We’re midway by The Acolyte, and I am calling it: The mysterious Sith Lord Mae (Amandla Stenberg) has been serving is none apart from Qimir (Manny Jacinto).
A former smuggler turned disciple of the Sith, Qimir acts as a handler of kinds for Mae. If she wants a poison to kill Jedi Grasp Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman), he’ll whip one up. If she wants recommendation on the place to seek out Jedi Grasp Kelnacca (Joonas Suotamo), he’ll information her by the jungles of Khofar. If she wants somebody to complain to about her cryptic Grasp’s missions, Qimir is all ears. (He is additionally completely comfortable to drink and take naps whereas Mae is out murdering Jedi.)
However Qimir’s bumbling smuggler exterior — “Han Solo without the rizz,” as Jacinto described him in an interview with Leisure Tonight — must be a entrance for one thing darker. Bear in mind his chilling supply of “You look exactly like her” when he first met Mae’s equivalent twin, Osha (Stenberg)? Or how shortly he subdued Mae when she tried to combat him? There’s clearly extra to him than meets the attention.
Plus, since Mae’s admitted she does not know who is admittedly lurking beneath that smiling Sith helmet, there is a good likelihood it is somebody we have already met. Possibly even somebody Mae already is aware of… like her accomplice in crime? In spite of everything, what higher approach is there for a Sith to test in on their acolyte than by shadowing their missions and getting a way of how they work?
The “Darth Qimir” hypothesis has been swirling amongst The Acolyte‘s followers for some time now. Maybe the largest piece of proof in favor of this concept is the truth that Qimir flat out quotes the primary line of the Sith Code, telling Osha, “Peace is a lie.”
Qimir? Is that you simply?
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However The Acolyte‘s fourth episode provides additional gasoline to the flames of Qimir’s potential Sith-hood. As he and Mae monitor down Kelnacca, Mae has a change of coronary heart about her entire mission. She traps Qimir and continues alone, leaving him hanging by his foot from a tree.
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The episode ends with Mae, Osha, and the Jedi contingent — together with Sol (Lee Jung-jae), Jecki (Dafne Eager), and Yord (Charlie Barnett) — converging on Kelnacca’s home. However earlier than they’ll all duke it out, darkness descends throughout the jungle. The Sith Lord has arrived, and the gang’s all right here to take this mysterious enemy on.
However guess who’s not round? Qimir!
Positive, possibly he is nonetheless floundering in Mae’s lure whereas his boss takes care of enterprise. Or possibly he waited till Mae was gone to make use of some Power methods to flee. Then, I think about he become his sick Sith getup utilizing regardless of the Star Wars equal of Clark Kent’s telephone sales space is. As soon as that is accomplished, he is able to take down some Jedi and educate his impudent acolyte a lesson.
The argument right here actually simply boils right down to: Have you ever ever seen Qimir and the Sith Lord collectively in the identical room? And the reply, in fact, isn’t any. As a result of they’re the identical particular person! I am (nearly completely) sure of it!
There’s nonetheless the prospect that Qimir is a crimson herring, and that I’ve fallen for it extraordinarily laborious. Possibly he is simply an intense Sith fanboy. Possibly the Sith is somebody completely completely different: A brand new risk is Mom Koril (Margarita Levieva), one of many Brendok witches whose physique was conspicuously absent from the remainder of the lifeless coven on the finish of The Acolyte‘s third episode.
But I’ve written off a scrubby, matted man as being the Massive Unhealthy as soon as earlier than, with Halbrand in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy. And look how that turned out! So with The Acolyte, I am trusting my instincts, and I am able to embrace Darth Qimir with open arms.
The Acolyte is now streaming on Disney+, with a brand new episode each Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET.
