The Acolyte Official “The Acolyte” Series Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

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Think of this way. Training to become Sith doesn’t make one a Sith. Since the Old Republic, Acolytes trained to become Sith. They were never been given the title until their trials are complete. This is even in the codex of the game:

That being said, I think the trick here is having them train to become Sith. Rule of Two Sith always acted in shadows. They didn’t want to bring attention to themselves until the time was to right. They talked to people, mingled with crowds and other influential individuals, and used go-between a and such in a vast network. They kept their Sith identity anonymous to the best of their ability.

The thing is we’ve seen Sith acolytes and wannabes after TPM(Ventress, Savage). After the Sith revealed themselves to the Jedi.

I’m not counting potential replacements like Darth Venamis or Darth Maul. Tenebrous and Sidious had those in mind to already replace their apprentices/master. Just like how Darth Zannah recruited Seth or Bane to Cognus. But it was close-knit and contained. Training a bunch of wannabes at once risks exposure and potential breach if one of those acolytes decided to go to the Republic to tell them a long-dead order isn’t really dead. Unless the Sith master doesn’t tell them he’s Sith, but rather disguises himself to be a part of a different religion and reveals himself as a Sith Lord once the prime candidate completes that training, and then he introduces and knights them into the Order.

Sure, it has been Sith tradition to have multiple wannabes vie for the title of Darth, but in the context of post-Old Republic, it seems strange unless the Sith Lord cut everyone’s communication off and left them all in remote planets and watched from afar.

If the leaks are true, I’m having a feeling Aura’s friend Penn is a Sith master in disguise as an acolyte. That would make sense.

Now on them infiltrating the Jedi Temple, it’s not far fetched. But to what degree is questionable. Zannah made a quick infiltration to get info on orbalisks and Tython, Odair fully infiltrated it during the Old Republic. Didn’t the leaks also mention there’s an espionage episode?

 

BTW, the name of that song is....

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Sith Rule!

 

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http://boards.4channel.org/tv/thread/178951194/the-acolyte-show-leak/

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Probably fake. But still an interesting concept.

 

@TheSithApologetic

dude, why are you posting garbage from that place

 

Why are you making fun of me? first English is not my first language so it is difficult for me to communicate sometimes and i use a translator

 

To play devil’s advocate, 4Chan did have a genuine Mando season 3 leak a few months ago....

(Though I highly doubt this is real)

 

the validity isn't the issue

there's dozens of places dedicated to posting about the latest gossip around all these star wars projects

there's no reason to go to a website that actively promotes hate speech of all kinds just to look for rumors about a star wars show

 

Sorry Harloxzz. Was meant to be just a lighthearted dig, and didn’t mean to offend. I know that depending on the language you’re translating from, there may not be punctuation included in the translation. So apologies and no worries!

 

My intention was not to make fun of you, Harloxxz. I did not realize you were using a translator, let alone one that does not feature punctuation. I just wanted to reorganize the string of words into something more like a song. Odd, I know, but when we have so few production reports, I pass the time in strange ways, sometimes.
I'm sorry that it was interpreted as making fun of you. I'm sorry.

 

I just relayed a post from there. I’m on the SW Discord and Reddit and that link appeared on there. Sadly it is fake, but it doesn’t mean everything that makes it way there is not valid. Tales of the Jedi leaks made their way there and they were legit as they come.

Ah I wasn’t aware of the hate speech part. Won’t post it again. From now on just links from SWLeaks or Twitter(not as bad as 4chan)

 

Anyone think the current The High Republic series of novels with Marchian Ro and the "current" bad guys will play a part in any way, or will it just be a reference to those events "here and there" and that's that?

Because I hope that they factor into the series in a solid way, even if it's just backstory (albeit backstory that heavily influences the events of the series).

 

The time gap between the novels and the show is pretty big, 150 years I think maybe even more. And also the novel series probably won't be concluded by the time the show comes out, so they'd probably have to be very careful to avoid any spoilers. Since it is set in the High Republic era I'd expect the occasional Easter Egg but nothing major. And honestly I'm good with that. Since onscreen material has messed with books in major ways recently, I'd prefer it showrunners just stay away from the novel content and leave it to do it's own thing.

 

Thanks for the SitRep!

That's great.

I recall that The High Republic series of novels is more of an experiment on how well the authors can craft their own story, correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Agree. Although a hologram of live-action Marchion would be great)

 

References would be fine.

I feel like the novels feel too removed from the live-action and other TV show stuff nowadays.

 

Anything for you, Liam Neeson.

 

Yeah the High Republic era was created by the writing team behind them and the idea was to give the literature side of things a space in the timeframe where they can do what they want without treading on the toes of any TV shows or other stuff. So far it is pretty good, though with variances in quality that are to be expected in such a large project. A final judgment obviously needs to be withheld until the novel series is actually finished.

Because of this origin of the High Republic I kinda hope that they don't set any projects too close to the novels and tread on their toes. But since the era itself is several centuries there is enough space to do something with it outside of the timeframe of the novels and Acolyte is the first step in that direction, which I'm really looking forward to. The novels might have variances in quality but the general era is really intresting and has loads of storytelling potential outside the novels storyline.

 

Yeah I don't suspect this show will interfere with the novels at all as this show will likely take place a century or more from when the novels are happening.

I'm sure they chose the end of the High Republic era for a reason.

As far as Marcheon Ro being referenced? It's possible but I imagine the Nihil will have faded from most people's memory by the time this show takes place a century later.

 

Spare us the virtue signaling. Everyone's acutely aware 4 chan is a cess pool. Anyone who has followed leakers for the last decade is also acutely aware alot of MCU and other IP leaks get posted on 4 chan first. No one has to like or condone the site. It is what it is. No one's going to award you any points for standing up on your high horse and yelling into the void about what's right and wrong. We get it.

 

first of all lol

second, actually the person I quoted responded that they were not aware

 

You had me until you said virtue signaling.

 

Lol indeed.

So if he/she wasn't aware why scold the user before you yourself are aware of how unaware said user really is.

 

I didn't scold them, I asked them why they are linking to a garage site