All 15 Star Wars Easter Eggs In The Acolyte Finale

Warning! This put up incorporates SPOILERS for The Acolyte episode 8

The Acolyte’s finale contains a extensive assortment of Easter eggs and main references to the larger Star Wars canon. Culminating the most important Jedi thriller that is been surrounding a pair of twins extraordinarily highly effective within the Drive, The Acolyte’s first (and hopefully not solely) season has come to an epic finish. Nonetheless, the ultimate episode of the later Star Wars present had loads of surprises, proper as much as its final shot.

The Acolyte’s finale contains a ultimate showdown between Grasp Sol (Lee Jung-jae) and Qimir (Manny Jacinto). The final episode additionally contains a reunion between Mae and Osha Aniseya, alongside main selections they every make earlier than the Jedi Order arrives in the hunt for the one accountable for killing so many Jedi over the course of the Star Wars present. To that finish, listed below are 15 of the most important Easter eggs, references, and main cameos featured all through The Acolyte’s finale.

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15 Firebird Helmet

Image of the Jedi and Future Revolt

After escaping Sol’s custody in orbit round Brendok, Mae makes an attempt to flee in an escape ship. Donning a helmet and climbing into the cockpit, the helmet itself bears a well-recognized firebird sigil. Whereas this was an authentic image for the Jedi Order, it might later obtain some design adjustments earlier than turning into the official image of the Insurgent Alliance a long time later within the Star Wars timeline.

14 Sol’s Concentrating on Pc

Mirrors Authentic Trilogy

Pursuing Mae, Sol enters the rings of Brendok’s moons whereas additionally utilizing a concentrating on laptop to lock on to her ship’s place. The concentrating on visuals are notably the identical as these which can be prominently featured in A New Hope and the Revolt’s Dying Star trench run from the unique trilogy. Darth Vader himself used a concentrating on laptop to lock onto enemy X-Wings earlier than ripping them aside with a hail of laser hearth from his TIE Superior.

13 When A Jedi Snaps

Anakin Skywalker Foreshadowing

Assembly with Grasp Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson), Senator Rayencourt (David Harewood) needs to conduct an exterior overview of the Jedi Order on behalf of the Republic Senate. It is because he fears the unchecked energy on the Jedi’s disposal, in addition to their intensely managed feelings:

“You challenge a picture of goodness and restraint, however it’s solely a matter of time earlier than one in all you snaps. And when, not if, that occurs, who shall be robust sufficient to cease him?”

Rayencourt’s feedback definitely appear to function some key foreshadowing for the prequel trilogy, particularly contemplating the truth that Anakin Skywalker did certainly snap and was too highly effective to be stopped.

12 Chancellor Drellik

An Alien Tarsunt

References are made to Supreme Chancellor Dreillik, who finally makes an look nearer to the tip of The Acolyte’s finale. Drellik is a member of the alien Tarsunt species. Apparently sufficient, a Tarsunt served as Chancellor through the New Republic Period as seen in The Drive Awakens. There was additionally a Tarsunt youngling on the Jedi Temple as seen in The Acolyte’s premiere.

11 Darth Plagueis

The Acolyte’s True Sith Grasp

As Qimir and Osha depart Qimir’s distant ocean world in the hunt for Sol and Mae, a hooded determine is seen watching them from the shadows. Based mostly on the lengthy fingers, flat nostril, and yellow eyes in keeping with the Sith, this seems to be none apart from Darth Plagueis the Sensible, the Muun Sith mater of Palpatine himself. Nonetheless, it stays unclear if Plagueis is Qimir’s grasp, has tracked him down and intends to kill him as a rival, or needs Osha attributable to his distinctive existence. Both means, the first-ever display debut of Plagueis is a serious second in Star Wars franchise historical past.

Grasp Yoda Is Most Probably

Urgently attempting to get in touch with somebody, it is unknown who Grasp Vernestra Rwoh was attempting to fulfill with. Nonetheless, it was established by the being on the opposite finish that attempting to succeed in out to this individual was fairly unorthodox. As such, a powerful guess could be that Vernestra was attempting to get in touch with Grandmaster Yoda who was typically on meditative retreats through the Excessive Republic Period. Naturally, the tip of the episode definitely helps this concept as nicely.

9 Samurai Conflict

Sol vs Qimir

On the finish of their unimaginable duel in The Acolyte’s finale, Sol and Qimir rush one another with lightsabers drawn, the last word victor initially being unknown. As such, this very a lot mirrors the traditional samurai sword preventing trope referred to as a “single-stroke battle” or “passing strike”. Finally, it is revealed that Sol gained the duel, having severed Qimir’s lightsaber as he handed.

8 “Strike Him Down And Your Journey Will Be Full”

Qimir Line Echoes Palpatine

After Mae takes Sol’s lightsaber, Qimir instructs Mae to strike him down and full her journey to the darkish aspect. Naturally, this line echoes Palpatine who mentioned the identical to Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. Wanting Luke to strike down Darth Vader, Empeor Papatine knew that Luke’s corruption to the darkish would start in earnest if he killed his father out of hate and anger, and Qimir knew the identical would occur for Mae…and/or Osha.

7 “Very Few With This Energy”

Who Else Can Use The Drive To Create Life?

Upon revealing the reality that Mae and Osha are the identical consciousness within the Drive cut up by their mom into two beings, Sol claims that “only a few” have the ability to control the Drive to create new life. Nonetheless, one has to surprise who precisely he is speaking about. Whereas Darth Plagueis could be one, he was unknown to the Jedi, so who else may wield this energy whom the Jedi had been conscious of? It is definitely an fascinating thriller with key ramifications for each the Jedi and the Sith.

6 Star Wars Lastly Debuts On-Display Kyber Bleeding

Corrupting Kyber To The Darkish Aspect

Choosing up Sol’s lightsaber, the blue kyber inside turns purple in Osha’s fingers as she offers into her hate, having discovered the reality about her grasp and his homicide of her and Mae’s mom. As such, that is the primary on-screen depiction of kyber bleeding in Star Wars, a observe completed by Sith apprentices which explains why all of them wield purple lightsabers. Pouring all their rage, hate, and ache into the kyber of a Jedi they’d slain, the dwelling kyber bleeds. That is why Sol’s lightsaber turns from blue to purple, confirming Osha’s embrace of the darkish aspect.

5 Osha Kills A Jedi With out A Weapon

Drive Choke

Whereas Mae struggled to kill any Jedi with out utilizing a weapon in The Acolyte, Osha darkly succeeds the place her sister failed. Utilizing the pressure to choke Sol, Osha’s homicide of her grasp accomplished the second a part of her darkish aspect initiation, seeing how Sith apprentices usually bled the kyber belonging to a Jedi whom they’d slain. As such, Osha appears to have completed each concurrently in The Acolyte’s finale.

4 Mae’s Brendok Survival Mirrors Luke Skywalker

Sucked Into A Tunnel

Leaving the witches’ compound, Mae reveals to Osha that she survived her fall as a baby by being sucked right into a core tunnel. This isn’t in contrast to what occurred to Luke Skywalker after his Cloud Metropolis duel with Darth Vader in Empire Strikes Again. Humorously, even the tunnels look the identical.

3 Conventional Jedi Funeral For Sol

Funeral Pyre

Finally, Sol turns into a scapegoat, with Vernestra utilizing his demise as a part of a cover-up. Nonetheless, the Jedi Grasp nonetheless gave him a correct Jedi funeral on Brendok all the identical. Identical to the various Jedi who got here earlier than and can come after, Grasp Sol’s physique was burned on a funeral pyre on the very finish of The Acolyte’s finale.

2 “A Pupil Of Mine Earlier than He Turned To Evil”

Vernestra Echoes Obi-Wan’s Line About Darth Vader

Having a mind-wiped Mae in her custody, Vernestra tells her that she wants her assist to search out somebody. When Mae asks who, she says “he was a pupil of mine earlier than he turned to evil.” This can be a reference to Qimir, seeing as how they each reacted to one another’s presence the second Vernestra stepped foot on Brendok. Nonetheless, Vern’s line can also be the very same as Obi-Wan Kenobi’s when he first tells Luke about Darth Vader in A New Hope.

1 An Look From Grandmaster Yoda

As a Puppet, Not CGI

The ultimate shot of The Acolyte’s finale sees Vernestra assembly with none apart from Grandmaster Yoda. That is almost certainly who she was attempting to attach with earlier within the episode. To that finish, this means that Yoda shall be knowledgeable in regards to the cover-up, and would possibly even play a task in potential future seasons of The Acolyte. It is also thrilling to see that Yoda appears to be like to be a puppet in The Acolyte, somewhat than being computer-animated as he was depicted in Assault of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

All episodes of The Acolyte are streaming now on Disney+.

The Acolyte

The Acolyte is a tv collection set within the Star Wars universe on the finish of the Excessive Republic Period, the place each the Jedi and the Galactic Empire had been on the top of their affect. This sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite along with her former Jedi Grasp as they examine a number of crimes – all resulting in darkness erupting from beneath the floor and getting ready to convey in regards to the finish of the Excessive Republic.

Solid

Amandla Stenberg , Lee Jung-jae , Joonas Suotamo , Charlie Barnett , Dafne Eager , Leah Brady , Manny Jacinto , Rebecca Henderson , Carrie-Anne Moss , Jodie Turner-Smith , Dean-Charles Chapman , Lauren Brady , Anthony J. Abraham , Thara Shöön , Danielle Xin Yao Waterman , Sienna Khiroya , Jeramiah Evans , Dan Milne , Thomas Coombes , Archie Singh Swali , Nick Courtroom , Ed Kear , Jumayn Hunter , Scroobius Pip , Abigail Thorn , Margarita Levieva , Amy Tsang , Saskia Allen , Deborah Rosan , Tabitha Alege , Paul Bullion , Indra Ové , Derek Arnold , Lewis Younger

Character(s)

Mae , Grasp Sol , Kelnacca , Yord Fandar , Jecki Lon , Little Mae , Qimir , Grasp Vernestra Rwoh , Grasp Indara , Mom Aniseya , Grasp Torbin , Padawan Torbin , Little Osha , Fillik , Tasi Lowa , Youngling , Restrained Convict , Convict , Olega Urchin , Olega Grasp , Olega Padawan , Scavenger , Ensign Eurus , Mom Koril , Ensign Rane , Scout Sarria , Ensign Shima , Elder Jaalyn , Grasp Lakshay , Grasp Holden , Grasp Ki-Adi-Mundi , Jedi Knight

Seasons

1

Streaming Service(s)

Disney+

Writers

Leslye Headland , Charmaine De Grate , Kor Adana

Administrators

Leslye Headland , Alex Garcia Lopez

Showrunner

Leslye Headland

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