War of the galaxies it's a sprawling universe that fans have only seen a portion of in movies and TV shows. Film and television projects can take years to materialize. Despite this, War of the galaxies novels and comics have been at the forefront of this expanding universe. The official schedule of the War of the galaxies the universe is in place. Therefore, it is important for the franchise to link its film and television projects to its canon novels and comics. The next Disney+ show, the acolyteseems to be hinting that Path of the Open Hand, a group of High Republic novels, will do their War of the galaxies live debut
The War of the galaxies History of the Nihil and the way of the open hand, explained
the acolyte will transport War of the galaxies fans of the era of the High Republic. The High Republic is also known as the Golden Age of the Jedi. The collective was at the height of its power over a century before the events of the prequel films. In the books, the main enemy of the Jedi during the High Republic was not the Sith. It was a chaotic group of pirates known as the Nihil. As the power of the Republic expanded across the galaxy, the Nihil were an antagonistic force attacking the Republic's cosmopolitan values. This was first explored in Charles Soule's novel, The Light of the Jediwhich promoted the publishing initiative Alta República.
The Nihil, however, can trace their roots back to a cult called the Way of the Open Hand. Located on the outer rim, far from the political center of Coruscant, the path of the open hand did not want anyone to ever use the Force. The group believed that using the Force in the manner of the Jedi was “abusing it”, as described in the novel by Justina Ireland and Tessa Gratton, The path of deception. Members of the Way of the Open Hand are “acolytes” who serve their leader, a woman called “the Mother”, in The Path of deception novel
The path of the open hand fights force users
The Path of the Open Hand pursued its targets by stealing artifacts rich in the Force. But eventually, they resorted to something even more terrifying. They would use unnamed creatures that hunt Force-sensitives and drain them of their life energy until their bodies are nothing more than stone husks. The eye of darkness by George Mann and other novels in the High Republic line claim that even the most powerful Jedi are helpless against the Nameless.
With this in mind, the trailers for the acolyte pepper in several hints about the involvement of The Way of the Open Hand, or another group that has a similar ideology. A Jedi named Yord Fandar (Charlie Bennett) says that someone has been “killing Jedi” and it “makes no sense.” This matches the sense of confusion experienced by the Jedi upon discovering the calcified bodies of the unnamed victims in the High Republic novels. The Nameless are a horrific and existential threat to the Jedi, disrupting the ability of Force-sensitives to connect to the Force. The fear on the faces of so many Jedi the acolyte's trailers hint at something along the lines of Untitled.
the acolyteMother Aniseya could be the path of the leader of the open hand
In addition, the appearance of a character named Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) also refers to the path of the open hand. Aniseya is referred to as “mother”, as is Elecia, the mother of the path of the open hand. (“Aniseya” and “Elecia” sound very similar, don't they?) Also, Aniseya's mother has a design drawn on her forehead in a circular shape with two dots in the center. Acolytes of the Path of the Open Hand initially drew three horizontal lines on their foreheads. But the group they later became, the Nihil, often painted a circular symbol with a dot in the center. This represented the eye of a storm, a central element of the Nihil philosophy. Although the symbol of Mother Aniseya is more complex than that of the Nihil, their visual similarities are worth noting.
Beyond the surface-level similarities to the path of the open hand and the Nihil, Mother Aniseya adopts a philosophy similar to both groups. In the trailer below, she says, “This isn't about good or bad. It's about power and who's allowed to wield it.” Mother Aniseya's statement fits the character arc of the Path of the Open Handed Mother.
Mother Elecia was revealed to be Force-sensitive and used it to fuel her followers' devotion. Elecia preaching against the Jedi's use of the Force while pursuing them with the Nameless was a way of cementing her own power as leader of the Way of the Open Hand. Also, as a child, Elecia was not selected to be trained by the Jedi, while her sister was. This led to a discussion about “who” can use the Force and how The path of deception. We have yet to see what Mother Aniseya thinks about the Jedi. However, it's clear that the path of the open-handed mother offers a compelling template the acolytethe conflict of
Of course, “acolyte” is also a Sith term. And, the appearance of a red lightsaber in the trailer makes it clear that the dark side is not too far away. There also remains the question of how and why the philosophy of the Way of the Open Hand would continue to endure at the end of the High Republic. After all, the way of the open hand transformed into the way of the closed fist, before becoming the nihil. Even so, the High Republic editorial initiative spent years developing a conflict over the use of the Force in the galaxy. The fact that the acolytes first The trailer begins with a Jedi instructing the youth to approach the Force, a hopeful sign that this spirit will continue in the show.
Finally, the acolyte takes place further down the timeline from where the High Republic novels take place. Perhaps the connective tissue between these two time periods within the High Republic will be Jedi Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson). She was a young Jedi Knight at the time of the Republic's first confrontations with the Nihil. In the acolyteVernestra is an experienced Jedi Master, who will no doubt be instrumental to the Jedi fight.
the acolyte opens on June 4so let's see what Lucasfilm has in store.
