Yoda and Mace Windu speak during Qui-Gon’s funeral.

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Yoda

Always two there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice.

— Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace · 1999

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What it means

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The apparent certainty of a rule exposes a larger uncertainty. Knowing there must be a second Sith does not tell the Jedi where that threat is.

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At Qui-Gon’s funeral in The Phantom Menace, Yoda explains the Sith rule to Mace Windu. Their uncertainty is whether the dead adversary was the master or the apprentice.

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