The red desert dust angry sad death malevolent scared tomb planet, yes.

"...does it always feel like that?"

"Yes."

"That's horrible."

"It's character-building."

"Is it really, did anyone do a controlled trial and figure out that Sith that come out of this place have more character?"

"Not all Sith attend the Academy here. Those that do not are generally less successful."

"And is that the only difference between the Academies, or do perhaps the most powerful Sith Lords choose to mentor exactly the ones that came out of here?"

"What do you think?"

"I wouldn't have suggested that if it wasn't one of the most immediately plausible alternative hypotheses."

"It is compelling, as hypotheses go."

"Terrible selection effects, those."

"Credible statistical methodology is not a Sith virtue."

"All the wrong incentives, too, if Sith out of that terrible planet are on average more terrible..."

"The incentives are appropriate from inside the system."

"I'm sure."

"If you can't argue against the Sith from the inside of their philosophy, you will not have a chance of getting anyone meaningful to listen to you."

"I mean, the obvious argument is 'this place probably produces people who are on average more unstable than ideal for strictly gaining enough power and leverage to achieve their goals' but I feel like this is not exactly a moving argument."

"Too logical. You need more visceral emotional impact."

"...'you're destroying the Sith and yourselves by letting this place taint you'?"

"Closer. But they've all seen this place, felt it. They don't think of it as a taint."

"What do they think of it as?"

"A crucible."

"Ah huh. That makes it harder to argue against."

"You were not, I hope, under the impression that effecting fundamental philosophical change in a galactic superpower would be easy."