"Are they that blind?" Uh, the Jedi didn't recognize that Palpatine was a Sith lord right under their nose. I think hubris is their kryptonite, always.

Sol went to the ship to report the incident. He left the scene as is because the Jedi will want to investigate the scene.

OSHA just saw Yord and Jecki killed because of Mae and y’all are confused why she doubles down on the Jedi law and order?

Because Qimir refers to Sol as master, maybe Qimir was "recruited/abducted" by the Jedi as a small child and Sol could sense the force and great potential in Qimir. Sol starts to train Qimir as an apprentice but then begins to sense the dark side within him and halts his training without explanation and abandons him, or even tries to unalive him because of the darkness within. Qimir then feels isolated and betrayed by the Jedi and Darth Plagus senses his intense emotions and power and is introduced to the dark side and the way of the Sith. Sol has a hard time recognizing Qimir because his mind has been so corrupted and clouded by the dark side that he is essentially a different person. Or Sol does recognize him and is so full of guilt he cant even admit it to himself. Just a thought.

As soon as I saw them arms, I became a Qimir girl through and through.

Unpopular opinion: Qimir should’ve been the protagonist of the Acolyte. No twins. No witches. Just “Qimir” training as a Sith apprentice and navigating the galaxy.

Qimir out there cashing cheques and snapping necks

Qimir didnt call himself a Sith. He said that the Jedi would call him a Sith. Not exact;ly the same thing.

He has no Sith origins. When asked what he was he merely said “you would call me a Sith.” It just meant “I don’t fall in line with your bs” and am still going to use his power as he sees fit. As he can’t be a witch, he’s not a Jedi so… I guess you’d call me a Sith.

Yord was being realistic about lightsaber combat. The only beings that can really use lightsabers effectively are jedi. For non force users a blaster is much easier to kill with. So the only real experience any jedi has against another lightsaber is dueling another jedi trained by jedi.

The choreography in this episode was fantastic, one of the best lightsaber battles we have ever seen. A story focusing on Qimir should have been the direction the show focused on.

When Qimir kills Jecki lon. That was a filipino martial arts move. Kali, also known as Arnis or Eskrima, is the martial art of the Philippines. Kali emphasizes fighting with tools like sticks, knives, swords, improvised weapons, as well as empty hand techniques. Manny Jacinto is filipino.

Acknowledging a jedi as a master isn't uncommon. Sidious called Yoda "master Yoda"

I think Qimir and his master were at the ascension ceremony. There are two mysterious figures flanking Aniseya, and you can see their breath, so I don't think they are coven members. I think Qimir's master is actually the one who can force possess people, they just made it appear as if Aniseya was doing it. I think Aniseya would be reluctant to "pull the thread." I think Sol cuts down Aniseya when Kelnacca is possessed, thinking it would sever the tie, but then realized he killed an "innocent" when the force possession tie was not severed.

They used real light-up devices with battery packs in them for this show, so kinda kills Erik’s thing for the choreography around the placement of where the beams “would be” (and also explains why the hilts are thicc hogs)

More Unpopular Opinion: The force healing isn’t really that big of a deal

Osha will kill Sol in the final episode without a weapon and this will be when she completely turns and fulfils her sister's original objective and becomes the Acolyte.

I just want to give a Shoutout to Stunt Coordinator Mark Ginther, Junchang Lu & Manny Jacinto. Because it can be seen how much Love they put into this episode. The fact this shows that you can kill a Jedi without a weapon (just snap their neck). Also gotta give it to Jecki (Dafne Keen) hopefully the next time we see her drop kick someone she has claws (X23). The Power of 1, The Power of 2.... the Power of Manny!!!!

My son and I knew he might be one of the first knights of Ren, who do not follow the rule of two…

Qimir found a pamphlet on the ground that said "So You Want to Be a Sith...?". He opened it, and it had quotes from L.Ron Hubbard, Ayn Rand, and Anton LeVay.... 😅

The amount of time it took Eric to open that lightsaber 😂

Is he really a Sith though? Or is he saying that any Force user who is not a Jedi tends to get lumped under the Sith banner when they may just be a dark Jedi or just a force user who does not adhere to the Jedi dogma.

Guys (and Maude). We KNOW he is tied into the story of the witches because of what Osha told Yord. She told him her mother knew how to get inside the heads of the Jedi. Just like Qimir did to Yord. Who tought Qimir? Hmmmmm???????

Remember in the first episode when Osha complains that there are no other children on Brendok? Looking back, was there more to that line? Does it have a pay-off? Was Qimir also there, perhaps hidden because it was an all-female coven? Is that how Quimir is attached to Mae and Osha and, by extension, to Sol and the other Jedi?

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What if Qimir and Sol are brothers separated by the Jedi.... I also noticed that, at times, it seemed as if Qimir was trying not to kill the Jedi. As though - until they saw his face, he wanted to further make the Jedi think something evil, yet unrelated to the Sith was causing their issues.

Sol knew that wasn’t Osha when she didn’t react to Jecki’s dead body.

Sol meet Qimir the day before. At that time Qimir asked Sol not to do any Jedi mind tricks on him. Qimir was mocking the fact that Sol could not sense the dark side user standing in front of him yesterday. Qimir is taunting this fact and provides another clue, when he refuses to take off his helmet, stating this wouldallow sol to do Jedi mind tricks. The main reason he would not take his mask off was he needed to hide his identity and it gave him an advantage in a light saber duel.

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Maude, I’m with you. I was ready for my red lightsaber as soon as I saw the arms 🤣

For a second I thought the thumbnail said, "SH*T ORIGIN?". I was like, damn TBR!

I remember a while back there was a rumor about Keanu being cast in a SW role for a project. I fully beleive that it was for the role of Qimir and it was changed to Manny. Given he would have worked a bit with Carrie Anne, it seems like it would have made sense. Thats the theory im going with, exp since in this role Manny does look a lot like it could have been Keanu

I know a little inside information !!!!May taught him from her mothers powers …..he has her powers now becoming the sith

I am waiting for the secret Dark Side master to be Mother Abeloth, who is not a Sith Lord, but is far more powerful and dangerous than the majority of Sith Lords that have ever existed. On a tier list of strongest dark side users to ever exist in Star Wars, she would be S-tier and happens to also be female, which is something the showrunners would've definitely been interested in exploring. Smilo Ren also literally has the same smile as Abeloth, and it makes sense that a witch coven with mind magic would be affiliated with Abeloth. One of Abeloth's specialties was mind-controlling Jedi knights, and she was able to turn Jacen Solo into a Sith Lord. Mother Abeloth would also want specifically one male apprentice / acolyte and one female apprentice / acolyte, because she is looking to recreate her Son and Daughter (from her family known as The Ones).

In Legends, one of Luke Skywalker’s descendants practiced force healing ,but in that book (i’m sorry I forget which book it is, but it takes place many decades after the new Jedi order), when he did it in that book force healing was frowned upon as a dark side trait.

disney gave erik a child locked lightsaber

Don't know if anyone else noticed this.. but that Kylo Ren theme is first played in Episode 1 Phtanom Menace when they are first shown landing on Tatooine. Check it out.

It feels like Qimir was somehow on Brandoc... Probably way off but what if he was the Witches 1st attempt at creating a Force child, but he lacked balance and was all darkside... So when they tried again they had twins in order to create balance between light and dark? I suppose Osha saying that her mother also knew how to get in a Jedi's head might have just been a red herring though.

How come everyone missed WHY Qimir force healed a saber wound on Oesha that she never received before Mae knocked her out?? MAE STABBED OSHA???

Hi! Love your coverage and discourse on all topics Star Wars! Stopping in to present a small idea I haven't seen mentioned anywhere. I suspect that Qimir is actually a very young Palpatine. He's not been named Sidious by Palgueis -- IE he has no name. This offers an explanation on why Qimir/Palpatine would have been working with the Witches -- furthermore explains his eventual connection to the witches of Dathomir. Also explains some of his behavior in the Acolyte series. Hiding, and manipulating from the shadows, only difference is he's young and makes the same mistake that Maul did on Courisant prior to Phantom Menace. Theres nothing to say that Palpatine didn't have many "acolytes" prior to Maul. Additionally, they've already augmented canon characters ages -- though in Palpatine's case, it could be explained away that Palgueis knew how, and did keep him alive for significantly longer than he would have normally lived through dark side sorcery. Again thank you for being a paragon of the Star Wars community! Keep up the amazing work!!

So all the LIGHTsabers don’t attract the bugs but just that one at the right time does? And he can whoosh away 10 jedis so easily but is helpless to get carried away ? If he has no rules why don’t he just take out his enemies immediately with the force. Crush their heads or just totally cripple them physically?

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Maude Garrett, you are totally awesome. LLAP 🖖

“It’s more than just his arms guys !!!!!!!” 😂 To true, he’s got the next “one” written all over him. Great comp with K Reeves. Great job trying to keep them on track, very funny banter.

Your, off the cuff, After Show theme was gold

I think the Vern whip shot is gonna take place on Brendok. I think it’s all leading back to there. I am expecting two flashback episodes, showing off Mae’s, Qimir’s and Sol’s POVs. Last one is gonna be Vern coming in and dying. Qimir will live, but only him.

Sol definitely looked uncertain about Osha (Mae) when he looked at her.

Force healing was common in the expanded universe, but it was self-healing. Jedi would enter a meditative state to heal minor injuries and it was required learning for Padawans.

WW Lightsaber moves at the start!!! They were dope!!

Why is everyone mad about Sol leaving the bodies. There needs to be an investigation. It’s a crime scene and the Jedi are essentially police.

I know lots of fans are saying Qimir is the apprentice, that he has a master, but why would his entire goal be finding a new apprentice? And he has master powers, he went through jedi master, Knights, padawans, so out numbered, not alot of sith apprentices that I can think of, could have done that, he just seems way more of a master sith to me, even if he shouldnt be in this show, but this show is changing some lore, wouldnt suprise me if they dont use a big name sith, and just created a new one for the show...

Regarding "everyone having healing now" (not a direct quote)... Don't forget, we've seen healing right from the beginning: Obi Wan healed Luke after Luke was attacked by the Sand People. We also saw Sidious heal Anakin on Mustafar after the fight with Obi Wan.

What was with the random jump cuts to the sith dude into different locations, can he teleport? They didn't highlight that well enough for me to understand what was going on, is he nightcrawler or batman

Been waiting all day for this and didn’t disappoint. 🤩

Watching him open that lightsaber box made me want to jump out my window idk why… 😂

I don't understand the focus on force healing. It's been a thing in Star Wars since some of the earliest games and books. Just because most aren't taught or can't use the ability doesn't mean it hasn't been there for the shows and movies to use. I love that they used cortosis, but i hate they didn't explain it for the new viewers that might not have read any books over the years.

The moths taking sithy away gave me the ants defeat Kang vibes

I been hearing some theories about how Jackie and Yord isn’t dead but severely injured. For instance Yord could be just paralyzed from the neck down due to his neck being snap since in some tv shows it shows that if they don’t do it correctly it would leave them paralyzed instead. Which would make Yord the first paralyzed Jedi. As for Jacki I don’t know if her species birth the same way we do but two out of three lightsabers stab just hit her arms so if the third one would be non fatal then she could survived with two badly damaged arms.

Noticed that when mae and osha hug, the sun is rising behind mae and its still shadow behind osha… idk if im just looking too much into it tho

I love Maude so funny 😂

Maude is the best thing TBR has ever done

Manny Jacinto is literally doing a Lord Helmet thing with his different voices and it is awesome.

I want to tease Tom so bad, but he kinda nailed it.

Maude is in this, I'm watching.

It sounds like theyre eluding that he knows Sal killed everyone for whatever reason. I think the witches thought the jedi were burning the place down and forced them into a conflict that led to them killing them all. They also mentioned he used the same technique as Oshas mom. Also Sal said he can tell hes no jedi basically saying hes had no jedi training. Id bet the witch that carried the twins in her womb lived and decided to have another baby but this time it was a boy and raised him to be a Sith and exact her revenge on the Jedi.

Love Maude's takes on Star Wars!

My guess is that like many dark side force users he was a mixed-up kid tormented about this or that and some enterprising Sith master came upon him and decide to recruit and turn him to the dark side and train him to help fulfill their personal agenda. E.g. Sidious with Maul, Dooku (admittedly no longer a kid) and Anakin, Dooku with Asajj, Maul trying to do this with Ezra, Sidious/Snoke with Ben, Ben trying to do this with Rey, etc. It's not that complicated and the process is well-known at this point. It's probably how Sidious was recruited when he was a kid. The real question is who recruited and turned him, and how that relates to the broader SW story line and the events that led up to the Jedi's fall 100 years later.

🌪️ I totally love the idea that Qimir is using the twins to get revenge on the Jedi but that’s not where I feel like they’re going. It’s like two separate stories going on at the same time which is creating a lot of confusion.

Is Brandon really Vince Vaughn?

Force healing is a Jedi skill featured in the book series MedStar II Jedi Healer - not sure if it's still canon - where Barriss Offee was sent to bases around the galaxy to heal Clone troopers during the Clone Wars. She had been fighting with Anakin and Obi-One and was bummed to be sent to heal "bodies and spirits." This is a Legends book series and I can't remember if those are still canon.

Qimir recognized Osha in the apothecary instantly. I think his "do you remember me?" thing was more of an observation of the Jedi not being as powerful as they seem.

Sorry to post so many comments I just feel safe here. Not that that ever stopped me from commenting LOL. But in case anybody here doesn't know, "REN" means Lotus flower. There was even a Buddhist sutra called "the Lotus Sutra". 'Myoho "REN" ge' in Japanese. The lotus flower is poluar in Hinduism and Buddhism becasue it grows in the mud but expresses itself in the sun WITHOUT mud on it. There is MORE to this symbology but I always thought the Nights of Ren was a fascinating concept and Kylo Ren was a cool name to me. I practiced Buddhism back in the day, I was maried to a Japanese woman born into the practice, and I have been down the rabbit hole. It's honestly one of the seepest rabbit holes. Good luck making sense of it from simple Wiki searches. Ok. I will spol the rabbit hole. The difference between Hinduism lotus flower concept and Biddhist lotus flower concept, First let me explain that Hinduism is like The Torah. Buddhism is like The New Testement. Jesus was Jewish. Christianity comes out of Judaism. Just like Buddhism comes out of Hinduism. Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamunit was a Hindu prince. ANYWAYS. The hindus understand that the Lotus flower is a pure flower even though it grows and is attached to the mud. It comes from the mud yet it is pure. Buddhists understand the Lotus flower on another level. A typical bush or tree will flower (the cause) and weeks, months later will bear fruit (the effect). It's like sex. We all know this. But what's so special about a Lotus flower (or a water Lilly)? The fuit bears at THE VERY SAME INSTANT that the flower buds. Cause and effect. Effect and cause. Both are happening IN THE SAME INSTANT. This is the Lotus sutra in a paragraph. You can be whatever you want to be, if you believe it. It doesn't take time, and most importantly (from a Buddhist point of view) you don't need to eliminate lifetimes of bad karma. You can be a Buddha in the flesh and blood that carries nightmares in the now.

Yall really don’t wait 24 hours before putting spoilers in thumbnails.

Journey to the dark side apparently starts with those arms. Maude, you were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them!

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The hubris of the jedi and the fsct that they give in to dark side inpulses all the time is a huge theme in this show. It's such a brilliant exploration of why the Jedi Order failed and why they have never been able to completely eradicate the Sith.

Qimir: I think he is Sol's child

You know, as you guys were talking about Force Healing, a thought came to my mind that maybe Disney might have originaly got the idea of Force Healing from the Naruto anime.

Qimir calling Sol “Master Sol” doesn’t mean a damn thing.

I wonder if Sol's memories were wiped at some point, like Osha's seem to have been.

Sith made a deal with Witches having to do with the dyad twins, Jedi found out somehow, tracked them to Brendock where we see Sol try to recruit Osha. Sith instigates fight through witches where they control the Jedi to fight themselves, leading to the destruction of the witches and Sith swoops in for the seemingly stronger twin but the will realize he got the wrong one. Thats all I got so far

Sol is going to realize it’s May by looking at her arm. She doesn’t have the tattoo that Osha has 😎

40:18 maybe Sol is in shock. He might catch on quickly

4:04 What had qimir been doing in the meantime, curls! A whole lot of curls

If Chris Stuckmann wrote this Sol would have a comback line to quimir "tell that to Yord's snapped neck!"

Fights with lightsabers but what those guns? Dame! lol

Maybe, “Kill a Jedi w/out a weapon,” means, “Kill a Jedi who is disarmed?”

🌪️ I thought this was going to be like an isolated incident kind of dealt with whatever issues or a couple of Jedi had with whatever this mystery killer thing was, but then it turned into again trying to tell a small little story in this big universe of Star Wars, which they cannot help to do. They just cannot help themselves trying to link something small into the bigger universe of Star Wars and I think that’s where it all went wrong.

perhaps these 4 jedi all had dark-side tendencies, and found a way to lock-away aspects of their own psyche, to conceal it from even themselves. Then they found Osha, who was dark-leaning, and after osha tried to kill Mae (instead of the other way around) they did the same thing to her...

So Mae's POV was of the Jedi taking her sister after killing her kind. Osha's POV is of Mae trying to take her sister after killing her new kind, the Jedi. Mae sees this as necessary and just whereas Osha was always the one being taken.

I think they just chose to leave the recovery of the bodies off camera. For example he could go back to the ship to get droids to retrieve them.

How was he causing the lightsabers to short circuit?

What if Qimir is being puppeted by Jodi Turner-Smith's Mother Aniseya? She's the one asking if Sol remembers her and senses her familiar power. A Carrie-Ann Moss was also a twin reveal isn't outside the realm of possibility either.

My read was Qimir. Saying ‘Sith’ was him commentating on how Jedi are so black and white. He’s ’s using the dark side so the Jedi will think he’s Sith. His healing shows he’s something else right?

The ability that was exclusive to the Dyad was life force transfer. Ben transferring his life to Rey to bring her back from death. Normal Force healing of wounds is not the same. No one other than two Dyads could revive the other because they are two that are one. Source: secrets of the sith

🌪️ oh man, I totally forgot about that whole Jecki scene with osha. If the philosophy is that when something dies, it becomes part of the force and that’s a good thing why is Sol having such a problem with everybody dying unless he has issues with his emotions and he is more clingy than most of the other Jedi. That’s another thing from the beginning is coming off a lot more emotional than any of the other Jedi you’ve seen up to now. All the Jedi are very stoic and focused and have their emotions in check but not Sol.

I think killing a jedi without a weapon means tricking the jedi into sacrificing themself for you

Qimir was being trained at the temple of witches. His mother was one of the witches. The Jedi find out that there is more than just Mae and Osha being trained there. Qimir mother or Qimir himself will posses Torbin to attack the other Jedi and chaos will breakout. Everyone will die except for the 4 Jedi, Mae, Osha, and Qimir. That’s why he feels familiar to SOL and Qimir asks why he doesn’t remember him. Qimir takes Mae and trains her to get the revenge on the Jedi that killed his mother.

The light saber fighting was awesome in this episode, everything else kinda missed