No, that isn’t the planet from The Last Jedi in latest episode of The Acolyte – but Star Wars fans think they’ve worked out where it is
Jul. 3, 2024It’s not Ahch-To
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Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Acolyte episode 6. Make sure you’ve seen it before reading on.
If you’re anything like me, you’ll have been left wondering if we’ve seen the planet Qimir and Osha land on before in Star Wars. The lush green hills on an island surrounded by the sea do look very familiar for fans ofThe Last Jedi, after all. However, no, it’s quickly made clear that this is not Ahch-To, but instead somewhere called simply ‘Unknown Planet’.
But while it may not be setting up another link to the sequels trilogy (after that Kylo Ren Easter egg last week), that doesn’t mean it’s not significant. In fact, some Star Wars fans think they’ve worked out exactly where it is, and it’s all down tocortosis.
The metal was brought into live action inThe Acolyte episode 5when it started short-circuiting the lightsabers on Khofar, but Qimir (orThe Stranger) actually namechecks it here. When he’s in the cave with Osha, he tells her that the metal is useful against the Jedi weapons, as well as being key to sensory deprivation. If you look a bit closer at his surroundings when he’s saying this, it’s clear that the cave is full of cortosis.
Described as “an ocean planet adorned with rocky tropical islands in the Bak’rofsen system of the Auril sector”, it has “rich deposits of cortosis”. Even more intriguing though is that this ore later “fell into the hands of Sith Lords Darth Tenebrous and Darth Plagueis”.
If your Spidey sense is tingling, that’s because there have already been a lot of theories that these Sith Lords may be linked to The Acolyte in some way. In fact,just based on the latest episode alone, several fans have mentioned Tenebrous, whilea Sith power linked to Plagueisplayed a big role inthe Brendock witches storylinea few episodes back.
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“I literally just finished re-reading Darth Plagueis 2 days ago and lost my mind seeing that planet,“tweeted one fanin response. “Now all the people that questioned how he got so much Cortosis got their answer,“another added, while athird speculated: “If they go along this route they could have Qimir be one of Tenebrous' apprentices (as he already had another despite Plagueis).”
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I’m the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering TV and film for the Total Film and SFX sections online. I previously worked as a Senior Showbiz Reporter and SEO TV reporter at Express Online for three years. I’ve also written for The Resident magazines and Amateur Photographer, before specializing in entertainment.
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