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Final evening, on a really attractive episode of The Acolyte, we had a largely bare Qimir relaying not less than a part of his historical past to Osha, revealing outdated lightsaber scars on his again and admitting he was certainly a Jedi prior to now and was “thrown away” like her. They’re at present on an “unknown planet” however we imagine that issues are heading in a really particular route specifically regards to Qimir’s former, and presumably present masters.
The obvious place this all appears to be main is a reveal that Jedi Grasp Vernestra Rwoh was Qimir’s former grasp. The thought is that the lightsaber scars on his again look likes like regular slashes or stabs or one thing a…whip lightsaber would possibly make, which we noticed revealed for the primary time final evening.
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The opposite problem at play right here is that Vernestra has been making an attempt to make this entire factor form of a covert operation, signaling that she might know that is her former pupil at work and is making an attempt to cowl itup. Sol doesn’t acknowledge Qimir, however Qimir says he ought to, maybe implying he was a padawan again when Vernestra and Sol have been doing the coaching collectively years earlier. Although Sol too has his personal darkish previous and is now refusing to be contacted by Vernestra herself. But it surely appears very seemingly that she is Qimir’s outdated grasp.
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The second concept is that we might have some reveals about Qimir’s present Sith grasp, if he has one, although somebody needed to have skilled him to be this good. Showrunner Leslye Headland says there will likely be multiple Sith within the season, and a working principle is that an as-of-yet-unseen David Harewood, supposedly with a task within the present, could also be both voicing or enjoying a Sith to come back.
This concept might dip into much more EU content material. Particularly, the “Unknown Planet” that Qimir and Osha are on might in reality be Bal’demnic. What’s that? Effectively that is uh, fascinating:
“Bal’demnic was an ocean planet adorned with rocky tropical islands within the Bak’rofsen system of the Auril sector, situated throughout the Outer Rim Territories. The hostility of its native Kon’me species, along with its extraordinarily harsh local weather, discouraged most individuals from ever visiting the planet, regardless of the fantastic thing about its big rock cliffs, pristine seashores, and huge azure oceans. It was largely of curiosity to cartographers, xenobiologists, and fisherfolk, till information of the planet’s wealthy deposits of cortosis ore fell into the palms of Sith Lords Darth Tenebrous and Darth Plagueis.”
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That’s basically a precise description of the place they’re, Outer Rim, rocky with islands, and cortosis deposits, which we see in Qimir’s cave dwelling. So, the concept right here is that this can be a pathway to bringing in Darth Tenebrous and/or Darth Plagueis into the story. As for the timeline and whereabouts of the place they’d be on this interval, that’s one thing that’s solely established within the non-canon EU, so this can be a option to convey them into present canon, as we’ve got so typically see with many different EU points (cortosis itself is now canon, introduced from the EU). There are additionally descriptions of a padawan of Tenebrous within the EU that feels like he might be Qimir, if that too is convey introduced over, nonetheless modified and expanded for The Acolyte’s story.
The Acolyte has probably not hidden its twists up to now. Headland mentioned that she knew that individuals would most likely guess the Stranger was Qimir, but it surely’s about how issues are revealed reasonably than tricking or shocking individuals. So, in that sense, we might even see that with the Vernestra and Tenebrous reveals to come back. We’ll know extra quickly.
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