Sith Acolyte

A Sith Acolyte is referred to a Force-sensitive child who is undergoing the stages of Sith Training at a Sith Academy. It is a rank of the Sith Order. The term is used to refer a Force-sensitive Sith Apprentice who had only just started the path to the Dark Side of the Force under the tutelage of a higher experienced Sith Knight or Sith Master.

 Sith Acolytes Under The Shadow Empire 

A Sith Initiate or a Sith Acolyte today would wear the same uniform they did throughout the millennia, but a black uniform with a black belt. Sith Acolyte's or Sith Initiate's would be paired up with a Sith Knight or a Sith Master as their instructor in their respective Sith Academy located on their respective home planet. As they are being paired up, a class would only consist of ten Sith Initiate's or Sith Acolyte's, only allowing twenty Sith Initiate's or Sith Acolyte's a year. Ten Sith Acolyte's or Sith Initiate's would wear black uniforms as the other ten would wear gray.

Instruction today is easier compared to the past millennia, having training droids to help them complete their lightsaber and Sith Training. However, with the exception of their Sith Master and instructor at the respective Sith Academy, Sith Initiate's or Sith Acolyte's can wield a lightsaber a year or two early. With the Sith Initiate or Sith Acolyte classes holding twenty students, the rank of Sith Initiate or Sith Acolyte and the Sith Initiate Trials consist of a decade long adventure. Then, after a decade has passed or with the exception of the Sith Master to rank them to Sith Knight early, the instructor will fit them into the right path for them.

With the exception of the Sith Master, the Sith Academy instructor, or the exception of early completion of the Sith Initiate Trials, the Sith Initiate or Sith Acolyte would choose to take part in the Sith Trials, reaching and fulfilling their rank of Sith Knight.