The Acolyte Episode 6 has followers now theorizing that the collection is telling the origin of some pivotal Star Wars Sith Lords.
WARNING: SPOILERS! Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 6 “Train/Corrupt” depicted the aftermath of Grasp Sol (Lee Jung-jae) and his fellow Jedi battling a darkish facet warrior referred to as “The Stranger,” who was finally revealed to be the true id of smuggler Qimir (Manny Jacinto). Each Jedi on the crew however Sol was killed within the struggle, whereas twin sisters Mae and Osha (Amandla Stenberg) switched locations and masters, with Mae being confronted by Sol, whereas Osha confronted corruption from Qimir. Like a lot of The Acolyte, There wasn’t a direct line of connection between the Excessive Republic period of The Acolyte and the Skywalker Saga, however followers have nonetheless seen some attention-grabbing connections between the expanded story of Qimir and two of Star Wars’ largest Sith Lords… There have been many theories that The Acolyte’s place on the Star Wars timeline (a few century earlier than the Skywalker Saga begins) is a transparent indication that the collection will observe the road of Sith Lords that finally culminate within the rise of Darth Sidious and the Sith conquering the galaxy for many years. After the looks of The Stranger/Qimir and new particulars from Episode 6, followers now see a line of Sith succession taking form that might fill in a pivotal piece of historical past. Is The Acolyte Introducing Darth Tenebrous & Darth Plagueis? (Photograph: Lucasfilm)Darth Tenebrous and Darth Plagueis are two names which are identified inside Star Wars canon (and the unofficial “Legends” universe) because the predecessors to Darth Sidious (aka Emperor Palpatine). Plagueis is extra well-known, because of Palpatine’s monologue about him in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith; Tenebrous was the grasp of Plagueis, and has far much less of an outlined arc or characterization in Star Wars canon. The Acolyte Episode 6 revealed an “Unknown Planet” the place Qimir hides out – a planet whose design appeared according to a pivotal Star Wars world: Bal’demnic. Based on “Legends” lore, Bal’demnic is an ocean planet peppered with “rocky tropical islands”; it was an obscure planet situated within the Outer Rim territories and one which was distinguished by being plentiful with one key ingredient: cortosis. For that cause, Darth Tenebrous discovered of the deposits of cortosis on Bal’demnic and seized them alongside together with his apprentice, Darth Plagueis. Plagueis would activate Tenebrous, murdering him on Bal’demnic, and holding the planet and its cortosis off the radar of galactic politics till the Clone Wars, when the Confederacy of Techniques (secretly led by Sith Lords) got here searching for the ore. As seen in The Acolyte Episode 5, “The Stranger” has harnessed cortosis for his gauntlets and helmet, giving him a strong edge to each block and quickly short-circuit lightsabers. Showrunner Leslye Headland pulled cortosis straight from Legends lore; she indicated that it was solely a part of the Legends mythos she was pulling into the primary canon and that revealing the opposite borrowed parts would end in huge spoilers.So to evaluation: Cortosis now canon, and a mysterious Sith is operating round sporting it whereas hanging out on a planet which will additionally tie again to the Legends mythology. How exhausting is it to imagine that the remainder of the Legends story will turn out to be canon? The Sith Story Is Not Official (Photograph: Lucasfilm)The actual fact of the matter is that any “reality” in regards to the Sith that got here earlier than Palpatine is wrapped in thick folds of thriller and deceit. The darkish lords conspired in secret for a century (or extra) earlier than Sidious was uncovered, and any particulars about their race, gender, or bodily look that we have seen or heard in canon have been via third-party accounts, historic logs, or auxiliary canon like official companion books to movies, and many others. That is all to say: there is not any official document in regards to the precise individuals behind the Sith names “Tenebrous” and “Plagueis,” simply scarce particulars of knowledge from oblique sources. If it seems that Qimir is Darth Tenebrous, and his acolyte turns into Plagueis, or Qimir’s true “Grasp” seems to be Tenebrous and Qimir is revealed to be Plagueis (therefore the hints in Episode 6 that he is lived an unnaturally lengthy life). Both approach, the reality of the Sith’s id will possible be lined up or misplaced (if everybody who knew dies), and the myths about Tenebrous and Plagueis overwrite the true story. We’ll discover out as The Acolyte wraps up its run in. the ultimate two episodes.