<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=233176.msg11494071#msg11494071">Quote from: FragarachZ on 28-07-2015, 13:45:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Can we <em>PLEASE</em> stop casually discussing the sith in-game? I really doubt that our characters would be able to make near impossible DC lore and sense motive checks to figure out what we have seen in the movies. The public doesn't know anything about sith and to them the jedi are monks turned soldiers who attacked the legitimate government. Which would be fact unless Cass' game deviates from the movies. <br/><br/>Casually discussing the biggest five-thousand year old secret of the setting <em>in character</em> is immersion breaking to say the least.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I had no idea this would provoke such strong feelings, so allow me to clarify how I see some aspects of this universes history:<br/><br/>One - ancient history: I must admit that I don't know much more about the Old Republic than playing KotoR taught me, but I figure people who care about history will know that once there was a group of people calling themselves the Sith, who fought some pretty big battles against the Republic, back in ancient times. How that group influenced Vandorian society is perhaps like ... saying in the real world a certain sect worships the gods of old Egypt because they believe they are related to the pharaos of old. People might have at least some notion that once this group existed and be vaguely aware of some cultural history, without knowing any details, but it's still a reference you could use in the real world.<br/><br/>Two - modern history. The Jedi purge happened about 25 years ago, the Clone Wars started less than 30 years ago. Part of the movie lore doesn't really make sense, in my opinion. For some of the people we see there (like Luke), history lessons may not have been a priority. Other people may have always thought the Jedi more myth than reality because the Jedi were a very small group, given the vast size of this galaxy.  Still, I find it difficult to believe that everyone shares Luke's or Han's initial ... lack of faith in the Jedi. No one may have any notion that Palpatine was a Sith, but I think it would make sense if you found far more different attitudes towards Jedi than the limited view we see in the movies, differing from species to species and home region to home region. I'd say what the public knows - or believes - about the Emperor may not include the Sith, but it's not going to be a uniform, galaxy-wide opinion either. Age also plays a difference, given that anyone in their mid-40s was an adult when the jedi purge happened. And last but not least, the Rebelion / New Republic will spread its own version of history - again a history perhaps not mentioning Sith Lords, but one different from the version the Empire spread. In short, there may be a lot more (sometimes conflicting) versions of recent history that people believe in than we have seen in the movies. A lot of people might just not care, but a lot of people might also have a far different reading of modern history than Anya does.<br/><br/>Where I certainly agree is that there should be no discussion about "the rule of two", lightsaber color, or the likes.