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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Emily Garbutt

1 year after it was canceled, Star Wars fans are reassessing The Acolyte, and everyone can agree that Manny Jacinto's Qimir was the highlight: "One of the coolest Sith in the franchise"

Manny Jacinto as Qimir in The Acolyte.

One year after The Acolyte was canceled, Star Wars fans are reappraising the underappreciated show – and they can all agree on the highlight of the series.

They're pretty unanimous in their praise for the character known as Qimir, the Sith played by Manny Jacinto. Initially introduced as a mysterious smuggler and apothecary, it was later revealed that he was the Sith Master of Mae (Amandla Stenberg), as well as a former Jedi Padawan and a now-apprentice of Darth Plagueis. The show ended on a cliffhanger, so we never found out Qimir's real name or much more about his true identity.

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