Warning! This article contains SPOILERS forThe Acolyteseason 1.
Summary
The newestStar Warsshow,The Acolyte, has now begun, and each episode is packed with interesting details.The Acolytefollows a weekly release schedule where episodes debut onDisney+, but its first two episodes premiered together on June 4.The Acolytewill have eight episodes in total, with the finale set to release on July 16. New episodes are available at 6 p.m. PT, 9 p.m. ET on Tuesdays in the United States, and 2 a.m. BST on Wednesdays in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
As it is set inthe High Republic era,The Acolytebreaks quite a bit of new ground for the franchise. It’s the first live-actionStar Warsshow or moviethat has so far broken away from the Skywalker saga era, andThe Acolytefeatures a cast of new characters. With so many new elements being introduced in each episode, as well as the references to other parts ofStar Warslore, it can be hard to keep up.This guide can serve as a way to navigate each new episode, and it has everything you need to know aboutThe Acolyte.
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Lost/Foundbegins with a masked assassin challengingJedi Master Indarato a fight. After a prolonged battle where it is revealed the two previously knew each other, the attacker kills Indara and makes her escape.Osha Aniseya, a former Jedi Padawn turned meknek for CorpSec, is arrested by Jedi Knight Yord Fandar, as she matches the description of Indara’s killer. Jedi Master Sol is sent to question his former student, but Osha crash lands on a snowy planet after the other prisoners on her transport attempt to escape. Sol, hisPadawan Jecki Lon, and Yord find Osha, where she reveals the attacker was her twin, Mae.
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Mae continues her attack on the Jedi, this time travelling to Olega to kill Master Torbin. After a failed first attempt, Mae meets her ally, a smuggler named Qimir, who mixes a poison for her. Yord voices his distrust of Osha, but Sol assures him that his former Padawan is an ally in their mission.When the Jedi arrive at the temple on Olega, Mae convinces Torbin to drink her poison just before Osha can discover them. The Jedi then interrogate Qimir with Osha’s help and set a trap for Mae, but she was able to escape and continue her Jedi hunt before she could be captured.
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Sixteen years before the rest ofThe Acolyte, Mae and Osha’s family, a coven of witches led by Mother Aniseya, hide on Brendok. As a ritual called the Ascension draws nearer, Osha expresses hesitancy about becoming a witch.During the Ascension, four Jedi - Indara, Sol, Kelnacca, and Torbin - interrupt and demand to test Mae and Osha’s Force abilities. Mother Aniseya instructs them to fail the test on purpose, but Osha refuses to lie. Mae then starts a fire to kill Osha. As Osha escapes, Mae seemingly falls to her demise, and Sol rescues Osha. On their way out, Osha sees the dead bodies of the coven’s witches.
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Kelnacca
Osha tells Jecki that she can’t face Mae again while Sol reports what he knows of Mae and her Master to the Jedi. Mae and Qimir land on Khofar and begin searching for Kelnacca. Sol convinces Osha to join him on his mission to save Kelnacca’s life, along with Yord, Jecki, and several other Jedi. With the help of Bazil, the Jedi begin tracking Kelnacca, but Osha awakens a creature that attacks them in the jungle. Mae traps Qimir and tells him that her allegiance is to Osha, not her Master, and that she plans to surrender herself to Kelnacca. When she arrives at his hiding place, Kelnacca has already been killed. A helmeted Sith Lord then descends from the shadows and attacks Osha and the Jedi.
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As Osha regains consciousness, the Sith Lord is easily killing the Jedi by shutting off their lightsabers with his helmet and gauntlet. Sol orders Osha back to the ship, and Yord escorts her back. Meanwhile, Jecki tries to arrest Mae, and after a brief fight, Jecki puts handcuffs on her. Sol and the Sith Lord duel each other until the Sith escapes and goes after Mae. Osha convinces Yord to go back. The Sith Lord cuts Mae’s handcuffs off accidentally while Jecki and Sol team up against him.
Jecki removes his helmet, but the Sith Lord kills her.With his mask removed, the Sith Lord ofThe Acolyteis revealed to be Qimir. Yord attacks, but Qimir breaks his neck. Osha stuns a fleeing Mae and attracts the Umbramoths to Qimir. Mae then stuns Sol, and the twins have a discussion about their past. Mae knocks Osha out, cuts her own hair, and poses as her twin to gain Sol’s trust. Qimir finds Osha’s unconscious body and puts his cloak over her.
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Osha awakens on an unknown planet with the Stranger. Meanwhile, Sol attempts to warn the Jedi on Coruscant of the Stranger and the massacre on Khofar, but the ship’s transmitter malfunctions while Bazil fixes Pip. Osha follows Qimir to the coast, and when he strips down to bathe in the waters, she takes his lightsaber and threatens him, but Qimir says she’s free to leave. Sol tells Mae that he intends to tell the Jedi High Council everything, but the ship loses power before he can. Vernestra Rwoh learns of the massacre on Khofar, and decides to join a small team on a rescue mission. Qimir begins manipulating Osha and questioning Sol.
When Mae goes to fix the ship, Bazil and Pip ambush her, but she resets Pip. Qimir urges Osha to kill him in anger, and questions why the Jedi threw her away.Mae tries to get Sol to tell her about Brendok, but the ship’s power is restored before he begins. Sol stuns Mae after Bazil informs him she’s not Osha. Qimir encourages Osha to try on his cortosis helmet. Vernestra and a Padawan arrive on Khofar just after Sol jumps to hyperspace. They discover the dead Jedi bodies on Khofar and begin to question whether Sol could be responsible. Sol traps Mae and tells her she’s going to listen to his story. Mae puts the cortosis helmet on.
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Little Osha
The Acolyteepisode 3 returned to the night on Brendok from 16 years prior, but told a different version of events. The Jedi were searching for aForce vergence, and Sol accidentally found Osha and Mae. After sneaking into their compound, he was convinced the witches were putting the twins in danger. Mother Aniseya played on Torbin’s desire to return to Coruscant when she possessed him. Torbin determined that Mae and Osha were created with the Force’s vergence’s help, due to theirhigh midi-chlorian count. Torbin and Sol went to retrieve the twins from the compound.
Mae started the fire on Brendok by accident, not to kill Osha. Sol and Torbin confronted Aniseya and Koril about how the twins were created. After Mae reported the fire, Aniseya tried to flee the compound with her by turning into a cloud of smoke. Sol killed her to prevent her from taking who he thought was Osha. The witches possessed Kelnacca and forced him to fight the Jedi. Indara freed Kelnacca, but she incapacitated the witches in the process.Sol was forced to choose which twin to save, and he chose Osha. The Jedi, at Indara’s behest, agreed to hide the truth from the High Council.
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As Osha tries on the Stranger’s helmet, her connection to the Force is restored, and she possesses the Stranger. They agree to go together to confront Mae and Sol. On Sol’s ship, Mae breaks free and stuns Sol, then takes an escape ship to Brendok. Sol pursues her through an asteroid field, and the two both land on Brendok. Meanwhile, Senator Rayencourt demands Vernestra Rwoh be more transparent with the Galactic Senate, and Vern decides to meet Sol on Brendok. In the witches' old outpost, the Stranger ambushes Sol while Mae and Osha discuss their past and break out into a fight.
Sol eventually destroys the Stranger’s lightsaber, but Mae disarms Sol. She demands he confess the truth about Brendok, and Osha hears Sol admit that he killed Mother Aniseya.Osha then strangles Sol with the Force, killing him.Sol’s death bleeds his kyber crystal, turning it red. Vernestra and a group of Jedi arrive, and she senses that the Stranger is her former Padawan. Mae, Osha, and the Stranger flee. Osha agrees to be his apprentice if Mae can go free, and the Stranger wipes Mae’s memories. Vernestra frames Sol for the murder of the Jedi and enlists Mae’s help in finding the Stranger.
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The Acolyte
Cast
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.
