Star Wars Black Series Sith

The Sith are the ancient dark-side counterpart to the Jedi — a tradition of Force users who draw power from passion, ambition, and the dark side of the Force. After millennia of open conflict, Darth Bane instituted the Rule of Two: one master, one apprentice, the order operating in secret for a thousand years until Darth Sidious executed his plan to destroy the Republic from within. The Black Series Sith faction covers the canonical Sith lineage, the dark-side-adjacent characters of the Dathomir tradition, the Old Republic Sith Lords, and the Inquisitors who served the Empire after Order 66.

Darth Vader dominates the faction by release count — the most-covered character in the Sith faction and one of the most-covered in the entire line. The faction also contains some of the Black Series’ most demanded figures: the Old Republic Sith Lords from the gaming era are consistently among the most sought-after releases the line has produced.

Darth Vader — The Faction’s Defining Figure

No character defines the Sith faction more completely than Darth Vader. He’s been released in every configuration imaginable across every major wave of the line: ANH, ESB, ROTJ, 40th Anniversary, Archive, Centerpiece, Carbonized, Obi-Wan Kenobi series, and the Duel’s End Target exclusive with the cracked helmet. That last figure is one of the standouts — the partially destroyed helmet revealing Anakin’s scarred face underneath captures one of the saga’s most powerful images.

For most displays, the ANH Galaxy Collection version (ANH 06) or the 40th Anniversary ESB figure are the recommended starting points. Both use current-era tooling with strong Photo Real face paint on the unmasked variants. The Force FX Elite Darth Vader lightsaber is the natural companion piece for collectors who display props.

Darth Maul — The Most-Released Apprentice

Darth Maul has seven releases in the Sith faction, covering the Phantom Menace, The Clone Wars cybernetic legs version, the Old Master gaming appearance, and comic variants. The TPM Galaxy Collection figure (TPM 05) is the recommended standard version — the saberstaff, the full Sith tattoos, the crouched aggressive posture that defines the character’s introduction. The Clone Wars Cybernetic Legs version (CW 11) captures the later, more complex Maul who survived Naboo and rebuilt himself, a genuinely different character and figure from the TPM version.

The Maul: Shadow Lord comic figure and the Gaming Greats Old Master both add further display options for collectors who want the character represented across his full story arc.

Emperor Palpatine and Count Dooku

Emperor Palpatine has three releases — the Blue Wave figure, the 40th Anniversary ROTJ Emperor, and the ROTS Darth Sidious. The ROTS Darth Sidious (ROTS 01) is the most recent and captures the prequel-era Palpatine at the height of his scheming, Force lightning accessories and all. The 40th Anniversary ROTJ Emperor covers the throne room confrontation specifically. Both are strong figures that serve different display contexts.

Count Dooku has two releases — the older Red Line figure and the Force FX Elite curved-hilt lightsaber. The lightsaber is one of the more distinctive FX releases given the unique hilt design. The Red Line figure is the only poseable Count Dooku in the line, and while it predates Photo Real tooling it remains the only option for a Geonosis arena or Separatist command display.

The Old Republic Sith Lords

The gaming era Sith are among the most collector-demanded figures in the entire Black Series. Darth Revan (Red Line) arrived years before the Gaming Greats programme and has maintained consistently strong secondary market interest as one of the most requested gaming figures the line produced. Darth Malak (Gaming Greats GG 20), Darth Nihilus (Gaming Greats GG E03), and Darth Malgus (Gaming Greats GG 24) followed in the Galaxy Collection era, completing the KOTOR and Old Republic era representation that collectors had been requesting for years.

These four figures assembled together represent a distinct display category — Sith Lords from an era four thousand years before the films, brought to 6-inch scale for the first time. The visual language is deliberately different from the prequel and original trilogy Sith: more armoured, more varied in silhouette, drawing on Knights of the Old Republic’s aesthetic rather than the film design language.

The Dathomir Tradition

The Sith faction contains several characters from Dathomir’s dark-side tradition who aren’t technically Sith by the Rule of Two definition but align firmly with the dark side. Asajj Ventress (Clone Wars) is the Nightsister assassin who trained under Dooku. Savage Opress is Maul’s brother, a nightbrother warrior elevated to Sith apprentice. The Nightbrother Warrior and Nightbrother Archer from Gaming Greats cover the Dathomir tribal fighters from Jedi: Fallen Order.

The Dathomir Witch (Halloween Edition) is a seasonal variant that represents the Nightsister tradition, while Nightsister Merrin from Jedi: Fallen Order sits in the Neutral faction due to her eventual defection from the Nightsister cause.

The Acolyte and New Era Sith

The Acolyte brought two significant Sith additions: Mae (Assassin) and The Stranger (Qimir) — the High Republic era Sith Lord whose existence violates everything the Jedi thought they knew about the dark side’s absence in that era. Both arrived in the 2024 Acolyte wave, and Qimir in particular is a striking figure — the minimalist bare-chested look with the helmet is one of the more unusual Sith designs in the franchise.

Shin Hati from Ahsoka sits in the Sith faction as a dark-side Force user, her AHS 10 mainline figure representing the apprentice to Baylan Skoll. Dagan Gera from Jedi: Survivor adds the gaming era’s Jedi-turned-dark-side antagonist.

The Inquisitorius

The Sith faction’s most displayable sub-group is the Inquisitorius — the fallen Jedi who serve the Empire as hunters after Order 66. The Grand Inquisitor (OWK 09) is the commanding figure, his Pau’an alien design immediately recognisable. Reva (Third Sister), the Fifth Brother, and the Fourth Sister from the Obi-Wan Kenobi series round out the named Inquisitors with mainline releases. The Seventh Sister Inquisitor from the Rebels sub-line (REB 09) adds the animated-era Inquisitor in live-action style.

For a complete Inquisitorius display, all five named Inquisitors assembled with a Purge Trooper (Empire faction) creates one of the Sith faction’s most coherent sub-displays — a dark-side enforcement arm that has never existed as a complete shelf arrangement until the most recent waves of the line.

Display Strategy

The Sith faction organises most naturally by lineage and era. The prequel Rule of Two — Sidious, Dooku, Maul — tells the story of the Sith operating in secret while destroying the Republic from within. The Original Trilogy Sith — Vader and the Emperor — represent the dark side at its most powerful, governing a galaxy. The Old Republic Sith Lords stand as a separate historical display. The Inquisitorius forms its own enforcer sub-display.

For a combined dark side military display, the Sith faction’s Force users anchor the command structure while the Empire faction’s Inquisitor-support troopers fill out the ranks. The Separatist faction’s Count Dooku bridges the gap between Sith command and droid army for a Clone Wars era arrangement.

Check off the figures you own with the Black Series Checklist.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Factions. Related: Darth Vader | Darth Maul | Emperor Palpatine | Count Dooku.