00:00Welcome back everyone it is Amelia I hope you are fine.
00:10Star Wars The Acolyte raises a 19-year-old question about the Jedi's ancient war with
00:15the Sith.
00:16Set during the High Republic era, an era of the Star Wars timeline that takes place a
00:21few centuries before the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Acolyte provides vital context
00:26for why the Jedi fell at the end of Star Wars Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith.
00:31Star Wars has previously made it clear that the Jedi were arrogant, proud, and too deeply
00:36embroiled in the galaxy's politics.
00:39But the Jedi's millennia-spanning feud with the Sith played an important role as well.
00:44Though the Jedi of the prequel era believe, or were led to believe, that the Sith had
00:48been extinct for over a millennium, The Acolyte seems to prove them wrong.
00:52In The Acolyte Episode 5, Knight Kimir, Manny Jacinto, is revealed to be Mae's dark side
00:58master.
00:59Though the series has yet to fully confirm whether Kimir is a legitimate Sith Lord, he
01:03has no dark name.
01:05His violent fight with the Jedi, and Master Saul Lee Jung Jai, in particular, highlights
01:10one of the biggest conundrums faced by the Jedi Order.
01:13Kimir is an exceptionally ruthless fighter.
01:16He easily slaughters a dozen Jedi.
01:18Using only the Force, his dual red lightsabers, and his cortosis-infused gauntlet and helmet,
01:23Saul is the only one who truly manages to get the upper hand against him, nearly losing
01:28himself in the process.
01:30There's a moment in the episode where it becomes clear that Saul intends to fatally strike
01:35Kimir, ending the threat of this so-called Sith Lord once and for all, before he is reminded
01:40by his former padawan, Osha, Amandla Stenberg, that killing is not the Jedi way.
01:45Saul eventually relents, coming back to the light, citing the Jedi Code, reminding himself
01:50that the Jedi do not attack those who are unarmed.
01:53This scene is eerily similar to make Windu's confrontation with Palpatine in Revenge of
01:58the Sith.
01:59Mae gains the upper hand against Palpatine, and decides to kill him once and for all.
02:03He tells Anakin, who has arrived at Palpatine's office to stop Windu just in time, that Palpatine
02:09is too dangerous a man to be left alive, not just because he is a Sith, but because he
02:14controls the entirety of the Republic's government, as well.
02:18As a blanket rule, the Jedi do not kill.
02:20They are all about preserving light and life.
02:23As such, the Jedi also have a rule that they do not attack those who are unarmed.
02:28Once Saul disarms Kimir and the Sith Lord is separated from his lightsaber, Saul, a
02:32righteous Jedi who wants to honor the Code, has no choice but to try and arrest this mysterious
02:38darksider instead.
02:39When Anakin stops Mae from killing Windu, a similar logic is used, giving Palpatine
02:44the perfect opportunity to strike and kill Windu instead.
02:48Are the Sith ever truly unarmed?
02:49Though, isn't wielding the Force almost the same as being able to wield a weapon?
02:54What about Force lightning?
02:56What about the dark side mind probe?
02:58Fighting against a well-trained, unarmed Sith Lord is hardly the same as fighting against
03:03an unarmed bounty hunter.
03:04In both scenes, an argument can easily be made that Windu and Saul would have been right
03:09to kill their opponents for the good of the galaxy and that, at any time, they would have
03:14been evenly matched.
03:15Perhaps that is what the Jedi Code, and its rules of combat, have always tried to prevent.
03:21Maybe it isn't merely about preserving all life.
03:24Maybe it's about preserving the soul of the Jedi Order, no matter the cost to the galaxy
03:29and the innocent civilians who inhabit it.
03:32Given the circumstances, Star Wars, the acolyte's villain has the power to change how the audience
03:37sees the Jedi forever.
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