As a Forklift operator I'm never gonna stop flinching everytime they say "Osha"

He puts way too much effort into making sure everyone, even and including May, perceives him as weak and unassuming, someone they need in the moment but can cast aside without a thought, while clearly knowing more than he lets on. He sets off all my "secret mastermind" red flags.

0:01 I see Alan has finally moved out of Coruscant and settled at Naboo.

After episode 4 Qimir smells REALLY Sithy

I mean, he did recite the beginning of the sith mantra. “ peace is a lie.”

Generation Tech has become the only KZfaqr that I can enjoy an in depth analysis about all things Star Wars without dwelling on a bunch of negative toxicity. Thanks and please keep at it!

0:35 If only Chancellor Valorum revealed his true nature as General Zod who can school Palpatine.

I'm guessing that Qimir is the Sith Master, while the mysterious helmeted figure is the Sith Apprentice, but Mae does not know that Qimir is her master's master.

the way his tone changed when he said "you look just like her" made me realize something was off

0:28 Imagine all the time and effort of putting on makeup for Queen Amidala just to have a chat with Senator Palpatine.

I was young enough to not know Palptine was the emperor.

The real advice I expect Qmir to give to Mae if he's really a Sith Lord: "I'm telling you, Molotov cocktails work. Any time I had a problem, and I threw a Molotov cocktail, boom! Right away, I had a different problem. "

Alan has this ability to put himself in the shoes of basically any person, real or fictional, and it comes through in every video of his. That's a really cool quality I wish more people had, myself included.

Seriously, the way he casually defended himself against Mae is proof that there's something more to him.

Ok I bet it’s gonna be a double twist, where we find out he’s _a_ Sith, but ultimately not _the_ Sith, being the apprentice. I think Osha will kill him to take his place as the sith’s apprentice

That scene where Mae goes to attack Qimir, and he totally stops her...Her face was like..." What?" just for a brief second. Qimir knows how to fight.

A Sith Lord? Impossible. The Sith have been extint for a millenium! I do not believe the Sith could have returned without us noticing.

Just had to come back to this video after episode 5

That guy seemed more like Darth Baras' sniveling slave that greets the sith warrior at the Dromund Kaas spaceport.

I was finishing my junior year of undergrad when The Phantom Menace was released. I saw it with a group of Japanese exchange students from Kobe International University I was responsible for as RA. While there were kids in the theater, there were notable chuckles from everyone older in the audience (the 18yo + crowd) when Palpy said he would watch Anakin's career. Overall, while people slept through the start of it, everyone was fully engaged by the end in my opening night viewing. And yes, I, my college friends and Japanese exchange students were fully versed on EU lore (it was all we had during the dark ages waiting for new Star Wars content) from books and games... but especially books. So we all laughed and cheered whenever the Emperor or his Senate alter ego were on screen. Senator Palp scenes were highlights of that film along with (don't hate me) Jar-Jar -- who I was convinced was a force sensitive jinx after that first viewing.

This aged beautifully

The idea that any Sith would actually honor the Rule of Two is least Sith thing ever.

I was 8 or 9 when I saw Phantom Menace in theaters. I didn’t immediately peg Palpatine for the baddie he was but my mom did and whispered something like “I don’t like him” and I’d figured it out be the end… then I saw the OG trilogy and it all clicked.

Honestly, Many Jacinto could be the dark avatar reborned,he would still get a shot. He's that handsome! And he can mix drinks?!!!! We are over guys and gals!

Do you smell it, Squidward? It's that smell. A kind of Sithy smell, a Sithy smell that smells.........SITHY.......

Just saw Acolyte Episode 5 - YOU CALLED IT!

Just watched Episode 5. You’re right, he was the sith we saw. He f**ked up Yord and that one Padawan.

It makes me curious on why the Jedi did not arrest the guy who brewed the poison?

These are the people that get star wars. I don't know what is happening on the social media's but everyone is just shitting the bed over there...

Qimir is more than likely a Jedi that left the order after being disillusioned with their behaviour. At minimum he plays the Drunken Kung Fu Style quite well.

alans gotta be the best star wars channel hands down

He gives off creepy Asian Ezra Miller vibes.

I was spoiled to the Emperor's identity when I was a kid because Target released toys ahead of Revenge of the Sith and one of the figures was called Emperor Palpatine.

I have gone from believing this guy was a pawn to realizing he's the pawn broker. Good catch, Alan. Well met.

I agree with your take Alan. It's sound. Qimir is working from the shadows, maybe as the apprentice; one step ahead of the Jedi and his pawn as Mae.

Fine wine.

I thought initially he was another acolyte, when she warned him off talking to the sith, like he can just go see them or contact them easily. I felt the fixxer line was just a cover for the jedi.

YOU CALLED IT EARLY

Alan seems to know the Sith code a little too well

I'm thinking the Sith Master is Darth Venamis, Darth Plagueis's second secret apprentice... and we get to see what horrible fates are in store for him🎉

Now that background looks worthy of being chill . Especially if you're a parent that got away from work, four letter word.

Well played!

Qimir even seems to know people’s weakness and how he quickly told Mae about Torbin’s weakness.

This aged like fine wine and olive tree

I loved Manny Jacinto in The Good Place, this is such a cool role change for him. However, I want to hear an easter egg where he references Jacksonville :)

Well who is here after ep 5....

My theory is Yoda is the Sith Lord. Shouldn't he be alive about now?

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Just finished the latest episode you were right

Qimir is Darth Tenebrous' first apprentice maybe? Using Mae like Dooku used Ventress to weaken the Jedi from the shadows. He dies and Tenebrous moves on to Plageius. Though it's been a while since I read the book, not sure if that timeline checks out.

I would not be surprised if the shopkeeper ends up being the Sith Master.

There's definitely a connection between Mae and Qimere. He feels more like a handler than a fixer. Especially after Mae makes the comment about her Master not finding out about the poison she got from him. It will be interesting to see how it pans out.

What if a writer really liked the Darth Jar Jar theory...

I love how the scenery in the back changes every couple of videos lol

saw Phantom Menace in ‘99. Didn’t think much of Palpatine at first, but at the end when he met young Anakin & said “we’ll watch your career with great interest”.. my friends and I all cackled, and one of them joked “he’s the emperor”. a couple of them realized before that. but that was a sly tip off Really liking Qimir. Total Palp vibes. has knowledge, plays dumb, constant awareness, can fight, always giving Mae advice but passes it off as opinion. I like he’s doing it from a different position though.. playing the scoundrel, while Palps was a high ranking politician

I thought the best way to kill a jedi was to distract them. Like using innocent bystanders which May did do in the end.

Re: what people thought of Palpatine in 1999 when Episode I arrived in theaters, there was a pretty clear divide between those of us who knew what Palpatine became and those who had no idea who he was. I gasped audibly the first time I saw it, when he was introduced, because I instantly recognized him- and my sister, who was watching the movie in the seat next to me, wondered why. That quickly whispered expanation must have been duplicated tens of thousands of times during May and June of that year. "He's the Emperor. He's the guy who becomes the evil Emperor! Yeah, the lightning-thrower in Jedi!"

To me it is that he almost instantly went from a flake (the drunken support character) to a controlling teaching moment with Mae. When he started with the mantra of "Peace is a lie...." he helped focus her and then he taught her about the world they live in and how to manipulate things to "their" side. Even when speaking with the Jedi, he may have seemed phased but it felt very manipulative and precise. If she did get captured, I'm sure he had some other "potential" to take her place and then if she escaped, she learnt something new.

You think? Who did NOT know by the end of his second scene that Qimir is the secret sith? Anyone who didn't immediately figure it out, please don't operate any heavy machinery.

Slight alteration: Qimir is the Sith apprentice. The owner of the shop, who is simply concealed, is the Sith lord. Mae is a pawn.

Qimir feels like a Sith Alchemist. I think he might be The Apprentice and runs the assassins and acolyes for The Master.

On your opening about how fans reacted to Palps - I was old enough to know who he was - watched the OT in childhood, had a brother who collected novels and comics in the 90s. Even taking into account the make-up in RotJ, I recognised the face.

My response to Palpatine was... "Uh oh!." I watched A New Hope a few weeks after it came out. It was my very first PG movie. My sister in law did not know and she found the Phantom Menace confusing and did not like it as a result. When we told her she was like "Oh! Now I get it."

14:03and how Jar Jar bumbles and fumbles around.. Drunken Fist

Qimir has been an interesting presence on the show. Whenever you have a good rogue element it opens up the options of what we have to consider about the 'rules' everyone is operating by in introducing Team X. What IS he getting out of this situation by backing an inexperienced but very driven assassin? What's he getting out of this endgame because I'd have to think he'd make better money from the Hutts so there really suggests there's some other gain.

That's how I hide my abilities. Being drunk and unserious. But, when the power of the Dark Side calls, the Jedi know it's serious.

Also, the quote that Qmir says that folk seem to also over look "you look just liker her" when he ID's Osha as Osha, rather than May. Qmir KNOWS that Osha is alive while may does not - heck, brining Osha and may back together and targeting the 4 jedi masters may be part of the breadcrumb trail to the event that the sith are trying to lay out for the political enemies of the jedi. Make it obvious (make may challenge folk in public), make the jedi bring Osha back in as a suspect so that the rumors of a 'former jedi' killing a master start to spread. It changes the story - Osha and may are not this series protagonists... They're pieces on a chess board being moved around by the sith. May's not been trained to be a sith or a sith assassin (as she may believe she is), she's been trained enough to be an asset which can easily be discarded later once the attention has been placed on her, her sister, thrn4 jedi masters and the events that took place on her home world. She's no Asajj Ventress and even in terms of "non-sith" enforcers/jedi killers she's no general grievous. For the sith, she's nothing but a tool.

To me his name has always stuck out to me. The name Qimir could be three things: 1) Loosely based on the Arabic Name Amir meaning "Commander" Or 2: Sounds very similar to Chimera. The Greek Mythological Creature of different species into one. Or Third: Qui in Latin does mean Who? Which adds another mystery. Honestly he is my favorite character from the show that isn't Sol. He made me interested in Mae's story.

i think a way for the Sith to be invisible, is that they can not think on things or be talked into a part of his mind that opens his memories when in conversation with a Jedi. they must cloud the mind of the Jedi to not search that part of their memory. Qimiri seems very keen to do that in the conversation with Sol. He is deeper than what has been revealed. never let them mind probe or let any secrets come to the surface of the memory.

Qimir reminds me of the Star Wars version of the "Drunken Master".

2:30 ah, so a politician

Yeah, I picked up on all this too. It would also easily explain why the "master" uses a mask and a voice changer. I wouldn't be surprised it it turns out that dude we saw giving that riddle at the end of the first episode was actually just a droid being controlled remotely. Another hint is his name. "Qimir" kinda sounds a bit like "Chimera," the ancient mythological multi-headed beast who was extremely hard to slay because if you cut off one of its heads, several more will grow back in its place which in turn makes it more powerful. Much like how a Sith puppeteer has layers upon layers on contingency plans, assets and eyes and ears throughout the galaxy. Thwart one part of their plan and dozens of contingencies are swiftly and quietly moved into position.

now that we know who this guy really is, might be worth a rewatch to see the hints dropped

Hmmm...maybe The Master in disguise? Or an agent of The Master?

What of Indara didn't really die and is the true leader of this Sith sect, orchestrating the whole Acolyte revenge thing??? Also, what if Qimir is Zippermouth, her apprentice, who will die in the next couple of episodes, and will be replaced by Mae? And this season ends with a duel between Mae and her Osha?

I assumed that he was another acolyte, but given a different set of jobs. Maybe a senior acolyte that knows some "inner mysteries".

My first thought after 30 seconds of watching him was “this dudes a fucking sith apprentice”

you also describe this guy more like jar jar

Reaction to seeing Palpatine as a senator? I had a big grin cuz I knew where he'd end up and I wanted to see the "how it happened". Was definitely pleased.

I would like to see a video explanning the map of the galaxy, the hyperlanes and the distance and travel between some planets, giving context to some events, particullary in Star Wars Rebels and The Mandalorian. It was said many times that travelling through space is dangerous, Han Solo said it to Luke when escapping from Tatooine, and it was seen in the Clone Wars when the Malevolence had to calculate a difficult path around a nebula. I know that the different regions of the galaxy are drawn in a more or less circular way around the core of the galaxy, and that exist 5 major hyperlanes for travelling trough the galaxy. In Star Wars Rebels, the Phoenix Cell operates mostly in the Lothal Sector having at one point a somewhat base in Garel that is in the sector, the sector is near the Mon Calamari sector that are in the northeast corner of the galaxy (in represention of most maps), however in one episode Sato wants a new route through the Concord Dawn system which is in the Mandalorian sector near the Mid Rim border, which is far from the Lothal sector. Even the Yavin system is closer to Lothal that Concord Dawn. It does not make sense to me, unless it was to have access to the Hydian Way. We also see the Rebels and Thrawn go to Ryloth which is near Tatooine (in the southeast of the galaxy) and very far from Lothal. In The Madalorian I also have problems with the location of Nevarro. I have seen maps were it was near Mon Cala, others near Tatooine and one were it was in the Mandalorian sector. It kind makes sense that Nevarro is near Mandalore since Moff Gideon had bases in both planets, which was easier to control that having bases in opossites sides of the galaxy, but we know that Carson Teva patrols the Outer Rim from Adelphi base, and supposedly is scope of patrol is not that far from the base, and thhe base does not seem to have that many pilots. And Carson was on Nevarro and on patrol in Tatooine and later was called by Karga for help against the pirates. If from one single base they have to patrol the intere Outer Rim, wouldn't they burn most of the fuel travelling from the base to the point of patrol and back again? Plus, if there are this hyperlanes, to travel from distante systems of those lanes wouldn't they have to make several jumps to change lanes? Usually they only do that when trying to escape. Big ships might have better navicomputers to do all the calculations without making several jumps, but I doubt small ships, and strfighters can. And how much time takes to travel? In the Clone Wars and The Mandalorian we see them in hyperspace for a long time, but in other shows it seems like minutes or seconds.

This guy is almost certainly the ambitious sith apprentice, fostering his own potential apprentice against his master. Although I am also really interested in the idea of a larger dark side cult/society who serve the master and apprentice but know their place outside of the rule of two. We've had hints of it, the inquisitors, zombie palpatine's audience, the old guy on mustafar in rogue one, etc. I'm particularly interested in people not necessarily force capable but still worship the dark side and the power it can bring through the sith master.

Qimir could be Darth Venamis and appreciated to Darth Tenebrous who may be in the shadows currently grooming a very young Hego Damask to become Darth Plagueis which would make Qimir/Venamis just a place holder for Plagueis

I recall telling my parents that Senator Palpatine was the Emperor based entirely on the name Palpatine, I think I was 8 at the time

A fair number of people who had seen RotJ but not read any EU material would still have recognized that Senator Palpatine was Ian McDiarmid and thus known who he was.

He behave more like an " handler" than a " fixer"

Qimir is, perhaps, a bit of a riff on the Darth Jar Jar idea. ;) Seriously though, it makes perfect sense that he is the apprentice. Of course, given the nature of the show, that might be misdirection. It's a mystery... That can't make it too easy.

I def agree with Alan. This "Flash" doppelganger is surely the sith lord.

You’re right he’s definitely not a simple fixer, but his conversation with Mae gave us the explanation of what he really is - he’s another acolyte. Hence him referencing the Sith Code. I’m not saying he isn’t secretly the Master and Mae doesn’t realize it, that is very plausible! But we do have an explanation beyond “professional fixer” already.

I’m guessing the big twist is that the Jedi were the ones who burned down the evil twin’s home, and she’s killing the Jedi to get revenge for what they did to her. Leslie Headland said that this show is like Frozen meets Kill Bill. Frozen ends with the two sisters being friends again, and Kill Bill is a revenge story. This means there’s no way that the evil sister dies or stays evil. It also means that the evil twin is justified in getting her revenge.

...and you were right!!!!

Another solid analysis Vode

I feel like Mae’s master wants her to be caught in the act, taken alive in a public spectacle, and then have her reveal the Dark Secret ™️. Like, she’s been given a task for which she is not suited, given directives that make the task even more difficult, and has had her passionate rage amplified to this end.

We have to start looking at Sol as a suspect for the Sith lord. Hes been withholding information and also knows a lot more than anyone else. Hes been ahead of the curve the entire time.

9:25 for me, the most obvious thing isn’t that Qimir is the Sith Lord or apprentice, but that Qimir is, in fact, the Acolyte…

I don't think Qimir is the Sith Lord, but I do think he knows/works for him. He could be the apprentice, or a trusted friend serving as Mae's "handler".

Honestly, I took this guy as just a minor part of the Sith gang but, now that I learn his name it becomes obvious: Qimir sounds like Chimera which practically means the same thing as deception. In fact all the characters in The Acolyte have symbolic names in Latin or Norse, some Reddit users say (I haven't verified).

Jacksonville rules! Bortles!

Baddie is a jedi in disguise, a decepticon😂

How about this theory, he is not a Sith Loard but an apprentice on the Sith version of a knight trial. His task hurt the Jedi without doing it yourself or being detected.

Qimir very much reminds me of some of the spy/peasant/thief characters from some of the Kurosawa films