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Hunger Games… In Space?

Discussion in 'The Acolyte' started by Ghost of Obi Wan Kenobi, Oct 25, 2022.

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    [possible spoilers]
    Over the past 2 or 3 months, I have been hearing stuff about The Acolyte series that reminds me greatly of The Hunger Games. The number of parallels are too numerous to be a coincidence:
    1) Amanda Stenberg was best known as Rue from the original Hunger Games film
    2) Lee Jung-jae is a star in Netflix’s Squid Games (a show whose plot structure is very similar to Hunger Games.)
    3) MakingStarWars.net and Bespinbulletin.com both report the plot featuring Stenberg’s character “taking down” rivals in a fight-to-the-death competition in order to become the Sith Acolyte.

    As a fan of the Hunger Games franchise, I am greatly intrigued by this premise, as the Sith are known to be brutal in established canon. However, I am torn on the idea of a possible battle royale because the Sith act in secrecy, a master and an apprentice to blend in the shadows. Wouldn’t a group of people duking it out blow their cover?

    What do you guys think?
     
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    Maybe we'll learn that at some point in history, the Sith were more in the open. The rule of two wasn't adopted until Darth Plageus, correct? He was Palpatine's master so that would have been in more recent time than The Acolyte setting.
     
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    Wasn't Darth Bane the founder ?
    (if this is still canon)
     
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    I'm not entirely sure about much of the Sith and their history to be honest, or The High Republic. I thought I read something that the Rule of Two was established toward the end or after The High Republic and speculation that the Acolyte may be centered around that.
    What is some good canon material on this era? And history of the Sith?
     
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    I don't know if Darth Bane is still consistent in the new canon. I'm afraid its story has been wiped, like many stories in the EU.
     
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    Yoda met Darth Bane(season 6, episode 13 CW). He is the founder of The Rule of Two.
     
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    Thank you @The dinh
     
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    The SW Galaxy is a nasty place, a battle royal would be great set in the old republic with young Sith or similar!
     
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    Writers tend to prefer not being bound by narrow story points, so I think it's entirely possible we'll see some kind of deviation or softening of the dogma down the road. And besides, the Sith don't strike me as people who play by the rules, any rules, and I completely buy that some Sith Lords (possibly even Sidious) might tweak or disregard the overly narrow Rule of Two.

    From a story point of view, it makes for a stronger and more varied setting to answer the question, "do any Sith break the Rule of Two?" with a resounding "Yes!", or even a "No, but..." complication, rather than a stubborn "No, never!"
     
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    I always found the rule of two, of a clan of... two warriors, a bit silly.
    Jedi also had the rule of a master an apprentice, but inside the order.
    I want to believe, before this Sith rule, there was a period when there were a lot of Sith out there.

    Maybe this "Hunger Games thing" is to establish the rule. Who wins, will be the apprentice of the new order to rule the galaxy. Still a bit silly, but here we are.
    Maybe could work if Sith were killing each other for power and there was a time it was impossible to control all of them. And the master chef could say: "ok, let's finish this #@&*. Let's be 2 and control this mess".
     
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    As for the Hunger Games thing: Despite casting correlations, I haven't seen anything to indicate a HG style story here. What we HAVE got are indications that it might skirt the popular Stranger Things wave (kids maneuvering through an incomprehensible and very inconsiderate adult world) and Goonies-in-space (the actual pitch for Skeleton Crew).
     
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    Darth Bane was the founder of the current Sith Order and creator of the Rule of Two.
     
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