The Acolyte gave a cameo to certainly one of Star Wars’ most fascinating legends

[Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for season 1 of Star Wars: The Acolyte.]

Darth Plagueis has made his dwell motion debut due to the season 1 finale of The Acolyte. The present didn’t make a lot point out of the Sith Lord, deciding as a substitute to easily present him peering out from behind a rock in commentary of the Stranger (Manny Jacinto) and his soon-to-be-padawan, Osha (Amandla Stenberg). Even nonetheless, it’s a fairly monumental second for longtime dorks who know the story of Darth Plagueis the Sensible by coronary heart.

Plagueis was first launched through a then-Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who advised the Sith Lord’s legendary story to Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. In accordance with Sheev’s story, Plagueis was a strong grasp of the Drive, who ultimately grew to become so sturdy that he gained the flexibility to make use of the Drive to control life itself and grant himself immortality. This immortality got here with a little bit of an asterisk, nonetheless. It solely got here by transferring Plagueis’ consciousness into a brand new vessel, moderately than serving to his personal mortal physique dwell ceaselessly.

After all, what Sheev (also called “Future Emperor Palpatine”) doesn’t inform Anakin is that Plagueis was additionally Sheev’s grasp, and Sheev discovered all of the Sensible grasp’s methods and even improved on them — as an illustration, Plagueis transference is how Palpatine retains himself alive for the occasions of The Rise of Skywalker.

Much more importantly, Anakin himself was a pure creation of the Drive, and it’s by no means formally been revealed who was behind that. Perhaps it was the Drive itself. Perhaps it was Sheev trying to craft Anakin into the right apprentice. Or possibly it was Plagueis himself, which might clarify why he exhibits up in The Acolyte.

The Acolyte’s total plot revolves across the twins Mae and Osha, who’re two elements of 1 soul, a lifeforce created seemingly kind of created utilizing the Drive by a coven of witches — with a little bit assist from a vergence. However with the eleventh hour reveal that Darth Plagueis was hanging round, it appears awfully attainable that the Sith grasp was secretly working behind the scenes to create an ideal vessel for himself.

Picture: Topps/Lucasfilm through Wookipedia

In spite of everything, what might be higher to switch your consciousness into than a clean slate that’s sturdy within the Drive? Or possibly Mae and Osha have been his dry run at creating full life earlier than he crafted Anakin to be his true successor?

Both means, not less than a couple of of those questions are positive to be answered in The Acolyte season 2, ought to that ever occur. However for now, Star Wars tremendous followers will simply should be content material (or extraordinarily discontent) about lastly seeing Plagueis within the flesh.