Spoilers The Acolyte

[Saul]

As I think about it more, putting Darth Plagueis into this show with this storyline seems to add truth to the theory that Anakin was created and not a natural occurrence and the whole chosen one thing was a bunch of BS that Palpy used to manipulate the indoctrinated Jedi.

Qimir offed 7-8 highly trained Jedi in an intense lightsaber battle in which he was outnumbered.

My comment still stands.

 

[137th Gebirg]

Theory One: by TPM, Yoda knows (or suspects) involvement by the sith and doesn't seem convinced that Darth Maul is the master. He's probably aware of this coverup by Venestra, and prob doesn't have the political power (or will) to expose it.
Theory Two: That's Yaddle, not Yoda

I actually considered for a brief time that it might be Yaddle, but then, how many out there outside a small subset of the fanbase actually know who Yaddle is? She made a small handful of brief appearances in the PT, and had zero lines of dialogue. I think we are meant to feel (without seeing the face) that it is Yoda, but if they do get a second season, they could probably quasi-retcon it into Yaddle and give her some much-needed backstory. They have an opportunity to explore another adult of that species that Mandalorian has been very cagey about with Grogu, him being so young and detached from his people.

Close examination of Yaddle in TPM, however, shows her with long, dark, flowing hair - considerably younger-looking than Yoda, over a hundred years after the events of Acolyte. The back of the head we saw at the end of Ep 8 was absent of that kind of hair and what was there was wispy and white. So it's probably just Yoda.

 

[Turtletrekker]

My comment still stands.

On what?

 

[Tuskin38]

so when they green head lady ask "Help me find a pupil of mine?", who is she referring to?

Qimir

 

[Tuskin38]

You have to direct your rage into the lightsaber/crystal to bleed it. Osha is holding Sol’s lightsaber. This is the lightsaber that killed her mother. She bled it right away.

The Crystal was also touching her skin.

 

[Saul]

On what?

On what Jedman67 quoted me on.

 

[Ithekro]

Not true, Kylo Ren turned his own lightsaber red

Ben's kind of a wannabe Sith. He doesn't know all the things, so he does it to his own saber and breaks it a bit, making it not only red, but unstable.

 

[137th Gebirg]

The Crystal was also touching her skin.

Didn't notice that at first watch. Good catch!

 

[Yistaan]

The Crystal was also touching her skin.

In the old continuity that would have blown up the minute she ignited it. But I guess even Legends' old rules used to have a plausible universe are repeatedly getting thrown out now (like the hyperspace skipping in Rise of Skywalker, or Starkiller's superlaser somehow showing up in the atmosphere of Takodana light years away)

Ben's kind of a wannabe Sith. He doesn't know all the things, so he does it to his own saber and breaks it a bit, making it not only red, but unstable.

But Osha igniting a broken saber that literally has the crystal sticking out is only not unstable, but perfectly fine? The new continuity isn't even consistent with itself

 

[Jedman67]

So it's probably just Yoda.

Yeah, i was just being a little silly.

 

[Ithekro]

In the old continuity that would have blown up the minute she ignited it. But I guess even Legends' old rules used to have a plausible universe are repeatedly getting thrown out now (like the hyperspace skipping in Rise of Skywalker, or Starkiller's superlaser somehow showing up in the atmosphere of Takodana light years away)

But Osha igniting a broken saber that literally has the crystal sticking out is only not unstable, but perfectly fine? The new continuity isn't even consistent with itself

Not sure how good that saber is at that moment. It seems a little unstable while turning red from blue. Hopefully they repair it or customize the saber before they get onto another fight.
Though that sort of reenforces the idea that these characters might be the start of the Knights of Ren rather than becoming the next Sith characters.

 

[Disposable_Ensign]

Just started The Acolyte (I'm on episode 3) and loving it so far. Much better than Ahsoka imo. I feel awful for this but Sol's accent keep giving me flashbacks to Kentucky Fried Movie.

 

[Tuskin38]

Leslye Headland Confirms That Major 'Acolyte' Finale Cameo: "Yeah, Baby. Plagueis."

Leslye Headland explains the major reveals in The Acolyte's Season 1 finale, the Osha/Qimir relationship, those major twists, & Season 2 plans.

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In the old continuity that would have blown up the minute she ignited it.

Why?

You need to take a saber from a foe you defeated for it to turn red.

No you don't. That's just a Sith tradition.

The villain in Jedi: Survivor bled his own crystal.

 

[Captrek]

Just started The Acolyte (I'm on episode 3) and loving it so far. Much better than Ahsoka imo. I feel awful for this but Sol's accent keep giving me flashbacks to Kentucky Fried Movie.

Imagine Loo teaching a padawan to feel the Force.

(slap) “What was that? We need total concentwation. Twy it again. This time, with feewing.”

 

[Ithekro]

Imagine Loo teaching a padawan to feel the Force.

(slap) “What was that? We need total concentwation. Twy it again. This time, with feewing.”

That almost begs for a "Fistful of Yen" style parody called something like "Crouching Tooka, Hidden Rancor."

 

[Reverend]

The only thing about the kyber bleeding scene that bothers me is that the crystal was embedded at the top of the hilt where the blade emitter should be, not in the middle where we usually see it . . . but it doesn't bother me *that* much; I'm just taking this as a "rule of cool" moment.

I'm guessing Headland wanted the visual of a blue sabre turning red at the moment of someone's fall, but since that's not how lightsabers work, they figured out a way to make it work more or less within the established "rules", even if they had to bend a few in the process . . . and that's fine!

Should a sabre with a smashed focusing lens and dislodged kyber, half poking out of a damaged matrix have ignited like that instead of just blowing her hand off? Probably. Do I care? Not much! And so what if in this specific point in time, for some reason, very delicate yet somehow also oddly robust blade emitters with an integrated kyber matrix were all the rage?

 

[fireproof78]

Should a sabre with a smashed focusing lens and dislodged kyber, half poking out of a damaged matrix have ignited like that instead of just blowing her hand off? Probably. Do I care? Not much!

Something something it's not that kind of movie, Rev.

 

[Xerxes82]

I honestly don't remember how much Venestra knows about The Stranger. I certainly think it would be a terrible mistake if Yoda was sitting on knowledge of the Sith for all this time and I can't imagine they'll go in that direction.

At this point of the story, nobody still living can connect the Stranger to the Sith. Now, maybe there is something in his backstory with Venestra that changes that, but we haven't seen such. He's the only character to utter the word "Sith" in the story, and even then he only claimed the Jedi would view him as such.

As far as the Jedi are concerned, the Stranger is just a fallen Jedi.

 

[JD]

How many of the other characters are aware he has or had a Sith master?

now that Acolyte has ended, does anyone knows the release date of Skeleton Crew? or the month?

Wikipedia just says "late 2024". I'm assuming we'll get a release date at San Diego Comic-Con or D23.

As I think about it more, putting Darth Plagueis into this show with this storyline seems to add truth to the theory that Anakin was created and not a natural occurrence and the whole chosen one thing was a bunch of BS that Palpy used to manipulate the indoctrinated Jedi.


My comment still stands.

So he gets a hold of Mae and/or Osha and studying them sets him off to the path of eventually creating Anakin?

I guess I misunderstood some of The Strangers backstory, and he is a Sith. I saw an interview with Lesley Headland where she talked about him being a Sith and Wookiepedia also called him a Sith. I could have sworn he made a reference to leaving the Sith too when he was talking to Osha, but I guess I misunderstood and it was just the Jedi.
So I'm assuming Mae and Osha would be the equivalent to Ventress or the Inquisitors, while The Stranger and Plagueis are the master and apprentice?

 

[DigificWriter]

Anakin was not created by the Sith; this idea has been repeatedly debunked by pretty much everyone in a high-level creative position at Lucasfilm.