The Acolyte's shocking and explosive finale left us longing for a quick renewal, and ultimately paves a clear path for the future of this franchise.
Plenty of secrets are revealed in the narrative, of course, especially following last week’s flashback to Brendok. Sol was the one who killed the twins’ Mother, Aniseya, and his meddling was responsible for the rest of the coven’s demise as well.is needed, and not just because we’re thirsty for Qimir, aka The Handsome Menace. It’s also not because of all the dangling plot threads this final episode sets up, including a deep-cut cameo followed by a not-so deep-cut cameo at the very end.
It’s in this grey area that Episode 8 begins, with Osha trying Qimir’s Dark Side helmet on for size. It fits real nice—that is, until she starts gasping for air. When Qimir tries to free Osha, his eyes turn black just like those who the Brendok witches controlled in last week’s flashback episode. Osha reveals a vision then of her twin sister, Mae, killing Master Sol with her hand outstretched. The pair race off on Qimir’s ship to find Mae and reckon with what’s supposedly going to happen.
Osha overhears Sol and in a gag-worthy moment, it turns out she is the one who Force Chokes him to death, not Mae. Literally gaggy, in fact. And honestly, fair play to Osha. But by doing this, she tips ever closer to the Dark Side, as we can see when Osha’s lightsaber’s kyber crystal turns from blue to red.
Vernestra later interrogates Mae, promising to do everything she can to atone for Sol’s misdeeds if she can help track down Qimir, who it turns out was once Vernestra”s Padawan. That essentially confirms the scars we saw on Qimir’s back were given to him by Vernestra, his former Master, because of how the zigzag shape corresponds to her twisty, whip-formed lightsaber.
Unfair, that would be, just as it would be unfair to skip past Qimir’s connection to the Knights of Ren, teased with Kylo Ren’s music motif, and what exactly happened between him and Vernestra, all those years ago. And then of course, there’s the biggest mystery of all surrounding that creepy ass guy perving on Qimir and Osha from the cave by the beach.
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