"One of the biggest missed opportunities in Star Wars' recent era happened in the finale of The Acolyte, the one-season wonder that dove deep into the last days of the High Republic. Because the series was set further back in time than anything else in live-action canon, it was able to show a character we've only seen discussed: Palpatine's old master, Darth Plagueis, who had a silent cameo emerging from a cave."
""Before we even designed anything, I knew I wanted to do what they did with Gollum in The Fellowship of the Ring," Headland said. "Where you get a sense of this character, the size of the eyes and his coloring, but I didn't want to do something in full-on daylight. When you see his hand move, with your point of view being the main character's, it feels like you know about the threat before the main characters do.""
The Acolyte's finale features a shadowy cameo of Darth Plagueis, Palpatine's old master, emerging from a cave. The reveal was modeled on Gollum's introduction in The Fellowship of the Ring, using limited lighting, glimpsed movements, and a protagonist point-of-view to convey menace before characters notice. The Muun silhouette remains hard to discern, letting attentive viewers recognize the figure while preserving mystery for others. The moment uses the High Republic setting to visualize a previously only-discussed character, offering a memorable, subtly executed expansion of live-action Star Wars lore.
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