The Acolyte Episode 6: Raises a 19-Year-Old Sith Question That May Never Be Solved

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00:00Welcome back everyone it is Amelia I hope you are fine.

00:10Star Wars The Acolyte raises a 19-year-old question about the Jedi's ancient war with

00:15the Sith.

00:16Set during the High Republic era, an era of the Star Wars timeline that takes place a

00:21few centuries before the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Acolyte provides vital context

00:26for why the Jedi fell at the end of Star Wars Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith.

00:31Star Wars has previously made it clear that the Jedi were arrogant, proud, and too deeply

00:36embroiled in the galaxy's politics.

00:39But the Jedi's millennia-spanning feud with the Sith played an important role as well.

00:44Though the Jedi of the prequel era believe, or were led to believe, that the Sith had

00:48been extinct for over a millennium, The Acolyte seems to prove them wrong.

00:52In The Acolyte Episode 5, Knight Kimir, Manny Jacinto, is revealed to be Mae's dark side

00:58master.

00:59Though the series has yet to fully confirm whether Kimir is a legitimate Sith Lord, he

01:03has no dark name.

01:05His violent fight with the Jedi, and Master Saul Lee Jung Jai, in particular, highlights

01:10one of the biggest conundrums faced by the Jedi Order.

01:13Kimir is an exceptionally ruthless fighter.

01:16He easily slaughters a dozen Jedi.

01:18Using only the Force, his dual red lightsabers, and his cortosis-infused gauntlet and helmet,

01:23Saul is the only one who truly manages to get the upper hand against him, nearly losing

01:28himself in the process.

01:30There's a moment in the episode where it becomes clear that Saul intends to fatally strike

01:35Kimir, ending the threat of this so-called Sith Lord once and for all, before he is reminded

01:40by his former padawan, Osha, Amandla Stenberg, that killing is not the Jedi way.

01:45Saul eventually relents, coming back to the light, citing the Jedi Code, reminding himself

01:50that the Jedi do not attack those who are unarmed.

01:53This scene is eerily similar to make Windu's confrontation with Palpatine in Revenge of

01:58the Sith.

01:59Mae gains the upper hand against Palpatine, and decides to kill him once and for all.

02:03He tells Anakin, who has arrived at Palpatine's office to stop Windu just in time, that Palpatine

02:09is too dangerous a man to be left alive, not just because he is a Sith, but because he

02:14controls the entirety of the Republic's government, as well.

02:18As a blanket rule, the Jedi do not kill.

02:20They are all about preserving light and life.

02:23As such, the Jedi also have a rule that they do not attack those who are unarmed.

02:28Once Saul disarms Kimir and the Sith Lord is separated from his lightsaber, Saul, a

02:32righteous Jedi who wants to honor the Code, has no choice but to try and arrest this mysterious

02:38darksider instead.

02:39When Anakin stops Mae from killing Windu, a similar logic is used, giving Palpatine

02:44the perfect opportunity to strike and kill Windu instead.

02:48Are the Sith ever truly unarmed?

02:49Though, isn't wielding the Force almost the same as being able to wield a weapon?

02:54What about Force lightning?

02:56What about the dark side mind probe?

02:58Fighting against a well-trained, unarmed Sith Lord is hardly the same as fighting against

03:03an unarmed bounty hunter.

03:04In both scenes, an argument can easily be made that Windu and Saul would have been right

03:09to kill their opponents for the good of the galaxy and that, at any time, they would have

03:14been evenly matched.

03:15Perhaps that is what the Jedi Code, and its rules of combat, have always tried to prevent.

03:21Maybe it isn't merely about preserving all life.

03:24Maybe it's about preserving the soul of the Jedi Order, no matter the cost to the galaxy

03:29and the innocent civilians who inhabit it.

03:32Given the circumstances, Star Wars, the acolyte's villain has the power to change how the audience

03:37sees the Jedi forever.

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