The Stranger's Planet In 'The Acolyte' May Be Connected To Legends Stories
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In the first episode of The Acolyte, Lost/Found as well the latest episode, Teach/Corrupt, “The Stranger” (now revealed as Qimir) is seen on what is only referred to by the title card as “Unknown Planet.” This lack of identification has led Star Wars fans to speculate about the planet’s identity. There are currently two major theories about it, one of which was already debunked by series creator Leslye Headland.
As for the one that was debunked, many of the fans initially speculated that the planet where Qimir was training Mae-Ho Aniseya (aka “Mae”) and is starting to train Osha is Ach-To, the rocky, mostly ocean planet featured prominently in The Last Jedi (and somewhat in The Rise of Skywalker), where the first Jedi temple was built and where Luke Skywalker went into exile after the fall of his new Jedi Order in the Sequel Trilogy.
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However, among things disproving this theory, it is important to note there were no signs of life on the island similar to what was seen in The Last Jedi, such as Porgs or Caretakers. The episode went out of its way in "Teach/Corrupt" to show viewers very different lifeforms on the planet. Also, Star Wars has given us different planets with similar geographical terrains before. In The Force Awakens, Rey is discovered on the desert planet, Jakku. The Resistance is based on the jungle planet Ajan Kloss, in The Rise of Skywalker similar to Yavin 4 in A New Hope. However, The more definitive evidence that this is not Ach-To comes from the series creator, Leslye Headland.
She has said Qimir’s planet is not Ach-To, although she stated that it intentionally looks similar, "It's not Ahch-To. I know it's similar, and it was intentionally supposed to be similar in terms of terrain and feeling isolated and surrounded by water and less lush green and more rocky. But the idea is that cortosis is mined on this planet, so I don't think that's the case with Ahch-To. Part of the reason this is his home base is that cortosis is a very rare metal. I don't think we say it explicitly in the show, but that's a reason it's not Ahch-To."
The second major theory that has been gaining ground among Star Wars fans, especially people well-versed in the Legends continuity, is that the planet is known as Bal'demnic, a planet introduced in Legends as a major source of cortosis. This is significant for several reasons. For one, we recently learned that Qimir’s helmet was made from cortosis, a lightsaber-resistant ore, as we saw in the previous episode, Night when Qimir temporarily shorted out the Jedi’s lightsabers with his cortosis helmet.
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Second, and even more significantly, in the Legends novel, Darth Plagueis, it was revealed that Darth Plagueis’ Sith Master, Darth Tenebrous, came to the planet for its rich deposits of cortosis and Plagueis later acquired mining rights to a large portion of the main continent. It was also Bal’demnic where Darth Plagueis killed his former master, becoming the next Sith Lord who would one day train Palpatine as his apprentice. Palpatine would go on to slay Plagueis, which was heavily implied to Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith.
While Qimir wants to be Mae's master, with her as his acolyte, there may be another Sith Lord waiting to be revealed in the final two episodes. The two likeliest candidates for such a reveal, given the time frame of the series, as well as the possibility that the planet Qimir and Osha are on is indeed Bal’demnic could suggest the introduction of either Darth Tenebrous into canon or mark the first canon appearance of Darth Plagueis. Likewise, another possibility is that Qimir could be revealed as either Darth Tenebrous or Darth Plagueis, both of whom have been introduced only in Legends continuity to date.
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