the death of Darth Ruin, and suffered the defeat of their leader at the hands of Jedi Master Murrtaggh. The Underlord's Zeltron general led the defense against a simultaneous assault on the Black Knights Malrev IV fortress, a diversion staged by Mandalorian mercenaries to distract from the Jedi assassination attempt on their leader. The diversion was a success and the Black Knights' leader fell. The group's fate in the aftermath of the battle is unknown, although the Black Knights later reformed and rose up again a number of times over the following centuries, and were combated by the Padawan Yoda during the Huwhaka revolt.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

In the second draft of A New Hope, the "Black Knights of the Sith" (earlier the "Knights of the Sith" in the rough draft) are named as the destroyers of the Jedi Bendu of Ashla. They were a group of pirates taught the ways of the Bogan by a fallen Padawan named Darklighter. In time, the Black Knights became the Galactic Emperor's personal guard. They were renamed the Dark Lords of the Sith in the third draft.^[2]

SourcesEdit

• Evil Never Dies: The Sith Dynasties on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)
• The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
• The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
• The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force

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