The debut season of The Acolyte, the latest Star Wars series to?? overtake Disney+, is nearly at its end. It has been a long road, but at last, the show ha??s provided some answers to the many questions it posed early on.

Most importantly, The Acolyte has revealed the main antagonist of the story: the Stranger, also known as Qimir (Manny Jacinto). He's also quite a beast on the battlefield, utilizing his red lightsaber and exper??ience with the Force to strike down several Jedi in Episode 5, "N?ight."

Of course, there's more to Qimir's victory than mere skill with a lightsaber or knowledge of the Force. His few pieces of armor also proved essential to his success, as they managed to deflect lightsabers and prevent telepathic communication in the case of the h??elmet. That's because Qimir's armor is made of a specific, highly rare metal called cortosis, which, up to this point, hasn't received much of a spotlight in Star Wars canon. It has only come to the forefront in a handful of print projects and is only now making its live-action introduction.

Long before it appeared on The Acolyte, however, cortosis and its applications we?re thoroughly explored in the Star Wars Legends continuity. Sith such as Darth Tenebrous and Darth Plagueis mine it for their own gain. It's used during the Clone Wars to aid the footsoldiers on both sides of the conflict, and various weapons are constructed from it to stand toe-to-toe with traditional lightsabers. Suffice it to say that it's pretty important?? to have multiple stories across the Legends timeline.

Additionally, cortosis took center stage during the campaign of one of the most overlooked Star Wars video games to hit the market in the 2000s.

Cortosis is central to the story of Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

One of the sequels to the recently remastered Star Wars: Dark Forces, 2002's Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, continues the story of Kyle Katarn as he reconnects with his Jedi side and aids Luke Skywalker in rooting out the Imperial Remnant, as well as protecting the reestablis?hed Jedi Academy.

This time, the threat is one of Luke's former pa??dawans, Desann, who seeks to create an army of Dark Jedi to destroy his former master, his current students, and the entire Jedi Order. Durin?g the campaign, it's revealed that, as part of his scheme to do so, he's collecting cortosis.

During the story, it comes to light that gangster Reelo Baruk has been involved in a cortosis smuggling operation. Katarn learns t??hat the Remnant has taken it over, using it to form armor for its Force and lightsaber-wielding Shadowtroopers, giving them a distinct advantage over Luke and his students. Players even have to battle some of these troops in-game, proving a challenge compared to the less-durable Dark Jedi, the Reborn.

Jedi Outcast is still worth a play-through today

Cortosis isn't unique to Jedi Outcast but is central to its story. It effectively demonstrates how the metal can be used and the threat it can pose if it falls into the wrong hands. While it hasn't been explicitly stated that Jedi Outcast influenced The Acolyte (though the series was inspired by past Star Wars games) regarding its use of cortosis, the parallels exist. In both cases, the Jedi are caught off-guard over their dark side enemies' use of the material and are forced to adjust to the revelation with little time to spare. Thus, with Star Wars canon picking apart elements of the Legends game, perhaps it would be wise to give Jedi Outcast another look all these years later.

Aside from potential canon connections to watch for in the future, Jedi Outcast has a lot to offer. The intriguing story takes players through a range of environments, from military bases to waterlogged valleys. This variety keeps the action fresh, as does the litany of weapons and Force abilities. While a tad repetitive, the overall gameplay is engaging enough, and the side modes like duel and capture the flag are a good time with friends. To top it all off, there are plenty of references to the Star Wars universe and appearances from iconic ?characters to keep the game firmly r??ooted in the galaxy far, far away.

Is Jedi Outcast the premier Star Wars gaming experience? Probably not. Some would argue that its 2003 sequel, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, is better, but it's far from a waste of time should you pick it up. It's a good play, and, as evidenced by The Acolyte's use of cortosis,? for all we know, it could contain more lore elements that will soon trickle into the modern canon.

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The Star Wars galaxy continues to expand on the small screen, specific??ally on the Disney+ streaming service.

Following up such titles as The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and Star Wars: Visions comes Star Wars: The Acolyte from showrunner Leslye Headland. Based on promotional material for the series so far, it's safe to say that the Star Wars RPG-inspired program ?is quite a departure from most ?recent franchise endeavors.

Set long before the events of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Acolyte sees a period of relative peace interrupted in the worst way. Mysterio??us forces are conspiring against the Jedi, killing those within its ranks. Thus, it's up to a few brave members of the Jedi Order to figure out who is responsible for the??se heinous acts and put a stop to them before it's too late.

The Acolyte puts a host of new characters front and center for this mystery, from Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen) to Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae). However, it's no secret that Star Wars loves nothing more than tossing viewers cameos of their favorite legacy heroes and villains. In fact, it has come to light that a staple of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia initiative, Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson), will appear on the program. Can fans expect more preexisting charact??ers to appear?

Though it takes place far ahead of the Skywalker saga, one might think that characters with long lifespans like Yoda (Frank Oz), Yaddle (Bryce Dallas Howard), and potentially Plo Koon (James Arnold Taylor) could appear on The Acolyte. In reality, however, this isn't the case. Headland herself revealed to ComicBook.com that cameos from such characters, specifically Yoda, who has appeared in High Republic stories already, aren't on the table.

With that said Headland did mention that she and the Acolyte team pulled from existing Star Wars material to fill out the show's roster. "We are pulling characters from the High Republic and characters from the EU, but that's it," she said. So, one has to wonder which other High Republic-era characters besides Rwoh could pop up, a??nd, more intriguingly, who from the Expanded Universe could?? do the same.

This time period could allow for Emperor Palpatine's (Ian McDiarmid) Sith Master, Darth Plagueis, or even his master, Darth Tenebrous, to appear. After all, The Acolyte is about the sudden and violent reemergence of the Sith to the galactic forefront, so if there were ever a production for them to make their live-action introductions, this seems to be t?he one.

Time will tell which High Republic and Expanded Universe names could be on the table as The Acolyte unfolds across its eight-episode debut season. For those curious, here's the series' release schedule.

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Leslye Headland, the showrunner and screenwriter of Star Wars: The Acolyte, has revealed that a never-before-seen lightsaber model will debut in the series. This brings the number of unique lightsabers appearing in The Acolyte u??p to three, and I shouldn't need to explain why that's exciting.

In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Headland said that The Acoylte will introduce Star Wars fans to a new variety of lightsaber that has allegedly never appeared in any other form of Star Wars media. For those who might not know, The Acoylte is set during the waning days of the High Republic, around fifty to one hundred years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I�/em>The Phantom Menace.