In some way, Darth Plagueis returned—and was rapidly ushered off the stage, by no means to be seen once more. A minimum of not on The Acolyte, which was canceled following the tip of its first season in July. The present, which teased it will reveal extra about Darth Plagueis’ plans for the Sith within the many years earlier than The Phantom Menace, was as an alternative left on a cliffhanger. We’ll by no means know what Plagueis was doing hanging out in that cave, what his relationship to the Stranger was, and what he had deliberate for Osha.
Past the plot factors a second season would have explored, we’re additionally left with the query of what Plagueis would have really regarded like on the present. Should you keep in mind, the Darkish Lord of the Sith solely pops up in a single shot, most of his physique and face coated in shadow as he watches the Stranger and Osha from the mouth of a cave. We solely actually see the Muun Sith’s eyes from beneath his hood and one skeletal Nosferatu-like hand creeping into the sunshine. Whereas Plagueis’ look was described in a bit extra element within the pages of the outdated Legends books which are now not in-continuity, we at present know little or no about what he’s meant to seem like in precise Star Wars canon.
However idea artwork launched on Twitter by Saby Menyhei, who labored as an artist on The Acolyte, could give us a good suggestion of what Plagueis would have regarded like as soon as he totally stepped into the sunshine. Give it a glance beneath:
It would shock some Acolyte followers to see Plagueis dressed in additional elegant apparel than the hooded and armored Sith that normally pop up on display screen, however the regal look—an all-black get-up adorned with gold trim and full with a flowing cape and hood—really is smart for this specific villain. In Legends, Plaguies’ public persona was as a rich Muun businessman named Hego Damask II, who not solely ran a mining company but in addition spent loads of time with the ability brokers and aristocrats of the galaxy. The Acolyte appeared eager to comply with Plagueis’ Legends historical past by means of references to cortosis, a uncommon steel the Darkish Lord mined within the books, in addition to the unknown planet the place the Stranger was primarily based, which regarded quite a bit like Bal’demnic, at one level a base of operations for Plagueis in Legends as properly. So it stands to motive we’d have seen the aristocratic facet of Plagueis on the present too, a probably attention-grabbing strategy that might have match with the present’s general Prequel-era vibe.
