Today I decided to compare the two Ideologies that brought the Sith to prominence after some of their biggest lows. The Rule of Two and The Rule of One.

I will compare both of these ideologies on three statistics. Founders, Principals and Efficientcy.

Before we start I will give brief introduction of both ideologies to those who don't know of them starting with The Rule of Two.

The Rule Of Two was founded roughly a 1000 B.B.Y. by the Sith Lord Darth Bane The Rule of Two was found to prevent infighting within the Sith and fewer the numbers if Sith while still makng them more powerful. The Rule of Twi states that at any given time there can be onlu two Sith no more no less a Master and an Apprentice one to hold the power the other one to crave it.

The Rule of One was founded roughly 140 A.B.Y. by the self proclaimed Sith Lord Darth Krayt. The Rule of One was set to correct the mistakes of The Rule of Two while also improving on it. The Rule of One states that at any given time there can be an unlimited amount of Sith but they must all surve on man one who Is the embodiment of the entire Sith order itself the only true Dark Lord.

Okay let's get going.

1. Founders

In this round I will compare the two Ideologies' founders in terms of strength and wisdom.

The Rule of Two

The founder of The Rule of Two was Darth Bane he was a powerful warrior and an extremely capable duelist even by the time he died he was an extremely capable fighter. Another thing to keep in mind is that unlike the other Sith Bane never had a master at least not a specific one instead Bane trained from the holocrons of various Sith Lords before him and with various Sith Lords of his time. That alone allowed him to see the Sith Orderin a much bigger scale than any other Sith seeing it from every side and analysing every flaw. By the time the Old Era Sith were losin the war againsy the jedi and The Republic Bane had managed to gather all of The remaining Sith in one place and kiling them which is trully a show of his power.

The Rule of One:

The founder of The Rule of One was Darth Krayt formerly known as A'Sharad Hett. A'Sharad used to be a Jedi knighf during the time of The Clone Wars and even at some point faught besides Anakin Skywalker. Surviving Order 66 and The Great Jedi Purge. A'Sharad filled with anger wanted revange but in order to achieve that he went and began studying The way if The Sith believing that he was strong enough to not fall to The Dark Side but he was ultimately wrong as he fell deep into the Dark Side. A'Sharad now going by the name Krayt spent decades in The Soth Temple training from the ghosts of the past Sith and their holocrons managing ti learn almost every Dark Side ability. Eventually after a few decades he left the Temple and founded The One Sith leading a massive and bloody war which nearly resulted in the extinction of the Jedi and The New Republic before finally being defeated by Cade Skywalker.

The Two Sith are both incredibly powerful and wise. When it comes to wisdom I would say that they're pretty much equal as both never had a specific master and were basically self taught abd because of that it would be nearly impossible to day which is the wisest. In terms of strength however I believe that Darth Krayt has a slight advantage as he knows almost every single Dark Side ability and was indeed a nearly unbeatable duelist.

Verdict

So on a small difference I declare Darth Krayt and thus The Rule of One the winner of this round.

2. Principals

In this round I will anilyse the two Ideologies' principles and discover their flaws.

The Rule of Two:

As stated before The Rule of Two says that there can be only two Sith at any given time a master and an apprentice. The master is supposed to pass on to his apprentice all that he knows allowing him to grow un strength and knowledge in the Dark Side eventually when the apprentice is strong enough he will ultimately challenge his master and whoever prevails takes a new apprentice. That is the major improvement of The Rule of Two over that of its predecessors as it used the inherent greed and lust for power of the Sith into an advantage rather than a disadvantage but that's where lye it's flaws. Sometimes the apprentice instead of challenging the master would assasinate him in a cowardly way either making it look like an accident or attacking while the master is weak, asleep etc. Which resulted in a half backed apprentice ruling the Sith. Asnither flaw is that if a master sees his apprentice as weak he might take on a separate apprentice to replace the old one which could lead either: 1. The two apprentices fighting eachother for the position of true Sith apprentice or 2. Join forces against their master which has happened more than once. Another flaw would be that since the Sith are so few in numbers if someone managed to kill one of them no matter who the other one's death will most likely follow shortly ending the Sith Order.

The Rule of One:

As mentioned before The Rule of One dictates that there can be an unlimited amount of Sith but they must all serve undyingly The One True Sith Lord. However in order for that to happen The Master must exponentially more powerful and wise than all other Sith two things that are extremely hard to achieve and nearly impossible to sustain Luckily for Darth Krayt however he fell under both criteria but that may not be the case for the successors.

Verdict

Although The Rule of Two has more flaws than The Rule of One. I consider the flaw in The Rule of One as mucb more big as it can result in the entire order dying from one single srew up of an Emporor.

So that's why I declare The Rule of Two's principles as the winners of this round.

3. Efficientcy

In this round I will compare the efficientcy of the two Ideologies and see what they have accomplished in their rule.

The Rule of Two

The Rule of Two was founded aproximitly 1000 years B.B.Y. and ended in 3-4 A.B.Y. The Rule of Two was very efficient as the small number of Sith made it harder for the Jedi to find them and it even allowed them to prosper in the plain sightof The Republic but aside from that they didn't do much. They killed every Jedi who found out about them but aside from that nothing the Sith spend 1000 doing nothing before they finnaly got their shit together and desided "Hey you know what we haven't been doing this ruling The Galaxy thing in a while so wanna do it now." That being said when they actually got to doing it they did a lretty good job ruling the galaxy for over 23 years that being said they still took too much time to get at it.

The Rule of One:

The Rule of One began in 130 A.B.Y. and ended in 138 A.B.Y. but fir the short time it was in power The Rule of One did a lot bearly whiping out both the Jedi and The New Republic and taking over the galaxy. But ultimately they fell short of doing it due to infighting and ultimately their leader Darth Krayt being killed by Cade Skywalker.

Verdict

Ultimately both Ideologies achieved a lot from whiping out the Jedi to destroying The Republic. But the true winner can only be decided by The Test of Time. While The Rule of Two was efficient only in its last decades it still managed to survive for over a 1000 years and ultimately won the Soth the galaxy. While The Rule of One all though very efficient in the beginning infighting and betrayal ultimately returned in less than a decade of its founding which is the reason why I declare The Rule of Two as more efficient.

Ultimate Verdict

And so on a score of 3:1 I declare The Rule of Two ad the superior ideology.

That's it for today. What do you think do you prefer The Rule of Two or The Rule of One sound off in the coments.