Episode five, “Night”, of The Acolyte is dark and complex with the series mystery! On Khofar, the Jedi led by Sol encounter The Stranger who cuts down the Jedi, Jecki has managed to bash off his cortosis weave helmet, but The Stranger kills her! Osha sees the murder. He reattaches his lightsaber. Sol whispers Jecki’s name. The Stranger asks, “Was that its name?” The dissocation of a person is the trait of a psychopath. Sol tries to reason saying she was a child, but The Stranger counters that the Jedi Master brought her to the battle, The Batman and Robin Problem. This is not a casual relationship, because Sol brought Jecki doesn’t mean someone should kill her. The former Qimir may be bringing up something in Sol’s past. He greets Mae and then tosses his cloak onto Sol.
Then, he Force Pulls Mae into his choking grip. The Stranger notes that Mae didn’t realize it was him. Sol ignites his lightsaber, but The Stranger blocks with one hand, Mae choking in the other! The Stranger says Sol attacking him with his back turned, snaps off his lightsaber, and then holds the hilt to Mae’s head! Sol closes his lightsaber and then tosses it. Not as heroic as Luke throwing his lightsaber facing the Emperor. It is interesting that Sol would forfeit for Mae. He asks what is his opponent. The Stranger says he has no name, The Man With No Name is Clint Eastwood cowboy trope, and then says the Jedi might call him Sith. This doesn’t immdiately mark him as a Sith Lord. He said might call him Sith. This could be a Nightbrother like Savage Opress, the brother to Maul, connected to the Witches of Dathomir. An association to Mother Aniseya’s coven?
Sol asks what he wants. The Stranger kicks Mae down and says he wants freedom to use his power. This similar to Mother Aniseya, but she was more calm, they didn’t kill the Jedi from what we saw in Ep. 3, but we saw what happened to the coven. He says he wants a pupil, an Acolyte, Headland said in an interview that there is a Master and Apprentice. The Apprentice looks for an Acolyte to overthrow the Master. So he is the Apprentice. Who is the Master? I still have my suspects. He rejects Mae for breaking their deal and revealed him. Then, The Stranger says he has to kill all of the Jedi there. He adds that the Jedi say he can’t exist. This is one of the questions of this series, can anyone practice the Force without the Jedi? There was the reclusive Bendu on Atollon that used the Force and trained Ezra Bridger in Star Wars: Rebels. Again, the Jedi didn’t stop the Nightsisters in Clone Wars.
The helmet is pulled by the Force to the hand of Yord who leaps into a swing with his lightsaber! He uses the helmet to short out The Stranger’s blade and gets locked in a hold with him! Osha watches and Yord recognizes him from Olega. The Stranger breaks his arm and then twists him around to snap his neck! Two of our cast lost in one episode! He throws Yord’s body aside and Mae starts to run. Osha takes out her stun blaster, Mae turns to see her, and Osha hits her with a blast. The miss on Olega may not have ben on purpose, but Osha is accurate. Sol yells and then goes into hand to hand combat with The Stranger. Sol headbutts him and then kicks him away! He has given into anger. Sol ignites his lightsaber, pulls up the Stranger, and holds it to his neck. Osha calls out his name. He is desperate, but Osha holds him back, the reason will be interesting.
The former Qimir says he has accepted his darkness, I wonder how Sol could affect him with the Force now that he doesn’t have his helmet. He asks what has Sol done with his darkness and the Jedi Master steps back. What is Sol’s darkness? It may be answered in Ep. 7. I think the least Sol could do is knock out The Stranger. The umbramoths flap around in the misty trees, Pip warns Osha, she gets Sol’s attention and glances upwards. Sol closes his lightsaber and The Stranger Force Pulls his weapon to his hand. Osha looks at Pip and says she loves him and he starts to light up like a beacon. She attaches Pip to the back of The Stranger and dodges his lightsaber swing! The umbramoths swarm down, The Stranger cuts them with Sai Tok swings, but he is pulled up into the darkness by the umbramoths! Osha asks Sol why The Stranger told her not to trust him. I think his secret may be like a selfish version of Qui-Gon Jinn with Anakin. He says he will explain, but is stunned by Mae.
Morning on Khofar, a confrotaton with the sisters, Mae drops the stun blaster. She smiles seeing Osha again. Osha can’t believe what she has done. Mae says it was for Osha and their family, revenge for Brendok? Osha says that lives were lost and that Jedi were more her family. Mae says that she forgot who they are and Brendok with the coven. Great scene with Amandla Stenberg and herself. She says the Jedi invaded their home. This was clear to us with Ep. 3 even from Osha’s perspective. So what was Sol saying to her? Osha says that Mae started the fire and she was saved by the Jedi. Mae says the Jedi “brainwashed” her. So this is not the complete truth. She seems forgiving to her sister and hugs her.
Mae says she loves her and asks Osha to choose her, she cries, I think sincere. She says they only have each other. Osha twists her around and says she is a criminal. Actually, she doesn’t have authority, it would have to be a Jedi. Osha says she followed a “false Master”, Mae says it is the same with Sol, and she flips Osha back. Mae says that Sol only gave her a life without love and family, true. Osha breaks her hold and elbows Mae back. Mae uses the two palmed Force Push just like her mother taught her! This slams Osha into a rock unconscious. Mae walks up to her and says she could never block. She Force Pulls Kelnacca’s lightsaber and slices her long locks. Chanting is heard, like the coven?
Pip falls from the trees as well as leaves. The Stranger drops down with his lightsaber and he shuts it down. Bazil shuffles over to see him and picks up Pip. Sol coughs and wakens. He is greeted by Osha or at least someone who looks like her! Mae helps Sol up and says her sister is gone. They head to the ship. The alien traders are playing what looks like dejarik with physical pieces. Sol and the Osha impersonator walk past them to the ship. In the corridor, Bazil sniffs unnoticed. The Stranger walks to his helmet and picks up as well as his cloak. He goes to Osha, in Mae’s clothes, holding his hand at her wound. The Stranger calls them “extraordinary beings” and puts his cloak on Osha. The Acolyte continues to twist expectations including losing two of the cast and the mystery of Sol deepens!
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