All 15 Star Wars Easter Eggs In The Acolyte Episode 5

Warning! This publish accommodates SPOILERS for The Acolyte episode 5

Abstract

• Mae claims Kelnacca’s lightsaber, connecting to her previous makes an attempt. Padawn Jecki advantages briefly from the weapon in episode 5.
• Cortosis metallic blocks the Jedi’s lightsabers, giving Mae’s grasp a powerful benefit in fight in opposition to a number of Jedi Knights.
• The Acolyte reveals Mae’s grasp is a Sith Lord who’s unmasked as Qimir. Different Easter eggs embrace connections to Anakin Skywalker, Kylo Ren, and key dialogue parallels.

The Acolyte episode 5 options among the most spectacular and brutal lightsaber fight in live-action because the prequels. Nonetheless, it additionally options some fairly thrilling Easter eggs and references to the larger Star Wars canon. To that finish, there are a number of main reveals within the episode, each for particular person characters in addition to teases for the way forward for the brand new present.

As seen in The Acolyte episode 5, the present lastly reveals the present’s new Sith Lord, a deadly darkish aspect person who takes on a whole workforce of Jedi Knights single-handedly after slaying Kelnacca, the Wookiee Jedi Grasp who’d been residing in exile on the forest world of Khofar. Nonetheless, there are nonetheless a great variety of noteworthy references and parallels to different components of the Star Wars canon all through the action-heavy episode. Listed here are 15 of the largest and greatest Easter eggs and references from The Acolyte episode 5.

15 Kelnacca’s Saber

Mae Tried To Declare

Discovering Kelnacca’s lightsaber throughout the carnage outdoors his distant forest house, Mae claims the Wookie Jedi’s lightsaber. It seems to be to be moderately giant in her arms, which is smart contemplating it was solid for the a lot bigger Jedi Grasp. Not solely does Mae claiming the weapon hook up with her previous makes an attempt to say sabers in The Acolyte, however the saber additionally supplies Padawan Jecki with a momentary benefit in opposition to the brand new Sith Lord after she takes the Jedi weapon again from Mae.

14 Cortosis

A Uncommon Star Wars Metallic

Seen taking up a number of Jedi Knights directly, Mae’s grasp is seen headbutting incoming lightsaber strikes together with his helmet. This quickly deactivates the Jedi’s lightsabers upon contact, and the identical is true for strikes that he blocks together with his gauntlet. As such, each look to be made out of the identical materials generally known as cortosis, a uncommon metallic ore within the Star Wars canon that may quickly disable sabers. As such, it supplies Mae’s grasp with a deadly benefit.

13 “You Are No Jedi”

Mirrors To Ahsoka

Grasp Sol concedes that Mae’s grasp wields the weapon of a Jedi. Nonetheless, he additionally states the considerably apparent: “You might be no Jedi.” To that finish, it does recall to mind Ahsoka Tano’s traditional and most iconic line first heard in Star Wars Rebels and past following her resolution in The Clone Wars to go away the Jedi Order behind: “I’m no Jedi”. Fortunately, Ahsoka did not embrace the darkish aspect and has even reconciled together with her Jedi path as seen within the live-action Ahsoka collection.

12 Star Wars Reveals New Cortosis Potential

Blocking Jedi Thoughts Studying

Not solely does The Acolyte episode 5 debut cortosis in live-action for the primary time with this darkish new masks, however a brand new cortosis energy has additionally seemingly been revealed. When Sol tells Mae’s grasp to take away his helmet, the darkish aspect person refuses, claiming that Sol would have the ability to learn his thoughts if he have been to take it off. As such, it appears as if cortosis can block the mind-reading skills of the Jedi by the Pressure, not not like Magneto’s helmet in Marvel Comics which he wore to dam his ideas from psychics akin to Professor Xavier.

11 The Energy Of A Grasp And Apprentice

Grasp Sol and Padawan Jecki

Having already killed 5 Jedi, the perfect protection the Jedi Knights may muster in opposition to Mae’s grasp was when Grasp Sol and his Padawan Jecki Lon lastly received collectively. Combining their powers and expertise as grasp and apprentice, they have been capable of maintain this obvious Sith Lord again for longer than most. As such, it is actually a testomony to the ability of a powerful bond that may be discovered between Jedi Masters and their Padawans, though they have been nonetheless overpowered by Mae’s grasp by the episode’s finish.

10 New Lightsaber Perform

The Sith Lord’s Hidden Saber

Serving as a deadly deception in The Acolyte episode 5, Mae’s grasp reveals a second shoto lightsaber hidden inside his unique lightsaber hilt, pulling it out and stabbing Jecki thrice in fast succession whereas they have been locked in a conflict. As such, Jecki had no time to react to this brutal new saber perform. Whereas just like Jedi Knight Cal Kestis’ double-bladed lightsaber and its capacity to be cut up in half, this new Sith saber is extra like a hidden blade, one which when unsheathed reduces the size of the primary saber because it’s now powered by a single kyber crystal moderately than two.

9 Qimir Revealed As Mae’s Grasp

Not Simply A Mere Dealer

Having damaged his masks earlier than she was killed, Mae’s grasp is revealed to be Qimir, the dealer who helped her poison Grasp Torbin in The Acolyte episode 2 and was main her to Kelnacca in episode 4. Because of this, it now is smart how he knew the place Kelnacca was, in addition to why he was evasive when Mae requested how he received related together with her grasp. Moreover, it seems to be as if Qimir had grand plans for Mae to change into his new pupil and acolyte, although his plans have seemingly modified after she uncovered him to the Jedi Order, looking for to kill not solely Mae but additionally the Jedi.

8 “She Was A Little one”

Criticisms Of Jedi Recruitment

In Sol’s despair over Jecki’s demise, he tells Qimir that “she was only a baby”. Nonetheless, Qimir merely responds that Sol was the one who introduced her on such a harmful mission. As such, it is a clear indictment of the Jedi Order’s recruitment and coaching of kids, a criticism that solely grows and will get worse by the point of The Clone Wars when Padawans actually grew to become baby troopers serving to command clone troopers into battle.

7 Lightsaber To The Head

A Darkish Anakin/Kylo Transfer

Grabbing Mae, Qimir threatens to kill Mae by inserting his lightsaber proper at her temple. An extremely darkish transfer, it is also one which has been seen earlier than within the Star Wars canon. Anakin Skywalker did it first throughout moments of sturdy darkness throughout The Clone Wars, most notably with a Zyggerian slaver. Nonetheless, Kylo Ren adopted by together with his transfer, turning on his lightsaber to impale a Praetorian guard as seen in The Final Jedi.

6 The Sith Have Been Confirmed For The Acolyte

However Which Darth Is He?

Qirmir confirms to Grasp Sol that he’s certainly a Sith. Nonetheless, he additionally claims that he has no identify. This means that he would possibly merely be a Sith pretender obsessive about the Sith’s methods, moderately than a real Darkish Lord and member of the Bane lineage underneath the Sith’s Rule of Two.

5 “They See My Face, They All Die”

Following the Sith Crucial

No matter his specific standing as a Sith Lord, Qimir does declare that every one the Jedi who’ve seen his face should die. Having been partially uncovered by Mae, it seems to be as if he needs to revive his anonymity. As such, this does comply with the underlying Sith Crucial the place the Sith sought to stay within the shadows till they have been able to enact their full revenge on the Jedi Order and take management of your entire galaxy.

4 “They’ve Turned You In opposition to Me”

Mirrors Anakin Skywalker

Wishing to reunite together with her twin sister, Mae not cares about serving Qimir. Nonetheless, that appears to have modified after Osha refuses to embrace her sister, persevering with to imagine that she is solely liable for the demise of their household. In response, Mae laments that Osha has been brainwashed and that the Jedi have “turned you in opposition to me”. This mirrors Anakin’s strains in Revenge of the Sith together with his standpoint that the Jedi all turned in opposition to him, in addition to his spouse Padmé.

3 Dejarik

Low-Tech Model

Disguising herself as Osha, Mae heads with Sol to go away Khofar. Heading to their ship, they go by two aliens who look to be enjoying a low-tech model of Dejarik. Dejarik is the traditional holo-chess sport seen aboard the Millennium Falcon, its first look having been in 1977’s A New Hope.

2 Pressure Therapeutic

Not Simply A Sequel Energy

Probably believing that the unconscious Osha is Mae, Qimir is featured utilizing the Pressure to heal her wounds. As such, that is the primary time Pressure energy has been seen outdoors the sequel trilogy. Maybe Qimir needs to make Mae his apprentice once more, although he additionally could also be sensible sufficient to appreciate Mae’s deception and genuinely needs Osha to function his new acolyte, having seen by the ruse.

1 Kylo Ren’s Theme

Teasing A Pressure Dyad?

Whereas Qimir heals Osha, it actually appears as if Kylo Ren’s theme from the sequels could be heard. As such, this can be a delicate tease that Osha and Mae will ultimately be revealed as a robust Pressure dyad. This could parallel Kylo Ren and Rey Skywalker who have been additionally revealed to be a dyad, a bond that hadn’t been seen in generations. Maybe Osha and Mae have been the final identified dyad within the Star Wars timeline.