Why do Sith eyes turn yellow?

According to Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia, “Eyes reflect the emotions harnessed by the Sith. When rage and anger seethe inside a dark side user, their eyes may burn yellow with a fiery-red rim.” Simply put, a Sith's emotions and strong connections to the dark side are usually the reason behind their yellow eyes.
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Why did Dooku not have yellow eyes?

Dooku's eyes were never yellow because he did not have the same motivation and emotions as other Sith. He was an idealist who left the Jedi because he thought they had lost their way. He was displeased with the growing corruption in the Republic's Senate.
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Why are KYLO Ren's eyes not yellow?

Though one thing is for certain: Kylo Ren/Ben Solo does not have yellow eyes because he's not "corrupted" by the Dark Side. This isn't a bad answer, though it does go off on a tangent.
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How did Palpatine hide his Sith eyes?

Description. Palpatine utilizing Force clouding while speaking with members of the Jedi Council Force clouding was a cloaking technique employed by the Sith to conceal their true nature from the Jedi and other users of the Force.
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Why did Anakin's eyes go yellow?

Though Anakin was Palpatine's apprentice at that time, he hadn't full turned himself over to the dark side yet and was just starting to follow the path. Ultimately, Anakin's yellow eyes serve as a visual representation of his descent to evil, a cue for audiences to pick up on while watching the film.
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Do Sith eyes glow?

Most Sith have yellow, glowing eyes.
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Why didn't Anakin have a red lightsaber?

Once the jedi arrive at the temple, finding anakin's old saber would have been a way of hinting at his fall plus being how Luke and eventually Rey would obtain said blade. As the fight starts, seeing Anakin with a red lightsaber would truly sow the pain and heartache of Obi Wan's apprentice fall to the dark side.
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Do all Sith have red lightsabers?

At face value, the Jedi use blue lightsabers and the Sith use red lightsabers. With basic color theory, red and blue make purple, and this is true for the Star Wars world as well. Because the Jedi are the heroes of the galaxy and the Sith are the villains, the purple lightsaber would be a combination of the two.
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How do Sith bleed their crystals?

Description. Bleeding was accomplished by pouring rage, hate, fear and pain into a kyber crystal by means of the dark side of the Force, until the crystal changed, resulting in the crimson-bladed lightsabers associated almost exclusively with dark side adepts.
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Why is Palpatine's face deformed?

It's the intensity of reflected lightning and the channelling of such raw dark side power that are the catalysts for Palpatine's transformation. Perhaps the face that boils up to the surface is shaped by his dark side corruption, but the lightning is definitely the cause.”
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Does red lightsaber mean Sith?

Unlike the Jedi, who wielded various colored lightsabers, the Sith all carried red lightsabers. It was a symbol of their unity and unwavering dedication to the Dark side of the Force.
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Why do Sith have red lightsabers?

In the construction of a Sith lightsaber, individuals partook in a process known as bleeding. By ways of the Force, they would pour negative emotions such as rage, hate, fear and pain into kyber crystals. The process would result in the crystals gaining a distinctive crimson or red hue.
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Why did Anakin eyes turn red?

From the Wookieepedia article on Anakin Skywalker, his eyes changed color as a result of embracing the dark side of the force.
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Did KYLO Ren ever have Sith eyes?

The Sith Eyes from Anakin and other Sith Lords are yellow in color. However, in Dooku, Kylo Ren, and even Anakin himself, this manifestation isn't clear. Dooku and Kylo Ren do not have Sith Eyes, and Anakin's eyes go from yellow to normal and yellow again.
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Why does grievous have a cough?

During the encounter, Windu used the Force to crush the chest plates of Grievous, severely injuring his lungs, and causing his now distinctive cough, which made its way into Revenge of the Sith. As we have come to expect with Star Wars though, it was never that simple.
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Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?

Darth Jar Jar, known to most as Jar Jar Binks, was a Gungan Sith Lord. He survived the Battle of Naboo and became a Representative of Naboo, when he helped to give Darth Sidious emergency powers. After the fall of the Galactic Empire, he forced a small alien named Snoke under his evil wing.
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Why is Vader's saber red?

Palpatine says Kyber crystals as “alive, in their way” and can feel pain. He then reveals that Sith lightsabers are made from Kyber crystals stolen from Jedi. The crystals are then “tortured” to the point they become corrupted and glow red, which reflect the Sith's rage.
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Do Jedi choose their lightsaber color?

In the Star Wars universe, lightsaber colors are determined by the force of the Jedi using a lightsaber. More specifically, as noted on the official Star Wars site, lightsabers come from Kyber crystals, typically found in the frozen caves in the world of Ilum, which acquire color once attuned to a specific Jedi.
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Why is Dooku called Count?

The Jedi typically refer to Dooku as “Count” because that is the name they prefer to associate him with before he fell to the Dark Side. This is why, despite bearing both names, Dooku is most often described as a Count in Star Wars.
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What is the rarest color of lightsaber?

Yellow lightsabers are some of the rarest blades to be wielded by a member of the Jedi Order. Jedi Master Plo Koon, Ahsoka Tano, and Rey Skywalker have been known to utilize them on occasion, but they are primarily the blade color of the Jedi Sentinel.
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How many GREY Jedi are there?

14 Gray Jedi in the Star Wars Universe.
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Can a good Jedi use a red lightsaber?

In both canon and Legends, Jedi will sometimes use red-bladed lightsabers in emergencies where they're missing their lightsabers and a Sith weapon is the only one available. Some Jedi are explicitly shown using red lightsabers in Legends, however.
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Why does Vader not recognize C3PO?

The real answer is: When the original trilogy was written and filmed, Anakin Skywalker was not the creator of C3PO. There was no consideration given to who Vader would recognize, because there was no reason for Vader to recognize the droid, at all.
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Why did grievous not use red lightsabers?

Why can't he make his own red lightsaber? Because he was never a Jedi or a Sith. He did say, before he fought Obi-Wan on Utapau that he had been trained in the Jedi arts by Count Dooku. However he says "Your Jedi arts", which means he isn't one of them, meaning Obi-Wan and Dooku, who are Jedi and Sith respectively.
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Did Anakin keep Dooku's lightsaber?

Immediately after the execution, Anakin holds Dooku's lightsaber in his hand. But later, when Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Palpatine are captured by General Grievous, the droids only confiscate two lightsabers, Anakin's and Obi-Wan's.
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