The Acolyte
Summary
The Acolyte ’s post in theStar Warstimeline is actually broken , but one small change can fix it . It ’s safe to say noStar WarsTV show has been quite socontroversial asThe Acolyte , with many insisting it breaks canon - sometimes for the most laughable reason . peculiarly , though , these critics have n’t really been pay off tending ; there is one aspect of persistence that really is break inThe Acolyte . The show ’s place in theStar Warstimeline .
The Acolytewas marketed as though it is set 100 years before the issue ofStar Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menace , at the hindquarters - remnant of what is known as the Golden Age of the Jedi and the Republic - theHigh Republic Era . MostStar Warstimelines orient themselves around the Battle of Yavin , and this would be more or less 132 BBY ( Before Battle of Yavin ) . The problem , though , is that there ’s some grounds this timeline is incorrect .
Two Scenes In The Acolyte Set Up Its Place In The Timeline… & They Don’t Work
If you ’re go to understand howThe Acolytefits into theStar Warstimeline , you really need to set out with episode 7 . A flashback instalment set 16 years before the main result , this open with a group of Jedi explore the major planet Brendok because of its recovery from a hyperspace disaster a century ago . This is a delicious Easter testis to Charles Soule’sLight of the Jedi , where a ship breaking up in hyperspace cause detritus to rain down on planets at lightspeed . It seems , then , thatit is the flashback episodes that are determine a century before the Skywalker saga .
This brings us toThe Acolyte ’s title creeping , which claimsthe principal story is set a hundred years before the rise of the Empire- not before Anakin Skywalker was found on Tatooine . This is 13 years after the events ofThe Phantom Menace , and it ’s a rough scene . It meansThe Acolyteisn’t coif in the High Republic Era after all , but rather in the period of the Jedi ’s decay . That fit well withThe Acolyte ’s ending , where the Jedi are already visibly bogged down in the politics of the Republic . There is , however , just one trouble .
The Acolyte Claims Its Main Story Is SIXTEEN Years After The Flashbacks
The Acolyteconsistently claims that its master story is fructify not thirteen class subsequently , but rathersixteen . There ’s no margin for erroneousness here ; the dates are quoted so many times , and by so many persona , that this simply has to be the slip . The only possible fix is to assume the Jedi were being less than thorough when they claimed the hyperspace disaster materialise a century before their excursion to Brendok ; presumably it was actually 97 years later . To be middling , that ’s the variety of reduction you’re able to imagine being made in an everyday conversation .
Still , these escort do have a massive impact on how we are supposed to interpretThe Acolyte . The missionary post to Brendok is the end of the High Republic Era , demonstrating the mistakes and flaws that would at long last destroy the Jedi . The main story is set up well into the Jedi ’s decline ; the guild may not be full aware of this , but they sure as shooting sense that they are not what they were . The Jedi on Brendok would sure enough be unable to forget their part in it , meaning the sense of declension would be all - pervasive - and help explain their own individual traumas .
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The Acolyte is a television series set in the Star Wars universe at the end of the High Republic Era , where both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire were at the top of their influence . This sci - fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite with her former Jedi Master as they investigate several law-breaking - all leading to darkness break through from beneath the surface and train to bring about the end of the High Republic .
