Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE Series Rumored to Debut a Powerful Sith Lord

There’s a new rumor that has surfaced regarding Lucasfilm’s upcoming live-action series Star Wars: The Acolyte, and according to this rumor, a well-known powerful Sith Lord will be making his big debut in the series. That Sith Lord is Darth Plagueis.

The rumor originated from Redditor u/Aesokas (via Bespin Bulletin). This is a popular account on the Star Wars Leaks subreddit. There’s no confirmation of this and no details on his role in the series, but it’s said that the character is involved in some way.

The series is described as “a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.” The High Republic is set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga begins. This era has only been explored in a series of books and comics so far. It is the golden age of the Jedi, when the Jedi were at their strongest and the Sith were believed to have been eradicated from the galaxy.

It was also previously explained that the show “specifically explores the rise of the Dark Side in those final days of the High Republic era. The Acolyte has the opportunity to explore the Dark Side in a way the franchise never has on screen before.”

For those of you not really familiar with the character, Darth Plagueis was “a Force-sensitive Muun male Dark Lord of the Sith and the Sith Master of Darth Sidious. Plagueis lusted for immortality, believing the secret laid in science. To that end, he worked with his Sith apprentice, conducting research into bioengineering and experimenting with his ability to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. In doing so, Plagueis acquired considerable knowledge of the Force, but he was ultimately betrayed and murdered by his own apprentice in accordance with the Rule of Two. Sidious later recounted the tale of his master's demise to lure the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker to the dark side of the Force, calling the fallen Sith Lord Darth Plagueis the Wise. After his own demise, Sidious used his master's teachings to cheat death, though true immortality still eluded him up until his final end.”

It was also previously reported that the series could explore some major Sith characters from Star Wars Legends! That report explained: "We're talking about Darth Revan, folks — which I hear they're gonna bring in a lot of these Legends [characters]: Darth Bane, Darth Nihilus, Darth Malak, Darth Revan, all in [Star Wars: The Acolyte]. We'll see."

All of this is just rumored for now, but I’m very curious about this series. I hope that it ends up being something incredible. The show is being developed by showrunner Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and Amandla Stenber (The Hate U Give) is set to star.