I still feel like he’s more like a sith assassin rather than a Sith Lord

I like how talking shit is a force technique

I won't lie, I really enjoyed that but He feels more like a renegade sith than a member of the rule of two.

He's definitely the Sith apprentice seeking to overthrow his master. He's not even fully swimming in the dark side. His eyes aren't a sith yellow ish red. I bet his master will show up at the end to beat his butt.

This sith is what kylo ren should've been

I, for one, am enjoying this show, despite its flaws. Personally, I'm expecting Qimir to be an apprentice that is seeking his own apprentice to help overthrow his master. After all, it wouldn't be the first time a Sith Apprentice in the Rule of Two Era failed. If he dies, I can see certain Jedi covering it up so that it makes it look like he was a Sith-wannabe. Furthermore, he's likely going to explain the Rule of Two to someone before his demise, and that information will find its way to Yoda, who'll go on to reiterate such in The Phantom Menace, explaining why he knew about the Rule of Two in TPM. What I'd LOVE to see is if he is actually the current apprentice to Plaguies, and following Qimir's death, he bides his time in finding a replacement in the form of Palpatine. Muun's have longer lifespans after all, and if Plagueis remains a Muun in canon, this theory holds water. If we're so fortunate, we'll get teased for a live-action Plagueis

I believe that’s the case, he’s the apprentice seeking one of his own.

There has been no claim that Qimir is even part of the rule of two sith. He himself said that what he is has no name but that the Jedi would call him a Sith. He said he wanted freedom to use his power how he wants which makes me think he is outside of the rule of two sith and sees them as a threat since he doesn't follow their rule of two. I think he is a force user who found sith artifacts and teachings and doesn't have a traditional master. He will probably be hunted in the end by not only the Jedi but also the rule of two sith of this era for bringing the attention of the Jedi and for endangering the plan of the rule of two sith just as Maul and Savage Opress were.

He is the Apprentice. He just takes too many chances to be the Master. And I feel that he was using Mae as a pawn to carry out his assignments. It’s just that on the surface both Mae and his goals seemed to add up. For her, killing the 4 Jedi who she blames for what happened 16 years ago, is just one of two options in her pursuit of justice. The other being to let the “true” as she understands it, to be heard by the Jedi Council so that those 4 Jedi could be tried and arrested. Where as he just needs to kill some Jedi without a weapon.

Sol was giving him the hands 😂

Honestly one of best episodes so far really short and he played a good sith in my opinion also I wish episodes where longer

That was one hell of an episode. The dude was *not* messing around.

Personally, I think that Qimir might not be a Sith at all because when asked what he was he says that what he is has no name but that the Jedi would call him Sith meaning that he himself does not identify as a Sith.

I think this fight was fantastic, goes to show how unprepared the Jedi are, how terrifying Sith can be, and shows a lot of character and world building through the fight. This guy is like the opposite of the last new dark side user we saw in the live actions shows; Baylan Skoll. Baylen is very calm and deliberate, probably a result of his Jedi training; but this new guy is wild and uses underhanded tactics; very fun to see.

As Darth Bane would say of the 7th form, "Juyo is the master of control, not the loss of it."

Seeing him killing a few Jedi is rather impressive. For a Sith, he fights well and knows how to kill his Foe.

The Way Qimir fights kinda reminds me of Ventress. Like Qimir, Ventress is implied to not be following any specific technique and is mostly just cutting loss. They both compensate for their unrefined forms with the use of their strength in the darkside and their wits. On the topic of Ventress, this fight scene also reminds me of Ventress's duel with Luminara. Where Luminara gets bested by Ventress due to her unconventional approach towards fighting. The Sith assassin slashed pipe releasing hot steam inorder to blind Luminara before cutting multiple pipes to trap her under. Luminara even notes that Ventress was unlike any other opponent she faced implying she's not use to fighting someone who's constantly fighting dirty. In both these duels the Jedi get their asses handed to them because they're not use to fighting someone who doesn't fight by their terms which causes them to be caught off gaurd.

Dude’s a tiger and a snake and I loved every second of seeing him on screen

Actually didn’t hate this episode. Darth Smiley is a good addition!

His dark side ability sounds like he's just an ELITE LEVEL ONLINE TROLLER!!!

Impressive...most impressive.🗡🤖⚔️

Qimir’s helmet looks like a shark!!

I don't think that Qimir is a member of the Rule of Two. He is propably a force user who hated the Jedi and at some point found some old Sith teachings. In the legends book Darth Plagueis it is mentioned that there were many dark side users in the galaxy and some of them even called themself Sith without having any connection with the Bane line.

She was only a child.......You brought her here.....RIP padawan

I was really impressed by Qimir, but surprised how sol was able to overpower him. He just took out 4 Jedi Masters (or knights, who knows) and Sol is able to fight him to a stalemate and nearly kills him in hand to hand combat which is crazy!

As soon as the lightsaber shorted out I immediately yelled, all excited, is that cortosis?!? I’ve not read the comics but, because I’m familiar with legends, and the games, I immediately recognized it.

great video as always stupendous love the theory and explained videos keep this up brotha

Qimir is ruthless. Cunning. Merciless... What seems like a haphazard and unpredictable marauder is actually a calculating and patient warrior who has studied, trained and prepared to kill Jedi, even when the odds are stacked against him. He does indeed seem like a "high risk, high reward" sort of individual, which is somewhat sensible for a Sith and yet no, I do not believe Qmir is a Sith Master. I think he is the Apprentice... or perhaps he may even be a renegade Sith, either denounced or dismissed from the role of the apprentice, and so he seeks his own apprentice in order to usurp the Master and truly claim the title of Sith for himself Qimir said a Jedi would call him a Sith. There's a subtle bit of gray area in those words... that a Jedi would _call him_ a Sith, as tho to imply he is not _truly_ a Sith. Qimir did not directly say something along the lines of "I _am_ Sith" This could indicate Qimir was the Apprentice for a time but he fell short of his Master's high bar and so was denounced as a failure. His machinations thus far, along with his deceptions and manipulations, indicate he was indeed trained by a powerful and experienced practitioner of the Dark Side at the very least. He's too well trained and knowledgeable to simply be dismissed as a dark Jedi While there are other Dark Side users and affiliations in the galaxy apart from the Sith, Qimir's methods and skills are much too keen and dangerous to be taken lightly, as he proved himself a dangerously skilled and merciless killer of Jedi. Even the way he murdered poor Jecki was ruthless and left me shocked in the brutal way he slew her with three sudden stabs through the chest with a hidden saber while he had her blade-locked Regardless, I feel there's more going on here and that Qimir unnecessary risks, along with his youth, are too much indication that he is not a Sith Master, that he is either the Apprentice or even a failed apprentice

This is really interesting. Qimir seems really interesting. It's cool story if he's the apprentice looking for acolyte to overthrow his master. Juyo is one of the best lightsaber forms. May the Force be with you too😊

Manny Jachinto and Lee Jung J are by far the two best characters. This show should have revolved around them and the Sith as we were originally promised.

Can't wait to meet his mater....

He was prepared. The armor, his power and what neck snap boy mentioned about getting in their heads like we saw the witches do. So a mental and physical assault with the wild card of the armor.

I hope he's a fallen jedi that found a sith holocron, learning from their teachings without knowing of the rule of two. I hope at the end the two sith actually show up after the jedi assume they have destroyed Qimir and left him for dead.

I read the Star Wars from Wookieepedia. It says, The Sith also did not follow the traditional rules of lightsaber combat, making extensive use of Tràkata and got into the minds of his enemies.

Can I just say thank you, I know you and your friends haven't been the biggest fan of the show but thank you for not just sucking the enjoyment and life out of star wars while still making good content and only making genuine critiques and without being hateful

In episode 1 when Qui Gon fought Maul he said "He was trained in the jedi arts". Sol is utterly confused about the strangers' fighting style. Which might indicate he is NOT a sith.

He either an assassin like Ventress/pre TPM Maul or a very skilled Dark Jedi

I'm a fan of the Acolyte, best choreography since the prequels

My personal theory, is that he is a sith adept. Still an apprentice to a master, with may as his acolyte puppet to administer his will and be disposed of once she stops being useful. He appears to be that of a shadow assassin, an incredibly dangerous one at that whom may have also been trained as a marauder so that he may be used as the will of his master, able to take on entire teams of jedi at once. He does however, act as though he is very much still an apprentice even with formidable power and experience with a blade. He admits to being a sith, something that categorically should not happen in the rule of two and outright ignores the rule of quiet action. This also is somewhat more of an apprentice action, rather than a soth lord. I believe the final reveal of the series is going to be a cliffhange for a series about this sith and his journey to becoming a lord, on par with that of a sith master before he becomes the dark lord in his own series and even perhaps his selection of apprentice. It would show us each stage, while creating a mini saga within the high republic era

Best break down I’ve seen

What kinda lunatic has 'Born to Kill' and 'No Peace but the Force' inscribed on his lightsaber? and the sith apprentice replied, 'i was trying to articulate the Jungian thing,sir. the duality of man'

I’m just glad Disney learned how to do saber combat choreography. The child Jedi actress did such a good job.

My guess is that he is probably a fan favorite character from the acolyte now because that’s sick.

Such a great episode 🔥 5 delivered as I thought it would. Our Boy Qimir put in work heavily , his skills are on fire & them high republic jedi got absolutely humiliated 🤣 I couldn’t stop laughing with the way he killed the ones he fought in the beginning & then When Yord got his Neck snapped I was on the floor in stitches! I love the Brutality of a Sith / DarkSide Combatant 🤣🔥.

Great video

Really glad manny jacinto got to perform, really mad at the script he was given

Not a sith of the Bane line, I think. More likely someone who discovered an ancient sith holocron and learned from it. Granted, he seems too well trained, so I may be wrong, but it's the only way that his willingness to reveal himself makes any sense, as well as the way he put it, what was it, "you would call me a sith?" That implies that he's not an official apprentice of the sith lineage, just someone who learned their ways some other way (leaving a holocron as the most likely option).

He smoked them that’s what I think💯

I can't wait to be him in "Battlefront 3".

Think you're wrong on this one, he's using Florida-man lightsaber form. Hes chaos incarnate, the jedi never stood a chance

The Stranger went into this, knowing Mae was weak and backing out. He wanted to see this through for a reason, even if he was on his own. His training is reflective of what his Master paced him on; it'd would've been rough and challenging judging his efficient moves of the blade, conservation of energy and switching up styles and techniques quickly. I believe he was trained as a child not an adult to develop the experience and hone his Force mind-skills. Did the Master want the Sith to revealed like this, by a too eager and ambitious apprentice? After a millennia of lurking, planning and plotting? A game of patience? What's the penalty for alerting the Jedi before the time was right?

Qimir was awesome. Each episode the mystery deepens. Qimir was behaving exactly how I imagine a Sith Ord should. Now, I want to see vader unleashed, on some planet, mowing down some poor Jedi who was lucky enough to survive Order 66. Maybe he catches up with Quinlon Vos and Ventress near The Path while they're ferrying a few Jedi to safety. There's so much potential. They can stay in the past and just do whole series dealing with Darksiders unless the RT score dissuades Lucasfilm from doing a project desling withthe past or the darkside for a while. It's a shame. Not perfect...but a 15? Come on now...

Best way I cope with this reveal is that he is just a dark side user like the witches and has no idea what he is talking about.

I love this video!

Sol and Qimir gave me flashbacks to the Elder episode of Visions

I see another pattern within Qimir: His Cortosis armor is strong against lightsabers, but weak against physical force. Then he teaches Mae, his acolyte/apprentice, to fight without a weapon. I feel like he wants to prepare her for the classic Rule of Two development of her eventually turning against him. Telling her how whe would be able to defeat him without explicitely telling her that it is his weakness.

Yes, I have that theory as well. I thought about it during the fight because he seemed too impulsive for a Sith master, a master never would’ve been taken away by those moths.

They already shot down The Acolyte S2, good choice.

I don't think this guy is an apprentice at all. From what I see he is more akin to Ventriss as a Sith Assassin. If you played SWOTOR you can see the similarities. He also has some traits of the Sith Warrior class. I would say that the Master is using him just as Ventriss was used to throw the Jedi off the scent. He is the "look over here not over there" guy.

"Hellish Rebuke" for Sith.

I agree prob an apprentice, but I am happy to see you like some aspects of his character!

He's been the best part of the show. Most of the other characters haven't been interesting but I like this dudes ruthlessness

My dude was yoked too.. was a pretty good episode to dang shortt though

Qimir's skill reinforces the fact that Sith Apprentices if he is one are more powerful than many Jedi knights/masters. I always hoped somewhere along the way we'd see the rule of two cast aside for the return of the days where the Sith numbered in the hundreds of thousands.

He definitely looks dope.

I think he’s the apprentice and his master may have even had foreknowledge that he was trying to train an acolyte “in secret,” (despite the master knowing exactly how this all works already) and the whole Mae vendetta thing caused the whole process to spiral nearly out of control and expose them prematurely, and in the end the master is going to kill him for his carelessness and recklessness even though he silenced the Jedi.

Besides the fact that he uses Juyo, he also seems to use Trakata in some scenes, which would also be in character, given his armor and mind games

The acolyte story and lore is weirdly all over the show ...but that fight 😮 genuinely one of the best Star wars live action fights in YEArs more of that please hats off to Manny,Dafne and lee jung for the sequence ,Manny(Qimir) apparently trained really hard for it 🤘

He could be an apprentice, but he can also be an assassin like Darth Maul.

A question and a comment… During his battle with Sol, Qimir said something about not wanting to take off his helmet because he didn’t want Sol to be able to read his mind. So I’m curious, is Cortosis force resistant? For example, would it protect the wearer from Jedi mind tricks? I like the idea that Qimir is a Sith apprentice, and I think the reason he might have revealed himself to the Jedi is in part revealed when he said that he wanted to be able to use his power however he wanted. So it makes me think he feels trapped or confined by his master and tired of having to hide and wait, and wants to be able to wield his power now.

His name is Smilo Ren

He is almost certainly the apprentice.

I believe we'll find out Qimir and Master Sol know each other from when Qimir was young.

might have to actually give Acolyte a watch now

It's becoming easier and easier to just adopt the philosophy that the only canon are Episodes 1 - 6.

I have a feeling that Smile O Ren isn't going to survive but neither will Sol. He's not the master but gave us a great look at the possibilities

I always saw the "Rule of Two" as less of an absolute and more of a "suggested guideline" for members to keep in mind. For the sake of getting my point or rather said, my perspective across, lets imagine Disney never stripped down the lore and what majority of us would consider cannon will be treated as such. Yes, the "Rule of Two" came into being under Darth Bane after the Sith Empire was culled in part due to rampant in-fighting, as well as Bane's desire and ambition to hold to sole position of power. So, both by his hand and subterfuge, Bane all but wiped out the entire Sith Empire, then instilling what we know as the "Rule of Two" so the Sith though small in numbers can use that to their advantage by disappearing in plain sight among the people. There is only supposed to be those two, Master and Apprentice, although most very devoted fans I am sure are at least aware that in many expanded works Sith have betrayed each other with either the Apprentice taking on one of their own, or Master's with multiple secret Apprentices. Yes the Sith never got even close to the size of the Sith Empire, but it always felt to me like a handful of Sith were out there cuz a couple Masters or Apprentices likely always up to some shady sh*t and pulling stunt moves out there somewhere. That is why in my head it seemed likely a few Sith were always out and about, even if they remained unknown, until they aren't.....

Awesome Sith dude

Amazing video and what if the sith stranger turn off his lightsaber then back on again and off again while fighting the Jedi to take them down in episode 5 of the Star Wars acolyte series.

He’s really strong in the force, he has to be a Sith Lord but most likely an apprentice. He maybe Darth venamis from the plageuis novel.

Not gonna lie, this episode single handedly save this series for me. I was about to completely drop this series after ep 4. But this ep helped to keep me engaged again

I think he is what Ventress was to Dooku. Palpi knew about ventress as well.

The Sith dude was a hell of a lot better than all those Jedi…The short has blonde 👱 girl who cuffed Maya was the only one who was brave enough to face him by herself!!!

Well this episode and then end of the last one got my attention back a little so I'm gonna stick with it and hope we get some good stuff. It has potential for sure

Great review and very insightful. It is unlikely after 900 years, that the Jedi duel each other to the death…they likely spar. Those two are not the same. So lightsaber to lightsaber…it’s plausible that Qimir could win even against so many opponents, especially with your explanation. However, he strait Force Pushed like 8 Jedi, most of which were Jedi Knights and a Jedi Master. They knew he was force sensitive…they watched him “float” down. Then saw him Force Push Osha. They certainly teach how to block Force Push. There is zero explanation for this level of power…coupled with him getting worked by a Jedi Padawan moments later.

I love Juyo so much, I'm glad at least the choreography in this fight was pulled off really well, regardless of the quality of the rest of the series. You can just really see him doing moves the Jedi don't expect. Juyo just feels like fighting a Dark Souls boss that might not be as hard as others, but seems so erratic and unpredictable that the first few tries feel way more hopeless than on a harder but more telegraphed boss. Only in this case the Jedi only have their first try 😅

No cap, that boi was cookin lol lol lol 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

He was literally the SOL SURVIVOR

Can you do a video on his lightsaber hilt

Kylo Ren’s background music can be heard slowly in the end.

The padawan merely has 3 flesh wounds and will be back next episode. RIP the other guy tho. He got Zodded.

I liked this episode a lot. Finally! What lightsaber form do we think Master Sol is using?!? Seemed like Master Sol was well matched against Qimir.

Reminds me of something lex Luther would use, a suit specifically designed to take down superman but would break like glass if any non kryptonion went up against it .

I noticed we didnt see Sith yellow eyes

Bad and inconsistent fight choreography is a Sith trade secret.

Qimir is pretty cool. So far I've not been a fan of the show but this was the best episode yet. He's badass, he's unique and he's left me with a lotta questions - in a good way. My main concern now, which I know most people also have, is that he's 100 years too early to be revealing himself. I'm hoping they can explain this in the last 3 episodes but as it stands right now, Maul's only line in the prequels has been retconned and to me that's just disrespectful lmao. I'm fine with a lil bit of retconning, but retconning first the "child of the force" thing and THEN to retcon Maul's only line? Outta line Disney come on, don't do my boy like that. He already had a rough time that movie lmao.

I believe that he is maybe the first of the Knights of Ren. If you listen closely in the background of the new episode you can hear Kylo Ren's theme.

They are going to reveal that his name is plegus

You should make a video about the ren knights. I feel like this guy isn't a sith lord, he has no name after all, but maybe one of the first ren knight who don't have a name. And we know ren knight were bornt around this era. I think he is neither an apprentice, neither a master. Just a knight. If he was an apprentice he would have a name. He doesn't + the music theme + the fact that Ren Knight could be seen as sith, and don't have any name before Kylo + the clothing.

Helm with towel bro was decked out