However, had Season 2 happened, The Acolyte was supposed to finally tell the story of Darth Plagueis, the Sith Lord who eventually becomes Emperor Palpatine's master. The HoloFiles (via SFFGazette.com) has revealed some new excerpts from next month's The Art of The Acolyte by Kristin Baver, confirming that The Stranger's helmet was deliberately designed with the sequel trilogy's Knights of Ren, and Kylo Ren, in mind. The site also shared some expanded comments from The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland, who suggested that "Ren" could be part of Qimir's name. "It felt like it foreshadowed a possible connection to the Knights of Ren with the Kylo Ren shape we landed on," she noted. Star Wars has established that there can only be one Sith master and one Sith apprentice at any one time.