Qimir Acolyte Sith Lord Helmet Custom Star Wars ImageStar Wars’ new “Sith” has embodied a key teaching of the Jedi Order. In The Acolyte, Manny Jacinto’s Qimir has been revealed as a brutal new dark side user. While he appears to be a Sith, he’s likely something beyond the traditional Dark Lords of the Sith seen in previous Star Wars media. Regardless, a reveal from The Acolyte episode 6 confirms Qimir’s adoption of a key lesson from the Jedi, proving that dark side users likely understood it better than the Jedi themselves.

In The Acolyte episode 6, Qimir takes Osha (Amandla Stenberg) back to his home on a remote ocean world in the Outer Rim (that also resembles The Last Jedis Ahch-To). Revealing some new insights into his own past, Qimir also reveals a surprising feature about the imposing helmet he wore during his brutal Jedi massacre in the previous helmet. Here’s how Qimir and his helmet embody a critical teaching of the Jedi Order about deception, one that’s also become a recurring theme in The Acolyte series.

Qimir Revealed A Key Feature Of His “Sith” Helmet In The Acolyte Episode 6

Cortosis Does More Than Deactivate Lightsabers

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Qimir (Manny Jacinto) looking over his shoulder while repairing his helmet in The Acolyte season 1 episode 6
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In The Acolyte episode 6, Qimir confirms that his cortosis helmet can do more than temporarily deactivate lightsabers. While that’s certainly a useful counter against multiple Jedi along with his cortosis gauntlet, it also serves to block out the mental probes of other Force users while also blocking out any other external distractions. The intimidating helmet is essentially a sensory deprivation device, and Qimir himself confirms that it’s not unlike the ones he and Osha would have used as younglings at the Jedi Temple (having revealed earlier in the episode that he too was once a Jedi).

By blocking out the majority of external distractions and even one’s own senses, Qimir notes that the helmet provides a strong connection and bond with the Force: “So it’s just you and the Force…and what you bring with you”. This not only helps explain why Qimir was able to take on so many trained Jedi at the same time, but also helps prove just how much he trusts in the Force itself. It’s quite impressive even as he operates within its darker aspects, while also connecting to the greater themes of The Acolyte overall.

How Qimir’s Helmet Connects To The Jedi Teaching

“Your Eyes Can Deceive You”

Luke Skywalker Training Jedi Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) speaks to a group of younglings during the trailer for Star Wars: The Acolyte
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One of the first lines from The Acolyte’s Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) connects to Qimir’s helmet: “Your eyes can deceive you. We must not trust them.” This is during his lesson to a group of Jedi younglings, encouraging them to open themselves to the Force and increase their trust in it. Not only has this concept served as a recurring theme in The Acolyte with its ongoing mysteries and deceptions, but it’s also a critical Jedi lesson that has echoed across the various eras of the Star Wars timeline.

Trusting in the Force over one’s physical senses was one of Luke Skywalker’s first lessons in A New Hope where he faced a training droid while his vision was blinded. It was also the last lesson he taught Kylo Ren in The Last Jedi, having Force projected himself to distract his former apprentice. Additionally, this type of training has also been featured in the prequels when Yoda is training a group of younglings, as well as more recently in the Ahsoka series where Sabine is training while her vision is similarly blocked, and this Jedi training technique was officially named as Zatochi in the Star Wars canon.

The Sith Have Become The Ultimate Fulfilment Of This Jedi Lesson

Did The Sith Understand It Better?

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Having once been a Jedi as he claims in The Acolyte episode 6, it’s fascinating to see that Qimir seemingly still values this critical lesson from his past despite his embrace of the dark. Furthermore, one could also argue that the Sith and other dark side users might understand this lesson better than the Jedi, seeing how the art of deception is something they can, and often do, wield. From a certain point of view, Qimir and his helmet serve as a greater fulfillment of this Jedi lesson, having such a vast amount of trust in the Force that he doesn’t even need to fully see during actual combat.

New episodes of The Acolyte release on Tuesdays at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST on Disney+.