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When Sol comes face to face with the masked person, their mask is clearly visible. And to no one's surprise, this series is very good at masking sick bad guys. very nice. The metal piping that looks like a row of teeth on the skull, the crack in the visor, the flared neck guard on Vader/Kylo, it's really awesome. We know very well what it is like, but our heroes do not. This may be the first time most living Jedi encounter the Sith at this point.
Almost certainly they could be the last too.There was a huge uproar when the first trailer was released acolyte It was somehow contradictory. Star Wars Canon, based on lines from Ki-Adi-Mundi phantom menace There, he confidently states that the Sith had not been seen for thousands of years before Qui-Gon encountered Maul on Tatooine. The gist of this line is: We already knew that wasn't true, since Maul and Sidious had clearly been working under the Council's nose for some time. phantom menace anyway.It reflects the attitude of the Jedi at this point. Star WarsThey have become so rebellious, so wrapped up in the political hostility of the Republic, that they cannot see or refuse to see the return of their mortal enemy.
But still, how could this masked figure, a Sith wielding a red saber, understand that line? There are multiple possible answers. The first is that they simply kill any Jedi they see in the jungle, and then no information becomes public. Second, and equally likely, the Jedi either defeated him or somehow escaped, and the possibility of a second coming of the Sith is so dangerous that news of this encounter would be lost to those who were present and The decision was made immediately that the information should never be communicated to anyone other than those who were present at the time. Beyond informing the Jedi Council, the Jedi Council continues to pretend that all is well here for the next century.
given that acolyte it's all about exploring institutional flaws It would be very interesting to see the Jedi Order cover-up come back another 120-odd years later to bite them in the ass. But for now, no one knows what will happen. But there are many ways to mesh this moment with Ki Adi's dialogue without necessarily contradicting it. After all, as one Jedi told us, your eyes can deceive you…we must not believe them.
You'll see how reliable our eyes are acolyte Streaming starts on Disney+ from June 4th.