THE ACOLYTE Episodes 1 + 2 BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!

The Acolyte Episode 1 “Lost / Found” and Episode 2 “Revenge / Justice” review, breakdown, analysis, and Easter Eggs! Erik Voss breaks down the Acolyte timeline in the High Republic period, and explains all the connections and Easter Eggs connected to Star Wars lore! Who is the mystery Sith — are we seeing the origin of Darth Plagueis mentioned in Revenge of the Sith?

CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - Episode One Opening Text
2:06 - The High Republic
4:39 - Ueda
6:05 - Mae vs Indara
10:11 - Indara’s Lightsaber
10:49 - Osha
12:32 - Neimoidians and the Trade Federation
13:26 - Yord and Tasi Lowa
15:37 - Osha and the Jedi Order
16:38 - Master Sol
18:27 - Master Vernestra Rwoh
18:42 - Prisoner Transport Ship
19:43 - Sponsor
21:02 - Jecki Lon
22:16 - Jedi Prison
22:53 - Osha and Mae Vision
25:27 - Sol Catches Osha
27:18 - Mystery Sith
30:47 - Episode Two
31:10 - Master Torbin
32:21 - Qimir
33:45 - Bunta Poison
35:14 - I’ve Got A Bad Feeling About This
37:11 - Master Sol vs Mae
39:57 - Kelnacca

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Written by: Erik Voss
General Manager: Zach Huddleston
Head of Production: John Costa
Director of Programming: Brandon Barrick
Senior Producer: Jessica Clemons
Post Production Supervisor: Riley Auskelis
Staff Editors: Drew Coombs, Joshua Steven Hurd
Editors: Cody Kenner, Devin Cleary, Ed Vilderman, Kelly Joule
Camera Operator: Dashiell Hamingson

PATREON PRODUCERS:
Rick Denmon
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[NewRockstars]

Anyone else a little confused by / suspicious of Qimir?

[eyan]

Noticed that Osha is violating all the OSHA regulations working for the Trade Federation.

[dennis]

When the chemist said peace a lie, makes me think the chemist is secretly the masked sith

[DDuffy]

I don’t think plaguies’ head would fit in that helmet…

[thejamaicandoor]

“You don’t want to go down that road” has to be a Trinity nod

[davidgoldsberry]

My theories (in no particular order):
1. Qimir is the Sith Lord, putting on the false identity of Qimir to make sure Mae is following the rules he gave her.
1a. The Sith Lord is the master and Mae wants to become his apprentice.
2. Mae having to kill a Jedi without a weapon is similar to Vader in the Darth Vader comic having to defeat a Jedi and take his weapon in order “bleed” his crystal and make it red.
3. Sol is not one of the 4 Jedi Mae is hunting, explaining why she didn’t bother with her little speech.
4. The 4th Jedi is Vernestra, explaining why she is so interested in these events not becoming public knowledge.
Probably more to come.

[MadaraUchihaKid]

Something I think that should be mentioned is a throwaway line from Qimir who says "Please dont do that Mind erasing that you all do." This could be a hint towards what happened to the twins and why they think each other died. The Jedi mightve wiped their minds or altered it using the force as we see with Yords willingness to jump straight into using the force on the Nemoidians, and Sols use of it on the prisoner.

[mrrnsmith]

The parallels of young Anikan and Mae losing their parents is what the dark side learned to use on Anikan to later turn him into Darth Vader.

[jdm]

17:05 yes, Sol means "sun" in Latin. But also worth noting that Yord = jord, jǫrð "earth" and Jecki *Lon* = luna "moon."

[jdm]

15:12 I took it to be that Yord didn't actually do anything. The mere threat that he might be about to use the force scared the Neimoidians into cooperating... and getting him to move on as fast as possible.

[Maddie-psjy]

"do these droids always have to deal with Wardens farting into them".... I'm dead ☠️ 😂😂😂

[TheBrooksFiles]

here is a fun fact, i am the person who designed that spinning noodle rack, as well as that table that goes flying in the opening tussle. I also designed most of the doors in the series but thats not as exciting

[Freedomotive]

So in the comics, Palpatine ordered Vader to kill a Jedi without a weapon, taking their lightsaber and killing them with it…then bleeding it red. I think this is what the Sith is trying to get Mae to do.

[tamashorvath]

Am I the only one happy to see live action neomoidians again?

[fishstix]

17:54 "Close your eyes, what do you see?". No mention of the youngling who lacks eyelids and is probably like "I can't close my eyes, I see you master"...😂🤣😂

[reneejones]

Not to be that person but that looks like locs and not braids

[evanfolz]

I'm getting witchy vibes from the whole "Mothers and sisters" line. Do we think maybe the residents of Brendok were practitioners of Force Magic and the Jedi burned the village down to stop the unsanctioned use of the Force?

[Jedi_Spartan]

27:04 And in Star Wars Legends Yellow Lightsabers are most commonly associated with Jedi Sentinels (Jedi who placed more of a focus on 'conventional' skills unlike Consulars who focused on the Force and Diplomacy or Guardians who focused on Lightsaber Forms and Combat)... they're a really cool subvariant of Jedi that I wish we saw more of.

[hunterblu]

Maybe the dots next to Indara's eye is Star Wars' version of the prison teardrop(s) tattoo?

[davemcconkey]

At 27:00 I liked Yord using his lightsaber as a flashlight. Who among us has never used a flashlight as a lightsaber?