The Acolyte Can Restore A Sith Legacy Star Wars Movies Ignored

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The upcoming Star Wars series, Star Wars: The Acolyte, is perfectly positioned to delve into the Sith Order’s greatest legacy in the canon universe. Following their apparent destruction, the Sith Order existed in secret, thanks to Darth Bane and the Rule of Two, which allowed the Sith to continue their machinations without directly confronting their ancient enemies, the Jedi. While little is known about The Acolyte, its basic premise and place on the canon Star Wars timeline allow it to tell a dark Star Wars story from the perspective of a Sith Lord in Darth Bane’s lineage.

In Legends, Darth Bane created the Rule of Two to check the intrinsically backstabbing ways of the Sith and ensure that only the strongest dark side users became Sith Lords. In canon, the Rule of Two also served as an attempt to replicate a Dyad in the Force, and this rule seems to have existed sometime before the Sith Order’s supposed destruction. Moreover, while Legends explored the lives of Sith Lords who came after Bane but preceded Darth Plagueis, the canon timeline leaves much of this lineage shrouded in mystery.

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While little has been revealed about The Acolyte, its descriptions imply that it will tell a story either partially or entirely from the perspective of a dark side user a century before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The Acolyte’s showrunner, Leslye Headland, hopes to show how Palpatine, a secret Sith Lord, infiltrated the Galactic Republic’s political system without the Jedi noticing. This makes the series perfect for further exploring Darth Bane’s lineage, perhaps showing a new version of Darth Tenebrous, the Sith mentor of Darth Plagueis — setting