The latest instalment ofThe Acolytehas now arrived, and it’s changed everything we know about Anakin Skywalker’s birth.
If you’re not tuning intoThe Acolyte, I highly urge you to.
Inour review, we said, “From epic lightsaber duels to adorable droids and everything in between, these are the jigsaw pieces that makeStar Warswhat it is, and yet [showrunner] Headland places those pieces together in a way that feels both familiar and new. Offering excellently paced episodes and a thrilling story packed with twists, turns, and revelations,The Acolytedoesn’t disappoint.”
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This week’s episode - and yes, spoilers lie ahead - granted us an in-depth look at Osha and Mae’s backstory, revealing what exactly happened on Brendok that led to Osha’s induction into the Jedi Order.
Mother Aniseya happens to be the leader of an occult group, not to be confused with the Nightsisters, revealing that she “created” Osha and Mae.
Koril, a fellow member of the group, asked, “What happens if the Jedi discover how you created them?”
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There’s a lot still that we don’t know about this coven, including why it comprises exclusively women.
We had the chance to sit down withThe Acolyte’s Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, and Rebecca Henderson.
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That’s where Anakin Skywalker comes in..
InStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon asks Shmi Skywalker who the boy’s father is to which she says, “There was no father. I carried him, I gave birth, I raised him. I can’t explain what happened.”
This has never really been explained.
Many believe that Anakin’s strong connection with the force led to his conception but it’s a flimsy theory at best.
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In various pieces of Star Wars media, including a rough draft ofRevenge of the Sith,Palpatine claimed to have manipulated the force to help create Anakin.
Mother Aniseya’s actions may finally reveal to us the true method via which force-sensitive children are created without a father.
I can’t help but feel that the method includes the dark side of the force.
Mother Aniseya feels like a character with great significance who’ll come into play again further down the line.
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Could it be Mother Aniseya that’s our big bad? It’s not the most prevalent theory out there, but there’s certainly something she’s not sharing.
Topics:Star Wars,Disney,TV And Film
