STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE Spoilers: Why The Master's Secret Identity Might Not Be What You're Expecting

STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE Spoilers: Why The Master's Secret Identity Might Not Be What You're Expecting

The Acolyte's first episode ends with the introduction of The Master, and while you might have assumed he's just another Sith bad guy, there may be more to him than meets the eye. Read on for details...

By JoshWilding - Jun 05, 2024 03:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

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"The Jedi live in a dream. A dream they believe everyone shares. If you attack a Jedi with a weapon, you will fail. Steel or laser are no threat to them, but an Acolyte...an Acolyte kills without a weapon. An Acolyte kills the dream."

Those are the words spoken by The Master, the mysterious red lightsaber-wielding villain who appears in the final moments of The Acolyte's premiere, "Lost / Found."

We don't know who he is beyond the fact he trained Mae. His face and voice are both hidden/distorted and while The Master clearly wishes to destroy the Jedi, his Acolyte - not apprentice - can only win the villain's approval by killing one of them without a weapon. 

Many of you will understandably assume that The Master is a Sith and perhaps who Darth Plagueis (the Sith Lord who one day takes a young Sheev Palpatine under his wing) reports to. The timeline doesn't quite work for that, making Darth Tenebrous a far more likely possibility...unless there's a new Sith Lord somewhere in that lineage we're only just meeting. 

All of that is possible, though we believe The Master is Tenebrous's apprentice. Like many Sith before him, he's likely training Mae to kill his Master with her bare hands, sticking to the Rule of Two. It could be he's unable to beat him, and either way, this mirrors what happened when Count Dooku trained Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress to kill Palpatine. 

Before that, Palpatine trained Maul - with Plagueis' blessing as an "assassin" - to eventually serve as his apprentice...as soon as Sheev killed his Master, of course. 

This makes sense than him being Tenebrous or Plagueis as a reveal like that will only mean something to the most hardcore of Star Wars fans (and there's nothing to say Lucasfilm are going to remain remotely beholden to Expanded Universe lore).

Another possibility is that The Master isn't a Sith; there was a Sith apprentice called Darth Millennial who rejected the Rule of Two and was cast out by his master, Darth Cognus. He formed a splinter group called Prophets of the Dark Side who worshipped the "Dark Force" religion. 

That may well be what we're looking at here so don't necessarily expect The Master to be too closely tied to the Sith and Palpatine's eventual ascension to Emperor. There may even be several Acolytes, with one of them potentially a character like Tenebrous or Plagueis depending on how fast and loose Lucasfilm is playing with EU content. 

Who do you think The Master is? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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soberchimera
soberchimera - 6/5/2024, 4:00 PM
If you attack a Jedi with a weapon, you will fail. Steel or laser are no threat to them.
Trinity was killed by a knife in the first 10 minutes dude...
THEDARKKNIGHT1939
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - 6/5/2024, 4:05 PM
Guy looks like a Knights of Ren reject. I liked it better when the Sith were just demonic looking people with hoods.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/5/2024, 4:07 PM
@THEDARKKNIGHT1939 - was thinking the same thing. I'm kinda thinking it's the Ren (the leader of the Knights of Ren). Think that'd be interesting
abd00bie
abd00bie - 6/6/2024, 7:37 AM
@bkmeijer1 - THE Ren? Which would be weird because why did Kylo worship Vader if Ren already existed and he even led a team of Knights (of Ren). Would have made more sense for Kylo to idolize Ren if he is indeed a person. I sense a plot to destroy the lore by retcon (again), they keep adding stuff.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/6/2024, 11:44 AM
@abd00bie - Ren (the character) met Ben at one point and suggested he followed the dark side. Ben later followed him up on that by killing Ren and taking his title and position. Him not idolizing Ren probably helped commit a coup
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/5/2024, 4:07 PM
I'm still thinking The Master should be Venamis. Although with the way The Master looks, I wouldn't be surprised if it's Ren (either the one that recruited Ben Solo, or a previous Ren)
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 6/5/2024, 4:38 PM
@bkmeijer1 - "I wouldn't be surprised if it's Ren (either the one that recruited Ben Solo, or a previous Ren)"

That would actually be really cool, but Headland's been pretty adamant that she's making this a standalone story without significant ties to other corners of Star Wars other than the EU/Legends stuff.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 6/5/2024, 4:43 PM
@clintthahamster - could still be a previous Ren, maybe even the first. It's not really tied to the Knights of Ren, as they aren't around yet.

If it really isn't tied to anything except non-canon stuff, I'm sticking to Venamis. Dude is gonna have a tragic ending.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 6/5/2024, 4:08 PM

he will clearly be the token evil oppressive white guy on this show.

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