Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The recent trailer for The Acolyte finally gave a good look at Star Wars’ new Sith Lord, but also failed to uncover who this menacing villain actually is. Even Master Sol, played by Lee Jung-jae, asks “what are you?” Thus far, no name has been given for The Acolyte's main villain. The character appears to be humanoid, but their face is covered by a dark mask with a sickening, teeth-like grin.
Palpatine cannot exist during The Acolyte, as he was born in 84 BBY on Naboo, decades after the show takes place. Instead, the masked Sith must be one of Palpatine’s Sith Lord predecessors. Judging by the timeline, it’s likely the Sith is either Darth Plagueis the Wise—who Palpatine mentions in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith—or Darth Tenebrous, who is Plagueis’ Master.
It’s worth nothing that Leslye Headland—The Acolyte’s showrunner—is a massive Legends fan, and enjoys James Luceno’s Darth Plagueis novel. Similar to how Dave Filoni reintroduced and reimagined Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka, Headland could very well be using The Acolyte to bring back some well-known Legends characters. And considering how Darth Tenebrous’ link to Canon hangs by a thread, there is still a small chance the masked Sith could be a young Plagueis.
In short, the masked Sith in The Acolyte seems far too short to be a Muun. Furthermore, it would be near impossible for a long Muun head to fit in the mask of the unnamed Sith. Plagueis’ species is a solid Canon fact, so unless The Acolyte plans to retcon most of his character’s lore, the masked Sith cannot be Darth Plagueis. This leaves Tenebrous as the most likely character behind the mask, and there’s one massive similarity between the two that supports this theory.
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