The Acolyte’s Sith villain will not get an enormous origin story in Season 1.

In its fifth episode, Star Wars: The Acolyte lastly pulled again the curtain on its large villain. The unmasking twist wasn’t a large shock, with loads of followers guessing the Stranger’s identification forward of time, however the devastating approach wherein the reveal was executed helped make it such a memorable sequence. We all know precisely who the mysterious Sith lord is now. In order for you extra concerning the character’s historical past, although, you’d higher maintain out hope for Acolyte Season 2. WARNING: This text accommodates main spoilers from The Acolyte…

This week’s episode revealed that Manny Jacinto’s Qimir was really the masked Stranger the entire time, hiding in plain sight and pretending to be a timid messenger for the villain. His large unmasking got here as he shockingly killed Jecki and Yord, two of essentially the most outstanding and fashionable Jedi on the present. This debut gave followers a ton of questions concerning the Stranger’s backstory, however creator Leslye Headland desires everybody to know that this season could be very a lot about Osha.

“As a result of it is Osha’s story, you do not know a lot concerning the Stranger’s background and also you’re probably not going to be taught a lot about it,” Headland advised EW. “However there are a bunch of issues in Episode 6 and Episode 8 which might be actually large clues as to why he’s the way in which he’s and why his philosophy is the way in which that it’s.”

The Acolyte hasn’t but been renewed for a second season. If there may be one, it looks like Headland is able to discover the thoughts of the Stranger a bit of additional.

“He desires freedom to have the ability to be who he’s and wield his energy the way in which he desires to. However he additionally desires freedom on a second degree that I believe we’ll get extra of if we get a Season 2. However as soon as we knew he was going to kill Jecki and Yord, then it grew to become about: How are you going to government this in a approach that feels satisfying and plausible as soon as it does occur?”

Set throughout The Excessive Republic, Star Wars: The Acolyte delivers an investigation right into a mysterious string of crimes, which pits a Jedi grasp towards his former apprentice in a race to uncover the reality. The extra that the pair be taught concerning the state of affairs, the darker their journey turns into, as they confront issues that darker than both of them may have imagined.

The collection stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Eager, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Star Wars: The Acolyte premiered on Disney+ on June 4th.