Summary
- The Acolyte will delve into the dark side of the Force in the final days of the High Republic era, exploring its secrets and emerging dark side powers.
- The show could foreshadow season 2 of Ahsoka by delving into the mystical elements of the dark side, similar to how other Star Wars properties explored the light side of the Force's mythology.
- If Ahsoka introduces the powerful dark side entity Abeloth, The Acolyte could explore her and set up Peridea's biggest threat over 200 years before it is unleashed in the Star Wars timeline.
2024's The Acolyte – a show centered on the dark side of the Force – could be utilized to set up Ahsoka season 2's biggest possible threat. The Acolyte was confirmed as an upcoming Star Wars TV show in 2020 and was revealed to take place in the era of the High Republic, 200 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Since then, little has been revealed about the Star Wars project besides small tidbits pertaining to the show's story.
Given The Acolyte is set before The Phantom Menace, any connections to other Star Wars projects of the Skywalker Saga are unlikely. That said, The Acolyte could prove to tie into an unexpected Star Wars project: Ahsoka. Ahsoka season 1 aired in the latter half of 2023 and foreshadowed huge, Force-centric villains for Ahsoka season 2's story which could be set up by The Acolyte in a highly-intriguing way.
