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In the episode, David Harewood’s Senator Rayencourt is introduced.

Essentially hobbling them to be subservient to the growing greed and complacency of the political system.

David Harewood as Senator Rayencourt in The Acolyte episode 8 (2024)

Another fanhas a similar idea: “What if Senator Rayencourt is Darth Tenebrous.

He is training Plagueis and Qimir at the same time.

Rayencourt seems to be very against the Jedi.

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He broke the rule of two and took Qimir as his second secret apprentice.

Plagueis got suspicious and eventually discovered Qimir.

That scene in The Acolyte is him spying on his competitor.”

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