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The Acolyte’s Mystery Sith Villain?

Coming Tuesday: The Acolyte

Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Acolyte delves into the shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers of the High Republic era, a century before The Phantom Menace. Series creator Leslye Headland teases an intriguing villain - "the inner-saboteur," the "bad guy inside all of us." The story follows Mae (Amandla Stenberg), a former Jedi student turned mysterious masked assassin wielding a red lightsaber on a Jedi killing spree.

Headland hints the show explores multiple perspectives, drawing from films like Rashomon where the same story is retold differently. "Each episode gives you more information," she says, promising a serialized mystery-thriller unraveling the identity of the titular acolyte - Sith or Jedi apprentice?

As Yoda warned, "Hard to see, the dark side is." The Acolyte sheds light on the sinister pull of the dark side in a galaxy far, far away.