All right, I did slightly edit the post mentioning Sith traditions, to take out that reference. That paragraph now reads:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">In the period leading up to the Clone War, the Vandorians were early supporters of Chancellor Palpatine. The ruling classes of Vandor had always viewed non-humans with some suspicion and never felt quite that much a part of a galactic republic that was founded on democracy, whereas their own culture was based on hereditary monarchy. Whatever his motives, the Emperor apparently took some small interest in the Vandorians. Why? No one can say for certain, just as no one can say for certain how much influence those Vandorians really exercised in the Emperors inner circle. But whatever the ties between the Emperor and the Vandorian rulers, the Emperor did see fit to appoint the Vandorian king Axander moff of the Vandor sector.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>The original version could perhaps be read in too many different ways. But when it comes to the ancient history of the Sith/Republic conflicts I'd still say that people could have some general knowledge of those conflicts, have at least some vague idea who those historical Sith were and what their policies were.