The Acolyte Episode 8: Ending Explained

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00:00Welcome back everyone.

00:08It is Amelia.

00:09I hope you are fine.

00:10The Acolyte Season 1's ending wrapped up lingering mysteries, raised new ones and left

00:15the shadow of Darth Vardal and a dark side looming over the High Republic era.

00:20After the Acolyte Episode 7's ending answered exactly what happened on Brendo, eyes immediately

00:26turned to the season finale.

00:27The show needed to wrap up the destinies of Osha and May, explain more about Kimir's motivations

00:33and his ties to the wider Sith organization, conclude the tragic story of Master Saul and

00:38explain Vanestra Roche's connections to the entire ordeal.

00:42As such, the Acolyte's main cast of characters was front and center in Season 1's finale.

00:48The Acolyte Episode 8 saw parties return to the fateful planet of Brendo once and for

00:53all, leading to massive revelations, character changes, and tantalizing teases for potential

00:58future seasons of the Acolyte.

01:01Through various elements, the Acolyte took one step away from the High Republic to the

01:05era of the prequel trilogy as Darth Vardal's foreboding future lingers over proceedings,

01:10aided by the shadow of the dark side.

01:13Concerning Star Wars Lightsabers, a question many have held is how specifically Sith warriors

01:18managed to achieve their signature red color for the weapons.

01:21In Star Wars, lightsabers are powered by kyber crystals.

01:25Younglings are taken to obtain kyber crystals on the planet of Ilum, at least when the order

01:30was at its most powerful.

01:32There, the aspiring Jedi obtain a crystal that usually turns blue, green, yellow, or

01:37one of the other Jedi lightsaber colors of Star Wars once connecting with its wielder.

01:42However, one aspect of kyber that has only been outlined in comics and novels is how

01:47they turn red for Sith warriors.

01:49The kyber crystal's turning red is often described as bleeding, with darksiders pouring

01:54all of their hatred, anger, and malice into it so that it turns the dark color.

01:59In the Acolyte, this takes place, as Osha is force-choking Saul with one hand, her other

02:04holds his lightsaber.

02:05As Osha delves deeper into her darkness, the kyber crystal begins to bleed, turning it

02:10red and altering the once-meaningful blue of the Jedi to the dark red of the Sith.

02:15Undoubtedly, the biggest talking point of the Acolyte season 1's finale will be two

02:19major Star Wars cameos.

02:21Midway through the episode, as Kimmel and Osha are shown leaving their mysterious planet

02:25to intercept Mae and Saul, a roped figure is shown watching them leave.

02:29This figure is none other than Star Wars' Darth Plagueways, the Sith Master of Emperor

02:35Palpatine.

02:36Plagueways' bony fingers, long face, and piercing yellow eyes are shown as Mae and

02:40Kimmel leave, truly hanging the shadow of the dark side of the show.

02:44On the opposite side of the Acolyte's good and evil spectrum is the cameo in the show's

02:48final shot, Master Yoda.

02:51After Vernestra Roach attempts to cover up the Jedi Order's misdeeds, she enters a room

02:56and apologizes for disturbing Yoda, insisting that they need to talk.

03:00The camera pans down to reveal the back of Yoda's head, looking more akin to puppet Yoda

03:05than the CGI version of the prequels.

03:08This hints at the Acolyte's much broader story of light and dark, tying into the future stories

03:13of the Skywalker Saga.

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