The Acolyte
Summary
The nextupcoming live - actionStar WarsTV show , The Acolyte , has raised interrogative leading to a new theory aboutthe Sith , Emperor Palpatine , and evenStar warfare : knight of the Old Republic . The Acolyte , which has loose a trailer beforehand of its arrival on Disney+ this June , is touting itself as the first live - actionStar Warsstory to really focus on the villains as chief character . This will be absorbing to see , but particularly because of the clock time period that the series is set to take place : the High Republic era .
During the High Republic earned run average , the Galactic Republicand Jedi are at their height . They are muscular , and serve the galaxy in a much less corrupt and moribund way than we see them both do in the prequels . The Jedi have not face the Sith in over 800 years by the fourth dimension ofThe Acolyte – so how does this series involve the Sith and the dark side?The answer to that dubiousness may lie in a very specific possibility .
The upcoming Star Wars show The Acolyte will take the enfranchisement into the grand High Republic era , but what mysteries await in the Jedi ’s gilded age ?
“The Acolyte” Title Is A Hint This May Not Be Darth Bane’s Sith Line
KOTORConfirms The Meaning Of “Acolyte”
The Sith were n’t actually live on during the High Republic like the Jedi thought , just in concealing , as was Darth Bane ’s plan for theRule of Two . There were only two " Banite " Sith at a time in concealing , the master training the prentice until the apprentice violently takes the headmaster ’s place . That , however , meansif someone with a crimson lightsaber , potentially a Sith , appears inThe Acolyte , they might not even be from Darth Bane ’s ancestry of Sith . unclouded evidence of this can be found inKnights of the Old Republic , or , KOTOR .
InKOTOR , the term " Acolyte " is specifically used to refer to Sith who have not yet nail their trials . acolyte were not truly Sith yet , and were only seen before the Rule of Two was found , as that ’s whenKOTORtakes position . This term is likely being used in the coming serial for the same rationality , as it ’s potential that the villain ofThe Acolytecould be from a totally unlike ancestry of Sith .
Has A Rival Sith Faction Been Established In The Acolyte?
Confronting The Jedi Or Trying To Impress The Sith?
A lot of the hypothesis surroundingThe Acolytehas involved pre - existing Sith and Jedi traditional knowledge , and how the series will factor that in . One interrogative sentence many have is how the Sith are even ask in this era , particularly with the Jedi . This estimation of a rival Sith faction could explain all of that . Perhaps aSith Holocronhas been discovered , and someone is following its education . The Acolytefollows a string of Jedi murder ; it could be that this untrained acolyte is test to affect the Sith , but has n’t actually met them .
Here ’s everything we know about The Acolyte ’s form and the characters they will be portraying in Star Wars ' most mysterious project yet .
The Banite Sith Would Want To Shut This Rival Faction Down
In Order To Maintain Secrecy, The Sith Must Act
If there is some variety of other Sith activity going on during this later part of the High Republic era , it ’s dependable to take for granted the existing Banite Sith in hiding would hear about it somehow . That could explain exactly what thelightsaber combatgoing on inThe Acolyte ’s trailer is . If some sort of dark side user or Sith rabid is off Jedi , a real Sith could show up to pop everyone involved to prevent the Jedi from investigate .
If some form of dark side user or Sith fanatic is polish off Jedi , a literal Sith could show up to kill everyone involved to prevent the Jedi from investigate .
A adult part of the Banite Sith ’s method of survival is keep absolute privateness in their hiding . They have to absolutely warrant that the Jedi have no idea that they are still around , and that can sometimes get mussy if other party are require . If the definition of " acolyte " fromKnights of the Old Republicapplies toThe Acolyte , it ’s definitely potential that we could see not one , but two grouping of Sith in hot - actionStar Warsthis summer .
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Star Wars : The Acolytestarts stream June 4th on Disney+ .
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