The Acolyte’s latest episode sparks controversy among Star Wars fans with lore change

Culture news “Disney has just destroyed the lore of Star Wars”, the last episode of The Acolyte is controversial among fans of the saga!

Initially, The Acolyte was a series eagerly awaited by Star Wars fans for a simple reason: it takes place in a period never seen on big or small screensnamely the High Republic which takes place two hundred years before the events of the film Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Despite these expectations, the show is unfortunately not unanimous among fans, being only recommended at 13% on Rotten Tomatoes by the public compared to 84% by critics. Among the criticisms made of The Acolyte, the community accuses it of being inconsistent with the Star Wars universe. And clearly, it is not the last episode that will calm their ardor. Warning, spoiler for episode 5!

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A revelation inconsistent with the films?

In episode 5 of The Acolyte, we discover that Mae's master is none other than Qimir, her operator who accompanied her until then. If this revelation had been anticipated by many Internet users, his words sowed the seeds of controversy. After his mask falls and his face is revealed, Master Sol asks Qimir who he is. He replies that he doesn't have a name, but that the Jedi would call him a Sith.. And here is the drama.

If Qimir does indeed turn out to be a site, this directly contradicts one of the lines from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. After confronting Darth Maul on Tatooine, Qui-Gon Jinn comes to report to the Jedi High Council that he thinks his opponent is none other than a Sith. Listening to this word, Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundu exclaims in surprise: “Impossible ! The Sith have been extinct for a millennium“. The problem is that by the time the events of The Acolyte take place, Ki-Adi-Mundu is already alive and already a Jedi Master. He therefore cannot ignore that Qimir turns out to be a Sith and that he contradicts himself two hundred years later in The Phantom Menace. But is that really the case?

Does The Acolyte break Star Wars canon?

Right now, Star Wars fans are up in arms that The Acolyte just broke Star Wars canon with this reveal. However, if we want to be devil's advocate, several elements can justify this contradiction. First of all, it's possible that Qimir is posing as a Sith Lord, but isn't really one. Perhaps he is just an impostor who uses the Force as he sees fit and recognizes himself in the Sith precepts without having been trained.

Afterwards, one can imagine that the incidents that occurred on Khofar would never reach the ears of the Jedi High Council if everyone who participated in them is dead. After all, apart from Master Sol and Osha, no one from the team is still alive at present. And then, if we want to go further, we can say that this is only episode 5 of the series and that there are still 3 to go to The Acolyte to justify what sounds like a contradiction. In any case, not sure that this will calm Star Wars fans…