A number of significant mysteries are brought up by the Star Wars series The Acolyte, many of which center on the program’s enigmatic antagonist, a being only known as “The Master.” that is the disguised person that is motivating Mae (Amandla Stenberg) to kill four Jedi Masters? Or are they something else entirely, like a Sith Lord? Will this series eventually expose Emperor Palpatine’s formidable master, Darth Plagueis, given the recent revelation that the Witches of Brendok had discovered the key to produce life through the Force?
Now that The Master will be making a comeback in Episode 4, it feels like the ideal opportunity to address the most important concerns about the character and their function in The Acolyte. Continue reading to find out everything is known and unknown about this sinister threat to the Jedi Order.
Is the villain of The Acolyte a Sith Lord?
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Is Mae a Sith Lord’s servant? Since the opening scene of Episode 1, when we first saw this armored guy, that has been one of the main unanswered questions in the series. This villain appears to possess every characteristic of a Sith. They had on an intimidating helmet and black armor. Their modulator masks their voice. Their lightsaber is red. It’s most likely a Sith if it has a Sith appearance, walks and quacks like a Sith, right?
However, not every person with access to the Dark Side of the Force is a Sith Lord. Characters like Asajj Ventress and the Nightsisters in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati in Star Wars: Ahsoka have shown us thus much in previous Star Wars TV series. Perhaps The Master is meant to represent an alternative to the typical Sith, as the Acolyte has already emphasized with the introduction of the Witches of Brendok that there are paths other than the Jedi one.
This would undoubtedly clarify The Master’s motivation for teaching Mae how to kill without the use of conventional weapons. She isn’t like other Sith apprentices. She doesn’t own a lightsaber and hasn’t adopted a Darth title. Her specialty is throwing poisons and daggers.
Introducing a Sith Lord figure at this juncture in the Star Wars canon presents a challenge because the Jedi aren’t meant to be aware of their continued existence.
Introducing a Sith Lord figure at this juncture in the Star Wars canon presents a challenge because the Jedi aren’t meant to be aware of their continued existence. Approximately 100 years precede the events of the Skywalker Saga in The Acolyte. The Sith are still hiding at this time, waiting for the right opportunity to exact their revenge on the Jedi. Since Darth Bane’s ascent and fall centuries ago, the Jedi Order has not encountered a Sith Lord. From their perspective, the Sith are no longer in existence. That assumption won’t be questioned until decades later, when Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi face off against Darth Maul.
As per the Star Wars chronology, Darth Tenebrous is the current Sith Lord in power. In the Expanded Universe, Tenebrous was a talented ship designer and the master of Darth Plagueis, however nothing is known about him in the official Disney canon (more on him in a minute). The Master doesn’t physically fit the description of Tenebrous provided by the EU. Nevertheless, it’s impossible to predict how much Disney will change the character if and when he makes a live-action appearance.
Does The Master truly represent Darth Tenebrous? Were they related to the figure, maybe a student of his? Or does the classic Jedi/Sith distinction not apply to this villain? We’re going toward the last choice because they don’t seem to worry that much about keeping their presence hidden from Master Sol and the others, who is played by Lee Jung-jae.
Does Darth Plagueis Have a Relationship with the Brendok Witches?
Many Star Wars fans have surmised that The Acolyte will introduce Palpatine’s master, Darth Plagueis, given the era in which it is set. Similar to Tenebrous, not much is known about Plagueis’s existence from the Disney canon at this time. But soon before the Expanded Universe was shut down, a whole novel was produced about the character. The rise of Plagueis, his friendship with a teenage Sheev Palpatine, and their scheme to destroy the Jedi Order are all covered in that book.
In Revenge of the Sith, Ian McDiarmid’s Palpatine tells Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker about Plagueis’ unique bond with the Force. This scene is well known for mentioning Plagueis. Plagueis discovered how to use the Force to generate life, something Palpatine himself lusts for above all things. Fans have even gone so far as to assume that Plagueis was the unseen hand behind Anakin’s flawless conception.
The significance of this Plagueis narrative is enhanced in light of Episode 3 of The Acolyte. It is revealed there that the Force was used to conceive both Osha and Mae. They were made by Jodie Turner-Smith’s mother Aniseya and carried by Margarita Levieva’s Koril, her partner. Even though they are not Jedi, the Witches of Brendok have a strong connection to the Force and a deeper understanding of it than the Jedi.
Is it any accident that, even as it delves into this earlier era, the franchise is coming full circle to the premise that the Force permits immaculate conception? The Acolyte is presumably set a bit too early for Plagueis to be the series’ hidden villain, since it takes place 100 years before the events of The Phantom Menace. Is there a relationship between Plagueis and the Witches of Brendok? Is the power they possess the source of his own attempts to create life? Is it the true reason the Witches were eliminated in the flashback scene of Episode 3—so that only the Sith would be able to use that power?
Whether Plagueis will make his live-action debut in The Acolyte is currently unknown. However, there has to be some sort of link between this series and the entity that will eventually give birth to the most powerful and terrifying Sith Lord the galaxy has ever seen, at minimum.
Is The Master Right There in Front of Me?
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The Acolyte’s protagonists and antagonists come together in Episode 4 as they all travel to the far-off planet Khofar in pursuit of the Wookiee Jedi Master Kelnacca (Joonas Suotamo). The fun culminates in a fight between Master Sol’s crew and this Dark Side adept, with even The Master showing up.
The way the characters part ways with one another and the way the search for Kelnacca unfolds suggests that The Master is one of these characters, as the show seems to be hinting to. The Master is probably someone we’ve already met, someone who purposefully alternates between their true identity and this disguised one.
At the moment, Manny Jacinto’s Qimir seems to be the most likely contender. It’s possible that this seemingly casual dealer and smuggler is concealing a very darker side. He already works for The Master, as we already know. Is it really so hard to think that he is The Master and has been observing his student more closely under his civilian identity? The way Qimir appears and disappears from the scene in Episode 4, it’s easy to assume he’s scurrying into the jungle to don a different outfit and play practical jokes on Mae and the Jedi.
Furthermore, we wouldn’t rule out the notion that The Master is one of the Jedi who Mae has been ordered to eliminate. What if the object beneath the helmet is Carrie-Anne Moss’s Indara? What if Indara planned this whole scheme to exact revenge on her allies, even staged her own death in the process, because she was so demoralized by the Jedi’s loss on Brendok?
Another possibility is that The Master is a witch coven member who escaped the Brendok massacre, similar to Osha and Mae.
Another possibility is that The Master is a witch coven member who escaped the Brendok massacre, similar to Osha and Mae. That may be the reason behind their disdain for the Jedi and their demand that Mae eliminate their adversaries without using conventional Jedi or Sith weaponry. Do they belong to the Brendok Witches? Is it possible that they are Mother Aniseya herself? For a lady who seems to have discovered the secret to life itself, anything is conceivable.