Have We Already Recognized ‘The Acolyte’s Shadowy Sith Lord?

In The Acolyte, Jedi are being killed — however who’s doing the killing? That seems to be one of many central mysteries of the present… and consider it or not, the reply may already be proper in entrance of us. Right here’s why we predict we’d’ve unmasked The Acolyte’s Sith Lord.

A Key Sith Phrase

In The Acolyte’s second trailer, there’s both an apparent clue in regards to the Sith Lord’s id or an enormous misdirect. After we see Manny Jacinto’s character, Qimir, he tells Mae (Amandla Stenberg) that “peace is a lie.” That specific alternative of phrases pricked up the ears of many a Star Wars fan, who acknowledged it as the primary line of the Code of the Sith. (For many who won’t know, the Code of the Sith outlines primary Darkish Aspect ideologies, a lot because the Jedi Code outlines the guiding rules for the Jedi.)

So far as we at the moment know, Qimir isn’t affiliated with the Jedi or the Sith. On the Star Wars Celebration final 12 months, Jacinto stated that his character is “only a common man, attempting to have an excellent time.” Since then, we’ve additionally discovered that Qimir is, in line with StarWars.com, “a former smuggler who now makes his residing as a dealer, procuring uncommon issues and having fun with a lifetime of leisure.”

Supposedly.

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We’re Watching You, Qimir…

We additionally know that there’s a Sith Lord on the market with a crimson lightsaber and a scary-looking masks who hasn’t been recognized. It’s implied that that individual is Mae’s trainer. If Qimir had been to be that Sith Lord, and Mae his apprentice, it might make sense for Mae to have been interacting with him within the trailer.

Up to now, the one important character we’ve seen work together with Qimir is Mae, and in contrast to the assorted Jedi characters, he’s not appeared in lots of scenes from the trailers. Plus, many informal viewers would doubtless know Jacinto from NBC’s beloved sitcom The Good Place, the place he performed lovable goofball Jason Mendoza. To disclose Jacinto as a Sith Lord would shock followers who’re most conversant in Jason, a Molotov-cocktail-throwing, dance-crew-leading Jacksonville Jaguars fan with a coronary heart of gold. All of it appears considerably suspicious…

There’s additionally the chance that Qimir’s line about peace is a misdirect, meant to throw followers off who would acknowledge it as a part of a key tenet of the Sith. In any case, his full line — which could have been rearranged for the trailer — is “The Jedi justify their galactic dominance within the identify of peace… however that peace is a lie.” Not fairly the identical because the Code of the Sith. At this level, it’s greater than potential that Jacinto’s character is precisely who the actor claims he’s, and another person is behind that sharp-toothed masks. We’re assured showrunner Leslye Headlund would concentrate on the importance behind these phrases; however whether or not it’s a nod for religious Star Wars followers to select up on or a crimson herring to throw them off, we’ll have to attend and see.