Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for The Acolyte episode 6
The Acolyte episode 6 features a seemingly new, yet very familiar planet to one featured in The Last Jedi. Due to some key teases within the episode on this mysterious world, The Acolyte may be pointing to the origins of the Sith themselves. Even if Qimir (Manny Jacinto) is eventually revealed to be something other than the true Dark Lords, it’s certainly possible that this new Star Wars show is still offering new insights into the early Sith.
As seen in The Acolyte episode 6, Mae (Amandla Stenberg) leaves the planet Khofar with Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), having disguised herself as her twin sister Osha. Meanwhile, Osha has been taken to an unknown planet by Qimir who seemingly wants to make her his new acolyte. However, this new world in particular very much resembles The Last Jedi’s Ahch-To, the site of the first Jedi Temple and eventual home to an exiled Luke Skywalker. However, It could also be connected to a key world from Legends at the same time.
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The Acolyte’s Unknown Planet Is A Mirror Of The Last Jedi’s Ahch-To
“Unknown Planet”
Waking up on a world identified only as “Unknown Planet”, Osha finds herself on an ocean world covered in islands with rocky beaches. Appearing to be the home of Qimir as his primary base of operations hidden away from the rest of the galaxy, it’s not hard to see the resemblances to Ahch-To, the planet where Luke went into exile after Ben Solo fell to the dark side, where he briefly trained Rey, and where he died giving his life to save the remaining members of the resistance as seen in The Last Jedi.
Has Star Wars Brought Us To Bal’demnic?
A Legends Planet Connected To Darth Plagueis
While the parallels to The Last Jedi in The Acolyte episode 6 are numerous, this world may also be a key planet from Legends at the same time. After all, this “Unknown Planet” also carries similarities to the world of Bal’demnic, described as an ocean planet with rocky islands located in the Outer Rim. In the former Legends timeline pre-Disney canon, Bal’demnic was also the site where Darth Plagueis killed his master Darth Tenebrous. Likewise, they were on the world in search of rare cortosis ore, the same metal used to forge Qimir’s helmet.
Like The Sith, The Stranger Comes From Among The Jedi
The Sith Were A Splinter Group From The Order
While the connections to both The Last Jedi and possibly Legends with Darth Plagueis are exciting, it’s also fascinating to learn that Qimir was once a member of the Jedi Order before embracing the dark side. As such, this mirrors the origins of the Sith themselves, having splintered off from the early Jedi Order in search of new paths to wield the Force. As such, it would be rather poetic if this world where Qimir is based was connected to the early Sith, just as the planet it’s clearly modeled after is connected to the First Jedi. Furthermore, the potential connections this world might also have to Darth Plagueis are just as intriguing and exciting as well.
The Acolyte
The Acolyte is a television series set in the Star Wars universe at the end of the High Republic Era, where both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire were at the height of their influence. This sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite with her former Jedi Master as they investigate several crimes – all leading to darkness erupting from beneath the surface and preparing to bring about the end of the High Republic.
- Cast
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Amandla Stenberg
, Lee Jung-jae
, Joonas Suotamo
, Charlie Barnett
, Dafne Keen
, Leah Brady
, Manny Jacinto
, Rebecca Henderson
, Carrie-Anne Moss
, Jodie Turner-Smith
, Dean-Charles Chapman
, Lauren Brady
, Anthony J. Abraham
, Thara Shöön
, Danielle Xin Yao Waterman
, Sienna Khiroya
, Jeramiah Evans
, Dan Milne
, Thomas Coombes
, Archie Singh Swali
, Nick Court
, Ed Kear
, Jumayn Hunter
, Scroobius Pip
, Abigail Thorn
, Margarita Levieva
, Amy Tsang
, Saskia Allen
, Deborah Rosan
, Tabitha Alege
, Paul Bullion
, Indra Ové
, Derek Arnold
, Lewis Young - Character(s)
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Mae
, Master Sol
, Kelnacca
, Yord Fandar
, Jecki Lon
, Little Mae
, Qimir
, Master Vernestra Rwoh
, Master Indara
, Mother Aniseya
, Master Torbin
, Padawan Torbin
, Little Osha
, Fillik
, Tasi Lowa
, Youngling
, Restrained Convict
, Convict
, Olega Urchin
, Olega Master
, Olega Padawan
, Scavenger
, Ensign Eurus
, Mother Koril
, Ensign Rane
, Scout Sarria
, Ensign Shima
, Elder Jaalyn
, Master Lakshay
, Master Holden
, Master Ki-Adi-Mundi
, Jedi Knight - Seasons
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1
- Streaming Service(s)
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Disney+
- Franchise(s)
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Star Wars
- Writers
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Leslye Headland
, Charmaine De Grate
, Kor Adana - Directors
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Leslye Headland
, Alex Garcia Lopez - Showrunner
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Leslye Headland
