Code of the Sith

"Through victory my chains are broken. The chains. The chains are the easy part. It's what goes on in here that's hard."

―Darth Maul, reciting part of the Sith Code^[1]

The Code of the Sith, also known as Qotsisajak,^[2] was a mantra that expressed the core beliefs of the Sith. It was an inversion of the Jedi Code, a set of rules for members of the Jedi Order. It notably taught its followers that it is for the strong to destroy the weak.^[3]

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The Code

Peace is a lie. There is only Passion.
Through Passion, I gain Strength.
Through Strength, I gain Power.
Through Power, I gain Victory.
Through Victory my chains are Broken.
The Force shall free me.^[2]

In some versions of the Code, the initial line "Peace is a lie" was repeated after "The Force shall free me."^[3]

Behind the scenes

The Code of the Sith first appeared in Star Wars canon in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Altar of Mortis."^[4] The Code of the Sith was originally created by David Gaider, who wrote the Korriban segment of the Star Wars Legends 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.^[5] Initially, Gaider had asked Lucasfilm what the Sith's philosophy was or if they had a code like the Jedi did. When he was asked to write them himself, Gaider reversed the existing Jedi Code, with the accompanying dialogue about the Sith on Korriban being partly inspired by Mein Kampf, the 1925 Nazi manifesto.^[6]