Star Wars: The Acolyte Should Depict Sympathetic Sith
Star Wars: The Acolyte was announced at Disney Investor Day in 2020, a sprawling event that also included reveals forObi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, Rogue Squadron, and more. The Acolyte stood out, though, due to its unique place in the Star Wars timeline and, in particular, its premise. Right now, most Star Wars projects seem to be set in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, or sometime after Return of the Jedi. However, The Acolyte takes place prior to the events of The Phantom Menace, marking this the earliest-set live-action project in the Star Wars timeline.
This show is described as a female-led mystery/thriller series that highlights powerful Dark Side users towards the end of The High Republic, an era that is currently being explored to great affect inStar Wars publishing. Given this, and the fact that the prequels made it known that the Sith were indeed lurking in the shadows at this time and waiting to pounce on an increasingly overconfident Jedi order, it seems likely that the Sith will appear. At the very least, some form of Force-sensitive Dark Side allies, like the Inquisitors, will be present. With this in mind, it’s a unique opportunity to explore something fans haven’t seen in Star Wars and to truly tread new ground in this 40+ year old franchise: sympathetic Sith, or characters who align with the Dark Side, but with whom the audience still connects to and feels for.
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As stated, throughout the history of Star Wars, sympathetic Sith Lords are a rare commodity. When looking at Palpatine, the most famous and evil of the Sith and the one that managed to take down the Jedi with his master plan, audiences see a
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