With Star Wars, it’s often interesting to consider the path not taken. What if Luke Skywalker was actually Luke Starkiller? What if he turned to the Dark Side? What would the Game of Thrones’ creators’ Star Wars trilogy actually look like? With a cinematic universe this big, anything is possible, even the ideas that are left on the cutting room floor.
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.
