Warning! This publish comprises SPOILERS for The Acolyte episode 8

The Acolyte’s finale encompasses a huge assortment of Easter eggs and main references to the higher Star Wars canon. Culminating the key Jedi thriller that is been surrounding a pair of twins extraordinarily highly effective within the Force, The Acolyte’s first (and hopefully not solely) season has come to an epic finish. However, the ultimate episode of the later Star Wars present had loads of surprises, proper as much as its final shot.

The Acolyte’s finale encompasses a last showdown between Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) and Qimir (Manny Jacinto). The final episode additionally encompasses a reunion between Mae and Osha Aniseya, alongside main choices they every make earlier than the Jedi Order arrives in quest of the one answerable for killing so many Jedi over the course of the Star Wars present. To that finish, listed below are 15 of the most important Easter eggs, references, and main cameos featured all through The Acolyte’s finale.

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15 Firebird Helmet

Symbol of the Jedi and Future Rebellion

After escaping Sol’s custody in orbit round Brendok, Mae makes an attempt to flee in an escape ship. Donning a helmet and climbing into the cockpit, the helmet itself bears a well-known firebird sigil. While this was an unique image for the Jedi Order, it might later obtain some design adjustments earlier than changing into the official image of the Rebel Alliance a long time later within the Star Wars timeline.

14 Sol’s Targeting Computer

Mirrors Original Trilogy

Pursuing Mae, Sol enters the rings of Brendok’s moons whereas additionally utilizing a concentrating on laptop to lock on to her ship’s place. The concentrating on visuals are notably the identical as these which are prominently featured in A New Hope and the Rebellion’s Death Star trench run from the unique trilogy. Darth Vader himself used a concentrating on laptop to lock onto enemy X-Wings earlier than ripping them aside with a hail of laser hearth from his TIE Advanced.

13 When A Jedi Snaps

Anakin Skywalker Foreshadowing

Meeting with Master Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson), Senator Rayencourt (David Harewood) needs to conduct an exterior evaluate of the Jedi Order on behalf of the Republic Senate. This is as a result of he fears the unchecked energy on the Jedi’s disposal, in addition to their intensely managed feelings:

“You project an image of goodness and restraint, but it’s only a matter of time before one of you snaps. And when, not if, that happens, who will be strong enough to stop him?”

Rayencourt’s feedback definitely appear to function some key foreshadowing for the prequel trilogy, particularly contemplating the truth that Anakin Skywalker did certainly snap and was too highly effective to be stopped.

12 Chancellor Drellik

An Alien Tarsunt

References are made to Supreme Chancellor Dreillik, who finally makes an look nearer to the top of The Acolyte’s finale. Drellik is a member of the alien Tarsunt species. Interestingly sufficient, a Tarsunt served as Chancellor throughout the New Republic Era as seen in The Force Awakens. There was additionally a Tarsunt youngling on the Jedi Temple as seen in The Acolyte’s premiere.

11 Darth Plagueis

The Acolyte’s True Sith Master

As Qimir and Osha depart Qimir’s distant ocean world in quest of Sol and Mae, a hooded determine is seen watching them from the shadows. Based on the lengthy fingers, flat nostril, and yellow eyes in step with the Sith, this seems to be none apart from Darth Plagueis the Wise, the Muun Sith mater of Palpatine himself. However, it stays unclear if Plagueis is Qimir’s grasp, has tracked him down and intends to kill him as a rival, or needs Osha attributable to his distinctive existence. Either means, the first-ever display debut of Plagueis is a significant second in Star Wars franchise historical past.

Master Yoda Is Most Likely

Urgently attempting to get involved with somebody, it is unknown who Master Vernestra Rwoh was attempting to fulfill with. However, it was established by the being on the opposite finish that attempting to succeed in out to this particular person was fairly unorthodox. As such, a robust guess can be that Vernestra was attempting to get involved with Grandmaster Yoda who was usually on meditative retreats throughout the High Republic Era. Naturally, the top of the episode definitely helps this concept as effectively.

9 Samurai Clash

Sol vs Qimir

At the top of their unbelievable duel in The Acolyte’s finale, Sol and Qimir rush one another with lightsabers drawn, the final word victor initially being unknown. As such, this very a lot mirrors the basic samurai sword preventing trope often called a “single-stroke battle” or “passing strike”. Eventually, it is revealed that Sol received the duel, having severed Qimir’s lightsaber as he handed.

8 “Strike Him Down And Your Journey Will Be Complete”

Qimir Line Echoes Palpatine

After Mae takes Sol’s lightsaber, Qimir instructs Mae to strike him down and full her journey to the darkish aspect. Naturally, this line echoes Palpatine who stated the identical to Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. Wanting Luke to strike down Darth Vader, Empeor Papatine knew that Luke’s corruption to the darkish would start in earnest if he killed his father out of hate and anger, and Qimir knew the identical would occur for Mae…and/or Osha.

7 “Very Few With This Power”

Who Else Can Use The Force To Create Life?

Upon revealing the reality that Mae and Osha are the identical consciousness within the Force cut up by their mom into two beings, Sol claims that “very few” have the facility to govern the Force to create new life. However, one has to marvel who precisely he is speaking about. While Darth Plagueis can be one, he was unknown to the Jedi, so who else may wield this energy whom the Jedi have been conscious of? It’s definitely an fascinating thriller with key ramifications for each the Jedi and the Sith.

6 Star Wars Finally Debuts On-Screen Kyber Bleeding

Corrupting Kyber To The Dark Side

Picking up Sol’s lightsaber, the blue kyber inside turns purple in Osha’s arms as she offers into her hate, having realized the reality about her grasp and his homicide of her and Mae’s mom. As such, that is the primary on-screen depiction of kyber bleeding in Star Wars, a observe completed by Sith apprentices which explains why all of them wield purple lightsabers. Pouring all their rage, hate, and ache into the kyber of a Jedi they’d slain, the dwelling kyber bleeds. This is why Sol’s lightsaber turns from blue to purple, confirming Osha’s embrace of the darkish aspect.

5 Osha Kills A Jedi Without A Weapon

Force Choke

While Mae struggled to kill any Jedi with out utilizing a weapon in The Acolyte, Osha darkly succeeds the place her sister failed. Using the pressure to choke Sol, Osha’s homicide of her grasp accomplished the second a part of her darkish aspect initiation, seeing how Sith apprentices usually bled the kyber belonging to a Jedi whom they’d slain. As such, Osha appears to have completed each concurrently in The Acolyte’s finale.

4 Mae’s Brendok Survival Mirrors Luke Skywalker

Sucked Into A Tunnel

(*15*)

Leaving the witches’ compound, Mae reveals to Osha that she survived her fall as a baby by being sucked right into a core tunnel. This shouldn’t be in contrast to what occurred to Luke Skywalker after his Cloud City duel with Darth Vader in Empire Strikes Back. Humorously, even the tunnels look the identical.

3 Traditional Jedi Funeral For Sol

Funeral Pyre

Ultimately, Sol turns into a scapegoat, with Vernestra utilizing his dying as a part of a cover-up. However, the Jedi Master nonetheless gave him a correct Jedi funeral on Brendok all the identical. Just like the various Jedi who got here earlier than and can come after, Master Sol’s physique was burned on a funeral pyre on the very finish of The Acolyte’s finale.

2 “A Pupil Of Mine Before He Turned To Evil”

Vernestra Echoes Obi-Wan’s Line About Darth Vader

Having a mind-wiped Mae in her custody, Vernestra tells her that she wants her assist to search out somebody. When Mae asks who, she says “he was a pupil of mine before he turned to evil.” This is a reference to Qimir, seeing as how they each reacted to one another’s presence the second Vernestra stepped foot on Brendok. However, Vern’s line can also be the very same as Obi-Wan Kenobi’s when he first tells Luke about Darth Vader in A New Hope.

1 An Appearance From Grandmaster Yoda

As a Puppet, Not CGI

The last shot of The Acolyte’s finale sees Vernestra assembly with none apart from Grandmaster Yoda. This is most probably who she was attempting to attach with earlier within the episode. To that finish, this implies that Yoda will likely be knowledgeable in regards to the cover-up, and may even play a task in potential future seasons of The Acolyte. It’s additionally thrilling to see that Yoda seems to be to be a puppet in The Acolyte, relatively than being computer-animated as he was depicted in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

All episodes of The Acolyte are streaming now on Disney+.

The Acolyte

The Acolyte is a tv sequence set within the Star Wars universe on the finish of the High Republic Era, the place each the Jedi and the Galactic Empire have been on the peak of their affect. This sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite along with her former Jedi Master as they examine a number of crimes – all resulting in darkness erupting from beneath the floor and making ready to convey in regards to the finish of the High Republic.

Cast

Amandla Stenberg , Lee Jung-jae , Joonas Suotamo , Charlie Barnett , Dafne Keen , Leah Brady , Manny Jacinto , Rebecca Henderson , Carrie-Anne Moss , Jodie Turner-Smith , Dean-Charles Chapman , Lauren Brady , Anthony J. Abraham , Thara Shöön , Danielle Xin Yao Waterman , Sienna Khiroya , Jeramiah Evans , Dan Milne , Thomas Coombes , Archie Singh Swali , Nick Court , Ed Kear , Jumayn Hunter , Scroobius Pip , Abigail Thorn , Margarita Levieva , Amy Tsang , Saskia Allen , Deborah Rosan , Tabitha Alege , Paul Bullion , Indra Ové , Derek Arnold , Lewis Young

Character(s)

Mae , Master Sol , Kelnacca , Yord Fandar , Jecki Lon , Little Mae , Qimir , Master Vernestra Rwoh , Master Indara , Mother Aniseya , Master Torbin , Padawan Torbin , Little Osha , Fillik , Tasi Lowa , Youngling , Restrained Convict , Convict , Olega Urchin , Olega Master , Olega Padawan , Scavenger , Ensign Eurus , Mother Koril , Ensign Rane , Scout Sarria , Ensign Shima , Elder Jaalyn , Master Lakshay , Master Holden , Master Ki-Adi-Mundi , Jedi Knight

Seasons

1

Streaming Service(s)

Disney+

Writers

Leslye Headland , Charmaine De Grate , Kor Adana

Directors

Leslye Headland , Alex Garcia Lopez

Showrunner

Leslye Headland

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