THE ACOLYTE Episode 6 BREAKDOWN! Every Clue & Star Wars Easter Egg You Missed!

Star Wars The Acolyte Episode 6 “Teach / Corrupt” in-depth breakdown & analysis by New Rockstars! Get 50% off your first order of Sundays: sundaysfordogs.com/newrockstars or use code NEWROCKSTARS at checkout.
The Acolyte HEATS UP this episode as the Stranger / Sith / Qimir seduces Osha to the Dark Side… but is it the Sith he’s luring her into, or a new order like the Knights of Ren? Erik Voss breaks down every detail you missed, including what this “Unknown Planet” is - Ahch-To or Bal’demnic from Legends stories - as well as the secret value of the cortosis metal. Did Vernestra Rwoh use her lightsaber whip on Qimir to give him those scars?
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[@ChocoboKid216]

Want abs? Cool helmets? Join the Dark Side of the Force!

[@dominicbroome9381]

Hail the dark side

[@ThunderBZaper]

Sigh me up 😂

[@Jorizzle22]

The Dark Side and You!!!!

[@maddie-sr1jk]

I'm sold

[@boredape1986]

Anakin had them before the dark

[@FS_shore]

The audio description is KILLING ME 💀

[@b.friedman9278]

What does it say

[@getBhavinShah]

It is at 8:24

[@Fedaygin]

I never use it when watch content at streaming platforms where i have forever sub. Now when i saw one example here i got some abs exercise 😁

[@ketchupcommander]

50 shades of sith

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

it sounds like a ACOTAR audiobook

[@kingmj87]

“The power of one, The power of two, The power of Manny”

[@tugkanberk]

the power of Manny Delgado

[@mannyc9640]

agreed

[@akouri6967]

@@kingmj87 Manny Jacinto? Is their chant a meta joke about Darth Bortles?

[@gtone339]

The power of Money...

[@MisaLime1028]

Money is the path to the dark side

[@ab_stone]

50 Shades of Ren 😂

[@Tiniestwombat]

Yes! Getting Disney Plus now! Star wars always needs a little romance. It's a space opera!

[@Oyabin20]

Hey guys, I live in Madeira. That is not Caniçal, Caniçal is the poster and opening scene on the first episode. That place is in the north side of the island an area called Ribeira da Janela near São Vicente, you can see that because of the colour of the rocks, they are greying while the area of caniçal they are more brownish

[@jeffhidalgo6037]

So cool how videos can bring people together from all parts of the world. Your home is beautiful!

[@Oyabin20]

@@jeffhidalgo6037 ty but you havent seem nothing yet. Its a green paradise on the Middle of a Blue ocean.

[@ketchupcommander]

Is this the place where all animals and birds now refuse to go because of the toxic content the place was filled with?

[@Oyabin20]

@@ketchupcommander nope island is Toxic free, unless you consider some PPL Toxic lol

[@anhangamirim]

Que legal!!! Obrigada. Quero ir na Ribeira agora!!!

[@prietowilly]

Sol stopped himself from saying "Massacre" because I think that's what they did all those years ago to the witches and covered it up by saying there was a fire

[@birthearthstory]

mae is totally restrained by the jedi, unable to move, but the jedi has no intention to hurt mae. osho is totally free with the sith, and free, his intentions are unknown. all paradoxical.

[@Starryface681]

This is so true 👍

[@peach1681]

i think also that the presumably good jedi have Mae tied up while the presumably evil has Osha free, so begs the question of who's actually the good and who's the bad

[@marioboone241]

Difference is Mae has killed people and Osha hasn't. One is seen as a threat and the other isn't.

[@factthatdude4059]

@@marioboone241that part!

[@jamesparker6211]

If I tried to use a light-whip-saber, I'd probably end up scaring my own back... :)

[@mysticmarble94]

You'd be lucky if it's just a scar 💀

[@thinkbluealex]

Qimir also offers Osha to skinny dip in the water with him 😳

[@Fedaygin]

Yeah good move 🤫

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

i'd have folded immediately

[@Galaxxymeeps]

It’s TV-14 they aren’t allowed to do that

[@PathFinder1490]

7:23 that’s range right there! Lee Jung-Jae is one hell of an actor (and a believable one too!) and this casting is perfect. I really felt that moment of guilt with him.

[@mijavera]

He is so good!

[@nuggets133]

@@mijaveraooioo😊😊Jon in I no ijj

[@Sjcstro84]

Imo Manny edges him out lol

[@fitzlock8349]

For me the fact he doesn't speak English very well but still learned to deliver his lines with all that weight and grief is incredible.

[@117MasterSpartan]

For what?? What guilt? He kept running away in the fight and then just standing waiting. Nobody even knows what he did on the other planet with the cult.

[@Brynn_Wood]

The Acolyte episodes are too short!

[@adamrodriguez9098]

AGREED!!

[@rickymiller177]

Way to short

[@knutkey]

It's the worst about Disney+ shows for sure!! And it hurts the story progression!!!

[@davetriesthis]

Pip's memory isn't gone. I think Otter Guy not only charged PIP in the workroom but also saved his backup.

[@patrick2099_]

I could be wrong but Qimir didn’t specifically say cortosis was used in the youngling helmets, only that his helmet is similar in sensory deprivation.

[@MissLainey-h9p]

For #7, I think Sol's grief to his team suddenly came out when he said, "There's been a...". Jedi is not allowed to be too emotional. He had to say something made him less emotional.

[@thinhtran3126]

yeah, attachment is one of the jedi biggest sin, Sol accepts and acts on his emotion like Joe Goldberg from "You". I love the duality of Sol and Qimir, Mae and Osha.

[@joshcoombs4554]

…. Disturbance in the force?

[@jarianharris8240]

🤔 True

[@dominicbroome9381]

Love how desire was Qimir's tool to lure Osha to the dark side

[@persephone342]

He could’ve wooed me with that setup!

[@Tiamat951]

The Sith are all about desire and passion :)

[@dominicbroome9381]

@@Tiamat951 one of the reasons why the dark side is appealing

[@Tiamat951]

@@dominicbroome9381 absolutely :)

[@bethb4432]

@@persephone342Right? I was fanning myself

[@cafeapaka7501]

“Manny Cave” lol

[@jazzyboo2191]

I think I might try that whole power of 2 thing because that dark side is looking kinda tempting.

[@redcomet7024]

I just realized Basil is wearing the same civilian robes as Osha

[@scotthewitt258]

I didn't even notice. I guess he is a hired tracker.

[@kimreese2044]

Bazil *

[@robertabblebaum7813]

Oh.... Oh... you are 100% right. That's Darth Momin. Makes perfect sense. And there's a connection to the Knights of Ren there too.

[@MrTimboman14]

Darth Shaa the Master

[@christopherjohnson4399]

bRENdock? Maybe Osha is the founder of the Knights of bRENdock.

[@MrBagginses]

How so?

[@ThrasherMurat]

The fact that this videos is basically just as long as the actual episode is honestly my biggest complaint about star wars. I just watched a whole hour episode of the boys right before watching the acolyte, and I just feel like all the star wars shows just end to quickly

[@beacon-313]

"Have you tried turning off the force and turning it back on? That should fix your problem." - Jedi tech support

[@soulalchemist387]

Huyang: Ah yes,this lightsaber belongs to the nickname "Smear the Qmir" he was actually a charming fellow until he decided public nudity was fine. Droids are different,but sith lords?!

[@bookat69]

Little bottles on the nightstand may have been things like disinfectant, since they're there with the bandages

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

oh...I thought it was cologne and aftershave lol

[@SpiderDan2099]

Eric, I think that the ointments on the side of the bed would have been what he used for Osha's wounds.

[@user-et2pk1xm1z]

I instantly thought those were Skooma bottles. Maybe I've played too much Skyrim.

[@RyanHaney55]

Poor Pip! 😢 I jumped when Osha screamed "I failed!" & turned on the red lightsaber. I am really excited to hear what Sol tells Mae.

[@barneygarwood946]

He isn't implying that youngling helms are made of cortosis but that they are sensory depriviving.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

Listen again.

[@its_dey_mate]

​@@ObsessiveGeek "a sensory deprivation headpiece, LIKE we used as younglins". They aren't nessesarily one and the same, they could be, but like OP I also think they aren't. They just serve a similar function.

[@mikeygiuseppe2693]

If Vernestra was his master, it would make sense why he said he was a Jedi a really long long time ago. Maybe he was a Jedi when Sol was a youngling

[@alexanderdumas-]

11:16 Tywin Lannister “Explain to me why it is more noble to kill 10,000 men in battle than a dozen at dinner”

[@jarianharris8240]

😮🤔

[@railgundotenc8538]

Come to the dark side, we have cookies 😉

[@davidchism6081]

RIP Jecki and the others.

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

Nah, screw them. They offered nothing to the story.

[@kiwungie]

Jecki was badass though

[@jacearmor5274]

23:56 It's nice to see a purple lightsaber in live action for the first time in 17 years.

[@knowonose]

And it was given to the showrunners wife of all ppl 😂 the nepotism is strong in this one haha

[@jarianharris8240]

True

[@sikeyin7623]

Qimir's Dark Force seduction is definitely more fascinating than Palpatine.

[@TrueGamer22887]

Unbelievable cope lmao

[@biglove9374]

I think he implied it works like the youngling helmets not that they were made from it.

[@Charolette21]

18:53 Shaking? Don’t you mean “throbbing”?

[@fulgar_films]

the soup Qimir is cooking is called Sinigang

[@jvlicious]

🇵🇭😅 saw what you did there

[@gemini3399]

My favorite soup ❤🇵🇭

[@ajwonderlanimations3023]

Qumir said that cortosis made a sensory deprivation like the helmets. He didn’t say they were the same or even made of Cortisis.

[@scotthewitt258]

Well, he was literally tapping the helmet when he said "Cortosis". Which made it seem like he was talking about the helmet being made of cortosis. Could be a misdirect. But kinda a clumsy one, if it is. From a writing standpoint, I mean.

[@GiffyHD]

@@scotthewitt258 his helmet is made of it, but OP was referring to the youngling training helmets

[@olivergaither]

Qumir’s helmet is made of cortosis. The wearer of the helmet cannot see, the same way the Jedi training helmets also prevent the use of their vision

[@ObsessiveGeek]

There’s no connection in the narrative, it’s simply a possibility that the training helmets MIGHT be made of the same material since it would offer a beginner in lightsaber combat some protection.

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Episode 7 & 8 better be at least 40 actual minutes 29 minutes is some bull shit.

[@Jayydubss]

lol it will be 40 min but 10 minutes of end credits lol…

[@008Birdman]

This whole series is bs.

[@MrPossum077]

Why do you want us to suffer more

[@SoMissingFive0]

That audio description though 😂😂😂

[@bhavmak6897]

Sol and Qmir acting has been great. Vernestra is an interesting character but the actresses doesn't sell it.... Which does impact the series

[@jonathaningargiola9824]

dripping makeup worthy of a kids' birthday party doesn't help either.

[@JohnnyJamesGio]

So, this is where Jason went in the final episode of The Good Place

[@cornpop6969]

NGL if Qimir took me to some planet and showed off his body like that I'd turn to the dark side too.

[@morganthefae2641]

Mae's scream at 16:30 sounds like a nod to the Wilhelm scream

[@brotherkhrayn3525]

The only emotion that actress is capable of, it seems…

[@Adventuress78]

I think there’s a failsafe to get Pip back. Osha may be naive but she’s a damn good mechnik. Pip will be back.

[@isaacbeeks4637]

Cal Kestis can use force echos as well

[@MassEffect1988]

I think its telling that the Jedi has Mae restrained yet the "Sith" lets Osha walk freely and without any restraints...

[@brianenewton75]

Discipline Equals Freedom.

[@legabsgod8575]

I thought for sure you'd mention the performance Lee Jung-jae gave. Watch his face. When Sol loses control for a moment, you can visually see him re-center himself, and drive out his emotions. He's a Jedi, after all.

[@BajanShinobi]

He did.

[@stevenwhitmore41]

The beginning of the knights of Ren. He doesn't want to be a Jedi or a Sith. Awesome 🤘

[@piovertwoo]

Knights of ren could align with the “collects people” line…

[@marvelstarwarsgeek1511]

Manny killed it in this episode .

[@joepg1608]

I agree that Sol found out at that time also. Because Mae said he fooled all of us and Osha doesn't know Qimir like that.

[@scotthewitt258]

Interesting that Qimir had just cleaned and dressed Osha's wound, and you seemed to think the "lotions" {in OPAQUE bottles} were for something else.....

[@jeffd.1485]

i wonder if the cortosis lining the cave/mine that Qimir lives in protects him from being found. the cortosis would block any force detection going in and block Qimir's force from emitting out.

[@vecks_]

would it make sense Qimir was trained by the Witches? he just seems way too skilled to learn all that on his own…

[@tamarockstar09]

If you watch the rise of Skywalker at the end, the emperor says the power of two gives me life and that’s when he starts to drain Ray and Ben out of their life force. Maybe he was trying to create a diet in the force.

[@ALLRNDCRICKETER]

Dyad bruh, hes already buff he dont need to become anorexic 🤣😂

[@alexkramerblogs]

Palpatine was trying to use the power of the Dyad, not create one during that scene.

[@ALLRNDCRICKETER]

@@alexkramerblogs exactly what qimir is doing. Trying to harness the dyad of mae/osha

[@lengyelszunyog]

am I the only one who thought that we might have the first ever naked @$$ moment in Star Wars :D

[@scarletwitch616]

I was hoping we were going to

[@OfficialDanielSilvas]

I think it was Tenebres/Plaqueis who gave him those whips, when he killed his 7 acolytes

[@moderateowl6327]

Sceilig Mhichíl is an island off the coast of Ireland not “The British Isles”

[@DSplatter]

Posting this estimated / assessed timeline for awareness / to help guide theory discussions: BBY = Before Battle Of Yavin (SW EP 6) Key Timeline Events: -170BBY Tenebrous born around this time (At a minimum / he could of been born much before this but there isn’t sufficient info) -148BBY (Mae/ Osha tragedy on Brendok) -147 to 130BBY Plagueis is born sometime here, conflicting lore prevents an accurate date -125BBY estimated date that Plagueis was handed over to Tenebrous by his mother -132BBY (Events of The Acolyte) -99BBY suggested date that Plagueis undertook his first Sith mission to assassinate Kerred Santhe (he had been Tenebrous’ apprentice for 25 years already) -67BBY Plagueis kills Tenebrous on Baldemnic -32BBY Events of EP I: TPM V (Not much is relevant to the Acolyte topic after this date IMO, or at least that we know of)

[@JimHealy]

Excuse you! Skellig Michael is in Ireland and Ireland is not a British isle!

[@GavAndrews]

Maybe want to check your geography books mate. Rep of Ireland is a sovereign country located in the British Isles…

[@JimHealy]

@@GavAndrews My geography is just fine, no thank you very much.

[@GavAndrews]

@@JimHealy so you know no lies were told? Face it, we’re in the British isles…the island is Ireland but the area is the British isles…

[@JimHealy]

@GavAndrews Indeed, there are no lies in my original post, good day.

[@gavinandrews3207]

@@JimHealythere’s none so blind as them that won’t see… slan leat.

[@MoReese77]

Vernestra joined the Bald Side

[@selena3863]

Good one!!

[@Fedaygin]

Yeeees quite many Mirialan's are without hair 🙂

[@grand_admiral_henrich4416]

The title of "Teach/Corrupt". Is such a cool title. Because this episode Qimir is teaching Osha more about things. While Sol has become Corrupt through the dark side because of Brendok

[@sonrichard76]

There definitely is a Jedi who isn't really a Jedi.

[@MattRobotnik]

2:38 I think it's pronounced "hawk tuah"

[@Colex_ykf]

Bruhhhh 😂😂

[@MattRobotnik]

@@Colex_ykf 😆😁

[@AnthonyPosi]

🤨😮‍💨

[@comicbooknerd3570]

Omg really 😂😭😭😭😭

[@MrLee-cy1pw]

This channel and Generation Tech are the best channels for Star Wars.

[@DonaldHan]

On islands, there is rapid dwarfism and gigantism. Those critters might be descended from the sirens.

[@mikecione5155]

I think he was just saying he made it into a sensory depravation chamber, I don't think the ones younglings used were made out of cortosis, he just made it to imitate so he wouldnt be distracted,and make him connect with the force stronger, feel me

[@AshMCM]

2:20 with the theory that this is ach-to, these could be the same animals

[@jesseg211]

Skeillig Michael is an island of coast of Ireland and irish, not British at all

[@EzekielGarf]

He's not saying it's British at all, just that it's a part of the 'British Isles' which it is. Ireland and Great Britain are the two largest islands that make up part of the British Isles.

[@jesseg211]

@@EzekielGarf well I happen to be born and live in Ireland and don't tell me I'm in British isles us Irish say Irish isles

[@paddymccoy]

​@@jesseg211Britain just haven't updated their records. They need a push I recon to set the record straight.

[@EzekielGarf]

@@paddymccoy "Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest in the world." From Wikipedia, not a British reference book. Just saying

[@EzekielGarf]

@@jesseg211 do you say the Irish hemisphere rather than the northern hemisphere too?

[@marvynwilliamson9796]

Im really enjoying this.

[@scotthewitt258]

Well, his Jedi Master is the ACTUAL Sith Lord, so.....

[@eXtremeFX2010]

But he KILLED my favorite JEDI with that darkside BUFF body. 😅

[@Wookiee1979]

From what I remember there was 20 Jedi who left the order. Could it be that the Qimir was a padawan that was presumed dead after some encounter? He could take being left for dead as abandonment and it made his fall easy.

[@nifmus]

I think that island is named Hawk Tuah!!!

[@edwardeverett1157]

Melt

[@Hiphiphistorian]

It's in the Star wars visual dictionary that the lightsabers the younglings have r low intensity so they don't cause severe injury

[@nicomal]

Now we need a female sith nude scene, you know, to balance the Force. We've seen Kylo's chest, Yord's chest and Qimir's back and chest. I mean, it's only fair.

[@JoseMoreira-vo8cu]

Very logically presented...thank you.

[@jeffd.1485]

"thala-siren ass grooves in those rocks." hahaha love it.

[@andrewcrawshaw334]

Dont forget Jedi Outcast also heavily made use of Cortosis throughout its storyline :)

[@Dimitris_99]

Why all the Nights of Ren like to show their body??? First we had Swolo, now this???😂😂😂

[@waynerooney9661]

Skellig Michael is in Ireland! To say it is in the British Isles is a hugely misleading and pretty much insulting way to describe where Irish sovereign territory is! It is an Irish Island off the west coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

[@imperialipa06]

Another great video

[@aliengranpa]

The fanfare when the camera zoomed out on the island definitely made it seem important. I even said " i bet I'm supposed to know where that is."

[@Lillian.Gao.]

Manny Jacinto deserves to headline a blockbuster film…. He’s got acting chops and the muscular chops… not to mention that Superman jawline mmmhmmmmhmmm…

[@Lowkeyakari1153]

I feel like their energy together this episode was giving lowkey romantic or like flirtatious or maybe it just comes off that way because he is attractive

[@bobobo2224]

I think Qimir was ejected from the sith master. Probably seeking revenge on his previous sith master.

[@WickedXombieDigiKing]

Good break down

[@twincesseszeigler4366]

I was happy that they included the knowledge of Jedi Burial.I remember in the Clone wars where they had the jedi buried in the temple itself. I actually screamed "period" when sol shot Mae.

[@jamesservey824]

the cortosis being welded is an interesting point because we’ve seen in the thrawn books (the cannon ones) that they also absorb blaster bolts so we can assume it’s not just kyber. my thought is that there was some sort of solder used we didn’t see and that those cracks then would then become weak points unless the metal was either melted down or reforged.

[@jamesservey824]

also the note about the younglings helmets i don’t believe he was eluding that the younglings helmets were cortosis as much and he meant that it deprived the user of their vision thus making them reliant of the force to guide them.

[@jordan9632]

Qimir = Imri (with different hair color)? That would be so awesome!

[@MrDeeds_117]

I’m glad you talk it through instead of trashing it like SW theory

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

very refreshing indeed

[@thinkbluealex]

💯

[@akouri6967]

That dude is a book nerd that clearly holds a grudge against Disney for making them Legends.

[@eatsnowanddie]

i do agree the 3rd episode was pretty horidd but as the episodes go on it gets better, lets still hope it can be an ok series. Im also more interested to see how the twins were made, not because it was a lesbo couple but how the mother "created" them.

[@persephone342]

Have you see his rant on Mark Hamil for saying “no” to SWT abut using his image for a fan project. All Mark did was say no to a screen shot that someone sent Mark asking him if he cool with Theory sing his likeness. Mark simply wrote, “no.” There did a 30 min video crying about it. His theories and knowledge of lore is shoddy, but he’s hilarious when he’s not trying to be. 😂

[@DonnieGonzalez-lg3md]

Good video

[@myatheplaysgames]

It's not the Jedi planet Ahch-To, but actually the Sith planet Hauk-Tua. 😅

[@JediLorian]

Theory: What if osha is the first ren?

[@MrTimboman14]

Naww..future pupil to Darth Shaa(Vernestra) hell Sol may be the apprentice..

[@akouri6967]

I thought the same thing about the ADR when they left their bodies, again.

[@bobobo2224]

His back scar is from force lightning. Not a lightsaber whip.

[@churlishbeardo]

Sure looks that way!

[@Greenhawk4]

I don't think it scars like that.

[@Glitch_Gaming]

seeing a roll reversal, good becoming bad and bad becoming good. I was also looking for Porgs on that island, and got the sequel feels over that.

[@devilmay]

im suprised you didnt make the connection of his cave home to that of crouching tiger hidden dragon

[@Zekkky]

Good episode I want to see more dark temptations next week!

[@ryannewberry3845]

If it's not Ach-To it should be the cave looked similar and it had a dark side chasm type thing in it in the sequels

[@hellfish2309]

It’s Hauk Tua 😉

[@jeffreycarman2185]

This was the best episode yet!