I really love how Qimir’s helmet is a sensory deprivation helmet. So not only did he wreck all those Jedi on Khofar with little to no armor, he did that while he could hardly see or hear anything.

I think Vernestra was Qimir's Jedi Master, and that when he fell to the dark side they fought and she thought she'd killed him.

I found it interesting that we saw Qimir's scars that look like lashes and then we see Vernestra pull out her lightsaber whip in the same episode.

Qimir's scar and Vernestra's whip appearing in the same episode really gives me strong vibes that she was his master

The entire week is gonna be people talking about Quimir’s ding dong.

I'm pretty sure Osha's constant jump awakes is a sign she really needs to see a doctor.

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to KZfaq, KZfaq.....leads to suffering.

I think the coolest/most messed up part of this episode is that we literally experience sith manipulation first hand. We watched this dude kill everybody last episode and now I almost want to trust him/feel bad for him. Crazy

Vernestra does seem shady, but I doubt she is actually the Sith Master. She mya have been Qimir's Jedi teach and has perhaps confronted him before and has kept it super quiet. She does seem very against bringing any of this to the council and definitely knows more than she is letting on, but I don't know if that equates to being flat-out evil.

If something interrupts Sol talking without talking again I may throw my TV out of the window lol

“Power of 2“ ”Peace is a lie” “The Jedi like you would call me a Sith” “I want a pupil” Quimir is a sith 100%

I really love how "Qimir" twisted Jecki's words from the last episode. She said that everything Osha survived made her stronger. Then Qimir says that what she lost, which is also everything that she survived, now allows her to be free to do as she pleases

I’m gonna start saying “Aren’t these pesky rules just a nuisance” daily now.

Manny Jacinto can't keep getting away with being this hot.

I don’t believe Vernestra is Sith. Instead, I believe she was Qimir’s former (Jedi) master and something happened between the two of them where they fought and she left him for dead. The scars on his back look like they could have been caused by a whip or, in this case, Vernestra’s weapon. She may be starting to suspect he is still alive hence, her apparent uneasiness throughout the series.

RIP Pip. He put up a valiant fight for a body-less droid.

“Are you going to kill me?” “I would certainly LIKE to” “I know you do. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus. Makes you stronger” Sheev to Anakin in Ep. III “You WANT this don’t you? The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger…” Sheev to Luke in Ep. VI Desire has always been part of the Star Wars lexicon, it’s just hasn’t been done as sexy or as physically seductive as it has on the Acolyte. This is some great stuff from the folks at Lucas. Also, regarding Ach-To. What if we have another Korriban/Moraband situation with the Sith? Its name in antiquity is Ach-To, but its “modern” name is Bal’demnic.

Man, I loved this episode, perhaps a bit more than Episode 5, which says A LOT. "The pool was a set up, he wanted her there...." damn straight he did 😉

We're on baldemic everyone, all roads lead to plaguies.And OSHA, putting on the helmet.I got Anakin, revenge of the sith vibes.Have a great day, everyone.

I love that they mention desire as one of the dark side emotions.

In just this episode Qimir has risen to be one of my top favorite dark side users HE TOOK ON ALL THE JEDI IN THAT SENSE DEPRIVED HELMET and that chilling quote “I lost everything. When you’re left with nothing..only then are you truly free.” *Looks to Vader* damn…

"What is the dark side in the real world sense? It's letting your fear, anger, and aggression control your actions. We all feel those emotions, probably on a daily basis. If you're watching KZfaq, I can pretty much guarantee that's true." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Osha definitely has sleep apnea. She gasps awake far too often. 😬

That scar on Qimir's back looks like it can be from a whip....his former master's whip perhaps 👀

I interpreted Qimir’s scar as being a consequence of being rejected by a Sith master. Qimir could very well be someone rejected by both the Jedi and the Sith. He could end up being killed by the end of the series and then Vernestra covers up the whole situation. Meanwhile Qimir’s former Sith master and their new apprentice remain at large. I really don’t like the idea of Vernestra being a Sith. I would rather her suspicious behaviour be an example of the Jedi becoming more interested in political intrigue than in serving the greater good. Something we see crippling the Jedi in the prequels.

rarely we see connection episodes this great, thought they were gonna drop the worst thing possible after that banger of an episode from last week but I was very surprised it was amazing. Loved Osha putting the mask

Vernestra's emoting is so wooden it's unsettling.

This show is paying homage to the EU in a way live action Star Wars never has. That alone is thrilling for me. Im really hoping its revealed the true sith lord is Tenebrous and maybe even a line from him about finding a more promising apprentice in Plagueis

I believe it will end up being Ach-To but I really want it to be Baldemnic given what looked to be a vein of cortosis on the wall of the cave. That would further the link to Tenebrous and Plagueis that I hope they are going for.

5:55 My guess is that Bazil and Pip cut the power so that one person would be sent to check, and they can either A. confirm Mae's identity/ scent or B. warn Sol, depending on who had come

Solid episode and even better breakdown. You really make me think about what I have just watched. Really appreciate the time and effort put I to these breakdowns

I'm not a book reader, forgive me, but Vernestra in this show has been my VERY least favorite since the beginning. I really don't like her and didn't even get excited for the whip saber bc it was her. I want to learn more to be swayed otherwise.

1:31 And it wouldn't be the first time that the Sith twisted an origin point of the Jedi into something for their own use (the Bane Trilogy establishes that one of the New Sith Wars Sith used Tython as their base of operations).

Throughout the High Republic books, we see the Jedi confronted with external threats that questioned their beliefs, the Path and the Nihil, which set them up on this path of dogmaticism, and control. One that the Sith will exploit. This show is planting the seeds of the old High Republic Jedi that we know they're SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE, to the Clone Wars Jedi who abandon their principles. I see it. The Beginning of the End of the Jedi. Long Live the Empire.

I think Qimir is older than he looks, based on what he said about it being a “really long time ago”. That could be decades older or he could be 100 years older idk.

I loved this episode. It's unfortunate how certain corners of the web are reacting to "The Acolyte". At a certain point it's not proper criticism, it's just a glib dog-pile.

So interesting that osha genuinely wants to kill qimir, so he exposes himself to her, turns his back to her, makes killing him a dishonorable and dark act. Its all part of his corruption and manipulation and its brilliant. especially given that osha will have to kill qimir one day to become the sith master. its ironic...

Should also note that Quimir put some emphasis on saying he'd been a jedi "A *long* time ago." I wonder if it'll be some ancient sith awoken from stasis or something.

If there is going to be a last second "the sith master was among us all along!" reveal, the only two plausible suspects are Vernestra or Sol himself (I was almost certain it was Sol, his actions are way too suspicious and Qimir insisting they had met were massive red flags until the episode itself brought up the possibility, classic red herring).

Great episode a solid 9/10

I have feeling Qimir was on Brendok as jedi all those years ago and he tried to stop what ever really happened there. Sol stopped him causing that scar and thats why he lost faith to Jedi and turned to dark side and tries to kill them for it usin Mae

May the force be with you, Alex, and Molly !! ❤your video breakdowns.

Maybe Venestra saw darkness in Qimir and then decided to end up trying to kill him like Luke did in ep. 8 before it was too late, unethically unlike the Jedi code, hence why he is insisting on the "no weapon"-rule.

i got the impression Qimir had artificially extended his lifespan.

I like that Qimir' said he wants "The Power of Two" I hope it is a reference to the Rule of Two

6:55 Great words bud. As someone who works with kids excluded from school, the light and the dark is not easy to learn. As people sharing this space and time we must patiently train each other in the ways of the light by acknowledging the dark. This is why Star Wars hits home with me. It gives me hope.

What if Vernestra is already dead and is replaced by some impostor? I.e. it could be former witch... That would explain the sith infiltration and change of character.

Wow- that is so interesting about the creatures on the unknown island! Very cool! Btw- not saying I was umm looking when he was in the pool but I was looking lol 😂😂

So the view on the force that I've always seen is that I think it is true that we apply morality both Jedi and stiff to the light side in the dark side. Is why I think they have very different names in other languages and other belief systems and taken. Also what Marin from Star Wars Jedi has said about the dark side here's always been my take: The force is a mirror which makes sense because Ray kind of in my mind sees the purest version of the force which is literally a mirror. The Dark Side of the force is you in the mirror. It's a direct reflection of yourself the way you are now. Also interesting to note that technically by definition while the mirror shows you truth, it's also technically an illusion. This is the thing most people when they look in the mirror they see their imperfections they see their hair. They see their scars and blemishes and if you stare long enough at those things, you become obsessed by them and corrupted by them. This is why the dark side is a natural part of the world. It's simply just showing you who you are, but due to people's nature of obsessing over wrongness of themselves, they end up falling into terrible traps and thus becoming morally bad. The light side of the force is the actual light reflected back at you. It's purity it's to show you what you could become if you did things well. To me, this explains a lot about Force visions. For example, how when Darth Vader enters his dark side vision, all he sees is every single thing he did wrong. But when he sees the glimpse of the light side, he sees Luke in a redeeming form. There's been other examples like this throughout Star Wars, but this is how I always broke down the force. The real two sides of the force is the living force and the cosmic Force possibly chaos in order. The Light Side and dark side is stuff that we've attributed human language to because of the consequences of our own actions. People dwell on the dark side. They fall into a giant pit of despair with exceptions and people get so blinded by the light. They're unable to see the beautiful future that they could have. Balance part as you said in your video is seeing yourself for who you are acknowledging your imperfections and then combining that with okay. Here's where we are now. Here's where we could be and then working towards that thus building a better future for yourself. This to me has always been the actual balance in the force.

I haven't had a boring moment in any episode. The mystery has kept me throughly engaged. Really looking forward to the next episode.

The biggest selling-point to the "Unknown Planet" being Ahch-To is that Qimir was set up in the cave...like the cave where Rey heard whispers from the Dark Side.

I definitely thought it was Ahch-To at first. I laughed when it did say UNKNOWN PLANET because I thought it might as well say NOT AHCH-TO.

Still sad about Kelnacca... But I love that they are exploring the nature of the dark and light side! I never felt that the explanation that the light side is the proper force was true as it didn't make sense.

I really love that we slowed down this episode and got an interesting look into Qimir's mindset and how corrupt the Jedi are appearing.

Qimir, where do I sign up to join the dark side?

With multiple Jedi temples in the High Republic era, Qimir could have been found, trained, and discarded at some little temple on a more obscure planet instead of Coruscant.

Last week I said that too many people were ignoring Vernestra. I'm glad to see you're picking up on it. I don't want her to be a Sith either, but that's what it's starting to look like.

I really hope Qimir isn't filling the role of Darth Tenebrous as Plagueis' master. I like non-human sith, especially when it's an uncommon species when it comes to importance within star wars. Bith and mostly just a joke or as background aliens. Having a Bith as a sith makes the universe feel less centralized on humans when basically every main character is human

She got tired of everyone calling her Vern, and turned to the dark side.

I feel this was the best episode of the series so far. Sol is heading to the dark side I think. Vernestra sure has a lot of secrets and I think she was Qimir’s master and turned on him

"...bummed about the last High Republic books having a storm cloud over them." I see what you did there.

So Qimir is a former Jedi, but none of the Jedi recognized him. He says it “was a long time ago.” Could he be like really old? Like as old or older than Vern?

I think the two planets might just look similar because... Ireland. Based on all the British actors in small roles, it's clear that the show was filmed in/around Britain and Ireland

5:00 with Qimir having those "whip slash marks" across his back, could they have been put there by the only Jedi who has a lightsaber whip????

Has anyone mentioned that Qimir might be a follower of Abeloth? His helmet design has huge smiling teeth, and Abeloth has been depicted as such. Also, I'm glad that this channel is not crapping on the show, it has its faults but it's a pretty good show.

Thank you for making an analysis video i had to scroll past nothing but hate videos to get to yours.

One thing that I'm seeing often online regarding speculation (and don't like) is that people keep taking the Legends Sith Masters timeline as canon. At this point, shouldn't everyone be assuming that Disney will be changing things?

The idea of what they presented about Sol in this episode through the idea of blaming him for all of this through a political cover up is the most Star Wars thing about the Jedi you can think of. Especially when you factor in how Clone Wars did that many times. How I never thought about it that way is crazy lol.

All the Bazil stuff was deeply, deeply annoying to me; the music has been brilliant this series but in those scenes it was super aggravating.

Man! your narrative skills are great. Salute your knowledge and passion; you communicate them well.

Thank you Alex for being the only balanced Star Wars channel left online.

Like Vern’s other stories. This is Young Adult High Republic.

Ok the way you explain the two sides of the Force and how you use it are words to live by.

I really liked the episode. Reminded me of Luke's introduction to Yoda on Dagobah, but with everything flipped to the Darkside. Vernestra is a good callback to the peak of the High Republic, when Jedi temple outposts were at the frontier of the Republic's expansion. Qimir could be either Revan or Plagueis (remember he said something about being really old).

Qimir is clearly a different kind of Sith. The man has safety ropes on his stairs!

The uneven scars on his back look like marks that could be made from a lightwhip so I'm guessing Vernestra was his teacher. A question I have is if she is, is she a master that had a student go bad (not common, but we've seen it often enough on the screen) or could she be Qimir's Sith master who is working from the inside and is irritated that Qimir has made a mess of things? I'm sure the High Republic fans will lose their minds if she is, though. edit: heh, I got to the part where Alex makes mention of this

Since the first two episodes I've wondered if the witches created a plan to destroy the Jedi and Sith The Sith are a Jedi faction after all For them it isn't a fight between the light or dark but rather they see the Jedi and Sith as heretical to the use of the force... indeed the witches chafe at the idea that it is called a "force" let alone a force than can be separated into light and dark - good and evil When Qimir calls light and dark semantics - that makes me think he had more to do with the witches than we realize Maybe he and the witches hatched this plan...

I'm guessing Sol read Mae's mind. Mind reading has been mentioned by Qimir twice and shown in the first episode. I still don't think Qimir is a Sith. They've been adding alternate groups of force users for years. Going back to Jedi good, Sith bad would feel cheap when we've got Bendu, the Knights, three or four ancient civilisations from Cal games and Aphra comics.

I’m so surprised by this show. The marketing failed to interest me one bit, but I gave it a chance and I’m glad I did, because the more I watch the more interested I get. I’ve been sold since “Day.” I’d love to know who the fight coordinator is, and where they’ve been the last 10 years lol.

I wonder if the reference to being a Jedi "a long time ago" could be a hint that this Sith is perhaps much older than we thought? Possibly surviving through essence transfer? He gave me a slight amount of Set Harth vibes, but then again, Set was all about living forever and fulfilling his selfish cravings, and not on the Sith Grand Plan.

I’m hoping we get Tenebrous, and he takes out Qimir for exposing himself to the Jedi, etc. Season 2 deals with Tenebrous looking for another Apprentice and the Jedi covering up events of season one.

Sol should for sure know it's Mae and not Osha; Yoda was able to distinguish between the clones without issue. I'll know people get mad, but yeah, another lore change/inconsistency. It's pretty annoying at this point.

I find it interesting both Qimir and Sol repeatedly use the word pupil instead of apprentice or anything of the sort, Idk if it’s really anything but it’s interesting that it feels like deliberate word choice. Qimir especially has said pupil numerous times and I find it interesting.

A few of the thoughts/ideas/theories I have coming out of this episode: 1. Qimir is older than he looks and I'm thinking maybe he and Sol came into the order at the same time, were Younglings together. 2. Qimir WAS the Sith apprentice but isn't any more and it was his Sith master that discarded him, not the Jedi. That's why he wants the 'power of two', to have an acolyte to teach and train to rival and eventually take down his former master and the apprentice that replaced him. 3. Qimir is going to be killed by the new Sith apprentice and they will take Osha as their acolyte.

I thought the tip the scale line might be referring the need to bring balance back to the force. If it needs to be brought back into balance, it had to be out of balance.

I've been thinking Vernestra is the big bad as well.

Female Drax aka green lady had a cool moment when she kills that bug. RIP bug ❤

Ahch-to was shot in ireland, this unknown planet, was shot in Portugal. That doesnt mean anything, it could be ahch-to. It is a very similar landscape. It could be that filming in the Madeira Island is cheaper then filming in ireland? Or indeed it is another planet?

It would be so powerfull and explain a lot if its Vanestra who is the Sith and working from within the order like Palpatine working from within the Senate. It would also make for a wonderfull last fight with her killing Qamir and revealing her thrue identity in the last moment. It gives me chills thinking of it. But are they that bold?

"I don't want to see a young, talented Jedi Knight become a Sith!" - literally hundreds of Jedi Masters over the ages as they watched that exact thing happen

I loved this episode! Loving the music too! Especially these last 2 episodes where Kylo Rens theme has played a few times overall in both episodes. I’m thinking Qimir could be trying to break free of his Sith master and he could become the first knight if ren

Def see Qimir as a form of Darth Venamis, I also kinda backing down from thinking that Vern is a sith and that he was a fallen padowan that she fought and something happened that she thought he died

Tenebrous and Plaguies just over here like:...you know we exist,right?

Finally someone besides me that gets the hint that those scars might be from a (light saber) whip.

I hate the way they end episodes in this show. They’re too short and just as they’re getting good they end.

This was my favorite, because so far the show has been predictable. The dynamic of dark/light side - the yin/yang of it is so much more interesting than everyone acting like we are not all both. Beautifully acted too. This was the best acting of the series so far

Luke finds Ach-To by following compass, found in Emperors storage in Battlefront 2 campaign. So… sith know about that planet

So I have a question can Master Vernesyra's lightsaber whip be used as a regular lightsaber and she can press a button to activate the whip part of it or is it just a whip?

Venestra and Sol seems similar to me in that they’re both on the precipice of breaking down due to secrets from the past. I don’t think she’s the Sith master but someone who turned a blind eye to what happened on Brendok. Now with the murders and Sol MIA she’s afraid of what this could do to gut the Jedi and their autonomy

my bet is that Quimir is Darth Venamis