Would a female Jedi be referred to as Jedi Mistress instead of Jedi Master? Likewise would a Sith female be referred to as a Sith Lady instead of a Sith Lord?
Answer
Jedi Master and Sith Lord are formal titles which are generally used by both sexes.
In current canon there are no female Sith Lords (Asajj Ventress was affiliated with the Sith as an apprentice of Darth Tyranus, but was never given a title like Sith Lord or a feminine equivalent). There were many female Jedi Masters, and they were called Jedi Masters rather than Jedi Mistresses (e.g. Shaak Ti and Adi Gallia).
Female Jedi and Sith generally use the titles Jedi Master and Sith Lord in Legends, too. The novel Dynasty of Evil includes the following explicit reference to a female Sith using "Lord" for a similar title, "Dark Lord of the Sith":
The Master will train his apprentice in the ways of the Sith, until one day she must challenge him. If she proves unworthy, the Master will destroy her and choose a new apprentice. If she proves the stronger, the Master will fall and she will become the new Dark Lord of the Sith, and choose an apprentice of her own.
There are a few exceptions among the Sith, however. For example, Lumiya used the title Dark Lady of the Sith rather than the normal Dark Lord of the Sith.
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