Corey is a Senior Star Wars Features Writer at Screen Rant who earned his Master’s in English from Southern New Hampshire University in 2020.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The recent trailer for The Acolyte gave a better look at the supposed Sith villain the Jedi face off against, but several details suggest this character may actually tie into Disney’s sequel trilogy. The Acolyte takes place almost 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Set during the High Republic Era, the Jedi Order is in their golden age of their Force ability.
In addition to the similar helmet shapes, The Acolyte’s Sith’s helmet is extremely worn and beat-up. This is not unlike Kylo Ren’s reforged helmet in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In Japanese, “kintsugi” refers to the art of repairing broken vases and other objects with gold filigree in order to visually display the history of the object. Kylo Ren chose to repair his helmet with a red filigree rather than craft a new one.
Not only did the Knights of Ren owe their status to the legacy that came before them, but Star Wars actually suggests they were much weaker than the original group. This partially explains why the Knights of Ren took a backseat in the sequel trilogy. And it also explains why they were so easily defeated by Kylo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Based off of Master Mundi’s statement, it seems like no Jedi has encountered a Sith in the past 1000 years before The Phantom Menace. So, either none of The Acolyte’s Jedi will survive their encounter with the nameless Sith, or the Sith isn’t actually a Sith. Just because they wield a red lightsaber doesn’t necessarily mean they have to be a Sith.
When the Knights of Ren were first mentioned in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, many expected them to play a crucial role in the rest of the sequel trilogy. Instead, they were only seen in a brief cameo in The Last Jedi, and then barely saw any action in The Rise of Skywalker before Kylo unceremoniously took them out. In short, they were underwhelming and weren’t sufficiently explained.
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