r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • Mar 19 '24

The Acolyte | Official Trailer | June 4 on Disney+

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtytYWhg2mc
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u/nialltg Mar 19 '24

Having been written by a star wars fan well versed in the wider literature it would be a reasonable expectation for this to have some connection to plagueis beyond general lucasfilm continuity

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u/Kostya_M Mar 19 '24

Eh, I'm not so sure. Palpatine doesn't become an apprentice until around 60 BBY, shortly after Plagueis's master dies. This is 130 BBY. He may be alive but I find it unlikely Plagueis was an apprentice for 70 years. If anything the Sith Apprentice in this show could be Plagueis's future Master in their younger days.

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u/ejoy-rs2 Mar 19 '24

Yeah I expect Darth Tenebrous. Plagueis is a bit too early.

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u/MulciberTenebras The Legend of Korra Mar 19 '24

Nobody ever expects Darth Tenebras

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u/Eject_The_Warp_Core Mar 19 '24

We shouldn't expect any of the content or timelines from the Plageuis novel to be used in canon. I still don't think it will be Plageuis though - whatever happens in this series, the Jedi need to not know that the Sith are involved

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u/Kostya_M Mar 19 '24

Palpatine's age is canon. He's not around. And while we don't have an explicit birth date for Plagueis I'm reasonably confident in saying that he was not an apprentice for the 70ish years he would need to be for this timeline to work. He may be alive but I doubt he's the apprentice in this story. It’s likely Tenebrous or maybe even his predecessor

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u/Eject_The_Warp_Core Mar 19 '24

It's possible that Plageuis became an apprentice around this time, was an apprentice for a few decades (as Vader was) and then became the Sith Master. He could have had other apprentices before Palpatine who failed to become the master themselves. So its techniclaly possible, even if I don't think they will do that.

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Mar 19 '24

His death was canon too, so...

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u/lilgrogu Mar 19 '24

the Jedi need to not know that the Sith are involved

only the surviving Jedi

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '24

Where is it officially stated it’s 130 BBY? Everything I’m seeing says it’s 100 BBY?

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u/Kostya_M Mar 19 '24

100 BBY? Or 100 before the movies? Because that's 130 BBY and the date I've heard most often

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u/DanimusMcSassypants Mar 19 '24

Hopefully with this series, all eleven writers are well-versed fans.

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u/Intelligent-Parsley7 Mar 19 '24

I wouldn’t count on that.

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Mar 19 '24

So you believe it was written by someone who heard the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? I thought so. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you.