Sadly, Osha arrives simply on the proper time to overhear that Sol is liable for his mom’s loss of life. Giving in to the darkish aspect of the Drive, there’s a parallel with Sheev Palpatine telling Anakin to kill Dooku at the beginning of Revenge of the Sith. Utilizing some Vader-esque Drive choking, Osha kills Sol and not using a weapon, inadvertently doing what Mae couldn’t for Qimir and changing into the present’s titular Acolyte. As Osha breaks unhealthy, we get one other live-action first by way of kyber bleeding when Sol’s former lightsaber goes from ‘good’ blue to an ‘evil’ Sith crimson.
Sol Takes the Fall for the Jedi Order
The Jedi Order, led by Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson), aren’t far behind, however by the point they get to Brendok, Sol is already lifeless. With the Jedi quickly descending on the planet, Osha agrees to go together with Qimir and turn out to be his darkish aspect padawan, whereas Mae shall be left behind and have her reminiscence wiped. The Jedi arrest Mae and Rwoh questions her again on Coruscant. With Mae seemingly having no recollection of even having a sister (for now), we guess she’ll be skilled by the Jedi as an anti-Acolyte if we get a second season.
The Jedi have issues of their very own, with Senator Rayencourt (David Harewood) calling for an exterior evaluation of the Jedi Order. Rayencourt is anxious that the Jedi have an excessive amount of energy and what might occur when one among them snaps. That is its personal foreboding message about Anakin’s eventual fall to the darkish aspect and the devastating occasions of Order 66. In the meanwhile, Rwoh sweeps it underneath the rug and tarnishes Sol’s legacy by claiming he was a rogue Jedi liable for all of the murders. Given how Sol was a beloved a part of the sequence, it’s a disgrace he’ll go down in historical past as a villain.
Was That Darth Plagueis the Clever?
Eagle-eyed followers will discover that earlier than Osha and Qimir go away his cortosis cave searching for Mae, a yellow-eyed Sith is lurking within the shadows. After Headland promised not less than two Sith would seem within the sequence, it appears we had been on the cash that that is the live-action debut of Darth Plagueis.
The famed grasp of Emperor Palpatine survived till not less than 32 BBY (Earlier than the Battle of Yavin), and with the Sith Rule of Two in impact right here, it’s not trying good for Qimir and Osha. Though Oshamir goes robust proper now, the actual fact neither of them has appeared exterior of The Acolyte means that no matter Plagueis is cooking up might be unhealthy information for this energy couple.
Among the many huge reveals, the twins study that they aren’t sisters however two halves of the identical particular person. This was foreshadowed within the present’s emblem, and with it additionally tying into the Drive dyad connection, all of it presumably results in Plagueis’ quest to discover a Drive dyad of his personal and the flexibility to create life. It’s this that may get him killed by his personal apprentice, as Palpatine famously informed Anakin the story of Darth Plagueis the Clever in Episode III.
