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Warning ! This article hold back spoiler for Star Wars # 42Palpatinedid more than convention theStar Warsgalaxy as the Emperor , as he also formed a Sith cult called the Acolytes of the Beyond that uprise to prominence immediately follow his apparent death inReturn of the Jedi . The Acolytes were part ofEmperor Palpatine ’s eventuality plan , and now it seems the true extent of the cult ’s purpose has finally been uncover .
The Acolytes of the Beyondwere a chemical group of mass unable to get at the Force , but who worshiped the sour side , as well as those who could manipulate it . However , that is n’t to say they had no connexion with the Force at all ( indeed , all living thing do ) , as many believe they could commune with dead Sith . Mostly , this was done not through any skills of their own , but through Sith artifacts that had been demoralise by wielders of the grim side .
The Acolytes had ample vulnerability to such artefact , as their main objective was to travel the galaxy pull together Sith artifacts , and then ceremoniously destroying them . The Acolytes believe doing so would revert the artifacts to the nether hereafter eff as the Beyond , where they believed all Sith ended up upon their deaths . The Acolytes would put down most anything advert by the Sith in serving of their great cause , and that include bled kyber quartz .
The Schism Imperial has just been insert in Star Wars canon , a secret club within the Empire work to remove Emperor Palpatine from power .
Sith Spirits Existed Within the Very Kyber Crystals Star Wars’ Acolytes Were Told to Destroy
InStar Wars#42 by Charles Soule and Steve Cummings , Luke Skywalker is trying to sanctify the red-faced kyber crystal he obtained from a kyber expert a few issue prior . He takes the crystal to a member of the Fallanassi subspecies discover Greta , where he also encounters her auntie , Auntie Feez . The Fallanassi are kyber experts themselves , and they used to purify blood-red lechatelierite often . Feez is as penny-pinching to an expert on the case as one could be in this era , so she agrees to help oneself Luke .
Before Luke merges his mind with the kyber crystal , Auntie Feez warns him that a piece of the Sith who bled the crystal still exists within it , as do a collective of fragments from their yesteryear that has metaphysically cement itself as a perpetual moment in time inside the crystal . The red kyber crystal is the last remain fragment of the Sith ’s disembodied spirit , which is very much live in its own right , as it has the ability to act upon the animation in the present mean solar day through the Force .
The Acolytes of the Beyond Were Unwittingly Hurting The Sith To Help Palpatine
ThisStar Warsissue confirms that the spirits of deceased Sith lived on within their kyber crystals , and it ’s stage as something that anyone with knowledge of the Sith would assuredly know - including Palpatine . This stand for his orderliness to the Acolytes of the Beyond to destroy Sith artifacts is particularly alarming . Palpatine does n’t do anything for no grounds , include and specially form a galactic dark side furor with a very specific missionary station . It seems Palpatine wanted the booze of ancient Sith snuff out forever during his absence seizure - as he should have . The lingering spirits of dead Sith have been known to possess citizenry through ‘ cursed ’ physical object ( include a member of the Acolytes , Kiza ) . That mean other Sith - through possess figure puppet - could have rebel to prominence and taken over the galax before Palpatine had the chance to render .
Palpatine always plan to return from the grave upon his ‘ death ’ , and he call for to check that that another Sith did n’t endeavor to take his lieu while he was go . While this is just a possibility , it ’s one that make a lot of sense given whatStar Warsfans now know about the nature of Sith artifacts , lead one to wonder ifPalpatinedid , indeed , trick his sequel - earned run average cultus into wiping out any lingering Sith who might rival his power .
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