Until then however, Luke Skywalker's mocking childhood nickname offers up Darth Wyrm as a surprisingly appropriate identity for the young hero should he have fallen to the Sith.
Basically, you take a word that starts with the letters "IN" and take the "IN" off. This leaves you with a new word that will, hopefully, be impressive and scary enough to be a suitable Sith name. Vader, for example, took the word "invader" and was left with "vader," which is an excellent name for a Sith lord.
Leia would be Darth Slayer or Sleia! She would the acceptable replacement for her Father that Palpatine had always wanted.
Darth Naming Rules. There does not seem to be any direct rules for choosing a Darth name. Some Darths go by their last name, like Darth Krovos, while others choose a new name like Darth Bane, and others are granted their new Darth name by someone more powerful or by a Dark Council, like Darth Vader.
Put simply, “Darth” is the title that precedes a Sith Lord's name, and roughly translates to “Dark Lord.” The term was used by the ancient Sith, and preserved by Darth Bane, a Sith Lord who survived the Jedi-Sith War. He was the one who passed down the ways of the Sith to more “modern” Sith masters.
An “embodiment of death,” Darth is a title, not a name, awarded only to the most ferocious Sith lords. The last time more than four boys were given the name Darth was when seven were born in 1978 – a year after the release of the original Star Wars film.
Vader's own grandson, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren, would follow in his grandfather's dark side footsteps to make the dark side supreme. However, Kylo Ren never took on the name of Darth, even though he worshipped everything about the Sith that came before him.
Anakin then pledges himself to the Sith, and Palpatine dubs him Darth Vader. On Palpatine's orders, Vader leads the 501st Legion to kill everyone in the Jedi Temple, including the children, and then goes to the volcanic planet Mustafar to assassinate the Separatist Council.
In reality, he was Darth Sidious, power-hungry Sith Lord. He began his play for control of the galaxy by orchestrating the invasion of Naboo, while at the same time positioning himself to be voted Supreme Chancellor in a special election.
The term "Sith Lord" generally encompassed members of both sexes, although some female Sith such as Lumiya, Tahiri Veila, Olaris Rhea, and Vestara Khai were styled Sith Lady. Originally, "Sith Lord" referred to a high-ranking member of the Sith Order's society.
Darth Traya, or Kreia, is a Lady of the Sith who debuted in Knights of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords. What makes Traya unique is how she rejects the divide between the Light and Dark sides of the Force, though it's revealed by the game's conclusion she wants to destroy the Force in its totality.
Palapatine never changed Maul's name after giving him the “Darth” title because he never respected him. Everyone else has a cool title once they become a Sith Lord. But Maul is just “Darth Maul” because Sidious never respected him. He knew that Maul would never be strong enough to challenge him.
Dooku voluntarily left the light side behind and became Darth Sidious' dark side disciple, taking the secret name Darth Tyranus and leading the Separatist army. Dooku advanced Sidious's secret plot to take over the galaxy, but forgot that betrayal is the nature of the Sith.
Yoda was a legendary Jedi Master who led the Jedi Order through the time of the High Republic, in the years leading up to its destruction by the Sith, and during the transformation of the Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire.
In fact, this is confirmed by Kylo's Star Wars databank entry which describes him as: “A dark side warrior with a mysterious past, Kylo Ren was neither Jedi nor Sith, but a product of both sides' teachings.”
According to Star Wars Legends content, the first Sith was a former Jedi Master, Ajunta Pall, who became a so-called Dark Jedi, or “Fallen” Jedi.
You may have noticed that Snoke does not have the “Darth” title like the Dark Lords of the Sith do. He was never given one because he isn't technically a Sith Lord.
Darth Shain, headmaster of the Korriban Temple, took notice and convened with the Dark Councilor and Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Shane McMahon, who decided to confer the title of Sith Lord to the young apprentice at the age of 11, making him the youngest Sith Lord in the history of the Sith.
Darth Talon was a female Lethan Twi'lek who became a Sith Lady in Darth Krayt's One Sith in 137 ABY. Talon was styled with black Sith tattoos covering her body including her head and lekku; each tattoo had been earned in ritual combat and inscribed by Krayt himself.
Now, Darth Vitiate lived for around 1,500 years, which is by far the longest lifespan of any Sith Lord on this list. With a major appearance in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Darth Vitiate presented himself as one of the big bads in the Star Wars universe.