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Summary George Lucas drew inspiration from a wide range of sources for Star Wars, and The Acolyte just flipped one of those inspirations on its head in the best way possible. When he made the original Star Wars, later retitled A New Hope, Lucas borrowed story and stylistic elements from all corners of fiction. Star Wars has a lot of similarities to Dune, for example, and Lucas also borrowed more broadly from genres like Westerns and samurai films.
"The Stranger" Is A Classic Western Trope Close The Acolyte episode 5 revealed the identity of the Sith Lord and unveiled that Qimir was just a pseudonym he was using to hide his true identity. Once he was unmasked, the Sith Lord revealed that he had no name, and he's instead referred to as the Stranger. The Sith Lord's title ties The Acolyte directly to one of Lucas' inspirations: the Spaghetti Western.
The Acolyte, however, firmly established that the Stranger was anything but heroic. He massacred seven Jedi, used dirty fighting tactics like a cortosis helmet and gauntlet and his new trick lightsaber, and aligned himself firmly with the dark side of the Force. None of the Westerns George Lucas used as inspiration ever had such an evil stranger, and The Acolyte has effectively inverted one of the most common Western plots in the entire genre.
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