While Amandla Stenberg’s reaction to the show’s alleged cancellation seemed to be the nail in the coffin, Manny Jacinto recently offered up a surprising ray of hope.

In addition to Vernestra Rwoh going to visit Yoda in the final moments of the series finale, we also met a mysterious being who was identified offscreen as Darth Plagueis, the Sith Lord who will go on to train Palpatine.

Jacinto remained cautious to overpromise but gave fans of the cancelled Disney+ series some hope for a continuation during a San Francisco FanExpo panel hosted by Collider. Darth Plagueis made his long-awaited Star Wars canon debut in the season finale of The Acolyte, and a fan asked how he was connected to Jacinto's Qimir.

The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto has shared that the series would have featured more of Darth Plagueis had it been renewed for a second season. As part of a panel at FanExpo San Francisco hosted by Collider,

The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto teases that a multi-season plan for Darth Plagueis had the series not been cancelled.